PC avid gamers must be very accustomed to the state of launchers on the platform. Whereas the craze has died down in recent times, nearly each main writer has tried to supply alternate launchers and apps to point out off their video games as an alternative choice to the king of the bunch: Steam. This consists of EA, Ubisoft, Epic Video games Retailer, and naturally, Microsoft with its Xbox app. In line with a brand new report, and a suspicious picture from the corporate itself, it appears the Xbox App is making an attempt to be extra of a common launcher sooner or later.

Noticed by The Verge, Microsoft had used an fascinating picture just lately that includes the Xbox UI, seen under. The picture has Microsoft’s Xbox Sequence X|S consoles, in addition to a Home windows laptop computer, a handheld PC, and cell units on show, however while you zoom in on the UI on show, it encompasses a “Steam” button proper subsequent to “Recreation Go.”

The weblog submit with the picture had been one discussing how Microsoft is “opening a billion doorways with Xbox“, a latest write-up by Leo Olebe, VP of World Partnerships for Recreation Builders Convention 2025. When The Verge had reached out to Microsoft concerning the mysterious Steam button, the corporate had shortly changed the picture with a unique one fully.

Whereas clearly a mockup (with the identical buttons showing a number of instances), the unique picture’s suspicious UI is seemingly a teaser of what is to return, based on The Verge.

Per sources talking with the publication, Microsoft is engaged on an Xbox App replace for PC that can introduce the power to see all put in video games on the machine, together with huge hitters like Steam and Epic Video games Retailer.

This can be a characteristic seen in third-party launchers like Playnite in addition to the GOG retailer’s Galaxy launcher. Steam additionally provides the choice to launch ‘non-Steam’ titles, however it’s a handbook course of so as to add video games and apps.

The power to see all PC video games is reportedly nonetheless within the early phases of improvement, based on the report. There’s additionally an opportunity of it by no means seeing a launch on the total model of the Xbox app. As with every report, take this one with a grain of salt till one thing official seems out of Microsoft.