It’s looking like a good Game Pass harvest this year, especially because Microsoft’s backlog of big first-party Xbox games like Doom: The Dark Ages and Fable are coming in 2025. But tons of other cool stuff is headed to the subscription service as well,

So, sure, GamePass is reasonably successful for what it is — but it definitely hasn’t changed the world like Netflix did to Hollywood. People are still mostly buying new games, sometimes even still on a disc from Best Buy or Walmart. Streaming a game to your phone or TV over the cloud remains pretty niche.

Microsoft confirms 10 new games for Xbox Game Pass in 2025, including Moonlighter 2 and Echo Weaver. Indie titles like Tanuki Pon's Summer and Buckshot Roulette are expected later in 2025. Balatro, a popular deckbuilder, was also shadow-dropped onto Xbox Game Pass after gaining popularity in 2024.