Two games are leaving Xbox Game Pass today, bringing the total number of removals this year to 128. However, Xbox has added far more games than it has removed overall. While 2025 has been a good year for the Game Pass library, the numbers are a bit misleading due to a one-time event that won’t likely happen again next year.
At the end of December, Xbox Game Pass will remove two games: the unique horror title Carrion and the team-based shooter Hell Let Loose. This is the last game update for the service in 2024. Interestingly, Carrion was the first game added to Game Pass this year, while Hell Let Loose was the second.
Xbox Game Pass Added 88 More Titles Than It Lost in 2025
As December ends, Xbox Game Pass is losing a few more games, bringing the total number of games removed in 2025 to 128. However, the service is still adding games at a much faster rate – 216 games have been added throughout the year, meaning Game Pass gained 88 more titles than it lost. For those who don’t have Game Pass Ultimate, the numbers are a bit closer. The Standard tier added 163 games this year, 35 more than were removed. The Essential tier only gained 10 new games, but it also didn’t lose any titles.
Xbox Game Pass 2025 Catalog Changes in Numbers
| 2025 | Games Added | Games Removed | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13 | 12 | +1 |
| February | 8 | 16 | -8 |
| March | 9 | 17 | -8 |
| April | 14 | 14 | |
| May | 17 | 10 | +7 |
| June | 17 | 13 | +4 |
| July | 17 | 9 | +8 |
| August | 13 | 8 | +5 |
| September | 14 | 6 | +8 |
| October | 66 | 7 | +59 |
| November | 20 | 10 | +10 |
| December | 8 | 6 | +2 |
| Total | 216 | 128 | +88 |
The “Games Added” number reflects only completely new games added to the catalog. It doesn’t include classic games being re-released, expansions to existing Game Pass plans, or games becoming available on new platforms. However, games that were previously available and are now back are counted.
Throughout 2025, the Xbox Game Pass Retro Classics service added 82 games, bringing the total number of new additions for the year to 170. Despite this significant increase, some subscribers don’t feel that these classic games offer the same value as brand new, standalone titles available through regular Xbox Game Pass.
Xbox Game Pass’ 2025 Net Change Was Skewed by an Unprecedented Event
The Xbox Game Pass library grew by a significant 88 titles this year – the largest increase since the service launched in 2017. However, this level of growth is unlikely to happen again soon. This year’s expansion was mainly due to Microsoft unexpectedly adding 48 new games to coincide with a price increase for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate in October 2025, raising the monthly cost from $19.99 to $29.99. This was a one-time event, and Microsoft probably won’t repeat it, even if they decide to raise prices again in the future.
Xbox Game Pass 2025 Stats
- New Retro Classics: 82
- New Ultimate games: 216
- New PC games: 204
- New Standard/Premium games: 163
- New Core/Essential games: 10
- March 26: Tunic, Batman: Arkham Knight, Monster Sanctuary
- October 1: Cities: Skylines – Remastered, Disney Dreamlight Valley, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, Hades
- December 3: Medieval Dynasty, Stellaris, World War Z: Aftermath
- Returning games: 12
- Removed games: 128
- Games both added and removed this year: 6
- Paw Patrol World (3 months)
- Barbie Project Friendship (5 months)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed (5 months)
- Borderlands 3 Ultimate Edition (4 months)
- Gigantic: Rampage Edition (6 months)
- Blacksmith Master (2 months)
- Average monthly additions (without Retro Classics):
- Ultimate: 18
- PC: 17
- Standard/Premium: 13.58
- Core/Essential: 0.83
- Average monthly removals: 10.67
- Annual catalog size net changes:
- Ultimate: +88 games
- PC: +76
- Premium: +35 games
- Essential: +10 games
As a Game Pass subscriber, I was really happy to see that almost all the new games coming in 2025 were available on both PC and Xbox Series X/S. Plus, pretty much everything except a few PC-only releases also worked with Xbox Cloud Gaming, which is awesome! It makes sense that PC games aren’t available on the cloud service, though, since it runs on Xbox Series X hardware – it just wouldn’t be able to handle PC titles.
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