Playing PC games bought through the Xbox store offline

Mathew_B · Nov 29, 2022

Hello,

TLDR: I'm looking to play single-player PC games bought from the Xbox store (Windows) offline for extended periods of time.

Apparently with Steam, games can be played offline indefinitely, but according to an official article (link below), if I buy PC games from the Xbox store (Windows), I can only play them for 14 days before needing to go online again. I'm just seeking clarification as to whether this is correct - and yes, I have googled this but there's not much on this subject compared to Steam.

https://support.xbox.com/en-GB/help...ames-offline-on-windows-10-using-offline-mode

:)

JosefLBohorquez

Hi and thanks for reaching Microsoft Xbox gamer's community. My name is Josef.
I'm an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft Xbox user like you.

Hope you're doing great today MATHEW_B

Yes, that statement is true, you need to go back online temporarily just to renew the game ownership

QuentinClement

I am playing on a pc and I bought it through the Xbox store and it doesn't work on either the Xbox app or the Microsoft store

dardor

Unless a game is specified as Xbox Play Anywhere and it was bought digitally through the Xbox Store or Windows Store, game licenses will not transfer between PC and Xbox.

However, Xbox Live Gold members can get For Honor for Xbox One for free from August 16 - September 15 through Games with Gold. Happy gaming!

Smwutches

What you bought will only work for the console. Only games that support Play Anywhere can be purchased for Xbox and also downloaded and played on PC (and vice versa). You would need to purchase it for the PC in order to download it on the PC. It's not available through the Microsoft Store for PC.

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I am on pc and i bought the game through the pc xbox store. If theres an resolve for this please and thank you

Playing PC games bought through the Xbox store offline