Xbox Game Pass games: Confirmed new free titles to play in October 2025

So, if you haven't cancelled your Game Pass subscription quite yet, then here's the full list of new Xbox Game Pass games coming to the service in October 2025.

Xbox Game Pass games: Confirmed new free titles for October 2025

These games have been confirmed for Xbox Game Pass in October 2025:

• Cities: Skylines - Remastered (Xbox Game Pass Essential) – 1st October
• Disney Dreamlight Valley (Xbox Game Pass Essential) – 1st October
• Hades (Xbox Game Pass Essential) – 1st October
• Warhammer 40,000: Darktide (Xbox Game Pass Essential) – 1st October
• Ubisoft+ Classics Catalogue (Xbox Game Pass Ultimate) – 1st October
• Hogwarts Legacy (Console, PC, Cloud) – 1st October
• Little Rocket Lab (Console, PC, Cloud) – 7th October
• Sopa (Console, PC, Cloud) – 7th October
• Ball x Pit (Console) – 15th October
• Pax Deo 1.0 (PC) – 16th October
• Keeper (Xbox Series X/S, PC, Cloud) – 17th October
• Ninja Gaiden 4 (Xbox Series X/S, PC, Cloud) – 21st October
• Bounty Star (Console, PC, Cloud) – 23rd October
• The Outer Worlds 2 (Xbox Series X/S, PC, Cloud) – 29th October

That's all we know in terms of officially confirmed games coming to Game Pass in October 2025.

We'll update this page when the next batch of free games is confirmed by Microsoft.

What games are leaving Xbox Game Pass?

While many games are added to Xbox Game Pass, there are four games being taken away during October, all of which will be leaving the service on 15th October. They are:

• Cocoon (Console, PC)
• Core Keeper (Console, PC)
• Donut County (Console, PC)
• TMNT: Mutants Unleashed (Console, PC)

We'll update this page as and when more are added, so check back at a later date!

What other Xbox Game Pass games are coming up?

Looking further into the future, the following Xbox Game Pass games have been confirmed as upcoming releases on the service, though a lot of dates are still to be announced.

• Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault (19th November 2025)
• Witchbrook (Winter 2025)
• Dead Static Drive (2025)
• Lost in Random: The Eternal Die (2025)
• Subnautica 2 (2026)
• Winter Burrow (2025)
• Ark 2 (date TBC)
• Bushiden (date TBC)
• Contraband (date TBC)
• Dead Static Drive (date TBC)
• Elder Scrolls 6 (date TBC)
• Fable (date TBC)
• Fallout 5 (date TBC)
• Replaced (date TBC)
• She Dreams Elsewhere (date TBC)
• State of Decay 3 (date TBC)

What happened to Xbox Games with Gold?

Xbox Live Gold was discontinued on 1st September 2023, and those who kept their subscription will have been automatically swapped over to the new Xbox Game Pass Core tier as part of a price increase for Xbox Game Pass.

This change-up removes the two free monthly games and replaces them with a library of around 30 titles - including Halo 5: Guardians, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice and Forza Horizon 4, to name a few.

Xbox Game Pass Core subscribers will still be able to access online, as well as certain deals and discounts.

Microsoft plans to update the Game Pass Core library two to three times a year.

And that's your lot in terms of what's coming up! We'll be sure to let you know about all those future Xbox Game Pass games as we learn more about them.

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• The very best Xbox Series X games
• How to charge Xbox Series X controllers
• What is Xbox Game Pass? Price and perks explained
• How to connect any Xbox controller to Xbox Series X/S

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