Every Game Coming to Xbox Game Pass in July 2025
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Every month, Microsoft works with developers and publishers to bring new games to its Xbox Game Pass service. These games range from massive games like GTA 5 and tiny indie projects made by one or two people, and they're almost always fantastic games that are worth playing.
Recent months have seen the addition of games like Oblivion Remastered, Doom: The Dark Ages, and Metaphor: ReFantazio, and it looks like July is going to be similarly exciting for subscribers. Among them are a couple of new releases for Game Pass Ultimate subscribers, including the hotly anticipated Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4.
A graphic showing some of the games coming to Xbox Game Pass in July 2025.
A graphic showing some of the games coming to Xbox Game Pass in July 2025.
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Here's every game coming to Xbox Game Pass in July 2025.
Xbox Game Pass New Games in July 2025
Here's every game announced so far for Game Pass in July 2025, including platforms and dates for when they'll be available:
Little Nightmares II (Cloud, Console, and PC) – Out now Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass Standard
Rise of the Tomb Raider (Cloud, Console, and PC) – Out now Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass Standard
Legend of Mana (Console) – July 2 Now with Game Pass Standard
Trials of Mana (Console) – July 2 Now with Game Pass Standard
Ultimate Chicken Horse (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 3 Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass Standard
The Ascent (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 8 Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass Standard
Minami Lane (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 9 Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 11 Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
High On Life (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 15 Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass Standard
Xbox Game Pass Titles Leaving in July 2025
Sadly, whenever new games are added to Game Pass, some leave, too. With the exception of first-party Xbox-published titles, every game on Game Pass eventually gets removed, though as seen with some of the picks above, they do sometimes return. In any case, you can get a 20% discount on all games about to leave the service if you're subscribed to Game Pass and want to keep playing.
Here are the games leaving Game Pass in July 2025:
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