The short version
- Football Manager 27 opens its Launch Preview early play on November 3, a week before the full launch on November 10. It's ₹4,499 on Steam in India, or ₹4,049 with the 10% pre-purchase discount, and it's on PC Game Pass and Game Pass Ultimate.
- ZERO PARADES: Director's Cut, the spy RPG from the team behind Disco Elysium, comes to Xbox on November 3. On Steam it's ₹1,599 ($39.99).
- Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School (November 5) and VOID/BREAKER 1.0 (November 4) both arrive on Game Pass.
- Xbox Wire lists 32 games for the week, most of them smaller indies. We've picked out the ones worth knowing about.
Microsoft's weekly Next Week on Xbox post went up on October 30 and covers November 2 to 6. We've combined it with Steam's store listings to add India prices where they exist. It's a quiet week for blockbusters, since everyone is clearing space for GTA 6 on November 19, so the mid-sized games get room to breathe.
Football Manager 27 (PC, Launch Preview from November 3)
Sports Interactive's management sim is the biggest name of the week. SEGA's Steam listing gives a full launch date of November 10, but if you pre-purchase you get Launch Preview early play from November 3. Xbox Wire says the same early access applies through PC Game Pass and Game Pass Ultimate.
SEGA describes FM27 as an "evolved, easier to navigate experience", with the same pitch as ever: pick a club, build a squad, set the tactics. On Steam it runs on Windows and macOS. Two things worth knowing before you buy: the Steam page lists Denuvo anti-tamper with a limit of five machine activations a day, and it flags in-app purchases.
India price on Steam: ₹4,499, currently ₹4,049 with 10% off before launch. Steam didn't show a US price when we checked.
Image: Sports Interactive / SEGA, Steam store page
ZERO PARADES: Director's Cut (Xbox, November 3)
ZA/UM, the studio that made Disco Elysium, released Zero Parades on PC on May 21, 2026. The Director's Cut now brings it to Xbox, with Xbox Play Anywhere support, so one purchase covers console and PC.
It's an espionage RPG. You play a brilliant, tormented operative on one last assignment, building a network of contacts and working out who's lying to you. Expect the studio's trademark: lots of reading, dialogue checks and a story that reacts to the kind of person you choose to be. On Steam it costs ₹1,599 in India and $39.99 in the US. It's Windows-only on PC.
Image: ZA/UM, Steam store page
Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School (Game Pass, November 5)
Coin Crew Games' sequel is a puzzle game built around escape rooms. You can play solo or in online or local co-op, exploring a new campus, solving rooms against the clock and uncovering a conspiracy about the school itself. iam8bit Presents publishes it.
It joins Game Pass on day one. Xbox lists it at $19.99. Steam had no price up for India or the US when we checked, so we can't give a rupee figure yet.
Image: Coin Crew Games / iam8bit Presents, Steam store page
VOID/BREAKER 1.0 (Game Pass, November 4)
Stubby Games' roguelite shooter has been in Steam Early Access since August 19, 2025. Version 1.0 lands on November 4 and comes to Game Pass, including PC Game Pass. You're trapped in a loop by a hostile AI, fighting through bullet-hell rooms with deep gun modding and breakable environments. Steam prices it at ₹1,500 in India and $29.99 in the US. Playstack publishes it.
Image: Stubby Games / Playstack, Steam store page
Also on Game Pass this week
- GRAVHOUNDS (Game Preview, November 2): 1-4 player co-op. Land on hostile planets, build and defend a base with physics-driven building, and extract before the aliens overrun you.
- PIT OF GOBLIN (November 3): you're a goblin feeding the royal appetite, raiding crypts and ruins with goblin friends.
The rest of the week
| Date | Game | What it is | Price on Xbox |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3 | Bowling Alley Simulator | Run a bowling alley, lanes to snack bar | $14.99 |
| Nov 4 | Kingdom of Night | '80s-style isometric action RPG | $19.99 |
| Nov 4 | The End of the Sun | First-person Slavic-fantasy mystery | Not listed |
| Nov 5 | The Slormancer | 2D action RPG dungeon crawler | $24.99 |
| Nov 5 | MANIC MINER | Remake of the 1983 classic, approved by creator Matthew Smith | Not listed |
| Nov 5 | Hasbro Games Junior Collection | Monopoly Jr., Clue Jr. and The Game of Life Jr. | $29.99 |
| Nov 5 | Dark Alley | Detective adventure set in Kyoto in 2012 | $12.49 |
| Nov 6 | SEEK | Survival horror in a snowbound orphanage | $14.99 |
| Nov 6 | Shelterra the Skyworld | KEMCO fantasy RPG | $19.99 |
| Nov 6 | Chicken Invaders Collection | The whole shooter series since 1999 | Not listed |
Kingdom of Night and Shelterra showed a launch discount to $17.99 on Xbox Wire.
What to do this week
If you play FM every year, pre-purchase before November 3 to get the extra week and the 10% off, or play it through Game Pass if you're already subscribed. Everyone else can try Escape Academy 2 or VOID/BREAKER on Game Pass at no extra cost. Next week's big date is November 10, when FM27 fully launches.
