Xbox Cloud Playtime packs are now on sale to everyone, not just Insiders. You can buy 10 hours for £2.99 / $3.99 or 50 hours for £8.99 / $11.99 in the Xbox Store, stream select games you already own — plus supported free-to-play titles — and the hours stay on your account until you actually use them.
The packs went on sale on 11 November, which is also when @Xbox set out the three current ways to stream: buy ad-free Cloud Playtime, get monthly hours with a Game Pass plan, or play for free with ads, where session limits apply. The official Xbox Cloud Gaming page says the same thing, and that you need Cloud Playtime to start a stream.
The Store listings are Cloud playtime – 10 hours at £2.99 / $3.99 and Cloud playtime – 50 hours at £8.99 / $11.99. A 50-hour pack costs less than a month of Game Pass Ultimate, and unlike the monthly allowance it does not vanish when the calendar flips. Xbox says purchased hours remain available until they are used. If you also have Game Pass, the included hours are used first.
Game Pass plans that include cloud gaming now come with a monthly allowance, which resets each month. Unused hours do not roll over:
- Game Pass Ultimate: 15 hours a month (£16.99 / $22.99)
- Game Pass Premium: 10 hours a month (£10.99 / $14.99)
- Game Pass Essential: 5 hours a month (£6.99 / $9.99)
PC Game Pass does not include cloud playtime. Our Game Pass tiers explained guide has the full comparison.
A pack is not a Game Pass catalogue. It is time, for select games you own, supported free-to-play games, or — if you subscribe — the cloud-playable Game Pass library. For the caps, the pack rules and which devices are supported, see our Xbox Cloud Gaming and playtime guide. We first wrote about the dollar prices in October, when the packs were still an Insider preview.
