TheXbox Game Passsubscription 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 newXbox Game Passgames, 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 contenderClair Obscur: Expedition 33added as a day one release alongside the brilliant first-person puzzle gameBlue Princeand the surprise debut ofThe 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 releaseDoom: The Dark Ages, and June 2025 has really picked things up with fresh game additions likeThe Alters. The rest of the year is looking bright for Xbox Game Pass as well, withTony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4andWuchang: Fallen Feathersboth coming in July,Gears of War: Reloadedon deck for August, and a trio of day one games in October in the form ofNinja Gaiden 4,Keeper, andThe Outer Worlds 2. And assuming it’s not delayed yet again, it seems fans canexpect to playHollow Knight: Silksongthrough their Game Pass subscriptionbefore the year is out as well.
Exciting new games keep getting announced as day one Xbox Game Pass titles. It’s like the service is having itsAvengers: Endgameportal 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 momentwas 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 likeThe MarvelsandThunderbolts.
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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. Theroll Xbox Game Pass has been on this yearhas 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 likeDeadpool & 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 newFablegame, theGears of War: E-Dayprequel, a newForzagame, and most likely a newHalo, believed to be a remake ofCombat 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.
