It’s easy to see why Xbox Game Pass is so popular. As well as letting Xbox owners play online, the cloud-based service includes a mammoth library of games. From blockbuster releases on the day they’re launched including the latest Call Of Duty to cult classics such as Balatro and Among Us, there’s something for everyone.
The standard tier of Xbox Game Pass costs £9.99 per month and includes hundreds of different titles, while the Ultimate tier will set you back £14.99 but also lets you play those Day One releases. The biggest issue is knowing where to start. To help you navigate through the 500 different options available, we’ve cherry-picked the best for every situation below.
The single-player games that will take up all of your free time
Xbox Game Pass has plenty of epic, single-player games just waiting for you to plough hours of your spare time into. Why not get ahead of the second season of Amazon Prime Video’s Fallout by diving into the brilliantly surreal Fallout: New Vegas or, if you fancy something a little more fantastical, there’s the recently released Wuchang: Fallen Feathers which looks gorgeous and has a wonderfully frustrating string of baddies to obliterate.
The best single-player titles on Xbox Game Pass:
- Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
- Atomfall
- Avowed
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Dishonoured
- Fallout: New Vegas
- Far Cry 4
- Grand Theft Auto 5
- Indiana Jones And The Great Circle
- Mass Effect
- Resident Evil 2
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
- The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered
- Wuchang: Fallen Feathers
The co-op games perfect for a cutesy night in
We think the best thing about Xbox Game Pass is how the service introduces gamers to new experiences. From a no-pressure opportunity to try out an entirely different genre to the many couch co-op games that provide a perfect entry point for newcomers, it’s all about taking a chance. If you’ve got a video game sceptic in your life, why not invite them over for a session with the charming It Takes Two or the manic kitchen drama Overcooked! 2. They’ll be hooked in no time.
The best co-op titles on Xbox Game Pass:
- A Way Out
- Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
- Diablo 4
- It Takes Two
- Kingdom Two Crowns
- Moving Out 2
- Overcooked! 2
- Plateup!
- Unravel
- Ultimate Chicken Horse
The multiplayer games that’ll have you sweating
An Xbox Game Pass subscription gives you access to a range of competitive multiplayer titles – and a never-ending stream of opponents to go up against. Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 is a fast-paced shooter that requires skill, cunning and, most importantly, a super-quick trigger finger while chaotic sci-fi sports game Rocket League is hideously addictive. It might be best to clear your diary now.
The best multiplayer titles on Xbox Game Pass:
- Borderlands 3
- Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6
- Goldeneye 007
- Halo Infinite
- Forza Horizon 5
- Need for Speed Unbound
- Rocket League
- Star Wars Battlefront 2
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege X
The best games for a quick 30-minute blast after work/school
As great as a sprawling and intricate story-driven game can be, sometimes you just want to blow off some steam and not think too hard about it. Luckily, there’s plenty in the impressive Xbox Game Pass library that offers just such a quick fix. The remastered Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy brings together three of the greatest platformers ever released while Doom: The Dark Ages drops you in the middle of an alien warzone, sufficiently equipped to cause as much mindless chaos as possible. The only problem we can foresee is that you’ll have too much fun.
