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Xbox Game Pass July 2026 Wave 1: Every Game Coming and Leaving the Service

Xbox Game Pass logo on green beside a fiery Gears of War battle scene with armed soldiers and explosions. Gears of War: Reloaded.
Image: Xbox Game Pass and Gears of War: Reloaded.

Xbox Game Pass has announced its July 2026 Wave 1 lineup, bringing 10 new games to the service across the first half of the month.


The headline additions this wave are Gears of War: Reloaded and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2, with Palworld hitting its full 1.0 release as a major game update on July 10. There is also one day-one title this wave in the form of Ascend to Zero.


On the departures side, 10 games are leaving on July 15, including some genuinely heavy hitters like Dungeons of Hinterberg, PowerWash Simulator, and Stellaris.

Here is the full breakdown.


Games Coming to Xbox Game Pass: July 2026 Wave 1

July 6

  • Winds of Arcana: Ruination (Cloud, Console, Handheld, and PC) - Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, and PC Game Pass


July 9

  • Gears of War: Reloaded (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) - Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, and PC Game Pass

  • Tamashika (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) - Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, and PC Game Pass


July 13

  • Ascend to Zero (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) - Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass (Day One)


July 14

  • PBA Pro Bowling 2026 (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC) - Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, and PC Game Pass


July 15

  • Quarantine Zone: The Last Check (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC) - Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, and PC Game Pass


July 16

  • Mavrix by Matt Jones (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) - Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, and PC Game Pass


July 17

  • FixForce (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC) - Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, and PC Game Pass

  • Fogpiercer (PC) - Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass


July 21

  • The Planet Crafter (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC) - Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, and PC Game Pass

  • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC) - Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, and PC Game Pass


Game Update: July 10

  • Palworld 1.0 Full Release (Cloud, Console, and PC) - Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, and PC Game Pass


Xbox Game Pass promo on green background with Coming Soon title and 10 game cover tiles, including Gears of War Reloaded.

Key Highlights

Winds of Arcana: Ruination is already available on Game Pass as of July 6, having carried over from the June Wave 2 announcement. Developed by Brewed Games and published by 1312 Interactive, it is a story-rich 2.5D Metroidvania set in a sundered fantasy world inspired by Indian mythology. You play as Aryn, wielding swords, hammers, and magic in a customizable combat system while navigating precision platforming and challenging boss fights. It launched on PC in Nov 2025 to mostly positive Steam reviews at around 77% approval, with praise for its addictive combat loop and beautiful biomes. Some technical bugs and polish issues were noted at launch, but it is a strong debut for fans of the genre.


Gears of War: Reloaded is the remaster of the original 2006 Gears of War, developed by The Coalition with support from Sumo Digital and Disbelief, and published by Xbox Game Studios. Built on Unreal Engine with 4K visuals and up to 120fps in multiplayer, it brings Marcus Fenix and Delta Squad's fight against the Locust Horde to modern platforms with fully updated lighting, DualSense support on PlayStation 5, and all post-launch content including a bonus campaign act and additional multiplayer maps. It launched in August 2025 to a generally favorable reception with a Metacritic score around 79. Critics praised the timeless cover-shooter gameplay and the quality of the remaster's visual upgrade, though some noted the campaign story and AI feel their age. It is now joining Game Pass Premium in addition to Ultimate and PC Game Pass.


Tamashika is a psychedelic minimalist arcade corridor shooter from quicktequila, published by EDGLRD. Each day, a single procedurally generated labyrinth goes live globally for 24 hours, giving all players the same run to compete on for leaderboards. Your toolkit is deliberately stripped back to a semi-auto pistol, a blade, a parry, and a blink ability. The entire focus is on flow, timing, and precision. It launched in April 2026 to a generally favorable reception, with praise for its hypnotic style and daily challenge format. It is a niche game built for players who enjoy pure skill-based arcade shooters like Post Void.


Ascend to Zero is a time-bending action roguelike from Flyway Games, launching on July 13 as the wave's only day-one Game Pass title. You wield time manipulation powers to outmaneuver enemies, grow exponentially stronger through gear and ability progression, and push through increasingly high-stakes runs in a devastated world.


PBA Pro Bowling 2026 is a deep bowling simulation from FarSight Studios, arriving on July 14. It features realistic physics, oil pattern dynamics that shift during play, a licensed roster of PBA professionals, a full career mode, and a variety of game types including Candlepin and Duckpin bowling. It launched in late 2025 and currently holds a 92% positive rating on Steam, making it the go-to bowling game for enthusiasts. Niche, but exceptional at what it does.


Quarantine Zone: The Last Check is a first-person inspection simulation from Brigada Games, published by Devolver Digital. Inspired by Papers, Please, it places you at a border checkpoint during a zombie apocalypse, tasked with screening survivors for infection using detailed medical tools including scanners, X-rays, and reflex tests. Between inspections, you manage base resources like food, power, and defenses, and occasionally fend off zombie hordes via drone systems. It launched in January 2026 to a mixed to generally favorable reception with a Metacritic score around 67. Critics praised the tense inspection loop and moral weight of its decisions, while pointing to repetition and some technical issues. It is now expanding to Cloud and Console platforms alongside its Game Pass arrival.


