Xbox Game Pass just confirmed 2 more Day 1 games for July 2026

Xbox Game Pass has two more confirmed day one releases for July 2026, including open-world sandbox games The Planet Crafter. The newly announced arrivals mark the sixth and seventh titles that are now guaranteed to arrive Xbox Game Pass next month.

The Wave 2 Xbox Game Pass lineup for June 2026 has already offered a small preview of what fans can expect next month, scheduling Winds of Arcana: Ruination for July 6. The same flight plan also revealed that Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 is finally making its way to the service's Premium tier on July 2, a year after originally debuting on the higher tiers. Following that announcement, Microsoft has now confirmed two more titles set to expand its content catalog in July 2026.

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According to a trailer shared by the official Xbox YouTube channel on June 18, an upcoming indie title is called Joint piercer will join Xbox Game Pass on July 17th. Made by Slovakia-based Mad Cookies Studio and published by strategy genre specialists at Hooded Horse, Joint piercer is a deck-building roguelite that tasks players with decorating their own train and then surviving dangerous missions by engaging in grid-based tactical battles.

Planet Crafter lands on Xbox Game Pass 4 days later

Also coming to Xbox Game Pass next month is an open-world survival game The Planet Crafterset on a living sci-fi planet that is diverse but deeply inhospitable. True to its name, the game tasks players with terraforming said planet into a habitat fit for humanity. Developed by French studio Miju Games, the colorful survival title was originally released as a PC exclusive in April 2024. It is now scheduled to debut on consoles on July 21, 2026, the same day it will arrive on Xbox Game Pass. Two Planet Crafter DLC packs were released in the two years following the game's original release: Planet Humble in October 2024 and Toxicity in November 2025. As is usually the case, neither DLC version is expected to be included in the Xbox Game Pass version, although subscribers will be able to purchase both separately.

Xbox Game Pass July 2026 Lineup (so far)

Date	Game	Game Pass Level(s)	Platform(s)	Notes
July 2	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4	Premium	Cloud, console, PC	Available on XGPU and PCGP since July 2025.
July 6	Winds of Arcana: Ruination	Ultimate, PC, Premium	Cloud, Console, Handheld, PC
July 13	Go up to zero	Ultimate, PC	Cloud, PC, Series X/S	Day one release.
July 17	Joint piercer	Ultimate, PC	PC	Day one release.
July 21	The Planet Crafter	Ultimate, PC	Cloud, PC, Series X/S	Day One (Series X/S) release.
July 28	Halo: Campaign Evolved	Ultimate, PC	Cloud, PC, Series X/S	Day one release.

Even if Joint piercer and The Planet Crafter technically launching in the second half of July, they could still be announced as part of the Xbox Game Pass Wave 1 lineup for July 2026. That possibility depends on Microsoft sticking to its usual Tuesday cadence of biweekly roadmap reveals. The first Tuesday of the month falls on July 7, which is when the July Wave 1 lineup will likely be announced, while the third Tuesday is July 21, the same day The Planet Crafter is scheduled to join the Xbox Game Pass catalog. As a result, both titles may appear in the next Xbox Wire lineup post instead of being held over for the month's second wave.

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July 2026 also includes Flyway Games' sci-fi roguelite Go up to zero and that Halo: Campaign Evolved remake, scheduled for July 13 and 28, respectively. Before any of those arrive, Xbox Game Pass will remove eight titles from its content catalog on June 30.