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What games should you play on Xbox Game Pass?
Game Pass offers a library of hundreds of games across Xbox and PC. With so many to choose from, it can be difficult finding the very best Xbox Game Pass games to spend your limited gaming hours on. New games arrive on the service just about every week, and old games leave the service, too. To help you navigate the ever-shifting landscape, we’ve rounded up the best Game Pass games available now. We’ll continue to update this list as the Game Pass library rotates.
To be clear, there are plenty more excellent games on Xbox Game Pass than the ones we’ve listed below–the service is loaded with worthy games. These are just the games we think every Xbox owner should play, and we regularly review this list to make sure we stand by our choices and rotate in newer releases.
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Keep in mind, though, that Xbox Game Pass comes in various tiers at different pricing levels. Xbox Game Pass Core offers a smaller selection of games along with the online play functionality that used to be Xbox Live Gold for $10 per month. Xbox Game Pass for just the Xbox library is $11 per month, while Xbox Game Pass for PC is $10 per month. The best value by far is Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which includes both the Xbox and PC libraries, along with cloud gaming functionality to play the Game Pass selections on your mobile device.
Here are the best games to sample on Game Pass right now. Microsoft surely has more Game Pass inclusions on the horizon throughout the rest of the year, so keep an eye here for more of our favorite picks.