Xbox Games With Gold gives away free games every month to those who sign up. These games tend to vary greatly, with some being smaller indie titles, and others more popular experiences. It’s always worth checking to see what games are free each month, as they can be downloaded and saved for later.
Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers can claim up to two games per month, from AAA blockbusters to beloved indie titles. Unlike Sony’s free PlayStation Plus games, games with gold take a tiered approach.
Microsoft usually adds its free games for Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and Xbox One to the service throughout the month, with one being available from the beginning of the new month until the end, and the other becoming available in the middle of the current month and then being in the next month.
Here are the free Xbox Games with Gold games you can get in January 2023. Be sure to check back in for next month’s lineup!
Xbox Games With Gold: This month’s free games
Iris Val
Enter the dreamlike world of puzzles and adventure. Play as young Iris who follows a mysterious black cat in a labyrinthine world of light and dark. The deeper Iris digs, the more she realizes that everything bears some kind of connection to her.
Available from January 1 to January 31, 2023.
Navigators
Find and transform uninhabited planets. Starting with the absolute basics of harvesting sticks and stones, you’ll get your foundation started. Eventually, you can move on to building working bots, which in turn can help you build more after refining their AI.
Available from January 16 to February 15, 2023.
Xbox Gold Games: Last month’s free games
Xbox Games With Gold (Dec 2022)
Colt Canyon
Colt Canyon mixes cool pixel art with a wild west setting. You play a gunslinger who has to tear apart the bandits to save their kidnapped partner. The game also uses roguelike elements to keep things fresh.
Available 1st Dec – 31st Dec 2022.
Blade of rage
Bladed Fury is a modern take on the classic 2D side scrollers game. It’s based on Chinese mythology, and stars Princess Ji as she fights her way through ancient enemies and gods to save her sister. The fast hack and slash is the name of the game here.
Available from December 16 to January 15, 2023.
Xbox Games with Gold (November 2022)
Praetorians – HD Remaster
Set in the era of the Roman Empire, this game is a real-time strategy game with more than 20 campaign missions. You can play with three different armies – Gauls, Egyptians, and Roman legions – across three different lands.
Available 1st Nov – 30th Nov 2022.
dead end mission
Dead End Job is a procedurally generated couch co-op game that you can play alone or with your Ghoul-B-Gone friend. It’s inspired by the Saturday morning cartoon, and it has a lot of outside goo.
Available from November 16 to December 15, 2022.