Xbox Game Pass Console Gets Updated 490+ Title Catalog Through Aug 2025
Xbox Game Pass is getting a fresh, consolidated refresh for console subscribers, with an updated catalog spanning more than 490 titles and rotating availability up through August 2025. The update also clarifies how Microsoft’s subscription tiers are split now that Game Pass has three separate plans for console—Ultimate, Premium, and Essential—as of October 1, 2025.
Xbox Game Pass catalog update: 490+ games, rotating access
The latest list compiles every game currently available in the service and notes that the library is actively maintained as new titles enter and others leave. In total, it puts the catalog at “more than 490 games,” with coverage across multiple genres.
- Estimated library size: more than 490 games
- Update coverage stated through: August 2025
- Availability changes: titles can be added or removed periodically
- Xbox Game Studios titles: described as staying available longer than most
The list also provides the rules used to keep it current: newly released or announced games should be added with their arrival date, while games leaving the service are removed once they’re no longer available. It further mentions that many entries are playable via EA Play, which can carry over automatically to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.
Game Pass tier structure from Oct. 1, 2025
Starting October 1, 2025, Game Pass reorganizes console subscriptions into three distinct plans: Ultimate, Premium, and Essential. The update explicitly states that it collected the games available “today” across all three tiers for console.
What’s included in the tiers
The article includes lists of available games by tier, including a large selection under Ultimate, while Premium and Essential each have their own smaller subsets.
What to watch next in the Game Pass rotation
Because the catalog is described as continuously updated, players should expect ongoing churn—especially around the specific add/remove callouts that appear in the lists. The update highlights several dated changes, including departures and arrivals tied to late 2025.
- Herdling: listed with a launch date of August 21, 2025
- Football Manager 2024: marked to leave on November 15
- Frostpunk: marked to leave on November 15
- Frostpunk 2 (Windows): marked to leave on November 15
- Herdling and the timed “leave” notices are explicitly called out in the catalog
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 7: listed with a release date of November 14
- Monsters Are Coming! Rock & Road: listed for November 20
- Spirittea: marked to leave on November 15
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl: marked to leave on November 15 (console and PC)
- 1000xResist: listed for November 7
- Moonlighter 2: listed for November 19
With the catalog framed as a living checklist, the most practical next step for subscribers is to treat the list as a snapshot and double-check the in-console library for the latest status—especially around the explicitly dated add/remove windows.
