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Original Xbox games are now on PC

25 original Xbox games can be played with your keyboard and mouse on Windows, but a digital copy is needed

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For Xbox's 25th anniversary, Microsoft added PC support to original Xbox games on Windows.
25 games can be played with your keyboard and mouse, but you must have a digital copy.
Achievement support was added for the first time and 21 games were added to the list.

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Why It Matters

For Xbox's 25th anniversary, Microsoft added PC support to original Xbox games on Windows. 25 games can be played with your keyboard and mouse, but you must have a digital copy. Achievement support was added for the first time and 21 games were added to the list.

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On Xbox's 25th anniversary, Microsoft has increased PC support for original Xbox games to 25 titles. The application, which started with only four games in July, can be played on Windows computers with a keyboard and mouse as of today. However, you need to have or purchase a digital copy of the games.

Microsoft is offering this work as part of its paid "next-generation game protection" promise. Moreover, 21 games were added to the new list.

Achievements coming for the first time

Microsoft is bringing achievement support to original Xbox games for the first time. There are four games in the first phase: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, its sequel, Blinx: The Time Sweeper and Conker: Live and Reloaded.

You can also unlock these achievements on Xbox One and Xbox Series consoles, but a system update is required first. Other games will also receive achievements in the future.

List of original Xbox games

Armed and Dangerous

Blinx: The Time Sweeper

Conker: Live and Reloaded

Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge

Disney's Chicken Little

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

Fuzion Frenzy

Grabbed by the Ghoulies

Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb

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

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II – The Sith Lords

Star Wars: Republic Commando

Star Wars: Starfighter – Special Edition

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

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TimeSplitters 2

TimeSplitters: Future Perfect

There are many Star Wars games on the list. Most of them already have a PC version, because there are very few games that were released only on Xbox at that time. Still, many of these Star Wars games were very popular.

Disc and Game Pass limit

You cannot open these games with the original Xbox disc. Original Xbox and Xbox 360 discs are not included in Microsoft's disc-to-digital program because they were released before the unique serial number on Xbox One discs. It appears that Xbox's backward compatibility on PC works with an emulator.

Most of the new games are not currently available on Xbox Game Pass. According to Microsoft, only Blinx, Conker, Crimson Skies, Fuzion Frenzy, Morrowind and Grabbed by the Ghoulies come with subscription.

Leaked Microsoft documents showed that the full release of original Xbox games on PC would be in October 2026. Accordingly, it was stated that Xbox 360 games would gradually come to the new generation consoles between 2027 and 2028. On the other hand, Microsoft is expected to release a handheld console and Helix box respectively around these dates.

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The full release of original Xbox games on PC will occur in October 2026.
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Open Questions

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