One Xbox Game Pass game in particular had me in a chokehold near the end of 2026, and that game was Ball x Pit. The addictive pinball, rogue-lite, city-building bullet hell game (yes, it really is all of those things). A practically perfect gaming handheld game, it went no.1 on my Xbox Rog Ally (and on my partner's Steam Deck).
I couldn't put it down until I'd 100%-ed all of the achievements, and now it's bouncing straight back into my backlog because we're getting a chunky free update on January 26.
