See List of DRM-free games for more platforms.
This is a list of games on PCGamingWiki marked as being released (as of May 2, 2024) 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
- This list was last refreshed on May 2, 2024. Purge the page to refresh it.
Total number of DRM-free games: 23 out of 2,021 games in total.
Game |
Series |
Developer |
Publisher |
First release |
Available on |
DRM |
Arx Fatalis |
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Arkane Studios |
JoWood Productions, Bethesda Softworks |
June 28, 2002 |
|
DRM-free |
Donut County |
|
Little Flag Software |
Annapurna Interactive |
August 28, 2018 |
|
DRM-free |
Fallout |
Fallout |
Interplay Entertainment |
Interplay Entertainment, Bethesda Softworks, Sold Out Software, MacPlay |
October 10, 1997 |
|
DRM-free |
Fallout 2 |
Fallout |
Black Isle Studios |
Interplay Entertainment, Bethesda Softworks, Sold Out Software, MacPlay |
October 29, 1998 |
|
DRM-free |
Fallout 3 |
Fallout |
Bethesda Game Studios |
Bethesda Softworks |
October 28, 2008 |
|
DRM-free |
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel |
Fallout |
Micro Forté |
Interplay Entertainment, Bethesda Softworks |
March 15, 2001 |
|
DRM-free |
Fallout: New Vegas |
Fallout |
Obsidian Entertainment |
Bethesda Softworks |
October 19, 2010 |
|
DRM-free |
Firewatch |
|
Campo Santo |
Panic |
February 9, 2016 |
|
DRM-free |
Mount & Blade: Warband |
Mount & Blade |
TaleWorlds Entertainment |
Paradox Interactive |
March 30, 2010 |
|
DRM-free |
Psychonauts |
Psychonauts |
Double Fine Productions |
Majesco, Double Fine Productions, Xbox Game Studios, Buka Entertainment |
April 26, 2005 |
|
DRM-free |
Quake 4 |
Quake |
Raven Software, id Software |
Activision, Aspyr Media, Bethesda Softworks |
October 18, 2005 |
|
DRM-free |
Quake III Arena |
Quake |
id Software |
Activision |
December 2, 1999 |
|
DRM-free |
Return to Castle Wolfenstein |
Wolfenstein |
Gray Matter Interactive, id Software, Nerve Software, Splash Damage |
Activision, Aspyr Media |
November 19, 2001 |
|
DRM-free |
Spear of Destiny |
Wolfenstein |
id Software, FormGen Corporation |
FormGen Corporation, id Software |
September 18, 1992 |
|
DRM-free |
Stardew Valley |
|
ConcernedApe |
|
February 26, 2016 |
|
DRM-free |
The Artful Escape |
|
Beethoven & Dinosaur |
Annapurna Interactive |
September 9, 2021 |
|
DRM-free |
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind |
The Elder Scrolls |
Bethesda Game Studios |
Bethesda Softworks, Ubisoft |
May 1, 2002 |
|
DRM-free |
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion |
The Elder Scrolls |
Bethesda Game Studios |
Bethesda Softworks, 2K Games |
March 20, 2006 |
|
DRM-free |
Undertale |
Undertale |
Toby Fox |
Toby Fox, 8-4, Fangamer |
September 15, 2015 |
|
DRM-free |
Warzone 2100 |
|
Pumpkin Studios, Warzone 2100 Project |
Eidos Interactive, Sold Out Software, Warzone 2100 Project |
April 10, 1999 |
|
DRM-free |
What Remains of Edith Finch |
|
Giant Sparrow |
Annapurna Interactive |
April 25, 2017 |
|
DRM-free |
Wolfenstein 3D |
Wolfenstein |
id Software |
Apogee Software, GT Interactive, Activision, MacPlay, Bethesda Softworks |
May 5, 1992 |
|
DRM-free |
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory |
Wolfenstein, Enemy Territory |
Splash Damage, id Software |
Activision, Bethesda Softworks |
May 29, 2003 |
|
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]
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- Install a select title from the Microsoft Store or Xbox App.
- Following installation, run the game for its initial startup, then exit out.
- 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)
- Thereon, COPY all games files, most important of which is the executable application, into an external folder.(Other/external drives are possible as well)
- After copying completes, 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.
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