Windows 10 + Xbox play Anywhere <MAKES ME BUY GAME I OWN>

Cooper Thayer · Mar 8, 2023

I own a handful of Xbox play anywhere titles and have never had any problems playing them on my windows PC even though I originally bought them on Xbox. Ever since gamepass was revamped and got its own app / all Xbox apps got overhauled my account has never been able to access them from pc again. Every time I go into the Xbox app -> my library -> owned .... it will show my games THAT I HAVE OWNED FOR YEARS , when i click to install it makes me buy them and or installs a demo. I assure this is not an account confusion issue, its been the same account and email for 15 years since 3rd grade. simply a bug please upvote.

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Paper Man

Good night crystal and thanks for the help, also the web link dont let me download the game, it appears like i have to buy it... this can be a bug or something like that?

Vijay_Verma

Hi JArthurs

Greetings! I am Vijay, an Independent Advisor. You can play games from Xbox Play Anywhere on both XBox one as well as on Windows 10 PC.

These games are listed here

https://www.xbox.com/en-IN/games/xbox-play-anyw...

Minecraft is not a Xbox Play Anywhere game, hence you will have to buy it separately for Windows 10.

Do let me know if you have any more question or require further help.

SLB4EVERPT

Ok thank you. Do you know the link to the game store?

Doesnt have a link....is the store on windows10, its an app, it comes installed with windows10. Hit the windows symbol and search for Microsoft Store .

I can send the list of play anywhere titles here: https://www.xbox.com/en-us/games/xbox-play-anywhere

I remember that, on the play anywhere titles, that you can play it in both platforms (PC and Xbox) when buying through " https://www.xbox.com/en-US/ " or the windows 10 store will work in both platforms, but some games like ARK
or Rise of Tomb Raider, they are available on Windows 10 but they are not on Play Anywhere games , so be careful buying through the website, because if you buy a game that exist on windows10 and is not a play anywhere title, you are
actually buying to Xbox One.

So, for windows 10 games, I recommend using windows 10 store.

{Parity}

Unless it is a play anywhere game or a Windows 10 version then you will have to buy the Windows 10 version.

StuartATrueRed

You will have to rebuy those games that you mentioned. They are some games that are part of the Xbox Play Anywhere Program can be downloaded to Windows 10 at no cost if you have the Xbox One Digital version of the game. The list of Play Anywhere games
can be found here
https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/xbox-play-anywhere

Windows 10 + Xbox play Anywhere <MAKES ME BUY GAME I OWN>