It's a new month, which means new Xbox Game Pass games!
Xbox Game Pass, PC Game Pass, Xbox Cloud Gaming, and the all-encompassing Xbox Game Pass Ultimate each provide numerous perks to subscribers, including unlimited access to the best Xbox Game Pass games and many more. It's often considered to be one of the greatest values in the video game industry, and Xbox is intent on driving that idea home with new additions to the services every single month.
Xbox Game Pass is available on Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and Xbox One consoles. PC Game Pass is available on Windows PCs. Xbox Cloud Gaming grants remote access to hundreds of titles on practically any device through streaming. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, as the name implies, is the quintessential subscription that includes all the aforementioned services, online multiplayer, exclusive perks, and EA Play access. With new games arriving all the time, it can be easy to lose track of new additions.
Here's every single game leaving the service, as well as all the new Xbox Game Pass games right now. If you want the complete list, be sure to bookmark our ultimate guide to every game on Xbox Game Pass. This list isn't as applicable to Xbox Game Pass Core and its curated library of Xbox games, but you can still keep up to date with all the titles available in the main Xbox Game Pass catalog.
Recent updates
July 26, 2024 — Updated with new release dates for some titles, added surprise addition Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023), and those two new "best picks."
Xbox Game Pass: Best new games this month
Say hi to the best recent Xbox Game Pass games. You'll rarely go wrong with the diverse selection of games on Xbox Game Pass, but there are always a handful of titles that stand above the rest — including, but not limited to, exceptional indie games, addictive multiplayer games, expansive AAA games, and Microsoft's first-party titles and projects. These are the best new games that have recently arrived on Xbox Game Pass that you shouldn't hesitate to play.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III
- Available: July 24 — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Xbox One, & Windows PC
The day has finally arrived. We knew that Call of Duty in Xbox Game Pass was essentially a given thanks to Xbox acquiring Activision-Blizzard in a landmark deal, but we didn't know when. We don't have to wonder anymore, though, as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (the 2023 remake) is now available on Xbox and Windows PC through Xbox and PC Game Pass.
This is a test run before Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 arrives later this year, seeing how the Call of Duty HQ launcher functions within the confines of the Game Pass subscription, but either way it gives millions of subscribers access to the final installment in a legendary single-player campaign and an absurd amount of online multiplayer content.
I feel like Call of Duty doesn't need much introduction, though. If you'd like to learn more about this specific game, you can check out our Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III review.
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
- Available: July 19 — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming
Japanese publisher Capcom has been sailing from win to win these last few years, and the debut of a brand-new IP has not broken the streak. Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess is a fascinating, truly unique blend of action-adventure, strategy, and tower defense genres into a stylish, engaging, and challenging new video game.
Inspired heavily by ancient Japanese mythology but with modern design twists, Kunitsu-Gami feels like a throwback to classic games while simultaneously stepping into the future. It looks stunning, and spreads out across a wide variety of separate stages in which you, the spirit guardian Soh, need to lead an army of rescued villagers against the vile and corrupted Seethe pouring into Japan from a different dimension. Your goal? Protect the young maiden Yoshino and lead her to the defiled Torii gates so she can cleanse them and close the portals.
It's not a perfect game with some strange difficulty spikes and odd mechanics, but overall it's a ton of fun to explore and 100% one of the best additions to Xbox Game Pass in 2024. You can find out more in my Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess review.
Dungeons of Hinterberg
- Available: July 18 — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming
Dungeons of Hinterberg is a unique action-RPG that doesn't throw players into a never-ending loop of violence, instead dividing its world into three parts. The traditional action-RPG combat is here, but Dungeons of Hinterberg is also filled with creative puzzles. When you're not out exploring, solving, or battling, you form relationships with the people of your home, a local small town affected by the incoming tourism generated by the dungeons.
You play as Luisa, a young woman jumping at an opportunity to leave her boring office life behind, and get a chance to experience magic in the form of Dungeons, or portals to other realms. Dungeons of Hinterberg features a gorgeous and truly unique art style that brings out the best of these alternate dimensions, too.
The story and writing are surprisingly inviting and engaging, the combat is excellent, the puzzles are fun, and the balance of gameplay elements creates an experience unlike any other. It's not a perfect game with some bugs and quality of life issues, but Dungeons of Hinterberg is one of the more interesting day one additions to Xbox Game Pass in recent memory. You can read our Dungeons of Hinterberg review for more information.
Xbox Game Pass: Full list of new games
It can be easy to lose track of all the new games coming to Xbox Game Pass, so we've compiled the full list for your convenience. In this section of our Xbox Game Pass guide, learn what games have been released on Xbox Game Pass recently, when they became available, and what platforms on which they're available.
July 24
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Xbox One, & Windows PC
July 19
- Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming
July 18
- Dungeons of Hinterberg — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming
- Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming
July 16
- Flock — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Xbox One, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming
- Magical Delicacy — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Xbox One, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming
July 11
- Neon White — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Xbox One, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming
- Tchia — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming
Xbox Game Pass: Full schedule of games coming soon
Microsoft loves to give Xbox Game Pass subscribers plenty of time to prepare for upcoming additions by announcing them early. This section of our Xbox Game Pass will help you keep track of all the games coming to Xbox Game Pass shortly, so you can decide what you want to play and whether you need to free up some space.
