Today, we’re introducing XBOX Backward Compatibility on PC, making it simpler to play basic XBOX video games from the previous throughout PC and handhelds, together with the ROG XBOX Ally and XBOX Ally X.
Your library is greater than only a assortment of video games. It is your private historical past of epic tales and treasured recollections from the previous. And as gamers, we don’t need to go away our gaming legacy behind at the same time as know-how continues to evolve and advance. We anticipate our library of video games to maneuver ahead with us and to have the ability to play them in solely new methods.
Rolling out right now, XBOX Backward Compatibility on PC launches in early launch, beginning with 4 basic unique XBOX video games, now playable on PC and handhelds for the first time ever. This marks the starting of a broader effort to protect XBOX video games from the previous and convey them to PC over time. And we aren’t simply enabling you to play them on PC. We are additionally including new options to make your gaming expertise higher than ever.
Players can leap into the following video games on PC and supported handheld gadgets starting right now in supported areas:
Each of these video games is now out there for buy on PC and in addition included with all XBOX Game Pass plans. If you already personal a digital license for these video games on console, that license now carries over to your PC or handheld. Through the energy of XBOX Play Anywhere and XBOX Cloud Gaming, now you can play these basic video games from the previous on your XBOX console, cloud, PC and handheld.
In addition to creating these video games out there on PC for the first time ever, we’ve added new options to reinforce the expertise on PC whereas preserving the unique gameplay. Players can customise graphics settings, together with as much as 4x decision upscaling, VSync help, Fullscreen and Windowed show modes, anisotropic filtering, enhanced anti-aliasing, and extra. These video games additionally embody customizable language and audio settings.
We plan so as to add much more options to XBOX Backward Compatibility video games in the future. I’m excited to share that later this 12 months we shall be bringing one of the high fan-requested options to pick unique XBOX video games on each console and PC: Achievements. The first 4 video games releasing in preview right now shall be up to date to incorporate Achievements in the coming months.
Getting began is easy. If your PC or handheld meets the minimal system necessities under, you’ll have the option to entry backward suitable titles by the XBOX on PC app.
Minimum Requirements
- GPU: Nvidia GTX 950 or AMD Radeon RX 550 or Intel Arc A310
- CPU: 4 cores and eight threads | Intel Core i3-10300 or AMD Ryzen 3 3100 or AMD Ryzen Z2 A
- Drivers and Versions: Latest Version as of January 2026
Recommended Requirements
- GPU: Radeon RX 6800S or Nvidia GTX 1070 Ti or Intel Arc A770
- CPU: 6 cores and 12 threads | Intel Core i5-10400 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 or AMD Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme
- Drivers and Versions: Latest Version as of January 2026
XBOX Backward Compatibility on PC is one other step towards preserving the video games from the previous and making it simpler so that you can take pleasure in and play extra of the video games you already personal throughout the gadgets you employ day-after-day.
Editor’s Note (July 22): We’ve up to date the minimal/really useful specs.
