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Eight games are leaving Xbox Game Pass (and PC Game Pass) on July 31, including Celeste and Crusader Kings 3, with several 2025 titles and fan favorites like My Friendly Neighborhood, Rain World, and Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord also departing; the removals have sparked frustration on Reddit and renewed talk of canceling as subscribers worry about the service’s momentum and value this year.
TrueAchievements’ May 2026 roundup ranks Xbox Game Pass titles by how hard their achievements are to earn, noting leaving games (Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo, Paw Patrol Rescue Wheels: Championship, and Planet of Lana) as the easiest to finish before they leave, with Paw Patrol the quickest. Among new releases, Ben 10: Power Trip is highlighted for accessible achievements, while Descenders Next and Wuchang: Fallen Feathers present tougher challenges. Go Mecha Ball and Wheel World offer mid-range difficulty, and Galacticare remains manageable as a leaving title. The piece provides estimated playtimes, completion rates, and guides to help players maximize TA progress before titles expire.
The article surveys the third week of March 2026 on Xbox Game Pass, detailing both new additions and titles leaving the service, with rough achievement-you-need-to-know estimates. Leaving titles include Mad Streets (1–2 hours, 16% TA, no missables) and Peppa Pig: World Adventures (0.5–1 hour, 60% TA, no missables). New additions cover South of Midnight (15–20 hours, 4% TA, no missables), The Alters (50–40 hours, 1% TA, 40% missables), Disco Elysium: The Final Cut (40–50 hours, 3% TA, 31% missables), and Overthrown (unknown length). The piece aims to help players decide what to tackle first by summarizing playtime and completion stats for these titles.
Sony’s PS Plus Extra and Premium will drop several games in March 2026, including Mobile Suit Gundam Battle Operation: Code Fairy, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, Cris Tales, and R-Type Final 3 Evolved, while Arcade Paradise remains. The removals are pulled from Japanese/Asian PS Stores and are expected to take effect by March 17, with regional variations possible.
Microsoft announced that three games—Anthem, Farming Simulator 22, and Persona 3 Reload—will leave Xbox Game Pass on August 15, 2025, with most available at discounts until then. Anthem is being delisted ahead of its server shutdown early next year, and more games are expected to be announced after this date.
Three games—Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, Gigantic: Rampage Edition, and Turnip Boy Robs a Bank—are set to leave Xbox Game Pass on July 31, but players can buy them at a 20% discount before they exit. Meanwhile, Microsoft is adding eight new titles to the service in the coming weeks.
The article discusses potential games that might leave Xbox Game Pass in August 2025, based on historical patterns and recent additions, but emphasizes that nothing has been confirmed yet and the list is speculative.
Six games including Flock, Mafia: Definitive Edition, and The Callisto Protocol will leave Xbox Game Pass on July 15, 2025, with discounts available before they depart. Microsoft will announce the next batch of leaving games after this date and has also revealed upcoming additions to the service.
Six games, including EA Sports NHL 22, are set to leave Xbox Game Pass on April 30, 2024. Players can avail of a 20% discount on these titles before they depart. Meanwhile, new additions to the library are expected in late April.
Xbox Game Pass is set to introduce several new games in April 2024, including titles like "Ark: Survival Ascended," "F1 23," and "Superhot: Mind Control Delete," with more announcements expected throughout the month. Additionally, some games will be leaving the platform in April, although the specific titles have not been revealed yet.
Microsoft has revealed the first wave of games coming to Xbox Game Pass in March 2024, including Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, PAW Patrol World, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated, Control Ultimate Edition, No More Heroes 3, Lightyear Frontier, and MLB The Show 24. Additionally, several games are set to leave Game Pass in March.
Microsoft has not confirmed the games leaving Xbox Game Pass in April 2024, but based on the trend of games sticking around for about a year, some predictions have been made. The list includes games such as Cricket 22, 7 Days To Die, and Goat Simulator, among others. However, it's important to note that these are not confirmed departures, and some games may stay or be added to the list. Microsoft typically provides around two weeks' notice for games leaving the service, and late deals with publishers can also affect the lineup.
The latest Xbox update includes a new feature that notifies players when a game is about to leave Game Pass, providing the departure date and a link to the store page. This feature aims to give players a heads up if they are in the middle of playing a game that will soon be removed. Xbox has announced the list of games leaving in November, including Final Fantasy VIII HD and Football Manager 2021. Additionally, Microsoft has partnered with Inworld AI to develop AI tools for Xbox games.
Steep, a popular PS4 game, is set to leave PlayStation Plus at the end of August. The game's departure was not announced alongside other games leaving the service, and it is unclear why it is leaving earlier. Steep's platinum trophy is notoriously difficult to obtain, with a completion rate of only 0.20% on PSN. Players have just over a week to try and earn the platinum before the game is removed from PS Plus.
Microsoft has announced that three games, including Spelunky 2, will be leaving Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass on July 15. Spelunky 2 is a platformer that can take close to 100 hours to complete, while Exo One and Paw Patrol The Movie: Adventure City Calls require around ten and eight hours respectively.