Mavrix by Matt Jones is a realistic open-world mountain biking game from Third Kind Games, published by Cascade Interactive. Designed in collaboration with Red Bull pro athlete Matt Jones, it covers over 100 square kilometres of terrain with downhill tracks, slopestyle lines, and bike parks. Dual-stick controls handle the bike and rider body independently, with career progression, sponsorships, and multiplayer events rounding out the package. It launched in Early Access in mid-2025 before a full release in early 2026, earning very high Steam scores throughout.


FixForce is a chaotic co-op extraction platformer from Surgent Studios, supporting up to six players. You play as repair robots in a post-apocalyptic world, using a drill-wrench arm to build structures from scrap, locate parts, fix machines, and extract before your battery runs out. Enemy bots, proximity chat, and physics-based construction create the kind of unpredictable group chaos that has been compared to Lethal Company and Peak. Early Access feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, sitting at around 96% approval, with players highlighting the creative building mechanics and its strong party game potential.


Fogpiercer is a post-apocalyptic roguelite deckbuilder from Mad Cookies Studio, published by Hooded Horse, arriving on PC via Game Pass on July 17. Rather than a traditional card deck, you build and upgrade a train, with each carriage and locomotive granting unique cards for tactical grid-based combat. Positioning, chain reactions, and environmental hazards all factor into battles against bandits and enemies across a fog-covered world map. Pre-release previews have drawn favorable comparisons to Into the Breach and FTL, and the demo has been well received by strategy fans.


The Planet Crafter is a relaxing open-world terraforming survival game from Miju Games, arriving on July 21. You are dropped onto a barren hostile planet with the sole mission of making it habitable for humans. Gather resources, build bases and machines, raise heat and pressure levels, introduce oxygen and eventually biodiversity, and gradually transform the planet from a wasteland into a living world. It supports online co-op for up to 10 players and has received multiple major updates and DLC expansions since its 1.0 launch in 2024. It holds a Metacritic score of 81 and overwhelmingly positive Steam reviews, and is widely considered one of the best cozy survival games available.


Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 is the acclaimed remake of the first two entries in the legendary skateboarding series, developed by Vicarious Visions and published by Activision. Rebuilt from the ground up in HD, it faithfully recreates the original levels, pro skaters, and tight arcade skating mechanics while adding modern touches like an expanded trick set, Create-a-Park, online multiplayer, and a broader roster. It originally released in 2020 and holds a Metacritic score of 89, with critics and fans calling it one of the best remakes ever made. It joins Game Pass on July 21.


Palworld 1.0 is not a new addition to Game Pass, but its full release on July 10 is a major milestone worth noting. The open-world survival crafting game from Pocketpair took the gaming world by storm when it launched in Early Access in January 2024, blending creature-collecting mechanics with Ark-style survival, base-building, automation, and combat. The 1.0 release brings a significant wave of new content including new Pals, the World Tree zone, Wing Pack traversal, breeding overhauls, and more. It already holds overwhelmingly positive reviews on Steam, and the full release marks the completion of the developer's original vision for the game.


Games Leaving Xbox Game Pass on July 15

Ten titles are heading out mid-month, so wrap them up before the deadline:

  • Dungeons of Hinterberg (Cloud, Console, and PC)

  • EA Sports FC 24 (Cloud, Console, and PC)

  • Stellaris (Cloud, Console, and PC)

  • Golf With Your Friends (Cloud, Console, and PC)

  • Minami Lane (Cloud, Console, and PC)

  • PowerWash Simulator (Cloud, Console, and PC)

  • Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition (Cloud, Console, and PC)

  • Splitgate: Arena Reloaded (Cloud, Console, and PC)

  • Super Fantasy Kingdom, Game Preview (PC)

  • Techtonica, Game Preview (Cloud, Console, and PC)


The most notable departures here are EA Sports FC 24,  Dungeons of Hinterberg, Splitgate: Arena Reloaded, and Stellaris.


Dungeons of Hinterberg is a charming action RPG set in an Austrian Alpine village, blending puzzle-filled dungeons with social sim elements, and it holds an OpenCritic score of around 81.


PowerWash Simulator is one of the most beloved cozy games in the Game Pass library, praised for its satisfying and zen cleaning loop.


Stellaris is one of the deepest grand strategy games ever made, but with a base completion time estimated between 200 and 300 hours, there is realistically no finishing it before July 15 if you have not already started.


Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition is also worth a mention as a solid conclusion to the Crystal Dynamics reboot trilogy. If any of these are sitting in your backlog, now is the time to prioritize them.

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