Xbox Live Games with Gold subscribers will end their gaming year with a bang and with five titles on the house. As usual, Microsoft will be giving away two free games for Xbox 360 players and another two for Xbox One owners but the company is also giving away an additional game as a holiday treat to its loyal game lovers.

Subscribers with the Xbox One can save $14.99 by downloading for free the action-adventure indie game "The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing" for the whole month of December. By Dec. 16, they can start playing the 2014 stealth video game "Thief." The title will be available until Jan. 15 and will save gamers $29.99.

December will also be fun for Xbox Live Games with Gold subscribers with the Xbox 360. For the first half of the month (Dec. 1 to 15), they can get a load of building castles and attacking enemies in the 2D physics destruction and tower defense brawler mashup "Castlestorm," which usually retails for $9.99.

For the rest of December, Xbox 360-owning patrons will be able to do some hacking and slashing in the classic arcade brawler "Sacred 3." That's another $19.99 stash right there. Also available during the latter half of the month to both Xbox One and Xbox 360 subscribers is "Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising."

The military simulation video game serves as Microsoft's gift to Xbox Live Games with Gold patrons. With the complimentary action-adventure game, gamers get to share around an additional $9.99. In a nutshell, the holiday cheer really reigns over at Xbox Live Games with Gold.

Media outlets note that with Xbox 360 with Backwards Compatibility now up and running on the Xbox One, gamers with the new console subscribed to Xbox Games with Gold will get to play and enjoy each of those gratis titles, making the month extra special for the Xbox One faithfuls.