Feature: 10 Great Games That Have Been Added To Xbox Play Anywhere In 2024

We never hear anything about Xbox Play Anywhere these days. Well, Phil Spencer has mentioned it on occasion and how it basically has lost its way over the years, but let's be fair - it's actually had a pretty good 2024 overall!

For those who aren't in the know, Xbox Play Anywhere refers to games that are cross-buy between Xbox and PC. In other words, if you buy the game on the Xbox Store, you also get a PC version of the game to play via the Xbox PC app.

Although it hasn't been marketed at all, we've seen a pretty decent bunch of games added to the program over the past few months. The following list is far from exhaustive, but represents some of the highlights that we've found so far:

• Age of Mythology: Retold
• DOOM + DOOM 2
• Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster
• Gori: Cuddly Carnage
• Harold Halibut
• Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth
• Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2
• Still Wakes The Deep
• Visions of Mana
• Who's Your Daddy?!

In theory, you should be able to find out which Xbox games are "Play Anywhere" compatible via a big list on the official Xbox website, but it's incomplete - Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth isn't on there, for example. The problem is that some games don't get the "Play Anywhere" tag when they're added to the Xbox Store, and therefore they get missed out.

This was mentioned by a bunch of commenters in a response to Windows Central's Jez Corden earlier today, who noted that Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster and the upcoming Metaphor: Refantazio are Play Anywhere compatible:

In fact, here's the latest list of upcoming Xbox Play Anywhere titles for 2024 according to Xbox:

• Johnny Trigger (October 4)
• Tents-Trees (October 9)
• Metaphor: ReFantazio (October 11)
• Life is Strange: Double Exposure (October 29)
• Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 (November 19)

It's crazy to us that Xbox seems uninterested in marketing Play Anywhere these days, especially considering it's had a much better year - we actually had a few grumbles to share about the service in a feature last December.

In fact, we'd say Play Anywhere is more important than ever with so many Windows handhelds now appearing on the market, so here's hoping publishers will continue their support for the program in 2025 and beyond!