Xbox Winter Demo Fest: over 20 free demos to download now, complete list

The Xbox Winter Demo Fest starts: over 20 free demos for those Christmas.

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The week is off to a strong start for those who enjoy discovering new projects on their Xbox. The Xbox Winter Demo Fest 2025 is now available, a special event that brings together dozens of free demos and serves as a showcase for games still in development. Although Xbox hasn’t promoted it on the homepage yet, the list already exceeds twenty demos and will continue to grow over the next few hours.

Starting on December 9th, a tab dedicated to the event will appear on the console’s panel. Until then, all demos can be found in the “Demos” section of the Xbox Store or by manual search. These versions are preliminary builds designed to receive feedback and show the current state of each project, so they may differ significantly from the final game.

Xbox Winter Demo Fest: Over 20 Demos Available Now

Here are the confirmed demos so far:

• Aikyam: Fantasy turn-based RPG inspired by Bollywood.

• AWAYSIS: Action based on reactive physics and arcade control.

• Biped 2: Cooperative action-adventure with puzzle-solving and two robot protagonists.

• Boxes: Fragmentos Perdidos: Puzzles inside boxes with hidden mechanisms.

• Cash Cleaner Simulator: Simulates the clandestine work of money laundering.

• Cassette Boy: Pixel art adventure in 2D… that’s actually a rotating 3D space.

• ColorBlend FX: Desaturación: Metroidvania platformer with puzzle-solving centered around color mixing.

• Contraband Police: Narrative thriller set in a border post in 1981.

• Empire in Decay: Turn-based roguelike tactics with deck-building.

• Froggy Hates Snow: Survival in a frozen desert filled with dangers.

• Go North: Narrative adventure with labyrinths and magical objects.

• Enchantment: Horror story about a mother searching for her daughter.

• Knuckle Jet: Action platformer with impulses, shocks, and jetpunk rhythm.

• Kristala: Dark fantasy action RPG starring feline warriors.

• Limbot: Physical destruction in cardboard cities for up to four players.

• Megabattle: Roguelike combat with customizable robots and card decks.

• Pathologic 3: Combat against a deadly plague by manipulating time.

• Reef Defense: Frenetic strategy defending a reef from waves of crustaceans.

• Relooted: Plan a heist to recover stolen African art.

• Showgunners: Tactical combat in a dystopian reality show filled with traps.

• Worshippers of Cthulhu: Management and strategy inspired by the works of Lovecraft.

• Under Par – Golf Architect: Design golf courses by transforming wild terrain.

More Games on the Way

Xbox has confirmed that over 30 additional demos will be activated throughout the day, so the event tab will fill up at a steady pace.

A perfect festival to discover games, support their developers, and start preparing the list of upcoming releases for 2026. We’ll be keeping an eye out to update with all the new demos as they appear in the store.