How many more times can we say it? Xbox Game Pass is one of the best deals in gaming right now, giving subscribers access to a rotating library of well over 100 titles for just one low monthly fee. The typical price is just £7.99 per month, but even then there’s the option to join an “Ultimate” version where the benefits of both Game Pass and Xbox Live Gold combine – that version is £10.99. Either way works out to be an incredibly affordable way to play, especially with so many great games downloadable in May 2020.
The following is a regularly updated list of all the games currently playable on Xbox Game Pass via a standard entry-level Xbox One S or a super-charged Xbox One X. We’ve picked out a few highlights and recommendations in between, pointing you in a good direction in terms of what to play first.
- #IDARB (Xbox One)
- Absolver (Xbox One)
- ACA NEOGEO METAL SLUG X (Xbox One)
- Ace Combat 7 (Xbox One)
- Afterparty (Xbox One)
- Alan Wake (Xbox Live)
- Alien Isolation (Xbox One)
- Ark: Survival Evolved (Xbox One)
- Ashes Cricket (Xbox One)
- Astroneer (Xbox One)
- Bad North (Xbox One)
- Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts (Xbox 360)
- Banjo-Kazooie (Xbox Live)
- Banjo-Tooie (Xbox Live)
- Banner Saga 3 (Xbox One)
Batman Return to Arkham (Xbox One)
Arguably the best way to mutter to yourself the immortal words “I’m Batman” and not be stared at awkwardly is by jumping into the Batman: Return to Arkham collection. This all-encompassing package features two of the best open-world superhero games every made in Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, bundling them together to cast you as Gotham City’s saviour. As the dark knight you’ll get to master the art of brawling with thugs, come across countless iconic bad guys, and explore one of the most detailed renditions yet of the wider DC universe.
- Battle Chasers: Nightwar (Xbox One)
- Blair Witch (Xbox One)
- Bleeding Edge (Xbox One)
- Bloodstained Ritual of the Night (Xbox One)
- Borderlands 2 (Xbox One)
- Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel (Xbox One)
- Borderlands The Handsome Collection (Xbox One)
- Braid (Xbox Live)
- Bridge Constructor Portal (Xbox One)
- Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (Xbox One)
- Children of Morta (Xbox One)
- ClusterTruck (Xbox One)
- Cities: Skylines (Xbox One)
- Costume Quest 2 (Xbox One)
- Crackdown 3 (Xbox One)
- Creature in the Well (Xbox One)
- Crosscode (Xbox)
- Dandara (Xbox 360)
- Darksiders 3 (Xbox One)
- DayZ (Xbox One)
- De Blob (Xbox One)
- Dead By Daylight (Xbox One)
- Dead Island (Xbox One)
- Death Squared (Xbox One)
- Deliver Us the Moon (Xbox One)
- Descenders (Xbox One)
Devil May Cry 5 (Xbox One)
Having previously spent the better part of a decade on ice, the Devil May Cry series came back in a big way in 2019 with its 5th and latest entry. Devil May Cry 5 sees the original version of the demon-slaying Dante back in the driver’s seat, alongside DMC4’s Nero and new protagonist V who each feature their own distinct styles of play. Whomever you play as you’re always guaranteed the same high-flying hack and slash action veterans love, albeit looking better than ever thanks to the shining graphics made possible with Capcom’s RE Engine.
