Microsoft has lowered the bar to gain access to lots of games on Xbox with an Xbox Game Pass—for just $10 a month, users can pick up a whole bunch.

Still, you’re looking at $120 a year minimum to get gaming on a system that probably cost you $500. 

Even if great games are worth the money, our budgets only stretch so far. You can get games like Forza Horizon 5 or Starfield that will last hundreds of hours, but even then, those may only keep your attention for so long.

That’s where free-to-play games come in. Free-to-play once meant a “short Flash game that you can play in a browser.” Now, the term really just means a game that you can start playing without spending a cent, and there are some serious bangers.

While free-to-play is far from a quality marker, it’s no longer a promise of a subpar title either. There are free-to-play games that can roll with the best of them.

Here are our favorite free games on Xbox Series X and S right now.

(Editor’s note: All of the games on this list are traditional “Web2” games with no crypto elements. However, if you’re looking for a compelling crypto game on Xbox Series X/S,