Recently Added Games to Xbox Game Pass

Who doesn’t love a good video game deal? For as low as $9.99 a month, Xbox Game Pass gives you access to over 100 games on PC, console, or mobile. Every month the game library evolves and grows with either day one games or beloved classics.
Many games come and go on Xbox Game Pass, but here’s the most recently added games to Xbox Game Pass!

One Sentence Summary
Become the ninja hero you’ve always wanted to be.
Official Summary
NINJA GAIDEN Σ, released in 2007, is available once more. In addition to being able to pull off unmatched dazzling techniques with Ryu Hayabusa, a young ninja who has inherited the ninja arts of the Hayabusa style, with beautiful stages in a Westernized Japan embellished with spirit-world motifs, and more, the game is packed with features that are a must-play for any fan of action games.
Developer
Koei Tecmo America
Publisher
Koei Tecmo Games
Playable on
Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC
Genre
Single player, Action-adventure

One Sentence Summary
Continue your journey to be a ninja master!
Official Summary
Become Ryu Hayabusa, the ninja who inherited the “Dragon Sword”, a legendary blade, and once again experience high-speed ninja action in which you face battles all over the world. The game is also packed with additional features such as “Hero Mode”, a mode in which the player will guard automatically when they are in a pinch.
Developer
Koei Tecmo America
Publisher
Koei Tecmo Games
Playable on
Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC
Genre
Single player, Action-adventure

One Sentence Summary
The ultimate ninja experience.
Official Summary
The ultimate high-speed ninja action has returned! The game offers both extreme “challenge”, along with an equally extreme “sense of accomplishment”. In addition to Ryu Hayabusa, Ayane, Kasumi, and Momiji join the battle! Heroine Ayane even has a dedicated story.
“Tests of Valor”, a special phase for series fans who want to enjoy battles even further, have been included. In each chapter, there are hidden Crystal Skulls that serve as gates to “Test of Valor” areas. By stepping foot onto these areas, battles will occur where players must face the fiercest and strongest enemies from the NINJA GAIDEN series.
By collecting hidden “Golden Scarabs”, using “Karma” collected in battles, and more, players can unlock new weapons and ninpo to upgrade their characters. Of course, upgrades you have applied can be carried over for 2nd and successive playthroughs.
Developer
Koei Tecmo America
Publisher
Koei Tecmo Games
Playable on
Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC
Genre
Single player, Action-adventure

One Sentence Summary
Find your honor, you need it.
Official Summary
Includes the For Honor base game plus Marching Fire Expansion. With 16 unique and customizable Heroes across four factions, choose how you will fight. Immerse yourself in the story campaign and continue to progress your Hero in the Arcade mode. Compete with friends as you take on seven multiplayer modes, including the 4v4 castle-siege Breach mode. Earn rewards while you learn the art of combat with a brand-new training mode that takes you from apprentice to master.
Developer
Ubisoft Montreal
Publisher
Ubisoft
Playable on
PC
Genre
Multiplayer, Fighting, Hack and Slash

One Sentence Summary
The full retrogaming experience
Official Summary
Play all 14 legendary titles like the classic PAC-MAN and PAC-LAND, as well as the newly included PAC-IN-TIME and PAC-MAN 256. Whether you love the original PAC-MAN‘s side-scrolling action or the puzzle genre, this collection has something for everyone!
Includes 5 titles that can be played with friends and family in local multiplayer mode! There are even games for two players to take turns, so everyone gets to enjoy PAC-MAN together! Collect items every time you play, and customize your very own arcade with them!
Includes:
- PAC-MAN
- SUPER PAC-MAN
- PAC & PAL
- PAC-LAND
- PAC-MANIA
- PAC-ATTACK
- PAC-IN-TIME
- PAC-MAN ARRANGEMENT Arcade Ver.
- PAC-MAN ARRANGEMENT CS Ver.
- PAC-MAN CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION
- PAC Motos
- PAC’N ROLL REMIX
- PAC-MAN BATTLE ROYALE
- PAC-MAN 256
Developer
Bandai Namco Entertainment, Inc.
Publisher
Bandai Namco Entertainment America, Inc.
Playable on
Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC
Genre
Single player, Multiplayer, Arcade, Action-Adventure

One Sentence Summary
What is a batsman’s least favorite bird? Duck.
Official Summary
Cricket 22 delivers the most robust, substantial game of cricket that fans have ever seen. Enjoy the full licensed Ashes contest – the pinnacle of the long-standing rivalry between Australia and England. In addition, contest Australia’s big-hitting Big Bash T20 competition, the hugely innovative The Hundred in England, the tropical party of the CPL in the Caribbean, and take to the international field of battle with fully-licensed teams from Australia, England, The West Indies, New Zealand and Ireland.
Developer
Big Ant Studios
Publisher
Nacon
Playable on
Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC
Genre
Multiplayer, Single player, Sports, Simulation

