15 Xbox Game Pass Games You Can Play Right Now Were Nominated at The Game Awards

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This year’s Game Awards featured 71 nominated games, and a great number of them – 15 to be exact – are already playable with an Xbox Game Pass subscription. Even with the recent price increase to $29.99 a month, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate still offers excellent value. Subscribers get access to a huge library of games, including both older favorites and brand-new titles on the day they’re released.

Honestly, 2025 was incredible for Game Pass. Yeah, the price increase for Ultimate stung a little, but the games they added more than made up for it. We’re talking absolute gems – indie titles like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and the long-awaited Hollow Knight: Silksong, alongside huge releases like Doom: The Dark Ages and Ninja Gaiden 4. It was just a non-stop stream of awesome games, and it really shows – fifteen Game Pass titles got nominated at The Game Awards! Seriously, a fantastic year for the service.

Two games competing for Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2025 – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Hollow Knight: Silksong – are both available to play with Xbox Game Pass. Expedition 33 is particularly noteworthy, receiving a record-breaking 13 nominations at the event and being available on Game Pass Ultimate since its launch. Several other Game Pass titles also earned nominations, including Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (released in 2024), Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, South of Midnight, Ball x Pit, Blue Prince, No Man’s Sky, Doom: The Dark Ages, Ninja Gaiden 4, Avowed, The Outer Worlds 2, The Alters, Rematch, and Atomfall.

Every Game Nominated at The Game Awards 2025

Bold = Game is currently available on Game Pass Ultimate/PC Game Pass

  1. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  2. Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
  3. Donkey Kong Bananza
  4. Hades 2
  5. Hollow Knight: Silksong
  6. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
  7. Ghost of Yotei
  8. Split Fiction
  9. Silent Hill f
  10. Battlefield 6
  11. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
  12. Consume Me
  13. Despelote
  14. Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
  15. South of Midnight
  16. Wanderstop
  17. Absolum
  18. Ball x Pit
  19. Blue Prince
  20. Dispatch
  21. Final Fantasy 14
  22. Fortnite
  23. Helldivers 2
  24. Marvel Rivals
  25. No Man’s Sky
  26. Baldur’s Gate 3
  27. Destiny: Rising
  28. Persona 5: The Phantom X
  29. Sonic Rumble
  30. Umamusume: Pretty Derby
  31. Wuthering Waves
  32. Alien: Rogue Incursion
  33. Arken Age
  34. Ghost Town
  35. Marvel’s Deadpool VR
  36. The Midnight Walk
  37. Doom: The Dark Ages
  38. Ninja Gaiden 4
  39. Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
  40. Avowed
  41. Monster Hunter Wilds
  42. The Outer Worlds 2
  43. 2XKO
  44. Capcom Fighting Collection 2
  45. Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
  46. Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection
  47. Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage
  48. LEGO Party
  49. LEGO Voyagers
  50. Mario Kart World
  51. Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
  52. The Alters
  53. Civilization 7
  54. Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
  55. Tempest Rising
  56. Jurassic World Evolution 3
  57. Two Point Museum
  58. EA Sports FC 26
  59. F1 25
  60. Rematch
  61. ARC Raiders
  62. Elden Ring Nightreign
  63. Peak
  64. Assassin’s Creed Shadows
  65. Atomfall
  66. Genshin Impact
  67. Counter-Strike 2
  68. Dota 2
  69. League of Legends
  70. Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
  71. Valorant

I’m pretty sure we’ll see even more games added to Game Pass Ultimate soon. We’ve already gotten a ton of Ubisoft titles, so I’m betting Assassin’s Creed Shadows will show up eventually. Plus, all of EA’s games are heading to Game Pass Ultimate at some point, which means we can probably look forward to EA Sports FC 26, F1 25, and even the next Battlefield – hopefully Battlefield 6 – being available. It’s looking good for Game Pass subscribers!

Several games published by Xbox received nominations for The Game Awards 2025, including Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, South of Midnight, Doom: The Dark Ages, Ninja Gaiden 4, Avowed, and The Outer Worlds 2. While none of these titles were nominated for the top prize, Game of the Year, Xbox still had a strong showing at the event.

We’re getting a clearer picture of the games coming to Xbox Game Pass in 2026, and it’s shaping up to be a great year! While we don’t have exact release dates yet, we know subscribers can look forward to titles like Forza Horizon 6, a remake of the original Halo, Gears of War: E-Day, and the highly anticipated Fable reboot. To keep you busy until then, you can enjoy the best Game Pass games from 2025.

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2025-12-09 22:05