{"id":675594,"date":"2026-01-05T14:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T14:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/675594\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T14:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T14:50:11","slug":"three-casual-xbox-games-arrived-for-free-over-christmas-easy-achievements-on-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/675594\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Casual Xbox Games Arrived For &#8216;Free&#8217; Over Christmas, Easy Achievements On Offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Three Casual Xbox Games Arrived For &#039;Free&#039; Over Christmas, Easy Achievements On Offer\" href=\"https:\/\/images.purexbox.com\/38d12e1ee778d\/three-casual-xbox-games-arrived-for-free-over-christmas-easy-achievements-on-offer.large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/three-casual-xbox-games-arrived-for-free-over-christmas-easy-achievements-on-offer.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Three Casual Xbox Games Arrived For 'Free' Over Christmas, Easy Achievements On Offer\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the things we low-key hate about the Xbox Store is that some games will be advertised with a release date ahead of time, and others will just randomly appear on there without warning \u2014 no marketing whatsoever!<\/p>\n<p>That was seemingly the case with three new &#8220;free&#8221; games that popped up over Christmas in <strong>Puzzle Galaxy Xbox Edition<\/strong>, <strong>Coloring Book<\/strong> and <strong>Cup Heroes<\/strong>, all of which include optional DLC but also plenty of entirely free content.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\"><p>\ud83e\udde9Puzzle Galaxy is OUT NOW for FREE on Xbox and PlayStation!\u2b50<\/p>\n<p>Unwind in a casual jigsaw puzzle game with a variety of themes, pleasing graphics and adorable effects.<\/p>\n<p>Not enough? Get it all with Puzzle Galaxy: Complete Edition!!\ud83d\ude80\u2728<\/p>\n<p>Xbox:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zIKKroi3yd\">https:\/\/t.co\/zIKKroi3yd<\/a><br \/>PlayStation:\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2qjjT9o2Ef\">pic.twitter.com\/2qjjT9o2Ef<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 @QubicGames (@QubicGames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QubicGames\/status\/2004567882764562694?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>These are obviously all just casual experiences that are unlikely to blow anyone away from a gameplay perspective, but it&#8217;s worth noting that two of them contain a bunch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/guides\/xbox-game-pass-easy-achievements-and-fastest-completions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">easy Xbox achievements<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, we&#8217;ve already found two walkthroughs on YouTube (from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8zWg49n4m1s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hidden Levels<\/a>) that claim you can get all 1000G achievements in Puzzle Galaxy Xbox Edition and Coloring Book within 40-50 minutes and one hour respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Is it worth playing these games just to get the achievements? We&#8217;ll leave that up to you! You can check out the aforementioned walkthroughs below (there isn&#8217;t one for Cup Heroes), and we&#8217;ll let you know when more &#8220;free&#8221; games get released on Xbox in 2026.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Play with beautiful varied illustrations, breathtaking photos and special video puzzles playing after completing a particular assembly.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Unleash your imagination in Coloring Book! Explore a wide selection of beautiful drawings and whiteboards, all organized into creative themed collections.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Three Casual Xbox Games Arrived For &#039;Free&#039; Over Christmas, Easy Achievements On Offer 2\" href=\"https:\/\/images.purexbox.com\/bbf383d06877b\/three-casual-xbox-games-arrived-for-free-over-christmas-easy-achievements-on-offer-2.large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/three-casual-xbox-games-arrived-for-free-over-christmas-easy-achievements-on-offer-2.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Three Casual Xbox Games Arrived For 'Free' Over Christmas, Easy Achievements On Offer 2\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Step into the whimsical world of Cup Heroes, where everyday cups turn into mighty heroes on an epic quest to save their beloved Queen!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Are You A Big Xbox Achievement Hunter? (186 votes)<\/p>\n<ol class=\"poll-results\">\n<li class=\"result first\"><strong class=\"answer\">Yes, I&#8217;m always chasing achievements!<\/strong>24%<\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">Quite often, but not with every game<\/strong>17%<\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">Occasionally, if I really like what I&#8217;m playing<\/strong>28%<\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">Not really, but I like that they exist<\/strong>20%<\/li>\n<li class=\"result last\"><strong class=\"answer\">Not interested in achievements to be honest!<\/strong>11%<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Will you be trying these for the cheevos? Any interest in achievement hunting in 2026? Tell us in the comments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer\">Please note that some external links on this page are affiliate links, which means if you click them and make a purchase we may receive a small percentage of the sale. Please read our <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/advertising\" target=\"_blank\">FTC Disclosure<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the things we low-key hate about the Xbox Store is that some games will be advertised&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[65283,2393,53,16,15,289],"class_list":{"0":"post-675594","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-achievements","9":"tag-free-games","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-xbox"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115843054241078111","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=675594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}