The best pick-up-and-play titles on Xbox Game Pass:
- Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts And Bolts
- Farming Simulator 25
- Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
- Doom: The Dark Ages
- EA Sports FC 25
- Gears Of War: Ultimate Edition
- Disney Dreamlight Valley
- Minecraft
- The Sims 4
- Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4
- Vampire Survivors
The hidden gems
Xbox Game Pass is filled with modern day blockbusters and legendary classics. However, the service also hosts a whole load of cult brilliance that’s just as entertaining, engaging and exciting as anything else in this list. Balatro is a fiendish evolution of iconic card game poker that’s as smart as it is fun while Hi-Fi Rush provides fast-paced rhythm-based actionset to a killer soundtrack. Prepare to have your mind blown over and over again by the below…
The best hidden gems on Xbox Game Pass:
- Balatro
- Blue Prince
- Control
- Crime Scene Cleaner
- Hollow Knight
- Hi-Fi Rush
- High On Life
- Psychonauts 2
- South Of Midnight
- Subnautica
The recent additions
Microsoft is constantly adding new titles to Xbox Game Pass and typically announces them in two waves every month. This is what has been added to the service recently:
- High On Life – (July 15)
- RoboCop: Rogue City (July 17)
- My Friendly Neighborhood (July 17)
- Back to the Dawn (July 18)
- Shadow Labyrinth (July 19)
- Abiotic Factor (July 22)
- Wheel World (July 23)
- Wuchang Fallen Feathers (July 24)
- Grounded 2 (July 29)
- Farming Simulator 25 (August 1)
- Rain World (August 1)
- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector (August 6)
- Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders (August 6)
- MechWarrior 5: Clan (August 6)
- Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap (August 6)
- Assassin’s Creed Mirage (August 7)
- Aliens: Fireteam Elite (August 7)
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Every title available on Xbox Game Pass:
9 Kings (Ultimate)
33 Immortals (Game Preview) (Ultimate)
A Plague Tale: Requiem
A Way Out (via EA Play)
Abiotic Factor (Ultimate)
Against the Storm (Ultimate)
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Age of Mythology: Retold (Ultimate)
Aliens: Dark Descent
Aliens: Fireteam Elite
Alice: Madness Returns
All You Need Is Help
Among Us
Anno 1800
Anthem
Another Crab’s Treasure
Ark: Survival Ascended
Ark: Survival Evolved: Explorer’s Edition
Army of Two
Ark: Ultimate Survivor Edition
Art of Rally
As Dusk Falls
Ashen
Assassin’s Creed Origins
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
Assassin’s Creed Mirage (Ultimate)
Astroneer
Atlas Fallen
Atomfall (Ultimate)
Avowed (Ultimate)
Back to the Dawn (Ultimate)
Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition
Baldur’s Gate 2: Enhanced Edition
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts And Bolts
Banjo-Kazooie
Banjo-Tooie
Barbie Project Friendship
Balatro
Batman Arkham Knight
Battlefield 3
Battlefield 4
Battlefield 1
Battlefield Hardline
Battlefield 5
Battletoads
Bejeweled 2
Bejeweled 3
Ben 10: Power Trip
Black
Bleeding Edge
Blinx: The Time Sweeper
Blizzard Arcade Collection
Blue Prince (Ultimate)
Bluey: The Videogame
Borderlands 3: Ultimate Edition
Broken Age
Brotato
Brutal Legend
Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling
Burnout Paradise
Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Ultimate)
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Ultimate)
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Ultimate)
Call Of Duty: Warzone
Call Of Duty: WWII
Car Mechanic Simulator 2021
Carrion
Celeste
Chivalry 2
Cities: Skylines
Cities: Skylines – Remastered
Citizen Sleeper
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Ultimate)
Clone Drone in the Danger Zone
Cocoon
Commandos: Origins (Ultimate)
Contrast
Control Ultimate Edition
Cooking Simulator
Core Keeper (Ultimate)
Costume Quest
Costume Quest 2
Crackdown 3
Craftopia
Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
Creatures of Ava
Cricket 19
Cricket 24
Crime Scene Cleaner (Ultimate)
Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge
Crusader Kings 3
Crysis
Crysis 2
Crysis 3
Cyber Shadow
Crypt Custodian
Dante’s Inferno
Day of the Tentacle Remastered
DayZ
Dead by Daylight
Dead Cells
Dead Island 2
Dead Space
Dead Space 2
Dead Space 3
Dead Space Ignition
Deathloop
Deep Rock Galactic
Descenders
Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls – Ultimate Evil Edition
Diablo 4 (Ultimate)
Dirt 5
Dirt Rally 2.0
Dishonored Definitive Edition
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
Dishonored 2
Disneyland Adventures
Disney Dreamlight Valley
Donut County
Doom
Doom 2
Doom 3
Doom 64
Doom Eternal
