What you need to know
- Microsoft revealed the games coming to Xbox Game Pass in May 2022.
- Some of the games being added include Trek to Yomi and Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising.
- NHL 22 is also available for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers.
More games are coming to Xbox Game Pass, with everything from new sports titles to a samurai adventure in the coming month.
Microsoft shared via Xbox Wire that several new games are coming in the month of May 2022, such as the sidescrolling black-and-white title Trek to Yomi. There's also Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising, an action-RPG prequel to Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes. Any Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers will also get access to NHL 22 via the higher tier's inclusion of EA Play.
Earlier in 2022, Microsoft shared that Assassin's Creed Origins would be coming to Xbox Game Pass in the next couple of months, but there's no date for that particular title to hit the service right now.
Coming soon
Here's all the different games coming to Xbox Game Pass, PC Game Pass, and Xbox Cloud Gaming:
Loot River (Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Cloud Gaming, PC) - May 3
Explore procedurally generated labyrinths in a dungeon crawling action roguelike that combines tense, real-time combat with spatial block-shifting – slide blocks of ancient ruins, fight bestial abominations, loot, explore, level-up, strategize, cast powerful spells, die and wake up anew.
Trek to Yomi (Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Cloud Gaming, PC) - May 5
Trek to Yomi is a cinematic action adventure game that follows an enthralling story of Hiroki during his fall against the forces of evil. Experience his heroic return to make good on his failed promise to save the people he sore to protect.
Citizen Sleeper (Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Cloud Gaming, PC) - May 10
Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of tabletop RPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair Anniversary Edition (Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Cloud Gaming, PC) - May 10
On Jabberwock Island, you and your classmates were ready for fun in the sun until Monokuma returned! Trapped in a dangerous situation, you must survive through the class trials. Your only hope rests in solving the island's mysteries. Plus, Ultimate members can play with native touch controls with cloud gaming on day one, no controller needed!
Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising (Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Cloud Gaming, PC) - May 10
Strengthen your bonds with the launch of Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising on Xbox Game Pass. Experience the prewar tales of various characters who will eventually become your companions in Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, the top funded Kickstarter game of 2020 and coming to Game Pass on day one in 2023.
This War of Mine: Final Cut (Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Cloud Gaming, PC) - May 10
In This War of Mine: Final Cut, remastered for Xbox Series X|S, you play a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of necessities and constant danger from snipers and hostiles. It's an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
NHL 22 (Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One) - May 12
Experience breakthrough hockey with Game Pass Ultimate and EA Play! NHL 22 is coming soon to The Play List, so all members can hit the ice. Members also get NHL 22 rewards, including World of Chel gear sets, and more.
Leaving soon
A few games are also rotating out of Xbox Game Pass during May, which you can see listed below.
May 10
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition
May 15
- Enter The Gungeon
- Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster
- Remnant: From the Ashes
- Steep
- The Catch: Carp and Coarse
- The Wild at Heart
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