- DiRT 4 (Xbox One)
- DiRT Rally 2.0 (Xbox One)
- Dishonored 2 (Xbox One)
- Disneyland Adventures (Xbox One)
- Double Dragon Neon (Xbox Live)
- Dungeon of the Endless (Xbox One)
- eFootball PES 2020 (Xbox One)
- Enter The Gungeon (Xbox One)
- F1 2018 (Xbox One)
- Fable Anniversary (Xbox 360)
- Fable II (Xbox 360)
- Fable 3 (Xbox 360)
- Fallout 76 (Xbox One)
- Farming Simulator 17 (Xbox)
- Felix The Reaper (Xbox)
- Final Fantasy IX (Xbox One)
- For the King (Xbox)
- Forza Horizon 4 (Xbox One)
- Fractured Minds (Xbox One)
- Frostpunk (Xbox One)
- Fuzion Frenzy (Xbox One)
- Gato Roboto (Xbox One)
- Gears Tactics (PC)
- Gears of War (Xbox 360)
- Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360)
- Gears of War 3 (Xbox 360)
- Gears of War 4 (Xbox One)
- Gears of War: Judgment (Xbox 360)
- Gears of War: Ultimate Edition (Xbox One)
- Gears 5 (Xbox)
- Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams (Xbox Live)
- Goat Simulator (Xbox)
- Golf with your Friends (Xbox One)
- GoNNER (Xbox)
- Grand Theft Auto 5 (Xbox One)
- Guacamelee! 2 (Xbox)
- Halo 5: Guardians (Xbox One)
Halo: The Master Chief Collection (Xbox One)
One of the most robust game compilations out there, 343’s Halo: The Master Chief Collection may have had a rocky start but it today stands as the ultimate love-letter to this trademark Xbox franchise. It now features every mainline Halo game other than Halo 5 (available separately on Xbox Game Pass) – that’s including spin-offs Halo 3: ODST and the prequel story Halo Reach. There’s simply no better way to experience the story of Master Chief from the beginning, witnessing the series evolve from 2002 all the way up to modern day.
- Halo: Spartan Assault (Xbox One)
- Halo Wars: Definitive Edition (Xbox One)
- Halo Wars 2 (Xbox One)
- Hellblade (Xbox Live)
- Hello Neighbour (Xbox One)
- Hollow Knight (Xbox One)
- Human Fall Flat (Xbox One)
- Hydro Thunder (Xbox)
- Hyperdot (Xbox)
- Jetpac Refuelled (Xbox Live)
- Journey to the Savage Planet (Xbox One)
- Jump Force (Xbox One)
- Just Cause 3 (Xbox One)
- Just Cause 4 (Xbox One)
- Kameo (Xbox 360)
- Kona (Xbox)
- Killer Instinct (Xbox One)
- Killer Instinct 2 Classic (Xbox One)
- Killer Instinct Classic (Xbox One)
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance (Xbox One)
- Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 & 2.5 ReMix (Xbox One)
- King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match (Xbox Live)
- Levelhead (Xbox Live)
- LEGO Star Wars 3 (Xbox)
- Lego CITY Undercover (Xbox One)
- Lego Worlds (Xbox One)
- Lightspeer: Double Speer Edition (Xbox One)
- Life is Strange 2 (Xbox One)
- Lonely Mountains Downhill (Xbox Live)
- Marvel Vs Capcom Infinite (Xbox)
- Mass Effect (Xbox 360)
- Max: The Curse of Brotherhood (Xbox One)
- Metal Gear Solid 2&3 (Xbox One)
- Metro Last Light Redux (Xbox One)
- Metro 2033 Redux (Xbox)
- Metro Exodus (Xbox One)
- Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor (Xbox)
- Middle Earth Shadow of War (Xbox One)
- Minecraft (Xbox)
- Minit (Xbox One)
- Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight (Xbox)
- Monster Hunter World (Xbox One)
- Moonlighter (Xbox One)
Mortal Kombat X (Xbox One)
If you’re wondering what this tentpole fighting series has been up to since the days of its 90s review, Mortal Kombat X won’t disappoint. Continuing the story of 2011’s soft reboot, it features a roster of classic and new playable characters that are all experts at dealing death. Few other fighting game franchises place such emphasis on narrative and gore – so it’s nice to know that this 10th mainline entry into the series is here to appease. Prepare to “Get Over Here!” one more time
- Moving Out (Xbox One)
