Microsoft has revealed the first wave of November’s Xbox Game Pass line-up, and it’s a busy one: an open-world escape room, a licensed Warhammer bullet-heaven made with Vampire Survivors developer poncle, a build-by-day, defend-by-night strategy game and a fresh Football Manager. Thirteen additions land between 3rd and 17th November, six of them on day one if you count both versions of Football Manager 27, while two games already in the library expand to Game Pass Premium.
On top of that, eight Xbox classics, including Banjo-Kazooie, Perfect Dark and Viva Piñata, head to Game Pass Essential on 15th November. The flip side? Thirteen games are leaving on the same day, GoldenEye 007 and Wreckfest among them. Here’s the lot.
Wave 1 at a glance
- Day one: Football Manager 27 (PC Game Pass version and Console), Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School, Warhammer Survivors, TANUKI: Pon’s Summer, Hope in the City.
- In Game Pass Premium: Pit of Goblin, Vampire Crawlers, VOID/BREAKER, Firefighting Simulator: Ignite, Thronefall, John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando, Aphelion, PAW Patrol: Dino World.
- Ultimate and PC Game Pass only: Football Manager 27, Escape Academy 2, MySims: Cozy Bundle, Warhammer Survivors, TANUKI: Pon’s Summer, Hope in the City.
- Handheld-optimised: Vampire Crawlers, Escape Academy 2, Warhammer Survivors, Thronefall, Aphelion.
- Leaving 15th November: 13 games, listed below.
Out now
3rd November
- Football Manager 27 – Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass. Day one. This is the PC Game Pass version; the console edition follows on 10th November. Sports Interactive’s management sim reworks its foundations for more control from the tactics board to the touchline.
- Pit of Goblin – Cloud, Xbox Series X|S. Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass. Online horror co-op where you scavenge trap-filled dungeons to feed the Goblin King-Queen. Fail, and you’re the next meal. More on its 1.0 launch here.
Coming soon
4th November
- Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors – Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld. Now with Game Pass Premium, joining Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass, where it has been since launch. poncle’s turn-based, card-driven dungeon crawler built on Vampire Survivors’ combo chaos.
- VOID/BREAKER – Cloud, Xbox Series X|S. Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass. The roguelite shooter hits its 1.0 release and arrives on Xbox Series X|S and cloud, with deep gun modding against a hostile AI’s machines.
5th November
- Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School – Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld. Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass. Day one. Billed as the first open-world escape room game, with online and local two-player co-op.
- Firefighting Simulator: Ignite – Cloud, Xbox Series X|S. Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass. Step into the boots of a US firefighter and tackle real-time fires with up to three friends or a computer-controlled crew.
- MySims: Cozy Bundle – Cloud, Console. Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass. Retro re-releases of MySims and MySims Kingdom, now arriving on console and cloud.
10th November
- Football Manager 27 Console – Cloud, Xbox Series X|S. Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass. Day one. The console edition of this year’s Football Manager.
- Warhammer Survivors – Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld. Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass. Day one. An officially licensed bullet-heaven from Auroch Digital, made in partnership with Vampire Survivors developer poncle.
- TANUKI: Pon’s Summer – Cloud, Console. Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass. Day one. You have a month to repair the shrine before the Tanuki Festival, delivering packages around town on your BMX.
11th November
- Hope in the City – Cloud, Xbox Series X|S. Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass. Day one. A mystery adventure in which 17-year-old artist Hope Song turns sketches into evidence to find her missing parents.
- Thronefall – Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld. Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass. A minimalist strategy game where you build a kingdom by day and defend it by night.
12th November
- John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando – Cloud, Xbox Series X|S. Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass. Four-player co-op action against huge zombie swarms across semi-open missions.
17th November
- Aphelion – Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld. Now with Game Pass Premium, joining Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass, where it has been since launch. Don’t Nod’s sci-fi adventure, made with the European Space Agency, about two astronauts stranded on a frozen planet.
- PAW Patrol: Dino World – Cloud, Console. Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass. Rescue dinosaurs across Dino Island and stop Mayor Humdinger, solo or in two-player co-op.
Worth noting for Premium subscribers: Football Manager 27, Escape Academy 2, MySims: Cozy Bundle, Warhammer Survivors, TANUKI: Pon’s Summer and Hope in the City are listed for Ultimate and PC Game Pass only.
Coming to Game Pass Essential
Eight Xbox classics join the Game Pass Essential library on 15th November. All are already in Game Pass Ultimate and Premium, and all can be played on console and via cloud.
- Banjo-Kazooie
- Banjo-Tooie
- Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
- Gears of War: Judgment
- Halo: Spartan Assault
- Perfect Dark
- Viva Piñata
- Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise
In case you missed it
- Gravhounds (Game Preview) – Cloud, Xbox Series X|S. Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass. Available now. Drop onto a hostile planet as a bio-engineered space dog with up to three friends. Our earlier report is here.
Perks and other news
- Valorant – Available now, all Game Pass tiers. New agent Hush has arrived, and Game Pass subscribers get access to all agents.
- The First Descendant – Legacy Bundle – 17th November, all Game Pass tiers. Season 4 Episode 2 ‘Legacy’ brings an in-game bundle with an exclusive back attachment and spray, 10 paints, plus Golds, Kuiper Shards, Crystallization Catalysts and EXP boosts.
Leaving Game Pass
15th November
- 1000xRESIST
- Barbie Horse Trails
- Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2
- Firefighting Simulator – The Squad
- GoldenEye 007
- Great God Grove
- Moonlighter
- Pigeon Simulator
- Police Simulator: Patrol Officers
- Relic Hunters Legend
- Total Chaos
- Winter Burrow
- Wreckfest
All 13 can be played via cloud until they go. For the full rundown, see every game leaving Game Pass on 15th November. If you’ve been meaning to finish Firefighting Simulator – The Squad, note that its successor, Ignite, arrives on 5th November.
Day one at a glance
Six launches arrive in Game Pass on release day this wave: Football Manager 27 in both its PC Game Pass and Console versions, Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School, Warhammer Survivors, TANUKI: Pon’s Summer and Hope in the City. All are in Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass, and all bar Football Manager 27’s PC Game Pass version can be streamed via cloud. For the whole month in one place, see every game coming to Xbox Game Pass in November 2026.
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Source: Xbox Wire