One Sentence Summary
For the history buffs who also love first-person shooters.
Official Summary
The latest installment in the award-winning series, Sniper Elite 5 offers unparalleled sniping, tactical third-person combat and an enhanced kill cam. Fight your way across the most immersive maps yet, with many real-world locations captured in stunning detail, and an improved traversal system that lets you explore more of them than ever before.
France, 1944 – As part of a covert US Rangers operation to weaken the Atlantikwall fortifications along the coast of Brittany, elite marksman Karl Fairburne makes contact with the French Resistance. Soon, they uncover a secret Nazi project that threatens to end the war before the Allies can even invade Europe: Operation Kraken.
Developer
Rebellion
Publisher
Rebellion
Playable on
Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC
Genre
Single player, Multiplayer, Shooter, Stealth, Adventure

One Sentence Summary
Debt like in real life, but in space.
Official Summary
Welcome to LYNX, the solar system’s leader in spaceship salvaging!
We offer you the privilege of helping turn humanity’s past into its future by salvaging ships in zero-g. Each one is a puzzle, and how you solve it is up to you! Carve your way in, salvage everything, and maximize your profit.
Our cutting-edge LYNX tech helps you do the job. Slice metal with the laser cutter and use the grapple tool to move salvage with ease. Earn upgrades, such as demo charges, sensors, and safety gear.
Careful where you point those tools! Hazards include explosive decompression, fuel, electricity, and radiation. Your life is protected by our EverWork™ technology, but our profits aren’t.
Your LYNX adventure starts now! Account balance owing is: 1,252,594,441.92 Credits
Start paying that debt! Good luck, shipbreaker!
Developer
Blackbird Interactive
Publisher
Focus Entertainment
Playable on
PC
Genre
Single player, Action-Adventure, Simulation

One Sentence Summary
Retro ideas meet modern graphics.
Official Summary
Meet the Floppy Knights: tangible projections summoned from floppy disks! Tactics fuse with card game mechanics as Phoebe and Carlton, a brilliant young inventor & her robot-arm bestie, square off in turn-based battles. Select your Knights, hone your deck, and execute your strategy for victory!
Developer
Rose City Games
Publisher
Rose City Games
Playable on
Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC
Genre
Single player, Strategy, Card & Board

One Sentence Summary
Take on the ~~debt~~ responsibilities of a farmer.
Official Summary
Take on the role of a modern farmer! Agriculture, animal husbandry and forestry offer a huge variety of farming activities while you face the challenges of the four seasons, especially when winter sets in. Creatively build your own farm and extend your farming operations with production chains – forming an agricultural empire! Even run your farm together with friends and enjoy crossplatform multiplayer together.
Developer
GIANTS Software GmbH
Publisher
GIANTS Software GmbH
Playable on
PC
Genre
Single player, Multiplayer, Simulation

One Sentence Summary
A day of Black Friday shopping, but it’s night and there are vampires.
Official Summary
This game is a work in progress. It may or may not change over time or release as a final product. Purchase only if you are comfortable with the current state of the unfinished game.
Vampire Survivors is a time survival game with minimalistic gameplay and roguelite elements. There’s no place where to hide, all you can do is try to survive a cursed night and get as much gold as possible for the next survivor, before Death inevitably puts an end to your struggles.
Developer
Poncle
Publisher
Poncle
Playable on
PC
Genre
Single player, Roguelike, Indie, Action-Adventure

One Sentence Summary
Because who doesn’t want another game about dinosaurs?
Official Summary
Jurassic World Evolution 2 is the much-anticipated sequel to Frontier’s ground-breaking 2018 management simulation, Jurassic World Evolution, offering an all new narrative campaign voiced by cast members from across the Jurassic World film franchise, exciting new features, four engaging game modes, and an expanded roster of awe-inspiring dinosaurs.
Learn what it takes to be a park management master in campaign mode, a compelling, original narrative that puts you at the heart of the action following the earth-shattering events of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Work alongside iconic characters from the films, including Dr. Ian Malcolm (voiced by Jeff Goldblum) and Claire Dearing (voiced by Bryce Dallas Howard), and lead the efforts to control, conserve, and contain wild dinosaurs now rampaging across the USA.
Developer
Frontier Developments
Publisher
Frontier Developments
Playable on
Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC
Genre
Single player, Simulation, Strategy

One Sentence Summary
Become a street-smart photographer, much like Humans of New York on Instagram.
Official Summary
Umurangi Generation is a first-person photography game set in the retro future. Set in Tauranga, Aotearoa off the back of an impending crisis, major cities are walled off, with the United Nations deploying the military and towering mecha to defend against an alien invasion.
As a courier for the Tauranga Express, you get to travel around Tauranga taking pictures and documenting the world and its reality through the lenses of your camera. Throughout the game, you will unlock a variety of lenses and equipment.
This version contains both the full PC version, its DLCs, as well as some additional modes.
Developer
Origame Digital
Publisher
Playism
Playable on
Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC
Genre
Single player, Simulation

