Microsoft has kicked off October 2025 with one of the biggest shakeups in Xbox Game Pass history. Not only has the subscription service been restructured into three tiers—Essential, Premium, and Ultimate—but it’s also added Ubisoft+ Classics, price changes, and over 45 new games to the catalog.
Xbox Game Pass Tiers Explained
- Essential ($9.99/month)
- Replaces Game Pass Core.
- Offers 50+ curated titles across console, PC, and cloud.
- Includes online multiplayer, cloud gaming access, and Rewards points.
- Premium ($14.99/month)
- Replaces Game Pass Standard.
- 200+ games across PC, console, and cloud.
- New Xbox first-party games within a year (excluding Call of Duty).
- Shorter cloud gaming queues and more Rewards bonuses.
- Ultimate ($29.99/month)
- Expanded to include Ubisoft+ Classics, Fortnite Crew, and 75+ day-one releases annually.
- Offers the largest catalog with 400+ titles.
- Highest cloud gaming quality (1440p, shortest queues).
Xbox Game Pass October 2025 Lineup
Ultimate Additions
Ultimate players receive the biggest content drop, including Ubisoft’s back catalog and blockbuster releases like Hogwarts Legacy.
Full Ultimate List:
- Hogwarts Legacy (Cloud, PC, Console)
- Assassin’s Creed II (PC)
- Assassin’s Creed III Remastered (Cloud, PC, Console)
- Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag (Cloud, PC, Console)
- Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag: Freedom Cry (PC)
- Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood (PC)
- Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China (Cloud, PC, Console)
- Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India (Cloud, PC, Console)
- Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: Russia (Cloud, PC, Console)
- Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD (PC)
- Assassin’s Creed Revelations (PC)
- Assassin’s Creed Rogue Remastered (Cloud, PC, Console)
- Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (Cloud, PC, Console)
- Assassin’s Creed The Ezio Collection (Cloud, Console)
- Assassin’s Creed Unity (Cloud, PC, Console)
- Child of Light (Cloud, PC, Console)
- Far Cry 3 (Cloud, PC, Console)
- Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon (Cloud, PC, Console)
- Far Cry Primal (Cloud, PC, Console)
- Hungry Shark World (Cloud, PC, Console)
- Monopoly Madness (Cloud, PC, Console)
- Monopoly 2024 (Cloud, PC, Console)
- OddBallers (Cloud, PC, Console)
- Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (Cloud, PC, Console)
- Rabbids Invasion: The Interactive TV Show (Cloud, Console)
- Rabbids: Party of Legends (Cloud, PC, Console)
- Rayman Legends (Cloud, PC, Console)
- Risk Urban Assault (Cloud, Console)
- Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game (Cloud, PC, Console)
- Skull and Bones (Cloud, PC, Xbox Series X|S)
- South Park: The Stick of Truth (Cloud, PC, Console)
- Starlink: Battle for Atlas (Cloud, PC, Console)
- Steep (Cloud, PC, Console)
- The Crew 2 (Cloud, PC, Console)
- The Settlers: New Allies (Cloud, PC, Console)
- Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint (Cloud, PC, Console)
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction (Cloud, PC, Console)
- Tom Clancy’s The Division (Cloud, PC, Console)
- Trackmania Turbo (Cloud, PC, Console)
- Transference (Cloud, Console)
- Trials Fusion (Cloud, PC, Console)
- Trials of the Blood Dragon (Cloud, PC, Console)
- Trials Rising (Cloud, PC, Console)
- UNO (Cloud, PC, Console)
- Valiant Hearts: The Great War (Cloud, PC, Console)
- Watch_Dogs (Cloud, PC, Console)
- Wheel of Fortune (Cloud, Console)
- Zombi (Cloud, PC, Console)
Premium Additions
Premium subscribers get a wide mix of strategy, RPG, and indie titles alongside bigger names like Diablo IV and Hellblade 2.
Full Premium List:
- 9 Kings (Game Preview) – PC
- Abiotic Factor – Cloud, PC, Xbox Series X|S
- Against the Storm – Cloud, PC, Console
- Age of Empires: Definitive Edition – PC
- Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition – PC
- Age of Mythology: Retold – Cloud, PC, Xbox Series X|S
- Ara: History Untold – PC
- Arx Fatalis – PC
- Back to the Dawn – Cloud, PC, Console
- Battletech – PC
- Blacksmith Master (Game Preview) – PC
- Cataclismo – PC
- Cities: Skylines II – PC
- Crime Scene Cleaner – Cloud, PC, Xbox Series X|S
- Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor – Cloud, PC, Xbox Series X|S
- Diablo – PC
- Diablo IV – PC, Console
- An Elder Scrolls Legends: Battlespire – PC
- The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard – PC
- Fallout – PC
- Fallout 2 – PC
- Fallout: Tactics – PC
- Football Manager 2024 – PC
- Frostpunk 2 – Cloud, PC, Xbox Series X|S
- Halo: Spartan Strike – PC
- Hogwarts Legacy – Cloud, PC, Console
- Manor Lords (Game Preview) – PC
- Minami Lane – Cloud, PC, Console
- Minecraft: Java Edition – PC
- Mullet Madjack – Cloud, PC, Xbox Series X|S
- My Friendly Neighborhood – Cloud, PC, Console
- One Lonely Outpost – Cloud, PC, Console
- Quake 4 – PC
- Quake III Arena – PC
- Return to Castle Wolfenstein – PC
- Rise of Nations: Extended Edition – PC
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 – Cloud, PC, Xbox Series X|S
- Sworn – Cloud, PC, Xbox Series X|S
- Terra Invicta (Game Preview) – PC
- Volcano Princess – Cloud, PC, Console
- Warcraft I: Remastered – PC
- Warcraft II: Remastered – PC
- Warcraft III: Reforged – PC
- Wolfenstein 3D – PC
Essential Additions
Essential delivers a small but quality lineup of curated titles.
Full Essential List:
- Cities: Skylines Remastered (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S)
- Disney Dreamlight Valley (Cloud, PC, Console)
- Hades (Cloud, PC, Console)
- Warhammer 40,000: Darktide (Cloud, PC, Console)
Upcoming October 2025 Releases
In addition to the massive day-one drop, more games are rolling out across the month:
- October 7 – Little Rocket Lab (Console, PC, TBD)
- October 7 – Sopa – Tale of the Stolen Potato (Console, PC, Cloud)
- October 15 – Ball x Pit (Console, TBD)
- October 16 – Pax Dei 1.0 (PC)
- October 17 – Keeper (Series X|S, PC, Cloud)
- October 21 – Ninja Gaiden 4 (Series X|S, PC, Cloud)
- October 23 – Bounty Star (Console, PC, Cloud)
- October 23 – Moonlighter 2 (PC)
- October 29 – The Outer Worlds 2 (Series X|S, PC, Cloud)
- October 31 – Terminull Brigade (Free-to-play with benefits, Series X|S)
Microsoft will confirm two waves of removals during the month: one mid-October and one at the end. Expect details closer to those dates.
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October 2025 marks one of the most significant updates in Xbox Game Pass history. The addition of Ubisoft+ Classics and blockbuster titles like Hogwarts Legacy and Diablo IV reinforces the service’s value, while upcoming releases such as The Outer Worlds 2 and Ninja Gaiden 4 keep momentum going.
However, the 50% Ultimate price hike is bound to divide opinions. For players who embrace the full ecosystem—cloud, console, PC, day-one launches, and Fortnite Crew—the price may be justifiable. For others, Premium or Essential could strike a better balance.
Either way, October is proof that Xbox Game Pass remains the most content-rich subscription service in gaming.
