KOTOR 1 & 2, TimeSplitters 2, Morrowind: All 25 Original Xbox Games Playable on PC Today With Official Achievements
Just hours after database updates on the Microsoft Store backend hinted at an imminent classic wave, Redmond has officially pulled back the curtain on its quarter-century preservation push. Writing on Xbox Wire, editor Mike Nelson confirmed that 21 additional original Xbox titles are launching today on Windows 11 PCs, bringing the total Xbox Backward Compatibility on PC catalog to 25 games in celebration of 25 years of Xbox.
Five Surprise Heavyweights Join the Full List of 25 Original Xbox Games on PC
While the 16 original Xbox store entries spotted earlier today on the Microsoft Store servers already pointed toward a massive LucasArts showcase, today's official rollout adds five major fan favorites that did not appear in the morning leak. BioWare and Obsidian's beloved RPGs Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and The Sith Lords, Planet Moon Studios' irreverent shooter Armed and Dangerous, Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, and Free Radical's TimeSplitters 2 are all live right now.
Here is the complete list of the 21 new original Xbox additions playable starting today on Windows 11 PCs and Windows handhelds such as the ROG Xbox Ally family:
- Armed and Dangerous
- Disney's Chicken Little
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (also included with Xbox Game Pass)
- Grabbed by the Ghoulies (also included with Xbox Game Pass)
- Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb
- Red Faction II
- Secret Weapons Over Normandy
- Star Wars Battlefront (2004)
- Star Wars Battlefront II (2005)
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (never previously released on PC)
- Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
- Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
- Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter (never previously released on PC)
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (now featuring Xbox Achievements)
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (now featuring Xbox Achievements)
- Star Wars: Republic Commando
- Star Wars: Starfighter Special Edition
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2002, never previously released on PC)
- Thrillville
- TimeSplitters 2 (first official standalone commercial release on PC)
- TimeSplitters: Future Perfect (never previously released on PC)
These 21 titles join the inaugural batch of 4 original Xbox classics that debuted on PC in July 2026:
- BLiNX: The Time Sweeper (included with Xbox Game Pass, now featuring Xbox Achievements)
- Conker: Live and Reloaded (included with Xbox Game Pass, now featuring Xbox Achievements)
- Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge (included with Xbox Game Pass)
- Fuzion Frenzy (included with Xbox Game Pass)
How Xbox Backward Compatibility Works on PC: Game Pass, Digital Entitlements, and Mouse Support
All 25 original Xbox classics run natively through the Xbox app on Windows 11 PCs and supported handhelds via Microsoft's official backward compatibility emulator. Rather than relying on aging early-2000s Windows ports that often struggle with modern displays and gamepads, the Xbox wrapper delivers up to 4x resolution upscaling, anisotropic filtering, improved anti-aliasing, and vertical sync right out of the box.
Alongside today's catalog expansion, Microsoft confirmed that every single one of the 25 backward-compatible games now supports full mouse and keyboard input in addition to native controller layouts. The engineering team has also deployed stability and performance upgrades for the initial four July launch titles.
When it comes to access, six of the twenty-five games are included directly with an active Xbox Game Pass subscription (Morrowind, Grabbed by the Ghoulies, BLiNX, Conker, Crimson Skies, and Fuzion Frenzy). The remaining nineteen titles require a digital license: if you already bought the digital backward-compatible version on Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S, your entitlement carries over to PC automatically at no extra cost, or you can purchase them individually on the store. Physical original Xbox discs from 2001 cannot be used to unlock PC access, as first-generation and Xbox 360 discs lack the unique per-disc serial identifiers introduced during the Xbox One generation.
Original Xbox Games Get Official Achievements for the First Time on PC and Consoles
Today's update also fulfills one of the community's longest-standing requests since original Xbox backward compatibility first launched in 2017. For the first time ever, players can unlock official Xbox Achievements in first-generation Xbox games, starting today with four flagship titles:
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
- BLiNX: The Time Sweeper
- Conker: Live and Reloaded
Designed in close collaboration with each game's original developers and publishers to match the spirit of the source material, these Achievements work across both Windows 11 PCs and Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S consoles once you install the latest console system update. Even better, Microsoft notes that some Achievements can unlock retroactively based on save progress you have already recorded. More original Xbox titles are slated to receive both PC support and Achievement lists in future updates.
My Field Notes
From a game preservation standpoint, finally having TimeSplitters 2, TimeSplitters: Future Perfect, and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith officially playable on a modern PC with both controller and mouse-and-keyboard support is a genuine milestone. Yet the real showstopper tonight is seeing official Xbox Achievements go live on the two Knights of the Old Republic RPGs, BLiNX, and Conker. Booting up an existing cloud save and watching Achievements pop retroactively on games from the 2001 generation is the exact kind of tribute this 25th anniversary deserved.
Having tracked the initial 16 backend store listings earlier today, Chaya "Chayane" points out the one catch in Microsoft's rollout: only 6 of the 25 games are currently bundled into Xbox Game Pass, and because original 2001 discs cannot be verified digitally, players who only own physical copies on their shelves will still have to buy the digital versions to play them on Windows 11.
Originally from Lyon, France, gaming journalist Bastien "Orion" relocated nearly a decade ago to Quebec City's Saint-Roch district, right in the heart of eastern Canada's development studio hub. Before crossing the Atlantic, he honed his versatile reporting style across classic French gaming web portals and specialist television outlets in the 2000s and 2010s, notably with JeuxVideo.fr and JeuxNews. Equally passionate about AAA blockbusters, North American studio culture, retro preservation, and community modding projects, he anchors Pro-Gamer's transatlantic desk and real-time coverage of US and Japanese industry announcements.
