Earlier today, Xbox held its ID@Xbox Spring 2026 Showcase in partnership with IGN, giving us roughly 50 minutes of indie world premieres, release date announcements, and Game Pass reveals. It’s the first ID@Xbox Showcase since October 2025, and true to form, the lineup leaned hard into Xbox Series X|S and PC titles with extensive Xbox Play Anywhere support, meaning one purchase covers both console and PC at no extra cost. Here’s a roundup of everything that was announced.
Sandbox Interactive’s cross-platform fantasy sandbox MMORPG Albion Online is available now for Xbox Series X|S and PC, with Game Pass and Xbox Play Anywhere support. Gear defines your abilities in a classless system, and millions of players forge their own paths through PvP battles, territory conquest, and player-run economies.
Already available is Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from developer Poncle, which turned the snowballing thrill of Vampire Survivors into a turn-based, card-driven dungeon crawler with roguelite elements. It’s one of our most anticipated games of 2026, and it launched April 21 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, and PC, with a mobile version coming later.
Available now on PC and coming later this year to Xbox Series X|S, Solo Leveling: Arise Overdrive lets players step into Sung Jinwoo’s shoes on his journey to become the world’s strongest hunter, with weapon combos, perfect parries, and shadow powers. The Jeju Island Raid Update is coming in 2026, which introduces Sung Jinwoo’s battle against the Ant King.
Launching April 30 is Inkonbini: One Store. Many Stories., a cozy, narrative-driven slice-of-life game set in a small-town Japanese convenience store. You step into Makoto’s night shifts and shape heartfelt stories through your customer interactions. It hits Xbox Series X|S and PC, day one on Game Pass and with Xbox Play Anywhere support.
Arriving May 27, Echo Generation 2 is a sci-fi deckbuilding RPG where you gather a crew, craft powerful decks, and battle across the stars to find your way home. It’s coming to Xbox Series X|S and PC, day one on Game Pass and with Xbox Play Anywhere support.
Physics-based co-op chaos arrives May 28 with Crashout Crew, set at De Nile Shipping, where your team of up to four fulfills increasingly outlandish orders like lemons, anvils, explosives, and primates, using over 20 types of boxes. It’s coming to Xbox Series X|S and PC, day one on Game Pass and with Xbox Play Anywhere support.
Heading to Mabutts Valley in May is RV There Yet?, a one-to-four player co-op adventure where you and your buddies are on your way home from vacation but forced to take an alternate route. The game leans on physics-based winching, resource management, and general chaos. It’s coming to Xbox Series X|S and PC, day one on Game Pass and with Xbox Play Anywhere support. We played this over the holiday break and highly recommend it, if you have friends to play with.
A narrative-driven soulslike platformer set in a hand-painted dreamscape, Vapor World: Over The Mind is focused on deflection combat, with players cracking open creatures to absorb their energy and grow stronger. The Game Preview launches June 2026 for Xbox Series X|S and PC, day one on Game Pass and with Xbox Play Anywhere support.
In the Hollow Woods of Mistfall Hunter, players face Corroded threats beneath the Gyldenmist in a dark fantasy action-extraction RPG. The new gameplay walkthrough revealed a bleached forest region and additional enemy types. It launches July 2026 for Xbox Series X|S and PC, day one on Game Pass and with Xbox Play Anywhere support.
The iconic racing platformer returns with SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed, where up to 8 rivals sprint through 2D maps while dodging a constantly shrinking wall of fire. You can play local couch co-op or get competitive online. It launches July 2026 for Xbox Series X|S and PC, day one on Game Pass and with Xbox Play Anywhere support.
Inspired by Malagasy folklore, Kalanoro is an action-adventure from Red Raketa Studio where you play as Kalakely on a mission to form the ultimate band of legendary lemur musicians and crash evil witch Raneny’s giant concert. It’s coming Summer 2026 for Xbox Series X|S and PC, with Xbox Play Anywhere support.
Launching Fall 2026, Deep Dish Dungeon is a co-op online multiplayer game where you survive atmospheric dungeons, gather resources to improve your camp, and cook meals that boost your stats. It’s coming to Xbox Series X|S and PC, day one on Game Pass and with Xbox Play Anywhere support.
Published by Team17 with development partner Radical Forge, Golf With Your Friends 2 is the long-awaited sequel to the smash-hit party game, doubling down on unpredictable courses, moving hazards, and tricky physics. It launches Fall 2026 for Xbox Series X|S.
Set on the frozen planet Persephone, Aphelion is a cinematic third-person action-adventure where you must survive after your ship crashes and separates you from your crewmate. It’s coming in 2026 to Xbox Series X|S and PC, day one on Game Pass and with Xbox Play Anywhere support.
The escape room series returns with Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School, bringing an open-world campus, life-threatening puzzle rooms, and a conspiracy as old as the school itself. iam8bit Presents and Coin Crew Games confirmed it’s playable solo or in online and split-screen couch co-op. It’s coming in 2026 for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, day one on Game Pass and with Xbox Play Anywhere support.
Blending cozy life sim and deckbuilder mechanics, Beastro has you cooking meals to save the world, teaming up with an injured god and a ragtag group of heroes in puppet-styled combat encounters. It’s coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, day one on Game Pass.
Developer Friday Sundae brings us There Are No Ghosts at the Grand, a musical Lovecraftian renovation game where players restore a peaceful English hotel by day and encounter sinister creatures by night. Expect a sardonic cat, a talking power tool, and a deep story with humor and twists. It’s coming soon to Xbox Series X|S and PC, day one on Game Pass and with Xbox Play Anywhere support.
Carve through enemies to reclaim your island with a Scottish battalion in Tears of Metal, a medieval hack-and-slash co-op roguelike where you uncover the mystery of the Dragon Meteor along the way. It’s coming soon to Xbox Series X|S and PC, day one on Game Pass and with Xbox Play Anywhere support.
Simultaneously navigating a 3D world and a retro 2D game is the hook of Screenbound, where players solve puzzles and defeat enemies across both realms. The newest trailer showed off new environments and expanded dual focus gameplay. It’s coming soon to Xbox Series X|S and PC, day one on Game Pass and with Xbox Play Anywhere support.
Guided by sound, resonance, and a mysterious origami companion, Lofsöng is an exploration adventure across deep time ages where players navigate a brutalist world. Environmental interaction and vocalization drive the mechanics. It’s coming soon to Xbox Series X|S and PC, with Xbox Play Anywhere support.
Fresh off its debut at the Triple-i Initiative Showcase earlier this month, Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions got another look today. Set within the Astroneer universe, it’s a cooperative expedition game where a crew works together to complete planetwide objectives across multiple star systems. It’s coming soon to Xbox Series X|S and PC, day one on Game Pass and with Xbox Play Anywhere support.
Free-to-play party hub fans should keep an eye on Totopia, where you customize your style, take on 100+ chaotic maps, and use Atomon skills to battle the Bitrot crisis. Pulse Avenue lets you build, plant, or run a cozy cafe when you need to recharge. It’s coming soon to Xbox Series X|S and PC, with Xbox Play Anywhere support.
The show was a pretty solid lineup overall. Between Vampire Crawlers already being available, Golf With Your Friends 2’s return, and the spread of cozy, roguelike, deckbuilder, and action-adventure titles scattered across 2026, there’s a lot to dig into. As of March 2025, ID@Xbox has paid out over $5 billion to independent developers since it launched in 2013, and showcases like this one continue to be a great way to discover games that might not otherwise surface on the radar.