Sept. 3
- Star Trucker — Xbox Series X|S & Windows PC
Sept. 20
- Frostpunk 2— Windows PC
Sept. 24
- Ara: History Untold — Windows PC
Nov. 20
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Xbox One, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming
Xbox Game Pass: List of games leaving soon
For the most part, more games join Xbox Game Pass than leave. However, most games do leave the service eventually, so Microsoft likes to give players a heads up if they haven't gotten around to playing that game yet. Keep an eye on this section of our Xbox Game Pass guide for games you still want to play. If you see a game you've played and loved, be sure to purchase it with your Xbox Game Pass discount so you can keep it forever.
July 15
- Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming
- Figment 2: Creed Valley — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Xbox One, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming
- Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion — PC
- TOEM — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming
- The Wandering Village — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming
Xbox Game Pass: All known upcoming launch games
Microsoft gives us updates on games heading to Xbox Game Pass a few weeks before those games become available, usually twice a month. However, Xbox and ID@Xbox events toss aside this expectation to announce a flurry of games that are hitting Xbox Game Pass day and date, meaning they're launching into the service when they land on Xbox platforms. That means day one access to all of these games for Xbox Game Pass subscribers, including some of the best upcoming Xbox games.
Many of these games are far enough out that they don't even have a release date, and we're not certain exactly which platforms they'll come to through Xbox Game Pass. Still, this list in our Xbox Game Pass guide will give you an idea of what to look out for in the future of Xbox Game Pass. We'll constantly update this list as we get new information about release dates, when games become available, and what platforms are getting them.
The following events, as well as upcoming Xbox Game Studios games, have been added to this section, including Xbox Games Showcase 2023:
- Xbox Games Showcase — June 2024
- Xbox Partner Preview — Mar. 2024
- Annapurna Interactive Showcase — June 2023
- Xbox Games Showcase — June 2023
- Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase — June 2022
- Summer Game Fest — June 2022
- ID@Xbox Showcase — Mar. 2022
- Xbox @ Gamescom — Aug. 2021
- Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase — E3 2021
- ID@Xbox Games Showcase — Mar. 2021
Xbox Games Showcase — June 2024
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC on Oct. 25, 2024
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC on Nov. 19, 2024
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Xbox One, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming on Nov. 20, 2024
- Age of Mythology: Retold — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC in 2024
- Avowed — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC in 2024
- Indiana Jones & The Great Circle — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC in 2024
- REPLACED — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Xbox One, & Windows PC in 2024
- Atomfall — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC in 2025
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC in 2025
- DOOM: The Dark Ages — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC in 2025
- Fable — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC in 2025
- Mixtape — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC in 2025
- South of Midnight — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC in 2025
- Winter Burrow — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, & Windows PC in 2025
- Wuchang: Fallen Feathers — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC in 2025
- Gears of War: E-Day — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC
- Perfect Dark — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC
- State of Decay 3 — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC
Xbox Partner Preview — Mar. 2024
- Creatures of Ava — Xbox Series X|S & Windows PC on Aug. 7, 2024
- Frostpunk 2— Windows PC on Sept. 20, 2024
- The Alters — Xbox Series X|S & Windows PC in 2024
- Sleight of Hand — Xbox Series X|S & Windows PC in 2025
Annapurna Interactive Showcase — June 2023
- Ghost Bike — Xbox Series X|S & Xbox One in 2024
- Bounty Star — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, & Windows PC in 2025
- to a T — Xbox Series X|S & Xbox One
Xbox Games Showcase — June 2023
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC on Nov. 19, 2024
- Cities: Skylines 2 — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC in 2024
- 33 Immortals — Xbox Series X|S & Windows PC in 2024
- Avowed — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC in 2024
- Towerborne — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC in 2024
- Fable — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC in 2025
- South of Midnight — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC in 2025
- Clockwork Revolution — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC
Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase — June 2022
- Ara: History Untold — Windows PC on Sept. 24, 2024
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Xbox One, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming on Nov. 20, 2024
- Ark 2 — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming
- Ereban: Shadow Legacy — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming
- Hollow Knight: Silksong — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming
Summer Game Fest — June 2022
- Routine — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming
Xbox @ Gamescom — Aug. 2021
- Bushiden — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Xbox One, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming in Nov. 2024
Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase — June 2021
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Xbox One, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming on Nov. 20, 2024
- REPLACED — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Xbox One, & Windows PC in 2024
- Contraband — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC
- The Outer Worlds 2 — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC
ID@Xbox Games Showcase — Mar. 2021
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Xbox One, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming on Nov. 20, 2024
- Dead Static Drive — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, & Windows PC in 2024
- She Dreams Elsewhere — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, & Windows PC
- Way to the Woods — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, & Xbox Cloud Gaming
Xbox Game Studios & Bethesda Softworks upcoming games
- Ara: History Untold — Windows PC on Sept. 24, 2024
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC on Oct. 25, 2024
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC on Nov. 19, 2024
- Age of Mythology: Retold — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC in 2024
- Avowed — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC in 2024
- Indiana Jones & The Great Circle — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC in 2024
- Towerborne — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC in 2024
- DOOM: The Dark Ages — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC in 2025
- Fable — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC in 2025
- South of Midnight — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC in 2025
- Clockwork Revolution — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC
- Contraband — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC
- Everwild — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC
- Gears of War: E-Day — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC
- Perfect Dark — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC
- State of Decay 3 — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC
- The Outer Worlds 2 — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC
Xbox Game Pass adds new games all the time, but there's already a vast selection of high-quality titles available for gamers to play. Check out our list of best Xbox Game Pass games for some fantastic ideas on what you should play next. You can also pick up one of the best external SSDs for Xbox Series X|S to ensure you always have enough storage for all these games.
