Play Extra of the Games You Love, Wherever You Play with XBOX Backward Compatibility on PC

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 reminiscences from the previous. And as gamers, we don’t need to depart 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 fully new methods.

Rolling out at present, XBOX Backward Compatibility on PC launches in early launch, beginning with 4 basic authentic XBOX video games, now playable on PC and handhelds for the primary time ever. This marks the start 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 bounce into the next video games on PC and supported handheld gadgets starting at present in supported areas: 

Each of those video games is now obtainable 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 facility of XBOX Play Anywhere and XBOX Cloud Gaming, now you can play these basic video games from the previous in your XBOX console, cloud, PC and handheld.

In addition to creating these video games obtainable on PC for the primary 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 embrace customizable language and audio settings.

We plan so as to add much more options to XBOX Backward Compatibility video games sooner or later. I’m excited to share that later this yr we might be bringing one of many high fan-requested options to pick out authentic XBOX video games on each console and PC: Achievements. The first 4 video games releasing in preview at present might be up to date to incorporate Achievements within the coming months.

Getting began is straightforward. If your PC or handheld meets the minimal system necessities beneath, you’ll find a way to entry backward appropriate titles by way of the XBOX on PC app. 

Minimum system necessities: 

• GPU: Nvidia GTX 950 or AMD Radeon RX 550 or Intel UHD 770 or Intel Arc A310  
• CPU: Min 4 Cores Intel Core i3-8100 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200 or AMD Ryzen™ Z2 A Processor  
• RAM: 8GB  
• OS: Windows 11   
• Drivers and Versions: Latest Version as of January 2026 

Recommended specs: 

• GPU: Radeon RX 68005 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 
• DirectX Version: DirectX12 API, Hardware Feature Level 11 
• GPU VRAM: 8GB 
• OS: Windows 11 
• 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 get pleasure from and play extra of the video games you already personal throughout the gadgets you utilize each day.