- Mutant Year Zero (Xbox)
- Mudrunner (Xbox)
- Munchkin: Quacked Quest (Xbox)
- My Friend Pedro (Xbox One)
- My Time At Portia (Xbox)
- Naruto To Boruto: Shinobi Striker (Xbox)
- Neon Chrome (Xbox)
- No Man's Sky (Xbox One)
- Nier Automata: Become As Gods Edition (Xbox One)
- Oblivion (Xbox)
- Old Man's Journey (Xbox)
- Operencia: The Stolen Sun (Xbox)
- Ori and the Blind Forest (Xbox)
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Xbox)
- Outer Wilds (Xbox)
- Overcooked! 2 (Xbox)
- Oxenfree (Xbox One)
- Pandemic: The Board Game (Xbox One)
- Pathologic 2 (Xbox)
- Payday 2: Crimewave Edition (Xbox One)
- Perfect Dark Zero (Xbox 360)
- Perfect Dark (Xbox)
- Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid (Xbox One)
- Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition (Xbox)
- Pikunku (Xbox)
- PUBG (Xbox)
- Quantum Break (Xbox)
- Rage 2 (Xbox)
- Rare Replay (Xbox)
- ReCore Definitive Edition (Xbox One)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Xbox One)
- Remnant: From the Ashes (Xbox)
- Rime (Xbox One)
- Rise and Shine (Xbox)
- Rise of the Tomb Raider (Xbox One)
- Rocket League (Xbox)
- Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure (Xbox One)
- RYSE (Xbox One)
- Saints Row 3 (Xbox One)
- ScreamRide (Xbox One)
- Sea of Thieves (Xbox One)
- Secret Neighbour (Xbox)
- Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun (Xbox)
- Shadow Warrior 2 (Xbox)
- Slay the Spire (Xbox)
- Snake Pass (Xbox)
- Sniper Elite 4 (Xbox)
- Soulcaliber VI (Xbox One)
- Stacking (Xbox Live)
- State of Decay (Xbox One)
- State of Decay 2 (Xbox One)
- SteamWorld Dig 2 (Xbox)
- Streets of Rage 4 (Xbox One)
- Stellaris (PC) (Xbox One)
- Subnautica (Xbox)
- Sunset Overdrive (Xbox One)
- Super Lucky's Tale (Xbox One)
- Surviving Mars (Xbox)
- Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet (Xbox One)
- Tacoma (Xbox)
- Tekken 7 (Xbox One)
- Terraria (Xbox One)
- The Bard's Tale IV (Xbox)
- The Bard's Tale Trilogy (Xbox)
- The Elder Scrolls Online (Xbox)
- The Escapists (Xbox One)
- The Flame in the Flood (Xbox One)
- The Gardens Between (Xbox)
- The Golf Club 2(Xbox One)
- The Jackbox Party Pack 2 (Xbox)
- The LEGO Ninjago Movie (Xbox)
- The Lord of the Rings Adventure Card Game (Xbox)
- The Long Dark (Xbox One)
The Outer Worlds (Xbox One)
Made from the same mould as the cult classic Fallout games, The Outer Worlds opts for a far more comedic take on the run-down open world conceit. You play as the last survivor of a ship colony recently awakened from cryosleep, where you’re tasked with exploring the furthest reaches of space as your own personal story unfolds. There are companions to befriend, decisions to make and a whole universe to break. Go at it!
- The Talos Principle (Xbox)
- The Walking Dead Michonne (Xbox)
- Telltale's The Walking Dead Season 1, 2 and 3 (Xbox)
- The witcher 3 (Xbox)
- theHunter: Call of the Wild (Xbox)
- Ticket to Ride (Xbox)
- Timespinner (Xbox)
- Tomb Raider (Xbox)
- Totally Accurate Battle Simulator (Xbox)
- Totally Reliable Delivery Service (Xbox)
- Train Sim World 2020 (Xbox)
- Untitled Goose Game (Xbox)
- Vambrace: Cold Soul (Xbox)
- Vampyr (Xbox)
- Viva Pinata (Xbox 360)
- Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise (Xbox 360)
- Void Bastards (Xbox)
- Wargroove (Xbox)
- Wasteland 2: Director's Cut (Xbox One)
- We Happy Few (Xbox)
- Westerado: Double Barreled (Xbox)
- What Remains of Edith Finch (Xbox)
- Wizard of Legend (Xbox)
- Wolfenstein Youngblood (Xbox)
- World War Z (Xbox)
- Worms WMD (Xbox)
- Yakuza Kiwami (Xbox One)
- Yoku's Island Express (Xbox)
- Yooka-Laylee (Xbox)
- Zoo Tycoon Ultimate Animal Collection (Xbox One)
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