{"id":2184249,"date":"2026-10-07T16:55:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T13:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2184249"},"modified":"2026-10-07T16:55:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T13:55:21","slug":"here-are-our-xbox-game-pass-games-for-october-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2184249","title":{"rendered":"Here are our Xbox Game Pass games for October 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Here are our Xbox Game Pass games for October 2026<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Battlefield 6! 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The large-scale shooter broke series records when it dropped, selling over 7m copies in three days and instantly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/battlefield-6-dominates-steam-charts-ahead-of-worldwide-release-as-analyst-estimates-over-100m-in-pre-launch-sales\">topping Steam&#8217;s best-seller charts<\/a>. Post-launch updates and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/battlefield-6-top-gun-carrier-strike-wake-island\">surprisingly-involved Top Gun collab<\/a> have kept the game chugging into this year too, despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ea-lays-off-staff-across-battlefield-studios-following-last-years-record-breaking-battlefield-6-debut\">layoffs at Battlefield Studios<\/a> back in March.<\/p>\n<p>The other highlights include seven all-new games launching into Game Pass straight away. Time-loop metroidvania Echo Weaver, road trip adventure game Forever Ago, co-op survive-em-up Deep Dish Dungeon, first-person soulslike Valor Mortis, cute photography romp Bluey&#8217;s Happy Snaps, co-op roguelike Chained Beast, and city-builder (on the back of a space whale) Beyond These Stars slot into the service on the same day as their full launches.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>But Game Pass giveth and Game Pass taketh away. This month&#8217;s group of leavers include the widely-acclaimed and hugely-celebrated RPG, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which debuted on Game Pass early last year. Some personal favorites, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/donut-county\">Donut County<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pacific-drive\">Pacific Drive<\/a>, aren&#8217;t sticking around either.<\/p>\n<h2>Here are the games leaving Game Pass on 15th October:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A Plague Tale: Requiem (Cloud, Console, and PC)<\/li>\n<li>Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Cloud, Console, and PC)<\/li>\n<li>Crime Scene Cleaner (Cloud, Console, and PC)<\/li>\n<li>Donut County (Cloud, Console, and PC)<\/li>\n<li>Evil West (Cloud, Console, and PC)<\/li>\n<li>Nova Roma (Game Preview) (PC)<\/li>\n<li>Pacific Drive (Cloud, Console, and PC)<\/li>\n<li>Superball (Cloud, Console, and PC)<\/li>\n<li>The Casting of Frank Stone (Cloud, Console, and PC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more, check out our full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-game-pass-games-list-this-month-price-6400\">guide to Xbox Game Pass<\/a> and see every game in the service.<\/p>\n<p>I have one eyebrow tentatively raised for Deep Dish Dungeon&#8217;s moody, old-school world, if I can fend off the hordes in Gears of War: E-Day for long enough, that is &#8211; are you guys interested in any of the newcomers?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\" data-autopogo>\n<p>Microsoft has revealed the first batch of games coming to Xbox Game Pass this month, though subscribers only have a week left to try the award-winning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/clair-obscur-expedition-33\">Clair Obscur: Expedition 33<\/a> before it waves goodbye.<\/p>\n<h2>Here&#8217;s October&#8217;s Xbox Game Pass monthly list:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Echo Weaver (Cloud, Xbox Series X\/S, and PC) \u2013 8th October on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<li>Forever Ago (Cloud, Console, and PC) \u2013 8th October on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<li>Neon Abyss 2 (Cloud, Xbox Series X\/S, and PC) \u2013 8th October on Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium and PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<li>Battlefield 6 (Cloud, Xbox Series X\/S, and PC) \u2013 13th October on Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<li>Deep Dish Dungeon (Cloud, Xbox Series X\/S, and PC) \u2013 13th October on Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<li>Valor Mortis (Cloud, Xbox Series X\/S, Handheld, and PC) \u2013 13th October on Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<li>Bluey\u2019s Happy Snaps (Cloud, Console, Handheld, and PC) \u2013 15th October on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<li>Chained Beasts (Cloud, Xbox Series X\/S, and PC) \u2013 15th October on Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<li>Beyond These Stars (PC) \u2013 16th October on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>October&#8217;s undisputed headliner is one of last year&#8217;s hottest games, EA&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/battlefield-2025\">Battlefield 6<\/a>. The large-scale shooter broke series records when it dropped, selling over 7m copies in three days and instantly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/battlefield-6-dominates-steam-charts-ahead-of-worldwide-release-as-analyst-estimates-over-100m-in-pre-launch-sales\">topping Steam&#8217;s best-seller charts<\/a>. Post-launch updates and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/battlefield-6-top-gun-carrier-strike-wake-island\">surprisingly-involved Top Gun collab<\/a> have kept the game chugging into this year too, despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ea-lays-off-staff-across-battlefield-studios-following-last-years-record-breaking-battlefield-6-debut\">layoffs at Battlefield Studios<\/a> back in March.<\/p>\n<p>The other highlights include seven all-new games launching into Game Pass straight away. Time-loop metroidvania Echo Weaver, road trip adventure game Forever Ago, co-op survive-em-up Deep Dish Dungeon, first-person soulslike Valor Mortis, cute photography romp Bluey&#8217;s Happy Snaps, co-op roguelike Chained Beast, and city-builder (on the back of a space whale) Beyond These Stars slot into the service on the same day as their full launches.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>But Game Pass giveth and Game Pass taketh away. This month&#8217;s group of leavers include the widely-acclaimed and hugely-celebrated RPG, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which debuted on Game Pass early last year. Some personal favorites, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/donut-county\">Donut County<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pacific-drive\">Pacific Drive<\/a>, aren&#8217;t sticking around either.<\/p>\n<h2>Here are the games leaving Game Pass on 15th October:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A Plague Tale: Requiem (Cloud, Console, and PC)<\/li>\n<li>Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Cloud, Console, and PC)<\/li>\n<li>Crime Scene Cleaner (Cloud, Console, and PC)<\/li>\n<li>Donut County (Cloud, Console, and PC)<\/li>\n<li>Evil West (Cloud, Console, and PC)<\/li>\n<li>Nova Roma (Game Preview) (PC)<\/li>\n<li>Pacific Drive (Cloud, Console, and PC)<\/li>\n<li>Superball (Cloud, Console, and PC)<\/li>\n<li>The Casting of Frank Stone (Cloud, Console, and PC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more, check out our full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-game-pass-games-list-this-month-price-6400\">guide to Xbox Game Pass<\/a> and see every game in the service.<\/p>\n<p>I have one eyebrow tentatively raised for Deep Dish Dungeon&#8217;s moody, old-school world, if I can fend off the hordes in Gears of War: E-Day for long enough, that is &#8211; are you guys interested in any of the newcomers?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Here are our Xbox Game Pass games for October 2026 Battlefield 6! 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