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VERIFIEDBy Xavier Rivera·Tuesday, October 20, 2026 at 2:02 PM EDT·1.5 min read

Everything announced at the ID@XBOX and IGN Showcase

Xbox's ID@XBOX and IGN Showcase revealed more than 20 indie games, including Croak and Red Kiss day one on Game Pass and A Game About Digging a Hole Together on December 4. The Wolf Among Us Remastered, ZERO PARADES: Director's Cut and Shrek 2 Remastered also got dates.

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Xbox revealed multiple indie games at the ID@XBOX IGN Showcase, several launching day one on Game Pass. A Game About Digging a Hole Together arrives December 4, 2026 on Xbox, PC, and Game Pass. Chronoscript: The Endless End targets summer 2027 on Xbox and PC. Croak launches March 2027 on Xbox, PC, and Game Pass.

Xbox's ID@XBOX and IGN Showcase on Tuesday brought a long list of indie announcements, including a surprise launch and a new wave of Game Pass titles, according to Xbox Wire's official recap. Many of the games will support Xbox Play Anywhere at launch.
A Game About Digging a Hole Together arrives December 4.
Coming this year. Scramble Knights Online, an MMO-lite action RPG, launches October 26 on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC and Game Pass. Telltale's The Wolf Among Us Remastered arrives digitally October 29 on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One, and ZA/UM's ZERO PARADES: Director's Cut lands on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox on PC on November 3. Shrek 2 Remastered is up for pre-order ahead of its November 10 release on Xbox Series X|S. A Game About Digging a Hole Together, the co-op sequel to the beach-digging sandbox game, hits Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC and Game Pass on December 4.

Game Pass in 2027. Croak, a hand-drawn precision platformer, arrives in March 2027 day one with Game Pass. Mr. Magpie's Harmless Card Game, a roguelike deckbuilder with Matt Mercer voicing the host, comes to Game Pass in early 2027, and the deck-building siege defense game Drill Keeper reaches Xbox on PC and Game Pass in summer 2027. Vampire spy RPG Red Kiss is coming soon, day one on Game Pass.
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Also announced. Other titles include Chronoscript: The Endless End (summer 2027), Graytail (November 2027), Love is a Roguelite (fall 2027), Mr. Records (spring 2027), Rustown (June 30, 2027), VANRAN and Waveling Island (both early 2027), and Paper Shredder (this winter). The show also covered Magenta Down and CRITICAL REFLEX's Arctic Eggs, out today on Xbox Series X|S, plus Mouthwashing (October 29) and No, I'm Not a Human (2027), which we've covered separately.
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