What to expect for Xbox Series X/S games in 2025

2025 is poised to be a big year for Xbox Series X/S. Although the console has long lagged behind the PS5 in terms of exclusives, 2025 will bring some very promising first-party releases to the Xbox Series X/S.

Xbox's problems were noticed a few years back in 2023, where Microsoft focused more on acquiring new studios than on delivering strong first-party games. But in 2024, the company has started to take off with games like Indiana Jones and the Great Circleand it's likely that Microsoft will continue that momentum into the new year. In addition, Game Pass continues to be the console's biggest asset, and the acquisition of studios such as Bethesda and Activision-Blizzard-King has undeniably increased the value of the service.

Xbox Series X/S 2025 Release Calendar

2025 promises to be a big year for the Xbox Series X/S, with plenty confirmed already. Of course, there will be some big third-party releases, like the highly anticipated ones Grand Theft Auto 6. In addition, the first-party games coming to the console are also big news, with the upcoming ones Avowed a major recipient of excitement from the Xbox player base.

January

• Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana – January 7

• Tales of Graces f Remastered – January 17

• Dynasty Warriors: Origins – January 17

• Jedi Power Battles – January 23

• Atomic Heart—Enchantment Under The Sea DLC – January 28th

• Sniper Elite: Resistance – January 30

February

• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 – February 4

• Civilization 7 – February 11

• Assassin's Creed Shadows – February 14

• Date everything! – February 14

• The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak 2 – February 14

• Tomb Raider IV-V-VI remastered – February 14

• Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii – February 21

• Monster Hunter Wilds – February 28

March

• Football Manager 25 – March TBA

• Killing Floor 3 – March TBA

• FragPunk – March 6

• Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars – March 6

• Lost Records: Bloom and Rage (Tape 2) – March 18

• Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories and the Envisioned Land – March 21

• Tales of the Shire: A Lord of the Rings game – March 25

• Nuclear fallout – March 27

• The First Berserker: Khazan – March 27

• Rain world—'The Watcher' DLC – March 28th

April

• Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves – April 24

May

• Revenge of the Savage Planet – May TBA

October

• Double Dragon Revive – October 23

Month TBA

• 2XKO • 33 Immortals

• Alabaster Dawn

• Anno 117: Pax Romana

• ArcheAge Chronicles

• ARC Raiders

• Sheet 2

• Borderlands 4

• Carmen Sandiego (beginning of 2025)

• Chained echoes— Ashes of Elrant DLC (Q2 2025)

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (spring 2025)

• Coffee Talk Tokyo

• Crimson Desert (Late 2025)

• Cronos: The New Dawn

• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba—The Hinokami Chronicles 2

• Dispatch

• Directive 8020 – A Dark Pictures Game

• Doom: The Dark Ages

• Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake

• Fire Ring Nightreign

• FBC Firebreak

• Golf with your friends 2 (After PC Release)

• Grand Theft Auto 6

• Instinct

• John Carpenter's Toxic Commando

• Little nightmares 3

• Lunar Remastered Collection (spring 2025)

• Mafia: The Old Country (Summer 2025)

• Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra

• Mecha Break (spring 2025)

• Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater

• Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault

• Mouse PI for rent

• Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound (Summer 2025)

• One move away

• Prison architect 2

• Promise Mascot Agency

• Rematch (Summer 2025)

• Sea of ​​stars— Throes of the Watchmaker DLC (Spring 2025)

• Shadow maze

• Skate (Early Access)
• South of midnight

• Splitgate 2

• Subnautica 2

• The First Berserker: Khazan

• The Legend of Babu

• The outer worlds 2

• The Run: Got Next

• The Talos Principle: Resurrected

• The Wolf Among Us 2

• Faith: Catalyst

• Vampire: the Masquerade—Bloodlines 2

• Wheel World

Confirmed Xbox Game Pass titles in 2025

A number of games have already been confirmed to come to Xbox Game Pass in 2025. The “Day One” release strategy will be a key element here, especially with games that Avowed and Eternal strings.

2025 Game Pass titles with confirmed dates

• Carrion – January 2

• Route 96 – January 7

• Eternal strings – January 28

• Sniper Elite: Resistance – January 30

• Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector – January 31

• Avowed – February 18

• Nuclear fallout – March 27

• Commandos: Origins – March TBA

• Football Manager 25 – March TBA

2025 Game Pass titles with unannounced dates

• 33 Immortals

• Sheet 2

• Bounty Star

• The bush hide

• Cities: Skylines 2

• Dead static device

• Descenders Next

• Doom: The Dark Ages

• Expedition 33

• Fable

• FBC: Firebreak

• Frostpunk 2

• Ghost bike

• Harmonium: The Musical

• Hollow Knight: Silk Song

• The souls of Kulebra and Limbo

• Little Rocket Lab

• Lost in Random: The Eternal Die

• Manor Lords

• Mixtape

• Nirvana Noir

• Pigeon Simulator

• Replace

• Routine

• She dreams somewhere else

• Sleight of Hand

• Sweep

• South of midnight

• Subnautica 2

• The Alters

• TO AT

• Tower cage

• Vapor World: Over the Mind

• Void train

• The Volcano Princess

• The road to the forest

• Winter Burrow

• Wuchang: Fallen Feathers