New games coming to the Xbox Game Pass in December

Ahmet Safa

December 3, 2024

Microsoft has put together a nice list of games for Xbox Game Pass for the last month of the year. This month’s star is Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, developed by Bethesda’s Machine Games. Indy, the iconic hero of the series, will be available to Game Pass subscribers starting December 9th. In fact, those who purchased the early access version will be able to access the game on December 6. So what other games are coming and which games are we saying goodbye to?

New games coming to the Xbox Game Pass library in December

This time around, Xbox Game Pass’ December lineup is wide enough to please gamers of all genres. Here are this month’s notable games and release dates:

• Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled – December 4
• Forza Motorsport – December 4
• Hauntii – December 4
• Humanity – December 4
• EA Sports WRC 24 – December 5
• Overthrown (Game Preview) – December 5
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle – December 9
• Wildfrost – December 10

In the meantime, Game Pass plans to jumpstart 2025, adding games like Carrion (January 2) and Road 96 (January 7) in January.

We’re saying goodbye to some games in December: Here are the games that will be removed from the Game Pass library

As with every new addition, some games will be removed from the library. Here are the notable games that will be leaving Game Pass:

December 15th:

• Amnesia: The Bunker and Forza Horizon 4
• Rise of the Tomb Raider and Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan
• Forager
• Forza Horizon 4
• Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan
• Tin Hearts
• The Quarry

December 31st:

• BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle and Lego 2K Drive
• Close to the Sun
• Humankind
• Lego 2K Drive
• McPixel 3
• Party Animals

There’s also good news for Game Pass Core subscribers. Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled, DayZ and the first Goat Simulator will be available for Core members.