Xbox deals worth grabbing in July 2026

Xbox's summer sale is the usual wall of percentages, and percentages are noise. We ran the whole list against recorded price history and kept the games where July's price is actually the cheapest the game has been — or close enough that waiting makes no sense.

Forza Horizon 5 — the obvious one

Mexico's greatest hits festival dips to its floor price roughly twice a year, and this is one of those windows. With the full car list unlocked over years of updates, the base game at this price is absurd value per hour.

Elden Ring — cross-checked against Steam

Identical floor on both platforms this week, which removes the usual "wait for the other store" hesitation. If your friends are on Xbox, this is the month to close the gap.

Lies of P — the quiet pick

The best souls-like not made by FromSoftware, sitting one step above its historical floor. Close enough: the last time it hit the absolute floor, the window lasted four days and didn't return for five months.

How we filtered the sale

• Historical low or within 10% of it — otherwise it goes back on the watchlist.
• No editions games — if the "deal" only applies to a bundle padded with currency packs, it's out.
• Live verification — every price in this article is fetched at read time, not pasted at write time.

That last point matters more than it sounds: deals expire mid-article all the time. If a number above looks different from the store page, trust the number above — it's newer.