Xbox Deals Unlocked 2023 sale: TA Team Picks

Microsoft is currently holding the Xbox Deals Unlocked 2023 sale on the Xbox Store, slashing prices on games and DLC across consoles and PC. Check out what the TrueAchievements news team thinks are great deals.

This week, Microsoft is slashing prices on over 600 games and DLC across Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PC with the Xbox Deals Unlocked 2023 sale. In some cases, prices have been cut by up to 90%, so the TrueAchieveements news team has had a good rummage through the list to see which games we think would be great additions to your library.

Discounts from the bargain bin

Heidi — Cult of the Lamb

Cult of the Lamb was one of my standout games of last year. There aren’t many games that so joyfully mix the cute and the creepy — the cozy decorations and the cultist demonstrations — and do it so well as Cult of the Lamb. The game starts off with the end of your character’s life — almost. You’re rescued by a mysterious stranger who says you need to repay them by building a cult in their name. This translates into you venturing out to do runs to find new followers, defeat enemies, and gather resources, while also making sure to return to your base to tend to your followers, give sermons, perform rituals, cook meals, build necessities, decorate, and scoop poop. A lot of poop. Most of the job at first is cleaning up after your followers, who will let you know they need bathrooms by going everywhere else until you build some. It’s a ridiculously fun, ridiculously silly game with a gorgeous art style and an irresistible gameplay loop. I thought it was more than worth the full price, so it’s definitely a bargain at 35% off.

Cult of the Lamb

*** Relics of the Old Faith Update ***

The Lamb must keep their Cult flourishing, their Followers faithful, and their power unchallenged as they crusade in this free content expansion, Relics of the Old Faith. It adds brand new ways to spread the gospel of the Cult of the Lamb with powerful new abilities, exciting new characters, and thrilling new challenges.

Delve into the shrouded history of the Lands of the Old Faith as the Lamb fights to conquer those who would question their power. New Cult buildings will appease your Followers while new combat abilities will smite opposing heretics. Uncover the secrets of the Old Faith so you can be the God you want to be in this massive content expansion!

New Combat
The expansion brings a deeper layer to dungeon crawling for new and returning players. With powerful Relic abilities, heavy attacks for each weapon class, and dozens of items to find, the Lamb will unleash delightful devastation.

New Postgame
Another challenge awaits after completing the main story. Revamped dungeons, mysterious characters and challenging boss encounters are in your new quest as the God of Death. Along the way, you can unlock Follower forms, fleeces, unchosen doctrines and more.

New Challenges
Put your skills to the test with several new challenge modes for combatively competent Cult leaders. Boss Rush, Permadeath and other unique challenges await after defeating the final boss.

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Cult of the Lamb casts players in the role of a possessed lamb saved from annihilation by an ominous stranger and must repay their debt by building a loyal following in his name. Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland worshippers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.

BUILD YOUR FLOCK
Collect and use resources to build new structures, perform dark rituals to appease the gods, and give sermons to reinforce the faith of your flock.

DESTROY THE NON-BELIEVERS
Explore a sprawling, randomly generated world, fight off hordes of enemies and defeat rival cult leaders in order to absorb their power and assert your cult's dominance.

SPREAD YOUR WORD
Train your flock and embark on a quest to explore and discover the secrets of four mysterious regions. Cleanse the non-believers, spread enlightenment, and perform mystical rituals on the journey to become the mighty lamb god.

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Sean — Metro Saga Bundle

I know I’ve written about Metro a fair few times on here, but the Metro Saga Bundle at its current price of just $8.99 / £7.49 / €8.99 is, without a doubt, the best bargain of the Xbox Deals Unlocked sale. For less than the cost of a pint in some London pubs (criminal, I know), you get all three Metro games — Metro 2033 Redux, Metro: Last Light Redux, Metro Exodus — and two expansions for Exodus. Set in the tunnels of Moscow’s metro system after a nuclear bomb hits the city, the first two Metro games ooze atmosphere and are some of the best single-player first-person shooter games around. They’re creepy, action-packed, and have engaging storylines and interesting characters that will pull you through the inky blackness of the crumbling, mutant-infested metro tunnels until the end. The third game, Exodus, opens up the world of Metro and allows you to explore large sandboxes instead of forcing you to scurry around underground. Some say that Exodus loses a bit of the charm the series is known for for that reason, and while I do agree, it’s still a fantastic experience that stands on its own. I am yet to play the Exodus expansions, Sam’s Story and The Two Colonels, but I have only heard good things about them. If you’re to buy one thing from this sale, this bundle has to be it. It’s so much better than the overpriced London pint, I assure you.

Metro Saga Bundle

The Metro Saga Bundle includes all three games in the critically acclaimed Metro series - Metro 2033 Redux, Metro: Last Light Redux and Metro Exodus Gold Edition (featuring all bonus DLC)

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Tom — Evil Dead: The Game

This week I'm showing some love to Evil Dead: The Game because I love the franchise and I've regretfully spent less time than I would like in this awesome game. Evil Dead: The Game is an asymmetrical co-op survival game that tasks a team of four survivors with escaping a demon and its army of Deadites in a bunch of familiar locations from the movies. Each of the Survivors is a character from Evil Dead, Evil Dead II, Army of Darkness, and Ash vs Evil Dead, and you can mix and match your team to have a cast spanning each franchise entry if you like. As for gameplay, it's a third-person shooter that tasks the survivors with gathering weapons and leveling up their abilities when exploring semi-open world environments, locating lost pages of the Necronomicon, collecting the Kandarian Dagger, and finally defeating a Dark One to seal the breach between worlds. The player on the demon side has the fun job of possessing a variety of objects and survivors, summoning minions, or outright attacking the survivors to kill them off one by one. It's a ton of fun to play with friends or solo, and right now you can pick it up for $20.09 / £16.74 / €20.09, which is a fantastic price for the fun that's waiting for you. For a little bit extra, you can pick up the Game of the Year Edition, but it only includes additional cosmetics, so it might not be worth it for some. Go give Evil Dead: The Game a play, it's groovy!

Evil Dead: The Game

Step into the shoes of Ash Williams or his friends from the iconic Evil Dead franchise in a game loaded with over-the-top co-op & PVP multiplayer action! Play as a team of 4 survivors in a game inspired by all 3 original Evil Dead films as well as the Ash vs Evil Dead television series.

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Will you be picking up any of these games, or do you have something to recommend to us? Drop a comment below and let us know!

Written by Tom West

Tom has been playing video games since he was old enough to hold a controller, experimenting with a number of systems until he eventually fell in love with Xbox. With a passion for the platform, he decided to make a career out of it, and now happily spends his days writing about that which he loves. If he’s not hunting for Xbox achievements, you’ll likely find him somewhere in The Elder Scrolls Online or fighting for survival in Battlefield.