What is Xbox Game Pass, what games do you get and how much does it cost?

Microsoft has a couple of subscription services for owners of the Xbox One or new Xbox Series X and Series S.

Xbox Live Gold is a monthly membership plan that is required for online play and, while it gives you a couple of free games a month, that's its primary purpose.

On the other hand, Xbox Game Pass is the firm's service that gives you access to hundreds of games for just one monthly fee.

They can each be paid for separately, but the best news is that you can also get both, plus Xbox Game Pass for PC, EA Play and xCloud gaming for a much cheaper price.

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Here's everything you need to know about Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.

What is Xbox Game Pass?

Xbox Games Pass gives you access to well over 200 games to download and play on your Xbox One or Xbox Series X/S for one monthly fee.

If you upgrade to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, you also get Xbox Live Gold, Xbox Game Pass for PC, EA Play and access to Xbox's Cloud Gaming service (formerly called Project xCloud), all for the same price.

You can download the games and play them as often as you like, as long as you continue to pay the monthly fee. Some titles might become unavailable as others are added, but you also have the option of buying any of the collection outright at discounted prices.

Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and original Xbox games are part of the line-up, the latter two through backward compatibility, so there are plenty of top titles to choose from.

Microsoft adds releases of its own games as soon as they are made available in the shops.

How much does Xbox Game Pass cost

Xbox Games Pass Ultimate is priced at $14.99/£10.99 a month. You can cancel at any time.

As mentioned, it includes Xbox Live Gold, Xbox Games Pass for PC and, more recently, EA Play. Plus, Microsoft's cloud service, xCloud Gaming, is part of Ultimate at no extra cost.

The standard console-only version of Games Pass doesn't include Gold, EA Play, xCloud Gaming or the PC version. It costs $9.99/£7.99 a month. It's the same price for the PC-only version when subscribed to separately. Ultimate is clearly the better deal, therefore.

What games are part of Xbox Game Pass?

Xbox Game Pass will always offer more than 200 games, made up of Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and original Xbox backward compatible titles.

Some might be switched in future for other games, but here is the current list of all the games that are currently available:

All the Xbox One & Series X/S games on Game Pass (as of 3 December 2020):

Note, Xbox Series X/S versions of games (as marked) will run on Xbox One too, but will have enhancements on the next-gen consoles.

• A Plague Tale: Innocence
• A Way Out **
• Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
• Age of Wonders: Planetfall
• Alien: Isolation
• Alvastia Chronicles
• Anthem **
• ARK: Survival Evolved (Xbox Series X/S)
• Astroneer

• Batman: Arkham Knight
• Battle Chasers: Nightwar
• Battlefield 1 **
• Battlefield 4 **
• Battlefield V **
• Battlefield Hardline **
• Battletoads
• Black Desert
• Blair Witch
• Bleeding Edge
• Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
• Bridge Constructor Portal
• Burnout Paradise Remastered **
• Carrion
• Carto
• Celeste
• Children of Morta
• Cities: Skylines
• ClusterTruck
• Control
• Costume Quest 2

• Crackdown 3
• Cricket 19
• CrossCode (Xbox Series X/S)
• Darksiders Genesis
• Day of the Tentacle Remastered
• DayZ
• de Blob
• Dead By Daylight: Special Edition (Xbox Series X/S)
• Dead Cells
• Death Squared
• Deep Rock Galactic
• Deliver Us The Moon
• Descenders
• Destiny 2 (plus Forsaken and Shadowkeep expansions)
• Dirt 4
• Dishonored 2
• Disneyland Adventures
• Don't Starve: Giant Edition
• Doom Eternal
• Double Kick Heroes
• Dragon Age Inquisition
• Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition *
• Drake Hollow
• Dungeon of the Endless
• Earthshade
• eFootball PES 2020 Standard Edition
• Enter The Gungeon
• F1 2019
• Fallout 76
• Farming Simulator 17
• Fe **
• Felix The Reaper
• FIFA 15 **
• FIFA 16 **
• FIFA 17 **
• FIFA 18 **
• FIFA 19 **
• FIFA 20 **
• Final Fantasy VII
• Final Fantasy VIII Remastered
• Final Fantasy IX
• Final Fantasy XV Royal Edition
• Fishing Sim World: Pro Tour
• Five Nights at Freddy's: Original Series (1 - 4)
• For the King
• Forager

• Forza Horizon 4 (Xbox Series X/S)
• Forza Motorsport 7
• Fractured Minds
• Frostpunk: Console Edition
• Full Throttle Remastered
• Gato Roboto
• Gears 5 Ultimate Edition
• Gears of War 4
• Gears of War: Ultimate Edition
• Gears Tactics
• Goat Simulator
• Golf With Your Friends
• Gonner2 (Xbox Series X/S)
• Grim Fandango Remastered
• Grounded
• Guacamelee! 2

• Halo 5: Guardians
• Halo Wars 2
• Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
• Halo: Spartan Assault
• Halo: The Master Chief Collection (Xbox Series X/S)
• Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
• Hello Neighbour
• Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition
• Hotshot Racing
• Human Fall Flat
• Hyperdot
• Hypnospace Outlaw
• Ikenfell
• Indivisible
• It Lurks Below
• Journey to the Savage Planet
• Katana Zero
• Killer Instinct: Definitive Edition
• Kingdom Hearts - HD 1.5+2.5 Remix
• Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue

• Kingdom Hearts III
• Knights and Bikes
• Kona
• Levelhead
• Lonely Mountains: Downhill
• Madden NFL 15 **
• Madden NFL 16 **
• Madden NFL 17 **
• Madden NFL 18 **
• Madden NFL 19 **
• Madden NFL 20 **
• Madden NFL 25 **
• Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite
• Mass Effect: Andromeda **
• Max: The Curse of Brotherhood
• Middle-earth: Shadow of War
• Minecraft
• Minecraft Dungeons
• Mirror's Edge Catalyst **
• Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight
• Monster Hunter: World
• Moonlighter
• Mortal Kombat X
• Mount & Blade: Warband
• Moving Out
• MudRunner
• My Friend Pedro
• My Time At Portia
• Naruto To Boruto: Shinobi Striker
• NBA Live 18 **
• NBA Live 19 **
• Need for Speed **
• Need for Speed Heat **
• Need for Speed Payback **
• Need for Speed Rivals **
• Neon Abyss
• New Super Lucky's Tale
• NHL 18 **
• NHL 19 **
• NHL 20 **
• NieR: Automata Become as Gods Edition
• Night Call
• Night in the Woods
• No Man's Sky (Xbox Series X/S)
• Nowhere Prophet
• Observation
• Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

• Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Xbox Series X/S)
• Outer Wilds
• Overcooked! 2
• Oxenfree
• Pandemic: The Board Game
• Pathologic 2
• Payday 2: Crimewave Edition
• Peggle 2 **
• Phogs
• Pikuniku
• Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition
• Planet Coaster: Console Edition (Xbox Series X/S)
• Plants vs Zombies: Battle for Neighborville **
• Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare **
• Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare 2 **
• PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG)
• Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid
• Quantum Break
• Rage 2
• Rainbow Six Deluxe Edition (Xbox Series X/S)
• Rare Replay
• ReCore: Definitive Edition
• Remnant: From the Ashes

• Resident Evil 7 biohazard
• River City Girls
• Rocket Arena
• Rory McIlroy PGA Tour **
• Rush: A DisneyPixar Adventure
• Ryse: Son of Rome
• ScourgeBringer
• ScreamRide
• Sea of Solitude
• Sea of Thieves: Anniversary Edition (Xbox Series X/S)
• Sea Salt
• Secret Neighbour
• Shadow Warrior 2
• Slay The Spire
• Slime Rancher
• Sniper Elite 4
• Soulcalibur VI
• Spiritfarer
• Star Renegades

• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order **
• Star Wars Battlefront **
• Star Wars Battlefront II **
• State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
• State of Decay: Year-One
• Stellaris: Console Edition
• Stranger Things 3: The Game
• Streets of Rage 4
• Streets of Rogue
• Subnautica
• Sunset Overdrive
• Super Lucky's Tale
• Supraland
• Surviving Mars
• Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet
• Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition

• Tekken 7
• Tell Me Why: Chapters 1-3
• Terraria
• Tetris Effect: Connected (Xbox Series X/S)
• The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resparkled
• The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut
• The Bard's Tale Trilogy
• The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics
• The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
• The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited
• The Gardens Between
• The Jackbox Party Pack 4
• The Long Dark
• The Messenger
• The Outer Worlds
• The Sims 4 **
• The Surge 2
• The Touryst (Xbox Series X/S)
• The Turing Test
• The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season
• The Walking Dead: Season Two
• The Walking Dead: Michonne - The Complete Season
• The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - The Complete Season (Episodes 1 - 5)

• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
• TheHunter: Call of the Wild
• Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales
• Ticket to Ride
• Titanfall **
• Titanfall 2 **
• Totally Accurate Battle Simulator (Game Preview)
• Totally Reliable Delivery Service
• Touhou Luna Nights
• Trailmakers
• Train Sim World 2020
• Two Point Hospital
• UFC **
• UFC 2 **
• UFC 3 **
• Undermine
• Unravel **
• Unravel 2 **
• Unruly Heroes
• Untitled Goose Game
• Vambrace: Cold Soul
• Void Bastards
• Wargroove
• Warhammer: Vermintide 2
• Wasteland 2: Director's Cut
• Wasteland 3
• Wasteland Remastered
• We Happy Few (Xbox Series X/S)
• West of Dead
• What Remains of Edith Finch
• Wizard of Legend

• Wolfenstein: Youngblood
• World War Z
• Worms W.M.D
• Xeno Crisis
• Yakuza 0
• Yakuza Kiwami
• Yakuza Kiwami 2
• Yes, Your Grace (Xbox Series X/S)
• Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection

All the Xbox 360 backward compatibility games on Game Pass:

• Alan Wake
• Alice: Madness Returns **
• Banjo-Kazooie
• Banjo Kazooie: N n B
• Banjo-Tooie
• Battlefield 1943 **
• Battlefield 3 **
• Battlefield: Bad Company **
• Battlefield: Bad Company 2 **
• Bejeweled 2 **
• Bejeweled 3 **
• Brutal Legend **
• Crysis **
• Crysis 2 **
• Crysis 3 **
• Dante's Inferno **
• Dead Space **
• Dead Space 2 **
• Dead Space 3 **
• Dead Space Ignition **
• Double Dragon Neon
• Dragon Age: Origins **
• Dragon Age 2 **
• Fable Anniversary
• Fable II
• Fable III
• Fallout: New Vegas
• Feeding Frenzy **
• Feeding Frenzy 2 **
• Fight Night Champion **

• Gears of War
• Gears of War 2
• Gears of War 3
• Gears of War: Judgment
• Heavy Weapon **
• Jetpac Refuelled
• Joy Ride Turbo
• Kameo
• Mass Effect **
• Mass Effect 2 **
• Mass Effect 3 **
• Medal of Honor Airborne **
• Mirror's Edge **
• Ninja Gaiden II
• Peggle **
• Perfect Dark
• Perfect Dark Zero
• Plants vs Zombies **
• Shadows of the Damned **
• Skate 3 **
• SSX **
• Viva Piñata
• Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise
• Zuma **
• Zuma's Revenge! **

All the original Xbox backward compatibility games on Game Pass:

• Black **
• Fuzion Frenzy

* Coming soon, ** included as part of EA Play for Ultimate subscribers only

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