The way the service is organized isn't exactly conducive to finding the best games, or even the most popular ones. It's more or less just a mish-mash of games all thrown together with the newest additions at the top.
There are a lot of places you can start on this list, but few are better than Alien: Isolation, a survival-horror game from Creative Assembly and SEGA that task you with surviving an alien-infested ship.
If you've always admonished the characters in horror movies that make an easily avoidable mistake that turns out to be fatal, here's your chance to prove that you'd make the better first mate.
It's an action-adventure survival game that puts you on an island with basically nothing in hand, and tasks you to build up a basecamp. From there, you'll need to go out and capture the local fauna - everything from dinosaurs and pre-historic mammals to straight-up monsters - and breed them. The only problem? It's all an open-world MMO, and you'll have other players to contend with too. We might be waiting a while for the next Batman movie with Robert Pattinson, but if you need your fix of the caped crusader before that, check out Batman: Arkham Knight on Xbox Game Pass.
The final entry in Rocksteady's Batman trilogy also works as a great standalone title as you don the cowl to stop Batman's entire rogues gallery from taking over Gotham in what has to be the longest night in Batman's career. Destiny 2 is one of the best games-as-a-service titles out there.
From its grand story to its great gunplay and mechanics, Destiny knows how to make you feel like a hero while keeping challenges at just the right level of difficulty and addictiveness. Beyond Light marks a great time for first-timers to jump into the shooter, with content designed to bring new players up to speed quickly — though the latest expansion is also sure to delight any returning fans, too.
This game came out in March , and by October, it was already on the service. Not only is it cool that it's a recently released game, but Doom Eternal is actually one of the better shooters released this year.
It's fast-paced and frenetic, putting you against the hordes of Hell with nothing but a butt-load of armor and artillery. A great one to download if you're into the idea of going full tilt against an army of demons. It was our Game of the Year back in when it released, and it still holds up as one of the best games from last generation.
If you missed it before, now's as good a time as any to give it a shot. Yes, the title is a bit of a mouthful, but the game is critically acclaimed and the Definitive Edition is packed with extras.
Additional scenarios, an orchestral soundtrack and the ability to play the entire game in 2D mode are just some of the perks you'll find. Forza has always been Xbox's bread and butter when it comes to racing games, but Forza Horizon 4 truly transcends the genre with its wide open English countryside setting and changing seasons that alter how cars handle through the game. While this game is great as a solo experience, it's even better when you have friends playing it as well as you'll then see their drivatars appear in races alongside you.
One of the best parts about Xbox Game Pass is getting newly released first-party games for free at launch — like, for example, Gears 5. Not only does this game have a fantastic single-player story that follows the events of Gears of War 4, but it has a ton of great multiplayer modes that are available as part of the package, too. Gears Tactics turns the traditional third-person shooter franchise on its head with an over-the-top, birds-eye view of the battlefield. Tactics still has you leading Gears against the Locust invasion, but this time it's all turn-based combat with specialized soldiers taking on various roles like a sniper, melee unit or medic.
The missions usually follow a similar formula that can drag on a bit towards the end of the game, but otherwise Gears Tactics is a fun way to dive into the lore of the franchise without spending hours looking down the sights of a lancer. Hades is without a doubt one of the best rogue-lites ever made. We couldn't be happier that Microsoft shifted to the subscription model we know for Xbox Game Pass, as it might not even be around today if the company stuck to its guns with a rental service.
If it did, the service likely would've bit the dust like Blockbuster Video, or faded into obscurity much the same way LoveFilm did. Anyone remember LoveFilm? It's also worth noting that streaming king Netflix also began as a DVD rental service. The company didn't grow exponentially until it shifted to its current subscription model. As such, it's likely that Microsoft saw the sea change at the time, and decided to pivot away from the diminishing rental format.
Not only are rentals something of an outdated concept in the entertainment space, they simply don't work well at all for gaming. And sure, some apps do still offer a digital rental option, like Prime Video , but that's a last resort when streaming that movie or show simply isn't an option. As for gaming, imagine coming to the end of your rental time right before you're about to take on the final boss. Your character draws their sword, the sweeping orchestra kicks in, and all of a sudden you get a pop-up prodding you to "add more game time to keep playing!
And the good news is that everyone who owns an Xbox Game Pass subscription will be able to play it starting next week. Finishing the month will be the launch of Evil Genius 2, another exciting launch for console gamers. Evil Genius is a much-loved PC cult classic that recently received a big sequel, complete with dastardly plans for world domination. And for the first time, Evil Genius 2 will be playable on console, with access starting on November Available on day one with Xbox Game Pass: A strange signal… an alien craft… Exo One is an interplanetary, gravity-defying journey through space and time.
Use gravity and momentum to reach colossal speeds and exhilarating heights. In Fae Tactics, follow a young magic user named Peony on her journey across a vibrant world full of mystery and danger.
Summon allies, cast spells, and befriend a motley crew of characters as you dive into the growing conflicts between man and magical beings known as fae.
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