Microsoft adds 21 original Xbox games to PC backward compatibility
Microsoft added 21 original Xbox games to its backward compatibility program on PC on Thursday, November 12, 2026, raising the library to 25 titles. The company tied the release to the 25th anniversary of the Xbox console.
The announcement is signed by Jason Ronald, vice president of Microsoft. Besides the new games, the company added achievements to four titles and mouse and keyboard support to all 25 games in the library. Three of the new titles are not available in Brazil.
Platform, library size and access on Xbox PC
- Platform: Windows PC, through the Xbox app for Windows and the ROG Xbox Ally handheld line
- Titles added on November 12, 2026: 21 original Xbox games
- Total library after the update: 25 titles, counting the four games released in July 2026
- Achievements: four games
- Mouse and keyboard support: all 25 titles
- Titles not available in Brazil: three of the 21 new games
- Game Pass: The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, Grabbed by the Ghoulies and the four July titles, with no extra charge for subscribers
Achievements arrive in four original Xbox games
Players can now earn achievements in four original Xbox games, a feature the announcement describes as new to the first generation of the console. Until now, none of these titles had achievements on the original Xbox, according to the company. The feature is one of the most requested by the Xbox community, the announcement says.
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The achievements also work when the games are played on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, as long as the console has the latest system update installed. In some cases, achievements can be unlocked based on progress the player has already made in the game. The announcement says Microsoft worked with the developers and publishers of each game to make sure the achievements fit the spirit of each title, and that more original Xbox games will receive them over time.
Three of the 21 new games are not sold in Brazil
A notice from Microsoft do Brasil in the announcement says that three of the new titles are not available in Brazil. They are marked with an asterisk in the list below. The 21 games are available to players in the selected countries where the program is supported.
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Full list of the 21 games added to Xbox PC
- Armed and Dangerous (not available in Brazil)
- Disney’s Chicken Little
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
- Grabbed by the Ghoulies (not available in Brazil)
- Indiana Jones and the Emperor’s Tomb (not available in Brazil)
- Red Faction II
- Secret Weapons Over Normandy
- Star Wars Battlefront
- Star Wars Battlefront II
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
- Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
- Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
- Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (achievements)
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II – The Sith Lords (achievements)
- Star Wars: Republic Commando
- Star Wars: Starfighter – Special Edition
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- Thrillville
- TimeSplitters 2
- TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
Eleven of the new titles belong to the Star Wars franchise. The four achievement games are also in the list, along with the four titles released in July 2026, which are not repeated here. The four July titles are BLiNX: The Time Sweeper, Conker: Live and Reloaded, Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge and Fuzion Frenzy. The company says that these four games also receive stability and performance improvements in this update.
Prices in the Brazilian store for TimeSplitters 2 and Star Wars Battlefront
- TimeSplitters 2: R$36.95
- Star Wars Battlefront: R$49.00
- Star Wars Battlefront II: R$49.00
The prices were recorded in the Brazilian Microsoft store on November 12, 2026, and the purchase is valid for both console and PC. The sources reviewed did not confirm prices for the other titles on the list. Morrowind, Grabbed by the Ghoulies and the four July games are available in the Game Pass catalog, according to the sources, and subscribers do not pay extra to play them.
Windows 11 required and download from the official Xbox website
Players need Windows 11 to use the feature on PC. The download must be made from the official Xbox website, and the features available in each game depend on the title. The games run through the Xbox app for Windows and also on the ROG Xbox Ally handhelds, which received PC compatibility for the first time with the July release.
The minimum and recommended hardware below was cited by the Brazilian gaming site Zigg, and it was not confirmed in another source reviewed. For the minimum configuration, the list names a GeForce GTX 950, a Radeon RX 550 or an Intel Arc A310 graphics card, a processor with 4 cores and 8 threads and 8 GB of RAM. For the recommended configuration, the list names a GeForce GTX 1070 Ti or a Radeon RX 6800S with 16 GB of RAM.
- Operating system: Windows 11
- Minimum graphics: GeForce GTX 950, Radeon RX 550 or Intel Arc A310
- Minimum processor and memory: 4 cores and 8 threads, 8 GB of RAM
- Recommended graphics: GeForce GTX 1070 Ti or Radeon RX 6800S
- Recommended memory: 16 GB of RAM
Microsoft has not said which Xbox games come to PC next
The company has not announced which original Xbox games will be the next to come to PC, or when that will happen. The announcement says that Microsoft plans to bring more original Xbox games to PC in the future.
