Xbox Game Pass games list, price and everything you need to know

Microsoft has a couple of subscription services for owners of the Xbox One, Xbox Series X or 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 get both, plus Xbox Game Pass for PC, EA Play, Cloud Gaming and access to exclusive game discounts for a single, 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 and Game Pass Ultimate?

Xbox Games Pass gives you access to well over 300 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 Cloud Gaming (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 and many third-party games on the same day they are released in stores. This will include Halo Infinite and Bethesda's new, forthcoming sci-fi RPG, Starfield.

The included Xbox Live Gold also gives subscribers exclusive discounts on many games on the Xbox Store.

How much does Xbox Game Pass Ultimate 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 EA Play. Plus, Microsoft's cloud service, Cloud Gaming, is part of Ultimate at no extra cost.

The standard console-only version of Games Pass doesn't include Gold, EA Play, Cloud 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.

What games are part of Xbox Game Pass?

Xbox Game Pass will always offer more than 300 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 1 December 2021):

Note, all games run on Xbox One as well as Xbox Series X/S, but will have enhancements on the next-gen consoles. Some games will also feature Xbox's Auto HDR and/or FPS Boost technologies.

AI: The Somnium Files
A Plague Tale: Innocence
A Way Out **
Alien: Isolation
Aliens: Fireteam Elite - coming 14 December 2021
Among Us - coming 14 December 2021
Anthem **
Anvil - coming 2 December 2021
Aragami 2
Archvale - coming 2 December 2021
ARK: Survival Evolved
Art of Rally
Assetto Corsa
Astria Ascending
Astroneer
Atomicrops
Back 4 Blood
Backbone
Bassmaster Fishing 2022

Batman: Arkham Knight
Battlefield 1 **
Battlefield 4 **
Battlefield V **
Battlefield Hardline **
Battletoads
Beholder Complete Edition - leaving 15 December 2021
Black Desert
Blair Witch
Bleeding Edge
Bloodroots
Boyfriend Dungeon
Breathedge
Bridge Constructor Portal
Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling
Burnout Paradise Remastered **
Bushiden - coming TBC
Carrion
Children of Morta
Chinatown Detective Agency - coming TBC
Cities: Skylines
ClusterTruck
Code Vein
Conan Exiles
Control
Costume Quest 2

Crackdown 3
Craftopia
Cricket 19
Cris Tales
Crown Trick
Curse of the Dead Gods
Cyber Shadow
Dandy Ace
Darkest Dungeon
Day of the Tentacle Remastered
DayZ
Dead By Daylight: Special Edition
Dead Cells
Deeeer Simulator
Deep Rock Galactic
Descenders
Desperados III
Destiny 2 (plus Forsaken, Shadowkeep and Beyond Light expansions) - leaving 8 December 2021
Destroy All Humans
Dirt 4 **
Dirt 5 **
Dirt Rally **
Dirt Rally 2.0 **
Dishonored: Definitive Edition
Dishonored 2
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
Disneyland Adventures
Dodgeball Academia
Don't Starve: Giant Edition
Donut County
Doom (1993)
Doom (2016)
Doom II
Doom 3
Doom 64
Doom Eternal
Double Kick Heroes
Dragon Age Inquisition **
Dragon Ball FighterZ
Dragon Quest Builders 2
Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition
Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance
Echo Generation
eFootball PES 2021 Season Update
Elite Dangerous
Empire of Sin
Enter The Gungeon
Evil Genius 2
Exo One
F1 2019 **
F1 2020 **
Fae Tactics
Fallout 4
Fallout 76
Farming Simulator 19
Fe **
FIFA 15 **
FIFA 16 **
FIFA 17 **
FIFA 18 **
FIFA 20 **
FIFA 21 **
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster
Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age
Final Fantasy XIII-2 - coming 2 December 2021
Flynn: Son of Crimson
Football Manager 2022: Xbox Edition
For Honor
Forager