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

The second batch of games for this month has just been announced, and we've got a nice mix of new releases and older titles to dive into.

Highlights for this month include a BAFTA winner, a grandiose turn-based RPG, and a fiendish puzzler that's had everyone scratching their heads.

So, if you're excited to check out what's on offer, let's take a look at the April 2025 additions, as well as what we know is coming for the rest of this year!

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

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

• Borderlands 3 Ultimate Edition (Cloud, Console and PC) - 3rd April
• All You Need is Help (Console) - 3rd April
• Still Wakes the Deep (Xbox Series X/S) - 3rd April
• Wargroove 2 (Console) - 3rd April
• Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls - Ultimate Evil Edition (Console and PC) - 8th April
• South of Midnight (Cloud, PC and Xbox Series X/S) - 8th April
• Commandos: Origins (Cloud, PC and Xbox Series X/S) - 9th April
• Blue Prince (Cloud, PC and Xbox Series X/S) - 10th April
• Hunt: Showdown 1896 (PC) - 15th April
• Grand Theft Auto 5 (Console) - 15th April
• Grant Theft Auto 5 Enhanced (PC) - 15th April
• Neon White (Console) - 16th April
• SpongeBob Squarepants: The Patrick Star Game (Cloud, Console and PC) - 16th April
• Tempopo (Console, PC) - 17th April
• Crime Scene Cleaner (Cloud, PC and Xbox Series X/S) - 17th April
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (PC and Xbox Series X/S) - 24th April
• Towerborne (Game Preview) (Cloud, Console and PC) - 29th April
• Far Cry 4 (Cloud, Console and PC) - 30th April

That's all we know in terms of officially confirmed games coming to Game Pass in April 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, some are taken away. Microsoft has confirmed that the following games will be removed on 30th April 2025.

• Botany Manor
• Coral Island
• Harold Halibut
• Homestead Arcana
• Kona
• Orcs Must Die! 3
• Turbo Golf Racing

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.

• Anno 1800 (1st May 2025)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (1st May 2025)
• Dredge (6th May 2025)
• Revenge of the Savage Planet (8th May 2025)
• Doom: The Dark Ages (15th May 2025)
• To A T (28th May 2025)
• Spray Paint Simulator (May 2025)
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 (11th July 2025)
• Abiotic Factor (Summer 2025)
• Wheel World (Summer 2025)
• Ninja Gaiden 4 (Autumn 2025)
• Witchbrook (Winter 2025)
• Dead Static Drive (2025)
• FBC: Firebreak (2025)
• Lost in Random: The Eternal Die (2025)
• Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault (2025)
• Subnautica 2 (2025)
• Winter Burrow (2025)
• Wuchang: Fallen Feathers (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)
• Hollow Knight: Silksong (date TBC)
• Replaced (date TBC)
• She Dreams Elsewhere (date TBC)
• State of Decay 3 (date TBC)
  
• The Outer Worlds 2 (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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