Xbox Free Play Days: PAYDAY 3 and Ball x Pit free this weekend

Microsoft’s Xbox has added PAYDAY 3, Nowhere Prophet, Ball x Pit, Deceive Inc. and Age of Wonders 4 to its Free Play Days for Game Pass subscribers. Anno 117: Pax Romana and Crime Boss: Rockay City are also free for every Xbox player, with no subscription required. Both groups have access from November 5 to 8, 2026.

The announcement, published on November 5, 2026 at 13:00 Brasília time, covers Game Pass Ultimate, Premium and Essential members. A two-hour evaluation version of IXION is also available to Game Pass subscribers during the same period. In the announcement, Danielle Partis, editor of Xbox Wire, wrote: “Skip the safe picks – play something daring with Free Play Days!”

PAYDAY 3 and four other games for Game Pass members

PAYDAY 3 is a cooperative first-person shooter set in New York. Players can take part in large heists, and the game can be played for free on Xbox Series X|S during the event. Nowhere Prophet is a single-player card game with randomly generated maps, in which the player leads followers through tactical combat. Ball x Pit is a survival roguelite that mixes block destruction, sphere fusion and base building.

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Deceive Inc. is a multiplayer social stealth game in which players go undercover and try to extract a package before rivals take it. Age of Wonders 4 is a fantasy strategy game that combines 4X mechanics with turn-based tactical combat, and it stays available to Game Pass subscribers until November 8, 2026.

• PAYDAY 3: free on Xbox Series X|S for Game Pass members
• Nowhere Prophet, Ball x Pit, Deceive Inc., Age of Wonders 4: Game Pass members
• IXION: two-hour evaluation version for Game Pass members
• Anno 117: Pax Romana and Crime Boss: Rockay City: all Xbox players, no subscription needed

Anno 117 and Crime Boss free for all Xbox players

Anno 117: Pax Romana is a city-building strategy game set in the Roman Empire. Players can try it for free during the whole weekend and buy the Gold Edition with 40% off. The progress made during the event is kept if the player buys the game. Crime Boss: Rockay City is a heist and gang game in which the player climbs to become the top crime boss of Rockay City, with solo, bot or cooperative play.

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Discounts run for different periods. The Xbox announcement says that the discounts, percentages and title availability may vary by title and region. Players keep their Gamerscore and achievements when they buy the games during the event.

Discounts on PAYDAY 3, Nowhere Prophet, Ball x Pit and Deceive Inc.

• PAYDAY 3 base game: 35% off, from November 4 to November 18, 2026
• Nowhere Prophet full game: 70% off during the event
• Ball x Pit: 50% off for a limited time
• Deceive Inc.: 90% off during the event weekend
• Anno 117: Pax Romana Gold Edition: 40% off

How to download the games on Xbox consoles

Players open the game’s page on XBOX.com, which sends them to the Microsoft Store. There, they must be signed in to see the install option with their subscription. On the console, the path is the subscriptions tab on the home page of the Xbox Store, where the Free Play Days collection is listed.

• Event period: November 5 to 8, 2026
• Game Pass members: Game Pass Ultimate, Premium and Essential
• Free for all Xbox players: Anno 117: Pax Romana and Crime Boss: Rockay City
• Download path: Xbox Store, subscriptions tab, Free Play Days collection

The previous Free Play Days and what is still unconfirmed

The previous round of Free Play Days ran from October 29 to November 1, 2026, and offered Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, Darkwood, Spirittea and EVERSPACE 2 to subscribers. Dead by Daylight was free for all players from October 28 to November 2, 2026, and it had a 60% discount on the base game. The current round differs in its list of games and in the end date, which is November 8 in the official announcement.

Some third-party reports list NBA 2K27 among the games of this round, but the official announcement does not mention it, so the company has not confirmed that the game is part of the event. The announcement also does not give an exact closing time for November 8, 2026. It does not explain how the games work with cloud streaming (xCloud) during the event, and it does not give final prices beyond the percentages listed above.

PAYDAY 3’s 35% discount on the base game ends on November 18, 2026.