Microsoft is ready to officially launch Windows 10 to the public on July 29. This is the "last" Windows from a traditional sense that's coming from Redmond as now it will work as WaaS or Windows as a Service. This essentially means that you won't have to buy a new operating system every few years as all the changes and fixes would be released to your devices as downloadable updates. Windows 10, while bringing several changes, also attempts to integrate the upcoming OS experience into other platforms including Xbox One.

Redmond is trying its best to make sure that the new Windows is admired by the users unlike the response that the company received for the un-intuitive Windows 8. These efforts also include providing a unified experience throughout the Windows ecosystem regardless of the devices. Unification of experience also means that Xbox One and Windows 10 will see increased compatibility so that you can easily pick stream games from any Windows device to continue it. We have already discussed this seamless integration between platforms that Microsoft aims to provide with Windows 10.

However, the ultimate question that the end user, and several of our readers, ask is the compatibility of games with the new Windows iteration. Would the favorite games of users be compatible with Windows 10 and run as smoothly as ever or should we expect to see some bumps in the road ahead? Well, as the Windows 10 gets polished with every new Insider build, expect to see more improvements and bug fixes. For now, users have started keeping an updated list of all the games that are running smoothly with the new OS (insider builds) and those that are giving some errors.

Windows 10 compatible games:

While there is a long list of Windows 10 compatible games, your favorites might still not be in the list. If you are basing your decision to upgrade to Windows 10 solely on games compatibility then we would recommend you to wait for a few weeks after July 29 release until you see what bugs users are reporting. Once you get the green light, hop onboard.

Here is the list of Windows 10 compatible games reported by users as shared before. Don't forget to share your own gaming experience with Windows 10 so far, so we can keep this list updated.

