After establishing the Xbox Game Pass as the go-to video game subscription service (and basically forcing Sony’s hand to revamp its PlayStation Plus offering), Microsoft is taking full advantage of one of its few Ws with this generation by adding an interesting new offering—the Game Pass Standard.
With the Game Pass Standard’s introduction, the Game Pass now has four options to choose from, which admittedly can get confusing.
What you need to know is that the Game Pass Standard is Xbox’s replacement for its basic Game Pass subscription for consoles (not the Game Pass Core, because that’s different as well). However, it does have several caveats, including the removal of some 40 or so games, and the perplexing decision of removing day-one releases. It’s a $5 step up from the Game Pass Core at $14.99 a month with access to hundreds of games, so at least you get more than 100 games for your money.
However, before we give you the list of Game Pass Standard games at launch, you’ll want to know more about what Microsoft removed from it. Because it has no Day One releases and most first-party exclusives that came out within the past year are missing, some 40 or so fan-favorite titles are MIA, and these are:
- Age of Mythology: Retold Standard Edition
- Another Crab’s Treasure
- Botany Manor
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III – Cross-Gen Bundle
- Core Keeper (Xbox Series X|S)
- Creatures of Ava
- Diablo IV
- Dungeons Of Hinterberg
- Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes
- Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn
- Flock
- Forza Motorsport Standard Edition
- Galacticare
- Go Mecha Ball
- Harold Halibut
- Hauntii
- Heavy Weapon
- Humanity
- Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
- Lightyear Frontier (Game Preview)
- Little Kitty, Big City
- Magical Delicacy
- MLB The Show 24 Xbox One
- MLB The Show 24 Xbox Series X|S
- Neon White
- OCTOPATH TRAVELER II
- Open Roads
- PAYDAY 3
- PlateUp!
- Robin Hood – Sherwood Builders
- Rolling Hills: Make Sushi, Make Friends
- Sea of Solitude
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
- Slime Rancher 2
- SpiderHeck
- Star Trucker
- Starfield
- Still Wakes the Deep
- Tchia
- The Case of the Golden Idol
- The Rewinder
- Turnip Boy Robs a Bank
- VALORANT
- You Suck at Parking Complete Edition
So, if you’re thinking about playing these games on Xbox, you’ll want to pay for the more expensive Game Pass Ultimate, which should let you enjoy new and upcoming titles like Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, which would look absolutely awesome on the PlayStation 5 Pro, and Avowed, which isn’t coming out anytime soon.
If you’re interested in what games are included in the Game Pass Standard, you can head on over here or scroll down below:
- Expeditions: A MudRunner Game
- Riders Republic™
- DOOM + DOOM II
- Mafia: Definitive Edition
- Crash Bandicoot™ N. Sane Trilogy
- Atlas Fallen: Reign of Sand
- A Little to the Left
- A Plague Tale: Requiem
- Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
- Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
- Amnesia: The Bunker
- Among Us
- Anuchard
- Arcade Paradise
- ARK: Survival Ascended
- ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition
- As Dusk Falls
- Assassin’s Creed® Odyssey
- Assassin’s Creed® Origins
- Assassin’s Creed® Valhalla
- ASTRONEER
- Banjo Kazooie: N n B
- Banjo-Kazooie
- Banjo-Tooie
- Batman™: Arkham Knight
- Battletoads
- Ben 10: Power Trip
- BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Special Edition
- Bleeding Edge
- BLiNX: The Time Sweeper
- Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
- Bluey: The Videogame
- Broforce
- Broken Age
- Brotato
- Brothers: a Tale of Two Sons
- Brütal Legend
- Call of the Wild: The Angler™
- Car Mechanic Simulator 2021
- Cassette Beasts
- Celeste
- Chants of Sennaar
- Chivalry 2
- Cities: Skylines – Remastered
- Cities: Skylines – Xbox One Edition
- Citizen Sleeper
- Clone Drone in the Danger Zone
- Close to the Sun
- Cocoon
- Common’hood
- Conan Exiles
- Contrast
- Control
- Control Ultimate Edition – Xbox Series X|S
- Cooking Simulator
- Coral Island
- Costume Quest
- Costume Quest 2
- Crackdown 3
- Cricket 24
- Crimson Skies®: High Road to Revenge™
- Crusader Kings III
- Darkest Dungeon®
- Day of the Tentacle Remastered
- DayZ
- Dead by Daylight
- Dead Cells
- Dead Island 2
- Death’s Door
- DEATHLOOP
- Deep Rock Galactic
- Descenders
- Dicey Dungeons
- Dishonored 2
- Dishonored® Definitive Edition
- Dishonored®: Death of the Outsider™
- Disney Dreamlight Valley
- Disneyland Adventures
- DOOM
- DOOM 3
- DOOM 64
- DOOM Eternal Standard Edition
- Dordogne
- Dune: Spice Wars
- Dungeons 4
- Escape Academy
- EVERSPACE™ 2
- Evil West
- Exoprimal
- F1® Manager 2023
- Fable Anniversary
- Fable II
