Summary
- Xbox Game Pass is losing six games—including Exoprimal and Escape Academy—on January 15, most likely around midnight local time.
- Half of the soon-to-be-departing games are multiplayer titles.
- PC gamers will still be able to continue playing Escape Academy tomorrow, when the Epic Games Store will start giving it away.
On January 15, six games are set to leave Xbox Game Pass, which may prove challenging for subscribers who primarily play multiplayer titles on this service.
Generally speaking, the XGP content library tends to decrease approximately every two weeks, specifically around the middle and end of each month. The most recent reduction took place on December 31, as Xbox Game Pass parted ways with games such as LEGO 2K Drive, McPixel 3, and four additional titles.
Approximately a dozen more games will join the trend within the next 24 hours. The list of Xbox Game Pass departures for January 15 includes Escape Academy, Those Who Remain, Exoprimal, Insurgency: Sandstorm, Figment: Journey Into the Mind, and Common’hood.
In the next 24 hours, another dozen games are expected to follow suit. The list of Xbox Game Pass departures for January 15 includes Escape Academy, Those Who Remain, Exoprimal, Insurgency: Sandstorm, Figment: Journey Into the Mind, and Common’hood.
Twelve more games are coming soon (in the next 24 hours), while the Xbox Game Pass games leaving on January 15 include Escape Academy, Those Who Remain, Exoprimal, Insurgency: Sandstorm, Figment: Journey Into the Mind, and Common’hood.
Xbox Game Pass Games Leaving Today, January 15
| Game | Platform(s) | Added | How Long To Beat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Common’hood | Cloud, Console, PC | Jul 2023 | 23–36 hours |
| Escape Academy | Jul 2022 | 5–6 hours | |
| Exoprimal | Jul 2023 | 28–39 hours | |
| Figment: Journey Into the Mind | Jan 2024 | 5–6.5 hours | |
| Insurgency: Sandstorm | Nov 2022 | 80–118 hours | |
| Those Who Remain | Jan 2024 | 6–8 hours |
Approximately half of the first wave of Xbox Game Pass departures scheduled for 2025 consist of multiplayer titles. Among these, Exoprimal and Insurgency: Sandstorm are exclusive multiplayer shooters, while Escape Academy offers a critically acclaimed co-operative mode. Notably, Escape Academy, which joined Microsoft’s on-demand content library in July 2022, has spent the longest time on Xbox Game Pass compared to these six departures, having debuted as a day-one release.
Escape Academy May Be Leaving Xbox Game Pass, But It Will Be Free Tomorrow
The games available on Microsoft’s subscription service may be taken down at different times, but typically, they are removed from their library at the end of the day they’re scheduled to leave. As of now, Xbox Game Pass subscribers in the U.S. have approximately 18 hours left to play these games that will soon disappear. This provides ample time to finish games like “Figment: Journey Into the Mind” or “Those Who Remain“. The same goes for “Escape Academy“, although console players might need to hurry, as the escape-the-room-style puzzler only requires a bit of urgency. Notably, the PC version of “Escape Academy” will be free to claim on the Epic Games Store starting tomorrow, January 16th.
The upcoming Xbox Game Pass titles set to depart are anticipated to be announced concurrently with the Wave 2 lineup for January 2025, which also includes the games “Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders”, “Eternal Strands”, “Sniper Elite: Resistance”, and “Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector”. These four titles are slated to join Xbox Game Pass during the last eleven days of January, with more Xbox Game Pass updates expected on January 23, coinciding with the Xbox Developer Direct event in 2025.
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