Xbox added 21 original Xbox games to PC backward compatibility on November 12, growing the library to 25 titles, Jason Ronald, Microsoft’s vice president of Next Generation, announced on Xbox Wire.
“Today, 21 more original XBOX games are coming to PC, bringing the XBOX Backward Compatibility on PC library to 25 games as we celebrate 25 years of XBOX,” Ronald wrote.
The wave leans heavily on Star Wars: 13 of the 21 additions are LucasArts-era titles, spanning both Battlefront games, Republic Commando, Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, Jedi Academy and both Knights of the Old Republic entries. The rest of the list runs from The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, TimeSplitters 2 and TimeSplitters: Future Perfect to Indiana Jones and the Emperor’s Tomb, Red Faction II, Secret Weapons Over Normandy and Thrillville.
Achievements arrive on PC for the first time
The announcement also delivers a feature players had been asking Microsoft for: achievement support in original Xbox games on PC, which Ronald called one of the top requests from the Xbox community. “For the first time ever, players can now earn achievements,” Ronald wrote. The first titles to support them are both Knights of the Old Republic entries, BLiNX: The Time Sweeper and Conker: Live and Reloaded.
The catalog arrived on PC in stages: Microsoft first put the console’s first four classics on the platform earlier in 2026. The whole library runs on Windows PCs and on handhelds such as the ROG Xbox Ally family, part of Xbox’s push to treat PC and handhelds as first-class platforms.
What you need
The games require Windows 11, and Xbox says the wave is available in select markets only. Specific features vary by game, a download is required, and a game purchase or an Xbox Game Pass subscription may be needed. Morrowind and Grabbed by the Ghoulies are also available with Game Pass.
Ronald says achievements were added for the first four games to debut on the service, and that more original Xbox games and more achievement updates are coming in the next few months.