Compatible Not Compatible 8BitBoy Avengers Alliance A Valley Without Wind 2 BigFishGames.com - Activation errors; DRM issues Alan Wake Counter Strike Nexon Zombies Alice : Madness Returns Cry of Fear Alien Isolation Defense Grid : The Awakening Amnesia Defiance ArcheAge Grand Theft Auto 5 iFruit App (Windows Store) Arma 3 GTA (Original GTA Steam version that came with bundle) - Display Issues Assassin's Creed Hamachi Assassin's Creed : Brotherhood Metal of Honor : Airborne Assassin's Creed : Freedom Cry Quake 3 Arena - Display issues Assassin's Creed : Liberation Rift Assassin's Creed : Unity Rocksmith Assassin's Creed II Shadowgrounds Assassin's Creed III Shadowgrounds : Survivor - Crashed after menu at game load Assassin's Creed IV - Some PhysX issues Skiddy the Slippery Puzzle AudioSurf Star Wars Battlefront II - loads menu, fails to load mission. Awesomenauts Star Wars Commander App Batman : Arkham Asylum - verify game cache integrity first Stronghold HD Batman : Arkham City GOTY - Win 8 compatiblity mode The Ultimate Doom (steam ver that plays in DosBox) - freezes at title Batman : Arkham Origins The Ultimate Doom (Steam version that plays in DosBox) BattleBlock Theater Tomb Raider (VI) : The Angel Of Darkness Battlefield 2 Unity Of Command - "Loads into game but gets stuck at loading screen when choosing a game. Plays music, but nothing happens." Battlefield 3 Crusader: No Remorse - crashes on exit Battlefield 4 Battlefield 4 - with Nvidia's 3D Vision Battlefield Hardline BETA Battlepaths Bejeweled III Ben There, Dan That! BF 1942 Binary Domain - Win 7 compatibility mode Bionic Commando Bionic Commando Rearmed Bioshock Bioshock 2 Bioshock Infinite Blade Kitten Blake Stone : Aliens Of Gold (Original) - (Apogee Throwback Pack via Steam through DosBox) Blake Stone : Planet Strike! (Original) - (Apogee Throwback Pack via Steam through DosBox) Bleed Borderlands Borderlands : The Pre-Sequel Borderlands 2 Breach Broforce Call of Duty : Advanced Warfare Call of Duty : Black Ops II Call of Duty : Black Ops II Multiplayer Call of Duty : Modern Warfare II - Win7 compatibility mode Call of Duty : Modern Warfare III Call of Duty IV : Modern Warfare Call of Juarez : Bound in Blood Captain America : The Winter Soldier (Free game in Store) Castle Crashers Civil War II Civilization 5 - Needed to install direct X from the game folder Clicker Heroes Clickr Command and Conquer : Red Alert 3 Command and Conquer 4 : Tiberian Twilight Commandos 3 : Destination Berlin - Some display flickering issues but played fine Company Of Heroes 2 Counter Strike (as well as Condition Zero and Source) Counter Strike: Global Offensive Crusader Kings 2 Crysis Crysis 2 : Maximum Edition - Windows Defender excluded; in Win 8 compatbility mode Crysis 3 Crysis Warhead Cubeworld - crashes when exiting D.C. Universe Online Daikatana - 800x600 or lower screen res Dark Messiah of Might & Magic Darkreign 2 Darksiders Darksiders 2 Darkwood Dawn Of War (Soul Storm) Dawn Of War II : Chaos Rising Dead Effect Dead Island Dead Rising 3 - Playable but several issues Dead Space Dead Space 2 Deadpool Defense Grid 2 Deus EX : Game Of The Year Edition (Steam) - some changes to display settings might be required Deus EX : Human Revolution Deus EX : The Fall Devil May Cry 4 - in DirectX10 Diablo III Dishonored - Win 8 Compatbility Mode Don't Starve Together Doom 3 Dragon Age : Origins Dragon Age II Driver Duke Nukem 3D: Megaton Edition Dungeonland E.Y.E. Divine Cybermancy Earth 2150 Trilogy Elder Scrolls III : Morrowind Elder Scrolls IV : Oblivion Elder Scrolls V : Skyrim Eldorado : Halo Online ETHER VAPOR Europa Universalis IV Eve Online Everquest Extreme Rise Of The Triad (Original) - Apogee Throwback Pack via Steam through DosBox F.E.A.R. F.E.A.R. 2 - Verify game cache integrity F.E.A.R. 3 - . Verify game cache integrity Fallout : New Vegas Fallout 3 : Game Of The Year Edition Far Cry 2 Far Cry 3 Far Cry 4 Farming Simulator (2011, 2013, 2015) Faster Than Light (FTL) Final Fantasy IV Final Fantasy VII Final Fantasy VIII Firefall Five Nights At Freddy's (I, II, & III) FORCED Frogger (1997) Frogger 2 : Swampy Revenge Gabriel Knight Game Dev Tycoon Garry's Mod Ghostbusters : Sanctum of Slime Giana Sisters : Twisted Dreams Goat Simulator GRID GRID 2 Grim Dawn GTA : San Andreas GTA : Vice City (with patch) GTA III GTA III GTA IV GTA V - Some screen tearing, vsync, and start up issues Guild Wars 2 Guilty Gear Isuka Guns of Icarus Online Half-Life Half-Life : Source Half-Life 2 : Deathmatch Halo 2 - Skip intro video using h2launcher HAWKEN Heart's Of Iron 3 Hellgate London Heroes Of Might and Magic III (GOG Ver) Heroes Of Might and Magic III : HD Edition (Steam Ver) Heroes Of Might and Magic IV (uPlay Ver) Heroes Of Might and Magic V (uPlay Ver) Heroes Of Might and Magic VI Heroes Of Might and Magic X Legacy Hitman : Absolution Hitman : Blood Money Hitman : Codename 47 Hitman : Contracts Hitman : Sniper Challenge Hitman 2 : Silent Assassin How To Survive - Win 8 Compatibility Mode Imperialism 2 Injustice : God's Among Us Ultimate Edition Interstellar Marines Judge Dredd : Dredd vs Death Just Cause - Windows XP Compatibility Mode Just Cause 2 - verify integrity of game cache Just Cause 2 : Multiplayer Mod - verify integrity of game cache Kane & Lynch : Dead Men Kane & Lynch 2 : Dog Days Killing Floor Killing Floor 2 - Need to set KFGame.exe to run as admin Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris Left 4 Dead Left 4 Dead 2 Legacy of Kain : Defiance - Minor display issues due to lower resolution upon start. Fixed easily in game Legacy of Kain : Soul Reaver - Minor display issues due to lower resolution upon start. Fixed easily in game. Legacy of Kain : Soul Reaver 2 - Minor display issues due to lower resolution upon start. Fixed easily in game. Legendary LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes Magicite Maplestory Mark Of The Ninja Marvel Online Mass Effect 1 - launcher throws a UAC warning, if you still have UAC turned on Mass Effect 2 Mass Effect 3 Max Payne 3 Meltdown METAL GEAR RISING : REVENGEANCE Metal Gear Solid : Ground Zero Metro 2033 Metro 2033 : Redux Metro Last Light Metro Last Light : Redux Middle Earth : Shadow of Mordor Might & Magic : Clash of Heroes Minecraft Mirror's Edge Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition Mortal Kombat X Moto Racer Collection Narco Terror NBA 2K 2015 Need For Speed : Carbon Need For Speed : Hot Pursuit Need For Speed : Most Wanted (Original DVD Ver - 2005) NiGHTS into Dreams… - Steam Ver. Issues with full screen at 1080 Nosgoth Obi & The Blind Forest Operation Flashpoint : Red River Orbital Gear Orborun Orcs Must Die Orcs Must Die 2 Oregon Trail : Directors Cut ORION: Prelude Overlord Overlord II Painkiller Hell & Damnation Path of Exile PAYDAY 2 Peggle Planetside 2 Plants Vs Zombies : Garden Warfare Platypus II Portal Portal 2 Pressure Primal Carnage Quake Quake (GL Quake) Quake 2 - full screen issues with certain resolutions; Original CD ver has install issues. Quake 3: Team Arena - Menu has some display issues, but played a multiplayer game with no issues. Quake 4 : Special Edition Quake World Quake World (QL Quake World) Rage Rayman : Legends Remember Me Resident Evil 4 / Biohazard 4 Resident Evil 5 Resident Evil 6 / Biohazard 6 Resident Evil Revelations / Biohazard Revelations UE Rise Of The Triad (Original) - Apogee Throwback Pack via Steam through DosBox Rise Of The Triad (Redux. Steam Ver) Risen Saints Row IV - Verify game integrity first Sanctum Sanctum 2 Section 8 Serious Sam 3 : BFE Shadow Warrior (2014) Shadow Warrior : Classic Redux Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri Sid Meier's Civilization V Sim City 2000 Sleeping Dogs (Original) Sleeping Dogs : The Definitive Edition Slender The Arrival Space Engineers Space Hulk Spec Ops II : The Line Star Trek Online Star Wars : The Old Republic State of Decay Station Launcher Strider Stronghold 2 Stronghold 3 Sugar Cube : Bittersweet Factory System Shock 2 Team Fortress 2 Tera Terraria The Bureau: XCOM Declassified The Cave - Needed to verify game integrity The Cursed Crusade The Darkness II The Escapists The Forest The Joylancer : Legendary Motor Knight The LEGO Movie The Secret World The Showdown Effect The Witcher (Enhanced Edition) The Witcher 2 : Assassin's Of Kings (Enhanced Edition) The Witcher III They Bleed Pixels Thief (2014) Time Gentlemen, Please! Titan Quest Titan Quest : Immortal Throne Titanfall - works in latest build as of 6/20/2015 To End All Wars Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six : Vegas Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six : Vegas 2 Tomb Raider (2013) Tomb Raider : Anniversary Tomb Raider : Chronicles Tomb Raider : Legend Tomb Raider : The Last Revelation Tomb Raider : Underworld Tomb Raider I Tomb Raider II Tomb Raider II : Adventures of Lara Croft Torchlight II Toxikk Trine : Enhanced Edition Trine 2 Tropico 4 Ultima VII Ultima VIII Unreal Unreal Tournament III : Black Edition Unturned Valiant Hearts : The Great War Viscera Cleanup Detail : Shadow Warrior Warface Warframe Warhammer 40,000 : Kill Team Warhammer 40,000 : Space Marine - verify integrity of game cache first Watch Dogs Watchmen : The End is Nigh Wildstar Wingcommander III Wingcommander IV Wolfenstein New Order Woolfe : The Red Hood Diaries World In Flames World Of Warcraft X-Com : Enemy Unknown Ys VI

Dell, Lenovo, HP, and Acer PCs are expected to go on sale from July 29 pre-installed with Windows 10. These will also come pre-loaded with the Xbox app which will be the gaming hub for Windows users. This app will have deep integration with all the features of the Xbox One such as the game DVR, achievement tracking and of course all the other social aspects to keep you apprised of what your friends are doing. Xbox app will also bring the cross-platform messaging feature that will let you send text and voice messages to your friends, quite similar to the Windows 8 SmartGlass app for Xbox.

Windows 10 is certainly promising to offer some exciting gaming times ahead with cross-play offering you to play Xbox One games online with your friends playing the PC version of the game, DirectX 12, gameplay streaming, and more improvements and new offers. Microsoft is evidently using the opportunity of Windows 10 launch to also boost its Xbox One sales. Let's see how Sony fights back with this onslaught of features and cross-platform multiplayer gaming.