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Football Manager, Warhammer Survivors and More Land on Xbox Game Pass Soon

www.cnet.com · November 4, 2026 · 18:08

Microsoft on Tuesday announced the games it’s adding to its Xbox Game Pass service in the first half of November. Grand Theft Auto 6 is the most anticipated game of the year, which Rockstar Games will release on Nov. 19, so GTA 6 may consume your playtime from then on. But that still leaves plenty of time to give these upcoming Game Pass titles a shot. I know I’m particularly excited about Warhammer Survivors. I really enjoyed Vampire Survivors, and I can’t wait to play as Fo’Baran, the chaplain of my beloved Salamanders from Warhammer 40K.

Xbox Game Pass, a CNET Editors’ Choice award winner, offers a wide selection of games you can play on your Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One and PC or mobile device for as little as $10 per month. With a higher-tier Game Pass Ultimate subscription ($23 per month), you can access hundreds of games, including new ones on release day, each month.

Here are all the games Microsoft is adding to Xbox Game Pass soon.

Class is back in session in this puzzle game. This sequel to the award-winning Escape Academy brings you more puzzles to solve and a series-first open-world format. That makes the campus one big puzzle room filled with secrets, traps and more. If you get stuck, you can always chill with your friends and enjoy student life away from the classroom. The choice is yours.

Poncle, the creator of the indie hit Vampire Survivors, teamed up with Auroch Digital to let you bring your favorite Warhammer primarchs and champions into bullet-heaven action. Each character has their own special ability to help you defeat waves of enemies. Every stage is a new arena full of enemies and secrets to uncover. So grab your chainsword and whirlwind axes, because there are pixelated enemies to destroy.

Get ready for the most immersive matchday experience yet in the latest installment of the long-running Football Manager series. You’ll shape your club and define your team’s style, and you can get lost in the wider football universe thanks to smart news and events that mirror the drama of the football calendar.

While Xbox is bringing those titles to Game Pass soon, it’s also adding these games to the service in the first half of November, too.

Game Pass Essential costs $10 a month and offers access to a relatively small library of games compared with Game Pass Premium and Ultimate. While Microsoft doesn’t regularly add many games to Essential’s library, it’s adding these eight titles to this Game Pass tier on Nov. 15.

While Microsoft is adding several games to Game Pass soon, it’s also removing over a dozen games on Nov. 15. So you’ll have to buy these games separately if you still need to complete your main campaign or any side quests after they’re removed.

For more, here’s our Xbox Game Pass review and other titles you can play on the service. You can also read our recent review of the Xbox Nano Controller.