Xbox Games With Gold for July 2023 Announced

Microsoft has announced that the Xbox Games with Gold line-up for July 2023 includes Darkwood and When the Past was Around.

Revealed on the Xbox Wire, the two Games with Gold offerings will be available to anyone with Xbox Live Gold or Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, with Darkwood available from July 1 to 31 and When the Past was Around available from July 16 to August 15.

Originally released in 2017, Darkwood is a top down survival horror game designed to be challenging. Players must craft weapons, prepare traps, and fortify hideouts in order to survive the night, but use the day to explore and scavenge the eerie forests of the Soviet Bloc.

IGN named it among the best horror games of that year. "In a genre oversaturated with crafting-heavy survival mash-ups, Darkwood shines," we said at the time.

Coming in with a much cosier vibe, When the Past was Around launched in 2020 as an adventure point and click puzzle game about love, moving on, letting go, and the joy and pain of everything in between.

It tells the tale of a girl and her lover in a surreal world consisting of disjointed rooms from memories and time.

New games approaching also means that June's Games with Gold will soon leave the service, so be sure to download Adios and The Vale: Shadow of the Crown before they disappear.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.