- Fable III
- Fallout 3
- Fallout 4
- Fallout 76
- Fallout: New Vegas
- Far Cry® 5
- Far Cry® 6
- Farming Simulator 22
- Figment: Journey Into the Mind
- Firewatch
- Football Manager 2024 Console
- FOR HONOR: MARCHING FIRE EDITION
- Forager
- Forza Horizon 4 Standard Edition
- Forza Horizon 5 Standard Edition
- Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery
- From Space
- Frostpunk: Console Edition
- Full Throttle Remastered
- Fuzion Frenzy®
- Gang Beasts
- Gears 5 Game of the Year Edition
- Gears of War
- Gears of War 2
- Gears of War 3
- Gears of War 4
- Gears of War: Judgment
- Gears of War: Ultimate Edition
- Gears Tactics
- Generation Zero®
- Genesis Noir
- Ghostwire: Tokyo
- Goat Simulator
- Goat Simulator 3
- GoldenEye 007
- Golf With Your Friends
- Gotham Knights
- Grim Fandango Remastered
- GRIS
- Grounded
- Halo 5: Guardians
- Halo Infinite (Campaign)
- Halo Wars 2: Standard Edition
- Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
- Halo: Spartan Assault
- Halo: The Master Chief Collection
- Have a Nice Death
- Headbangers: Rhythm Royale
- Hell Let Loose
- Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
- Hello Neighbor 2
- Hi-Fi RUSH
- Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition
- Homestead Arcana
- HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED™ 2 – Turbocharged
- House Flipper
- Human Fall Flat
- HUMANKIND™
- Hypnospace Outlaw
- Immortals Fenyx Rising™
- Indivisible
- Injustice™ 2
- Inkulinati
- INSIDE
- Insurgency: Sandstorm
- Iron Brigade
- Isonzo
- Jetpac Refuelled
- Journey To The Savage Planet: Employee Of The Month
- Jurassic World Evolution 2
- Jusant
- Kameo
- Killer Instinct: Anniversary Edition
- Kona
- Kona II: Brume
- LEGO® 2K Drive Cross-Gen Standard Edition
- LEGO® Star Wars™: The Skywalker Saga
- Let’s Build a Zoo
- Lies of P
- Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name
- Little Nightmares II
- Loot River
- Lost Judgment
- Madden NFL 24
- Mafia III
- Marvel’s Avengers
- Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
- Mass Effect Legendary Edition
- Max: The Curse of Brotherhood
- Metro Exodus
- Middle-earth: Shadow of War
- Minecraft: Story Mode – Season Two
- Moon Hunters
- Mortal Shell
- Mortal Kombat 11
- NBA 2K24
- Need for Speed™ Unbound
- Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
- Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
- No Man’s Sky
- Octodad: Dadliest Catch
- Outer Wilds
- Overcooked! 2
- Oxygen Not Included
- Paladins
- Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous
- PAYDAY 2
- Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
- Planet Coaster
- Planet Zoo
- PowerWash Simulator
- Prey
- Quantum Break
- Rainbow Six Siege
- Raft
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Remnant: From the Ashes
- Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
- Resident Evil Village
- Return to Monkey Island
- Ridge Racer Unbound: Deluxe Edition
- Risk of Rain 2
- Rocket League
- Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos
- Saints Row (2022)
- Satisfactory
- Sea of Thieves
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider
- Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
- Slime Rancher 2
- Sniper Elite 5
- Solar Ash
- South Park: The Stick of Truth
- South Park: The Fractured But Whole
- Spiritfarer
- Splinter Cell: Blacklist
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
- Star Wars: Squadrons
- State of Decay 2
- Streets of Rage 4
- Subnautica
- Subnautica: Below Zero
- Sunset Overdrive
- Super Lucky’s Tale
- Super Meat Boy
- Tales of Arise
- Tangle Tower
- Team Sonic Racing
- Terraria
- The Ascent
- The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
- The Crew 2
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
- The Evil Within 2
- The Gunk
- The Last Guardian
- The Messenger
- The Outer Worlds
- The Sims 4
- The Surge 2
- The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
- The Walking Dead: Season Two
- The Wolf Among Us
- Thief
- This War of Mine
- Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales
- Tides of Time
- TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge
- Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction
- Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
- Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
- TowerFall Ascension
- Train Sim World 3
- Tunic
- Two Point Hospital
- Unravel 2
- Valhalla Hills
- Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2
- Warhammer: Vermintide 2
- Watch Dogs: Legion
- What the Box?
- Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
- Wreckfest
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon
- Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles
- You Suck at Parking
- Zombie Army 4: Dead War
- Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection
