The Xbox Game Pass subscription service is currently on a wild hot streak with a seemingly never-ending supply of big new game additions. While the first few months of 2025 saw their fair share of high-profile, critically-acclaimed new Xbox Game Pass games, things really started picking up in April. April 2025 may very well go down as one of the absolute-best months in the history of Xbox Game Pass, with GOTY contender Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 added as a day one release alongside the brilliant first-person puzzle game Blue Prince and the surprise debut of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered.
Xbox Game Pass kept the momentum going strong in May 2025 with the addition of the highly-anticipated day one release Doom: The Dark Ages, and June 2025 has really picked things up with fresh game additions like The Alters. The rest of the year is looking bright for Xbox Game Pass as well, with Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 and Wuchang: Fallen Feathers both coming in July, Gears of War: Reloaded on deck for August, and a trio of day one games in October in the form of Ninja Gaiden 4, Keeper, and The Outer Worlds 2. And assuming it’s not delayed yet again, it seems fans can expect to play Hollow Knight: Silksong through their Game Pass subscription before the year is out as well.
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Summer 2025 is Already Ridiculously Stacked for Xbox Game Pass
While we still don’t know the full lineup, the next few months are already looking seriously stacked for the Xbox Game Pass subscription service.
Exciting new games keep getting announced as day one Xbox Game Pass titles. It’s like the service is having its Avengers: Endgame portal moment, where fan-favorite characters showed up on the scene in one of the most memorable moments in MCU history. But many would agree that is where the MCU peaked. Avengers: Endgame‘s portal moment was the culmination of over a decade’s worth of MCU films and is often hailed as one of the franchise’s most memorable moments ever, but after that, things went downhill. The MCU is not nearly as popular as it was pre-Endgame, as evident by the poor box office returns for movies like The Marvels and Thunderbolts.
Biggest Xbox Game Pass Games Right Now and Upcoming
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Available now
- The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered – Available now
- Blue Prince – Available now
- Doom: The Dark Ages – Available now
- The Alters – Available now
- Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 – July 11
- Wuchang: Fallen Feathers – July 24
- Gears of War: Reloaded – August 26
- Keeper – October 17
- Ninja Gaiden 4 – October 21
- The Outer Worlds 2 – October 29
It could be that Xbox Game Pass will suffer a somewhat similar fate. While there should be no shortage of day one Xbox Game Pass games coming to the service in the months and years ahead, it’s entirely possible that 2025 will mark the peak of the service’s output. The roll Xbox Game Pass has been on this year has been nothing short of astonishing, and it’s hard to imagine a scenario where it can be matched. That doesn’t mean that there won’t be hit games added to Xbox Game Pass in the coming years. Just like the MCU still has its occasional hits with movies like Deadpool & Wolverine, Xbox Game Pass will still be home to massive day one releases. But they may just not come at the same ridiculous pace that they have in 2025.
We know that Xbox Game Pass is coming out swinging in 2026, but time will tell if next year will have the same impact as this year. It will be hard to top 2025, but 2026 promises to bring the long-awaited new Fable game, the Gears of War: E-Day prequel, a new Forza game, and most likely a new Halo, believed to be a remake of Combat Evolved. It’s possible that this is the peak of Xbox Game Pass, but it could also be that the service’s best years are ahead of it.
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