Here’s what’s coming to Xbox Game Pass

A total of eight new games are coming to Microsoft Xbox Game Pass subscribers this month — and five games are leaving Game Pass this month.

Check out some of the January releases for Xbox Game Pass.

Close to the sun

Closer to the Sun, the 2019 indie first-person horror game with a “mostly positive” Steam review score, is now available on Xbox Game Pass. The game is set in an alternate history world where Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison are involved in a global battle for power (figuratively and literally). Some Steam reviewers called it a survival game, while others praised the graphics and overall atmosphere.

Let all hell break loose

World War II first-person indie shooter Hell Let Loose will be available on Xbox Game Pass on January 4. Originally released in 2019, the game features tactical guns and large maps for team-based battles.

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

Ubisoft's 2020 game Assassin's Creed Valhalla will be released on January 9 as part of Xbox Game Pass subscriptions. Valhalla is a Viking-themed installment in the long-running Rona Game action-adventure series. In Valhalla, players play as Viking raider Ivor Varnsdóttir, who is searching across England to find his son.

Fig

Figment is a 2017 indie action-adventure game in which players must participate in a realistic world, completing various missions and puzzles along the way. The setting takes place in the horrors and nightmares of a man's mind – but the floating islands of the landscape are very dramatic and have steampunk elements.

Figment will be released on Xbox Game Pass on January 9th.

Super Mega Baseball 4

Super Mega Baseball 4 is an arcade-style baseball simulation game coming to Microsoft's Game Pass service on PCs on January 11 via the EA Play platform.

Few of us are happy

We The Happy Few is a creepy and colorful action-adventure game published by Gearbox, the makers of Borderlands. We the Happy Few present a dystopian alternate history set in 1960s England with whimsical masks, mind-altering drugs and a narrative-driven experience. The game will be released on January 11th on Xbox Game Pass.

Resident Evil 2

The 2019 zombie survival game Resident Evil 2 is coming to Xbox Game Pass on January 16. The original Resident Evil 2 was first released in 1998, and has been remade Best selling Resident Evil game of all time In the year 2023

The rest

The Remains is a psychological horror game coming to Game Pass on January 16th. Set in the dark, neon-lit town of Dormont, The Leftovers delivers a gruesome puzzle experience with a first-person adventure.

What's left?

Many new games are coming. This month's Xbox Game PassGrand Theft Auto V will leave the service on January 5th and the following titles will no longer be included as of January 15th:

Garden history
MotoGP 22
Persona 4 Golden
Persona 3 mobile

Edited by Andrew Hayward. Originally published on November 30, 2023, last updated with new information on January 3, 2024.