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

Below, we've listed all the new games being added this month and what titles will be leaving the service.

It's a good month for Game Pass subscribers, with plenty of new games arriving alongside some day-one releases, which is always a welcome treat.

If you're a PlayStation Plus subscriber, we've covered you with what you can expect this month, too.

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

• Carrion - 2nd January
• Road 96 - 7th January
• Eternal Strands - 28th January
• Sniper Elite: Resistance - 30th January
• Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector - 31st January

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 were removed on 1st January:

• Close to the Sun
• Humankind
• BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
• McPixel 3

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.

What other Xbox Game Pass games are coming up?

Looking further into the future, the following Xbox Game Pass games have been confirmed for upcoming releases on the service, though a lot of dates are still to be announced.

• Ark 2 (date TBC)
• Avowed – 2025
• 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)

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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