Xbox will now let you stream games you own without a console

An image shows some games you can stream on Xbox.

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Xbox is expanding its streaming capabilities and will now let players stream some games they already own that aren’t included Game Pass on any device that supports it.

Since 2020, Xbox has allowed Game Pass Ultimate Subscribers to stream a large selection of games included in the subscription via various devices and apps. For example, if you were a member, you could play Halo Master Chief Collection on your phone via cloud streaming. But if a game you wanted to stream and play wasn’t included in the Game Pass catalog, you were screwed. That changes today, though only for some games.

On November 20, Xbox announced that it would finally let people stream some games they already own. This has been a long-requested feature from fans, something Xbox acknowledges in the blog post announcing the news, and Xbox previously teased that this feature was coming in October.

Currently, you cannot stream any owned games, and for some reason these purchased games cannot be streamed on Xbox consoles or the Xbox PC app yet. However, you can stream them on all other devices and browsers that support it. So if you already own Assassin’s Creed Miragefor example, and you are currently an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscriber, you can go to this websitelog in, press play and start stabbing people without a download or a console. I know because I just did.

Currently only 50 games are supported but it is better than before when it was zero. Xbox also says that next year you’ll be able to play these owned games via the cloud on your console.

Sony announced this yesterday that gamers would be able to stream some PS Plus games on their PS portal without a console. Now Xbox lets you stream some owned games on your phone without an Xbox. Indeed, the streaming wars have begun.


Here’s the full list of 50 games you can stream via Xbox if you already own them:

  1. Animal well
  2. Assassin’s Creed Mirage
  3. Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
  4. Balatro
  5. Baldur’s Gate 3
  6. Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
  7. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022)
  8. The casting of Frank Stone
  9. Cyberpunk 2077
  10. Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake
  11. Dredge
  12. Dying Light 2 Stay Human
  13. Farming Simulator 25
  14. Fear the limelight
  15. Final Fantasy XIV online
  16. Final Fantasy
  17. Final Fantasy II
  18. Final Fantasy III
  19. Final Fantasy IV
  20. Final Fantasy V
  21. Final Fantasy WE
  22. Hades
  23. Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions
  24. High on life
  25. Hitman World of Assassination
  26. Hogwarts Legacy
  27. House Pinball 2
  28. Kena: Bridge of Spirits
  29. Lego Harry Potter collection
  30. Life is Strange: Double Exposure
  31. Metro Exodus
  32. Mortal Kombat 1
  33. NBA 2K25
  34. PGA Tour 2K23
  35. Phasmaphobia
  36. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
  37. Rust Console edition
  38. 7 days to die
  39. Star Wars Outlaws
  40. Wandering
  41. Crew Motorfest
  42. The Outlast Trials
  43. The clever squire
  44. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
  45. Tom Clancy’s The Division 2
  46. TopSpin 2K25
  47. Understatement
  48. Visions of Mana
  1. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marines 2
  2. WWE 2K24