Xbox Game Pass closed 2025 with 296 games added: record figures and a historic year for the service

Xbox Game Pass grew like never before in 2025, here you can see the results.

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Xbox Game Pass bids farewell to 2025 with one of the most impressive balances since its launch. The service added a total of 296 titles throughout the year, a figure that clearly reflects Microsoft’s commitment to strengthening the value of its subscription on both console and PC.

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Beyond the numbers, what really matters is the variety and weight of the games included: major releases from day one, first-party titles, highly anticipated returns, and a notable presence of classics that expand the catalog’s appeal to all types of players.

The breakdown of Xbox Game Pass in 2025: how the catalog was built

During 2025, Xbox Game Pass not only added games but also diversified its offering like never before. Here are the most notable figures of the year:

• 296 games added in total

• 19 first-party titles

  • 15 on Xbox

  • 4 PC exclusives

• 62 games available from launch day

• 82 classic retro games, significantly expanding the historical background

• 46 Ubisoft Classics titles, including complete and well-known sagas

• 25 PC-exclusive games

• 12 games that returned to the service after being previously removed

• 5 titles that entered and left the catalog during the year

• 0 free-to-play games included in the count

Among the titles that arrived and were later removed in 2025 are Paw Patrol World, Borderlands 3: Ultimate Edition, Gigantic: Rampage Edition, or TMNT: Mutants Unleashed, reflecting the service’s usual rotation.

Regarding the added games, 2025 stood out for a very powerful mix of releases, which can be summarized as follows:

• Major productions and bestsellers

  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 7

  • Hogwarts Legacy

  • Grand Theft Auto V

  • Diablo III: Reaper of Souls – Ultimate Evil Edition

  • EA Sports FC 25

  • Metaphor: ReFantazio

• Day-one releases on Xbox Game Pass

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

  • Avowed

  • South of Midnight

  • DOOM: The Dark Ages

  • Hollow Knight: Silksong

  • The Outer Worlds 2

• Strengthening the classic catalog

  • Retro and classic games

  • RPGs from different generations

  • Background titles designed to expand the service’s long-term value

With these numbers on the table, 2025 consolidates as one of the most ambitious years for Xbox Game Pass, both in terms of volume and quality, setting the bar very high for 2026 and confirming its central role within the Xbox ecosystem.