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
Sept 4, 2024 — Updated with new Xbox Game Pass additions and a fresh list of games that are leaving the service soon. Also added Age of Mythology: Retold as one of our 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.
Age of Mythology: Retold
- Available: Sept. 4 — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming
Age of Mythology is the oft-forgotten sibling of the legendary Age of Empires real-time strategy franchise, but it's still a fascinating alternative with a shifted gameplay focus. Now, years later, Age of Mythology has returned as a "Retold" remake from World's Edge at Xbox and all its partner studios. It's a brilliant remaster that preserves the feel of the original while updating its visuals, gameplay mechanics, quality-of-life, and accessibility.
World's Edge took everything it learned from Age of Empires and incorporated those lessons here, resulting in one of the most refined RTS games you'll find anywhere. It's also fully available on Xbox Series X|S with surprisingly excellent controller support — yes, that also means it plays wonderfully on gaming handhelds like the ASUS ROG Ally.
If you're pining for a more fantastical real-time strategy that evolves the classic Age of Empires formula, Age of Mythology: Retold is worth checking out for sure. Being a first-party Xbox title, it's also a permanent addition to Xbox and PC Game Pass, as well as Xbox Cloud Gaming. You can read our Age of Mythology: Retold review for more information.
DOOM + DOOM II
- Available: Aug. 8 — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Xbox One, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming
The original DOOM games redefined what video games could be in the early 1990s, and their influence is still felt decades later. These legendary titles are loved by many even today, and now there's a new way to enjoy them. DOOM + DOOM II is the quintessential bundle that includes both classic DOOM games at their very best, complete with modern improvements and features... And even new content.
Made in partnership between id Software, MachineGames, and Nightdive Studios, this $10 bundle includes DOOM, DOOM II, every add-on ever released for both games, and a brand-new Legacy of Rust DLC that includes fresh single-player levels. There are quality-of-life improvements, support for up to 4K resolution and 120Hz refresh rates, community-published single-player mod support, cross-platform online multiplayer with up to 16 players, the option to switch back and forth between the classic and a new remastered soundtrack, and much more.
It's an awesome deal that's included in all tiers of Xbox Game Pass, with existing owners of the games enjoying free upgrades with the new content. This is the kind of game preservation that truly resonates with fans, and I love to see it.
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.
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.
Sept. 4
- Age of Mythology: Retold — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming
Sept. 3
- Star Trucker — Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming
Aug. 27
- Core Keeper — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming
Aug. 22
- Atlas Fallen — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming
Aug. 13
- Mafia Definitive Edition — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, 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. 5
- Expeditions: A MudRunner Game — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Xbox One, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming
Sept. 11
- Riders Republic — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Xbox One, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming
Sept. 20
- Frostpunk 2— Windows PC
Sept. 24
- Ara: History Untold — Windows PC
Oct. 25
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Xbox One, & Windows PC
Nov. 19
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & 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.
Sept. 15
- Ashes of Singularity: Escalation — PC
- FIFA 23 — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Xbox One, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming via EA Play
- Payday 3 — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming
- Slime Rancher 2 (Game Preview) — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming
- SpiderHeck — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Xbox One, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming
- You Suck At Parking — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, 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, Xbox One, & 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
- Indiana Jones & The Great Circle — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming on Dec. 9, 2024
- Avowed — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming on Feb. 18, 2025
- REPLACED — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Xbox One, & Windows PC in 2025
- 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
- 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
- Avowed — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming on Feb. 18, 2025
- Cities: Skylines 2 — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC in 2024
- 33 Immortals — Xbox Series X|S & 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 2025
- 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, Xbox One, & Windows PC on Oct. 25, 2024
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 — Xbox Series X|S Optimized & Windows PC on Nov. 19, 2024
- Indiana Jones & The Great Circle — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming on Dec. 9, 2024
- Avowed — Xbox Series X|S Optimized, Windows PC, & Xbox Cloud Gaming on Feb. 18, 2025
- 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
