Xbox Game Pass games: Confirmed new free titles to play in August 2025
All the revealed Xbox Game Pass games you need to know about for August.
Another month, another set of huge games swinging their way onto Xbox Game Pass in August 2025.
The service has already had a massive year, with the likes of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Rematch, Doom: The Dark Ages and Atomfall all launching onto the service.
Beyond that, Microsoft's version of PlayStation Plus is always adding older classics for those of us looking for a bit of a replay.
So, if you're curious what's coming to the service this month, here's the full list of new Xbox Game Pass titles for August 2025.
Xbox Game Pass games: Confirmed new free titles for August 2025
These games have been confirmed for Xbox Game Pass in August 2025:
- Farming Simulator 25 (1st August)
- Madden NFL 26 (10-hour trial with EA Play) (7th August)
- Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 Enhanced (12th August)
- Gears of War: Reloaded (26th August)
That's all we know in terms of officially confirmed games coming to Game Pass in August 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, although Microsoft hasn't confirmed which games will be leaving the service this month yet.
We'll update this page as and when we know more, 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.
- Ninja Gaiden 4 (Autumn 2025)
- The Outer Worlds 2 (25th October 2025)
- Witchbrook (Winter 2025)
- Dead Static Drive (2025)
- Lost in Random: The Eternal Die (2025)
- Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault (2025)
- Subnautica 2 (2025)
- 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)
- Hollow Knight: Silksong (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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Rob Leane is the Gaming Editor at Radio Times, overseeing our coverage of the biggest games on PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, PC, mobile and VR. Rob works across our website, social media accounts and video channels, as well as producing our weekly gaming newsletter. He has previously worked at Den of Geek, Stealth Optional and Dennis Publishing.
