Xbox Game Pass losing five titles on May 31, 2026. The upcoming catalog rotation includes several critically acclaimed Atlus titles that will round out the Xbox Game Pass library of high-quality RPGs.
The departure wave at the end of May includes Persona 4 Goldenan enhanced edition of the award-winning JRPG added to Xbox Game Pass in August 2025. That event marked the start of its second stint on the service, as Atlus' iconic game was previously available to Microsoft subscribers between January 2023 and January 2024.
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This time, Persona 4 Golden won't make it a full year, having just been confirmed as departing Xbox Game Pass at the end of May 2026, nine months since returning to the service. The May 31 departures also include another Atlus title in the form of the critically acclaimed Metaphor: ReFantazio. Fantasy JRPG with Persona-like social mechanics and one of the top-rated games of 2024 originally debuted on Xbox Game Pass in May 2025. It joined Microsoft's content catalog on the same day as Spray paint simulatorwho is now also scheduled to leave the post on May 31.
All Xbox Game Pass games will expire on May 31, 2026
|
Game |
Added |
Stint Duration* |
OpenCritic Avg. |
How long to beat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Against the storm |
December 2023 |
2 years, 5 months |
89 |
86–252 hours |
|
Crypt guardian |
June 2025 |
11 months |
83 |
9–13 hours |
|
Metaphor: ReFantazio |
May 2025 |
1 year |
93 |
65–109 hours |
|
Persona 4 Golden |
August 2025 |
9 months |
88 |
67–134 hours |
|
Spray paint simulator |
May 2025 |
1 year |
71 |
8–12 hours |
*Xbox Game Pass mission lengths are rounded down to the nearest whole month.
Colorful afterlife metroidvania Crypt guardian and dark fantasy city builder Against the storm round out the removal list on May 31st. Crypt guardian is set to leave three days before his first anniversary on the job, while Against the storm will step down after almost two and a half years. Spray paint simulator and Crypt guardian are the only titles from the upcoming rotation likely to be of particular interest to achievement hunters, as both can be done comfortably before leaving Xbox Game Pass. The rest are much larger games that require a significant amount of time even for a standard game, let alone a completed game.
Another Persona 4 version is coming to Xbox Game Pass – eventually
JRPG fans who still haven't had time to play Persona 4 Golden through Xbox Game Pass, time may be running out, but they've already confirmed that they have at least one more chance to experience Atlus' iconic RPG, or something close to it; Persona 4 Revival has already been confirmed as a day one Xbox Game Pass release, though it still doesn't have a firm release date. With the remake originally announced during the June 2025 Xbox Games Showcase and another such showcase scheduled for June 7, 2026, the project may be close to having a concrete launch window or release date.
In more immediate catalog news, Escape Simulator coming to Xbox Game Pass on May 26, followed by Echo Generation 2 and The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition on May 27. The last two additions of the month are both Day One releases scheduled for May 28: bug-collecting games Kabuto Park and batch run title Crashout Crew.
