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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.
Here’s every game coming to Xbox Game Pass 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:
July 15, 2025
- Flock (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Mafia Definitive Edition (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Magical Delicacy (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Tchia (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- The Callisto Protocol (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- The Case of the Golden Idol (Cloud, Console, and PC)
