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Microsoft are going to be delisting XBLIGs (Xbox Live Indie Games) from Xbox Live soon, meaning that no one will be able to purchase these games any more, and the games will be lost in time like tears in rain.

You still have between now and the 29th of September to purchase games. Any games you have purchased before the cut off will still be attached to your account, and you will still be able to download and play them going forward, but new purchases will be impossible.

There is no indication that these games will ever be made available on Xbox One via backwards compatibility, and given that they will not be available for sale going forward, I’d say that the chances of this ever happening are pretty slim, but it’s not impossible.

These are the XBLIGs that I think are particularly worth your attention.

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MotorHEAT (also on PC),
Shoot 1UP (also on Steam),
Groov,
SLAM,
Squid Yes! Not So Octopus! (also on PC),
The Impossible Game (also on many other formats),
Crossfire,
Crossfire 2,
Breath of Death VII (also on Steam),
Cthulhu Saves the World (also on Steam),
Apple Jack (also on Steam),
Apple Jack 2 (also on Steam),
MotorHEAT (also on PC),
Super Killer Hornet: Resurrection (also on Steam),
Titan Attacks (also on Steam),
DLC Quest (also on Steam),
Super Amazing Wagon Adventure (also on Steam),
Wizorb (also on Steam),
Soulcaster (also on Steam),
Soulcaster 2 (also on Steam).

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Atomhex,
Leave Home (hopefully coming to Steam/PS4 soon),
qrth-phyl (hopefully coming to Steam/PS4 soon),
DELTA (hopefully coming to Steam/PS4 soon),
Arkedo Series – 01 JUMP!,
Arkedo Series – 02 SWAP!,
Arkedo Series – 03 PIXEL!,
Blocks That Matter (also on Steam),
T.E.C. 3001 (also on Steam),
Bleed (also on Steam),
Mount Your Friends (also on Steam),
Escape Goat (also on Steam),
One Finger Death Punch (also on Steam).
SpeedRunners (also on Steam).

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Flotilla (also on Steam),
Weapon of Choice (also on Steam),
Beat Hazard (also on Steam),
Gateways (also on Steam),
Platypus (also on Steam).

This is just my personal selection, if you have any recommendations that you’d like to share, please do so in the comments.