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List of DRM-free games on Microsoft Store

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This is a list of games on PCGamingWiki marked as being released (as of November 17, 2023) and available for purchase on Microsoft Store that are flagged as DRM-free.

Verifying a DRM-free title on the Microsoft Store is a relatively complicated procedure. Instructions are listed at the bottom of the article.


DRM-free

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Total number of DRM-free games: 24 out of 1,960 games in total.


Game Series Developer Publisher First release Available on DRM
Arx Fatalis Arkane Studios JoWood Productions, Bethesda Softworks June 28, 2002
Windows
DRM-free
Donut County Little Flag Software Annapurna Interactive August 28, 2018
Windows
macOS (OS X)
DRM-free
Fallout Fallout Interplay Entertainment Interplay Entertainment, Bethesda Softworks, Sold Out Software, MacPlay October 10, 1997
DOS
Windows
Mac OS
macOS (OS X)
Linux
DRM-free
Fallout 2 Fallout Black Isle Studios Interplay Entertainment, Bethesda Softworks, Sold Out Software, MacPlay October 29, 1998
Windows
macOS (OS X)
DRM-free
Fallout 3 Fallout Bethesda Game Studios Bethesda Softworks October 28, 2008
Windows
DRM-free
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel Fallout Micro Forté Interplay Entertainment, Bethesda Softworks March 15, 2001
Windows
macOS (OS X)
DRM-free
Fallout: New Vegas Fallout Obsidian Entertainment Bethesda Softworks October 19, 2010
Windows
DRM-free
Firewatch Campo Santo Panic February 9, 2016
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
DRM-free
Mount & Blade: Warband Mount & Blade TaleWorlds Entertainment Paradox Interactive March 30, 2010
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
DRM-free
Psychonauts Psychonauts Double Fine Productions Majesco, Double Fine Productions, Xbox Game Studios, Buka Entertainment April 26, 2005
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
macOS (OS X)
DRM-free
Quake 4 Quake Raven Software, id Software Activision, Aspyr Media, Bethesda Softworks October 18, 2005
Windows
Linux
macOS (OS X)
DRM-free
Quake II Quake id Software, Xatrix Entertainment, Rogue Entertainment Activision, Bethesda Softworks December 9, 1997
Windows
Linux
Mac OS
DRM-free
Quake III Arena Quake id Software Activision December 2, 1999
Windows
Linux
Mac OS
macOS (OS X)
DRM-free
Return to Castle Wolfenstein Wolfenstein Gray Matter Interactive, id Software, Nerve Software, Splash Damage Activision, Aspyr Media November 19, 2001
Windows
Linux
Mac OS
macOS (OS X)
DRM-free
Spear of Destiny Wolfenstein id Software, FormGen Corporation FormGen Corporation, id Software September 18, 1992
DOS
Windows
DRM-free
Stardew Valley ConcernedApe February 26, 2016
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
DRM-free
The Artful Escape Beethoven & Dinosaur Annapurna Interactive September 9, 2021
Windows
DRM-free
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind The Elder Scrolls Bethesda Game Studios Bethesda Softworks, Ubisoft May 1, 2002
Windows
DRM-free
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion The Elder Scrolls Bethesda Game Studios Bethesda Softworks, 2K Games March 20, 2006
Windows
DRM-free
Undertale Undertale Toby Fox Toby Fox, 8-4, Fangamer September 15, 2015
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
DRM-free
Warzone 2100 Pumpkin Studios, Warzone 2100 Project Eidos Interactive, Sold Out Software, Warzone 2100 Project April 10, 1999
Windows
Linux
macOS (OS X)
DRM-free
What Remains of Edith Finch Giant Sparrow Annapurna Interactive April 25, 2017
Windows
DRM-free
Wolfenstein 3D Wolfenstein id Software Apogee Software, MacPlay, Bethesda Softworks May 5, 1992
DOS
Mac OS
Windows
DRM-free
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory Wolfenstein Splash Damage, id Software Activision, Bethesda Softworks May 29, 2003
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
DRM-free


Verifying DRM

In comparison to other PC storefronts, verifying Microsoft Store DRM is a relatively complicated procedure that requires a number of specific steps.
Instructions[1]
  1. Install a select title from the Microsoft Store or Xbox App.
  2. Following installation, run the game for its initial startup, then exit out.
  3. Afterward, MOVE all of the game's files outside its Xbox/Windows installation folder.(Important!The game files must be moved to the same drive where the games are installed. For example If the games are installed on Drive D you must move them first on that Drive)
  4. Thereon, COPY all games files, most important of which is the executable application, into an external folder.(Other/external drives are possible as well)
  5. After copying completes, logout from your Xbox account and open the new external folder and run the game's executable.

If the game's executable opens without complication AND without asking for Xbox Live log-in credentials, then the game is DRM-free. Sometimes you can click the login away for example for Stardew Valley and the game starts without the need of a login.

  1. Verified by User:Mmachinecodev on 2022-04-27