One Sentence Summary
The FMV game that started a trend!
Official Summary
Her Story is the award-winning crime fiction FMV game from Sam Barlow. You find yourself in front of a dated desktop computer, logged into a police database of live action video footage. This footage contains clips covering seven interviews from 1994 in which a British woman is interviewed about her missing husband. Explore the database by typing search terms, watch the clips where she speaks those words, and piece together her story.
Developer
Half Mermaid Productions
Publisher
Half Mermaid Productions
Playable on
PC
Genre
Single player, Indie, Puzzle, Interactive film

One Sentence Summary
Stardew Valley meets Sabrina the Teenage Witch (the ‘90s classic).
Official Summary
This game is a work in progress. It may or may not change over time or release as a final product. Purchase only if you are comfortable with the current state of the unfinished game.
In the ‘LUCEREIN ORTU’, witches live together. They built ‘Witch House’ in various areas and have been sending their apprentice witches there. The apprentice witches must go to one of the ‘Witch’s Houses’ and help the nearby village and villagers. If you complete your apprenticeship successfully, you can become a formal witch.
Become the main character, Ellie, and proceed with the story so that you can complete your apprenticeship successfully. Practice the teachings you learned at the Witch School, help people and make the world a better place. Make friends with the charming characters in the village, and listen to the inner story they bear. If you can be their best friend, you maybe hear their secret.
Developer
Sunny Side Up
Publisher
SK telecom
Playable on
Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC
Genre
Single player, RPG, Simulation, Strategy

One Sentence Summary
A prequel that fans shouldn’t miss.
Official Summary
Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising combines a thrilling adventure through ancient ruins with the tale of one town’s rise from the ashes.
Drawn by lenses and other treasure in the nearby Runebarrows, our heroes learn that the town is struggling to rebuild after an earthquake and decide to help. Along the way, they’ll resolve disputes between eager adventurers and wary locals who don’t think the Barrows should be disturbed. And they’ll learn more about each other’s reasons for seeking treasure, deepening their bonds in the process.
As you will learn, these Runebarrows hide a great secret that has fateful implications for one of the characters. What begins as a simple treasure hunt turns into a dark conspiracy that will shake the world and plant seeds that carry over into the main story of Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes.
Developer
Natsume Atari
Publisher
505 Games
Playable on
Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC
Genre
Single player, RPG, Platform, Indie

One Sentence Summary
Topical, but no less enjoyable to play.
Official Summary
In This War Of Mine, you do not play as an elite soldier, rather as a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with a lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. During the day you need to focus on maintaining your hideout: crafting, trading and taking care of your survivors. At night, take one of your civilians on a mission to scavenge for items that will help you stay alive.
The game was inspired by the poor living conditions and wartime atrocities that Bosnian civilians endured during the 1992–96 Siege of Sarajevo, the longest city siege since World War II.
Developer
11 bit studios
Publisher
11 bit studios
Playable on
Xbox Series X|S, PC
Genre
Single player, Survival horror, Stealth, Simulation, Indie

One Sentence Summary
Because even robot teddy bears can be the ultimate villain.
Official Summary
The students of Hope’s Peak Academy arrive at a tropical resort destination known as Jabberwock Island, but they end up trapped as castaways due to the headmaster’s schemes. In exchange for escape from the island, the students are forced to play a killing game and find the killer through class trials. Play through high-speed and fast-paced class trials by gathering testimony and evidence during investigations and use them as ammunition to shoot down your opponent’s contradictory statements.
Please enjoy this Danganronpa reborn with improved gameplay systems and a new gallery feature.
Developer
Spike Chunsoft
Publisher
Spike Chunsoft
Playable on
Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC
Genre
Single player, Visual novel, Action-Adventure

One Sentence Summary
Capitalism in the ruins of space!
Official Summary
From the developer of In Other Waters, and featuring the stunning character art of Guillaume Singelin, Citizen Sleeper is a narrative RPG set on Erlin’s Eye, a ruined space station that is home to thousands of people trying to survive on the edges of an interstellar capitalist society.
You are a sleeper, a digitized human consciousness in an artificial body, owned by a corporation that wants you back. Thrust amongst the unfamiliar and colorful inhabitants of the Eye, you need to build friendships, earn your keep, and navigate the factions of this strange metropolis, if you hope to survive to see the next cycle.
Developer
Jump Over The Age
Publisher
Fellow Traveller
Playable on
Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC
Genre
Single player, Action-Adventure, RPG

One Sentence Summary
A stylistic take on typical samurai stories.
Official Summary
As a vow to his dying Master, the young swordsman Hiroki is sworn to protect his town and the people he loves against all threats. Faced with tragedy and bound to duty, the lone samurai must voyage beyond life and death to confront himself and decide his path forward.
Developer
Flying Wild Hog
Publisher
Devolver Digital
Playable on
PC
Genre
Single player, Action-Adventure, Fighting
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