Doom: The Dark Ages (Ultimate)
Dragon Age: Origins
Dragon Age 2
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2
Dredge
Dungeons of Hinterberg
EA Sports F1 24
EA Sports FC 24
EA Sports FC 25 (Ultimate)
EA Sports PGA Tour
EA Sports NHL 24
EA Sports UFC 5 (Ultimate)
EA Sports WRC (Ultimate)
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes
Ember
Enter the Gungeon
Eternal Strands (Ultimate)
Expeditions:
F1 22
F1 23
Fable Anniversary Edition
Fable 2
Fable 3
Fae Tactics
Fallout 3
Fallout 4
Fallout 76
Fallout 76 Expeditions: The Pitt
Fallout: New Vegas
Far Cry 4
Far Cry 5
Far Cry 6
Far Cry New Dawn
Farming Simulator 22
Farming Simulator 25
FBC: Firebreak (Ultimate)
Figment 2: Creed Valley
Fe
Feeding Frenzy
Feeding Frenzy 2
Fight Night Champion
Final Fantasy 13
Firefighting Simulator: The Squad
Firewatch
Flight Simulator 40th Anniversary
Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn
Football Manager 2024 Console
For Honor
For Honor: Marching Fire Edition
Forza Horizon 5
Forza Motorsport
Frostpunk: Console Edition
Full Throttle Remastered
Fusion Frenzy
Galacticare
Gang Beasts (added July 1st, 2021)
Gears of War
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition
Gears of War: Judgment
Gears of War 2
Gears of War 3
Gears of War 4
Gears 5
Gears Tactics
Generation Zero
Genesis Noir
Genshin Impact
Ghost Recon Wildlands
Ghostwire: Tokyo
Gigantic: Rampage Edition
Go Mecha Ball
Goat Simulator Remastered
Goat Simulator 3
GoldenEye 007
Golf With Your Friends
Gorogoa
Grand Theft Auto 5
Grid Legends
GRID Legends
Grim Fandango Remastered
Grounded 1.0
Grounded 2 (Ultimate)
Halo: The Master Chief Collection
Halo Reach
Halo 5: Guardians
Halo: Infinite
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
Halo Wars 2
Halo: Spartan Assault
Heavy Weapon
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
Hell Let Loose
Hi-Fi Rush
High On Life
Hitman Trilogy
Hollow Knight
House Flipper
Human Fall Flat
Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars
Immortals of Aveum
Immortals Fenyx Rising
Indiana Jones And The Great Circle (Ultimate)
Injustice 2
Iron Brigade
Inscryption
Inside
It Takes Two
Jetpac Refuelled
Joy Ride Turbo
Jurassic World Evolution 2
Jusant
Kameo
Killer Instinct Definitive Edition
Kingdom: Two Crowns
Kulebra And The Souls Of Limbo (Ultimate)
Legend of Mana
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
Lightyear Frontier
Limbo
Little Kitty, Big City
Little Nightmares 2
Lonely Mountain: Snow Riders
Lords of the Fallen
Lost In Random
Lost in Random: The Eternal Die (Ultimate)
Madden NFL 23
Madden NFL 24
Madden NFL 25 (Ultimate)
Mad Streets
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 3
Mass Effect Andromeda
Mass Effect Legendary Edition
Massive Chalice
Max: The Curse Of Brotherhood
MechWarrior 5: Clans
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
Medal of Honor Airborne
Medieval Dynasty
Metal: Hellsinger
Metal Slug Tactics
Metaphor ReFantazio
Microsoft Flight Simulator
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 (Ultimate)
Middle-earth: Shadow of War
Minami Lane (Ultimate)
Minecraft
Minecraft Legends
Mirror’s Edge
Mirror’s Edge Catalyst
Monster Sanctuary
Monster Train 2 (Ultimate)
Monster Train
Moonlighter
Mortal Kombat 11
Mortal Shell: Enhanced Edition
Moving Out 2
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
Mullet Mackjack (Ultimate)
Mutant Year Zero
My Friendly Neighborhood (Ultimate)
Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island
Naraka Bladepoint
NBA Live 19
Need for Speed Rivals
Need for Speed
Need for Speed Heat
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered
Need for Speed Payback
Need for Speed Unbound
Neon Abyss
Neon White
New Super Lucky’s Tale
NHL 21
NHL 23
NHL 94 Rewind
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2
Nine Sols (Ultimate)
Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection
Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom – The Prince’s Edition
Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch Remastered
No Man’s Sky
Nowhere Prophet
Octopath Traveler
Octopath Traveler 2
One Lonely Outpost (Ultimate)
Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap
Ori And The Blind Forest
Ori And The Will Of The Wisps
Outer Wilds
Overcooked! 2
Overthrown (Ultimate)
Palworld
PAW Patrol Mighty Pups Save Adventure Bay
Peggle
Peggle 2
Pentiment
Perfect Dark
Perfect Dark Zero
Persona 3 Reload
Phoenix Point: Behemoth Edition
Pillars of Eternity
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire – Ultimate Edition
Planet of Lana
Plants vs Zombies
Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare
Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare 2
Plants vs Zombies: Battle for Neighborville
PlateUp!
