Are you on the fence about purchasing an Xbox Game Pass subscription? Well, we have ten of the best games on Game Pass right now to help you decide! Whether you scored a subscription for Christmas or you want to treat yourself, you’re in store for some of gaming’s most memorable moments without paying AAA prices!
You Can Play These 6 Games on Game Pass Right Now
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
A 2024 action-adventure game developed by MachineGames, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is based on the Indiana Jones franchise. It features an original story that draws from events in the film series. Set between Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade; it follows archaeologist Indiana Jones in 1937 as he stops various individuals and groups attempting to harness power connected to the Great Circle. The Great Circle refers to sites worldwide that connect on a map to form a perfect circle.
Forza Motorsport
Forza Motorsport is a 2023 sim racing game developed by Turn 10 Studios. It is the 13th installment in the Forza series. At launch, it featured over 500 vehicles, 800 upgrades, and 20 new tracks. Many vehicles and upgrades return from earlier Forza Motorsport games, but over 100 are new to the series. Forza includes real-time ray tracing, tire wear, dynamic day/night cycle, vehicle damage, paint chipping, and dirt buildup. The game consists of a single-player career mode and several online multiplayer modes. There is also a progression system in which players will unlock “Car Points” for individual vehicles, allowing upgrades.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, a 2024 first-person shooter, is co-developed by Treyarch and Raven Software. It’s the 21st installment in the Call of Duty series and a main entry in the Black Ops sub-series. Black Ops 6 has a single-player story, several multiplayer modes, and a co-op round-based Zombies mode. In this installment, they’ve added omnidirectional movement mechanics. Black Ops 6 features “seasonal” content that allows players to unlock exclusive rewards while playing multiplayer game modes.
Aliens: Dark Descent
Aliens: Dark Descent is a 2023 real-time tactics game developed by Tindalos Interactive. It is set in 2198, 19 years after the events of the original movie trilogy. Being a real-time tactics game, it is played from a top-down perspective. Players issue commands to a squad of four marines who battle Xenomorphs and rogue agents from the Weyland-Yutani Corporation. Aliens: Dark Descent features five unique starting classes with unique weapons and class abilities. Combat happens in real-time, but players can slow down time briefly to issue commands.
Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl
A 2024 first-person shooter survival horror game, STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl, was developed and published by GSC Game World and is the fourth main installment in the STALKER video game series. The player character is Skif, who awakens at the beginning of the game to find an anomaly that has mysteriously appeared outside of the Zone and destroyed his apartment. He is looking to sell the artifact that the anomaly left behind and is smuggled into the Zone by a scientist. Skif ventures into the Zone and is stopped by soldiers of the faction Ward, who takes his scanner and artifact. He then continues with the aid of Richter, a friendly loner, trying to find his lost possessions and unravel the mysteries of the Zone.
Stardew Valley
Stardew Valley is a 2016 farm life simulation RPG developed by Eric Barone, also known as ConcernedApe. Players can customize the farmer they play as, and they take over their late grandfather’s run-down farm in Stardew Valley, right outside of the cozy village of Pelican Town. There isn’t much of a main story to the game—Stardew Valley is open-ended, allowing players to befriend villagers, plant crops, raise livestock, fish, mine, forage, and cook food. Players can also marry and have children with one of twelve bachelors or bachelorettes. To this day, Stardew Valley is still being updated, its latest update having been released in 2024 as of this article being written.
There are many games on Game Pass, but we wanted to feature six of the best from different genres so that you can find a game that fits your playstyle! In the community forum, let us know if you decide to get or continue using Game Pass after reading through these fantastic games on the platform!
Before you head off to download something new on Xbox Game Pass, check out the best video games to play with family at Christmas!
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