The 25 Best Games on Xbox Game Pass in 2026
The best games on Game Pass Ultimate, Premium, and Essential across Xbox console and PC..
The best games on Game Pass Ultimate, Premium, and Essential across Xbox console and PC.
The short version
- After a huge 2025, which saw the addition of the likes of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Hollow Knight: Silksong , 2026 has been a bit quieter for the service.
- But there have been some monster back-catalog additions, including CD Projekt's Cyberpunk 2077 and a huge tranche of Ubisoft games, plus a few notable day-one drops, including Forza Horizon 6 and Halo: Campaign Evolved .
- Our latest update to this list on Sep.
What happened
9 added Forza Horizon 6 , Luna Abyss , Denshattack! , Blood Dungeon , and Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Remastered. It's a collaboration between genre specialist Level-5 (Professor Layton, Dragon Quest 8 and 9 ) and the revered animators at Studio Ghibli, who contributed some cutscenes.
Why it matters
There's also a beautiful musical score Ghibli's regular composer Joe Hisaishi.
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