Free Games Update August 2025 | Xbox Game Pass Additions

The summer is getting close to wrapping up. To beat the heat, remaining indoors with some video games can aid in that with some new additions to Xbox's Game Pass. Look to add any of these eight games to your digital library from the several tiers (PC Game Pass, Standard, and Ultimate).

AVAILABLE NOW

Orcs Must Die!: Deathtrap (on Xbox Series X|S with Game Pass Standard)

Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap is an action-packed, third-person shooter and trap defense game. Evolve as an orc-slaying War Mage through rogue-lite choices and obliterate, eviscerate, and incinerate massive hordes with up to four players.

RAIN WORLD (Cloud, Console & PC with Ultimate, PC Game Pass, and Standard)

You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary – other, bigger creatures have the same plan…

CITIZEN SLEEPER: STARWARD VECTOR (Xbox Series X|S with Game Pass Standard)

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector is a dice-driven RPG in a human and heartfelt sci-fi world. You are an escaped android, with a malfunctioning body, a price on your head and no memory of your past. Get a ship, find a crew, and take on contracts while you navigate across the Starward Belt.

Mechwarrior 5: Clans (Xbox Series X with Game Pass Standard)

In MechWarrior 5: Clans, players become new Smoke Jaguar pilots in the Clan Invasion of the Inner Sphere. Lead a five-mech “Star” squad across diverse planets, engaging in an expansive campaign with immersive gameplay and intricate combat. Armed with customizable BattleMechs featuring cutting-edge technologies, players explore a wealth of tactical options and strategic possibilities.

LONELY MOUNTAINS: SNOW RIDERS (Xbox Series X|S with Game Pass Standard)

Crash over and over until you master the mountain in the snowy follow up to Lonely Mountains: Downhill. Now supporting up to 8 players via cross platform multiplayer – work your way down the slopes as a group sharing a small number of checkpoints, or risk it all in a breakneck race to the base!

ASSASSIN'S CREED MIRAGE (Cloud, Console, & PC with Ultimate and PC Game Pass)

Experience the story of Basim, a cunning street thief seeking answers and justice as he navigates the bustling streets of ninth-century Baghdad. Through a mysterious, ancient organization known as the Hidden Ones, he will become a deadly Master Assassin and change his fate in ways he never could have imagined.

AVAILABLE AUGUST 12th

ALIENS: FIRETEAM ELITE (Cloud, Console, & PC with Ultimate, Standard, and PC Game Pass)

Returning to the Game Pass library and set in the iconic Alien universe, Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a cooperative third-person survival shooter that drops your fireteam of hardened marines into a desperate fight to contain the evolving Xenomorph threat.

AVAILABLE August 14th

9 Kings [Game Preview] (PC with Ultimate & PC Game Pass)

A fast-paced roguelike kingdom builder. Grow your empire and fight massive battles against powerful rival kings. Break the game with thousands of insane builds to become the King of Kings.