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Which games should you play on Xbox Game Pass?
Game Pass offers a library of hundreds of games for Xbox and PC. With so much to choose from, it can be difficult to find the best Xbox Game Pass games to fill your limited gaming hours with. New games are added to the service almost every week, and old games are removed as well. To help you navigate the ever-changing landscape, we’ve compiled the best Game Pass games currently available. We’ll continue to update this list as the Game Pass library rotates.
To be clear, there are many more excellent games on Xbox Game Pass than the ones we’ve listed below—the service is packed with worthwhile games. These are just the games we think every Xbox owner should be playing, and we review this list regularly to make sure we’re standing by our decisions and including newer releases.
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Note, however, that Xbox Game Pass comes in different tiers with different prices. Xbox Game Pass Core offers a smaller selection of games, plus the online play feature that used to be Xbox Live Gold for $10 per month. Xbox Game Pass for just the Xbox library costs $11 per month, while Xbox Game Pass for PC costs $10 per month. By far the best value is Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which includes both the Xbox and PC libraries, plus the Cloud Gaming feature that lets you play the Game Pass selection on your mobile device.
Here are the best games to try on Game Pass right now. Microsoft certainly has more Game Pass deals planned for the rest of the year, so keep an eye out for our other favorite games here.