PUBG: Battlegrounds
Police Simulator: Patrol Officers
PowerWash Simulator
Prey
Psychonauts
Psychonauts 2
Quake
Quake 2
Quantum Break
Rage
Rage 2
Rainbow Six Siege
Rain World
Raji: An Ancient Epic Enhanced Edition
Rare Replay
ReCore Definitive Edition
Redfall
Rematch (Ultimate)
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 3
Return to Monkey Island
Revenge of the Savage Planet (Ultimate)
Riders Republic
Rise Of The Tomb Raider
Road 96
RoboCop: Rogue City
Roboquest
Rocket Arena
Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure
Ryse: Son of Rome
Scarlet Nexus
Sea of Solitude (Ultimate)
Sea of Stars
Sea of Thieves
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 (Ultimate)
Shadow Of The Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
Shadowrun Trilogy
Shady Part of Me
Sifu
Skate
Skate 3
Slay The Spire
South of Midnight (Ultimate)
South Park: The Fractured but Whole
Sniper Elite: Resistance (Ultimate)
SnowRunner
Spirittea
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game
Spray Paint Simulator (Ultimate)
SSX
Stacking
S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2: Heart of Chornobyl
Starbound
Starfield
Star Trucker
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order
Star Wars Battlefront
Star Wars Battlefront 2
Star Wars Squadrons
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Stardew Valley
Star Wars: Squadrons
State of Decay: Year-One
State of Decay 2
State of Decay 2: Heartland
SteamWorld Build
Stellaris: Console Edition
Still Wakes the Deep
Subnautica
Sunset Overdrive
Superhot: Mind Control Delete
Super Lucky’s Tale
Super Mega Baseball 3
Super Mega Baseball 4
Superliminal
Symphonia
Tales of Kenzera: Zau (Ultimate)
Techtonica
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
Tell Me Why – Chapter 1, 2 & 3
Tempopo (Ultimate)
Terraria
The Alters (Ultimate)
The Ascent
The Bard’s Tale Remastered and Resnarkled
The Bard’s Tale IV: Director’s Cut
The Bard’s Tale Trilogy
The Cave
The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind
The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion
The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered
The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Special Edition
The Elder Scrolls Online
The Evil Within
The Evil Within 2
The Gunk
The Outer Worlds
The Pedestrian
The Sims 4
The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season
The Walking Dead: The Complete Second Season
The Walking Dead: The Final Season
The Walking Dead: Michonne
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
theHunter: Call of The Wild
This War of Mine: Final Cut
Titanfall
Titanfall 2
To a T (Ultimate)
Tom Clancy’s The Division 2
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 (Ultimate)
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
Totally Reliable Delivery Service
Torment: Tides of Numenera
Towerborne (Ultimate)
Trails of Mana
Trailmakers
Train Sim World
Train Sim World 5
Tropico 6
UFC 3
UFC 4
Ultimate Chicken Horse
Unpacking
Unravel
Unravel Two
Vampire Survivors
Viva Pinata
Vita Pinata: Trouble in Paradise
Volcano Princess (Ultimate)
Warcraft I: Remastered (Ultimate)
Warcraft 2: Remastered (Ultimate)
Warcraft 3: Reforged (Ultimate))
Wargroove 2
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader (Ultimate)
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine – Master Crafted Edition (Ultimate)
Warhammer: Vermintide 2
Wartales
Wasteland Remastered
Wasteland 2: Director’s Cut
Wasteland 3
Watch Dogs 2
Watch Dogs: Legion
Weird West: Definitive Edition
We Happy Few
Wheel World (Ultimate)
Wildfrost
Wild Hearts
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
Wolfenstein: Youngblood
Wolfenstein 2
World War Z: Aftermath
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers (Ultimate)
Xeno Crisis
Yakuza 3 Remastered
Yakuza Remastered Collection (Ultimate)
Zoo Tycoon Ultimate Animal Collection
Zombie Army 4: Dead War
Zuma
Zuma’s Revenge!
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