Xbox Game Pass August 2021: These games have now been announced and are as follows with the following dates, and if you’re subscribed to Xbox Game Pass (which you can do for a single trial month for $1, which works out around 83p in the UK), you can play all of the following, but note that while some are for both console, Android and PC, some are one or more:
Humankind (PC): Available on day one with Xbox Game Pass for PC, Humankind is a historical strategy game where you’ll be re-writing the entire narrative of human history. Combine up to 60 different cultures to create your own civilization and lead your people from the Ancient to the Modern Age.
Need for Speed Heat (Cloud) EA Play: Hustle by day and risk it all at night in Need for Speed Heat, a thrilling race experience that pits you against a city’s rogue police force as you battle your way into street racing’s elite.
Star Wars Battlefront II (Cloud) EA Play: Be the hero in the ultimate Star Wars battle fantasy with Star Wars Battlefront II. Experience rich and living Star Wars multiplayer battlegrounds across all three eras: prequel, classic, and new trilogy. Put your mastery of the blaster, lightsaber, and the Force to the test in massive online battles, offline scuffles against AI bots, or together in co-op.
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Cloud) EA Play: A galaxy-spanning adventure awaits in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, a 3rd person action-adventure title from Respawn Entertainment (Titanfall 2, Apex Legends). An abandoned Padawan must complete his training, develop new powerful Force abilities, and master the art of the lightsaber – all while staying one step ahead of the Empire.
Coming Soon
Recompile (Cloud, Console [Xbox Series X|S Only], and PC) ID@Xbox: Available with Xbox Game Pass on day one! This atmospheric, Metroidvania-inspired hacking adventure lets you take control of a semi-sapient program struggling against deletion. In the sprawling 3D world of the Mainframe, Recompile features intense combat, tight 3D platforming, super-powered abilities, and an environmental logic-based hacking mechanic.
Recompile
Train Sim World 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC): Drive high-speed German rail as you push the throttle in the famous DB ICE 3M out of Köln. Take on the challenge of long freight across Sand Patch Grade using the raw power of the CSX AC4400CW. Master the world-famous London Underground on the Bakerloo Line. All official licenses, all authentically recreated. You’re in the cab and in control.
Twelve Minutes (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox: Available with Xbox Game Pass on day one, Twelve Minutes is an interactive thriller about a man trapped in a time loop. Find a way to use the knowledge of what’s coming to change the outcome and break the loop. Featuring the voice acting talents of James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley, and Willem Dafoe.
Twelve Minutes
Psychonauts 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – August 25: From Xbox Game Studios and Double Fine Productions, Psychonauts 2 will be available day one with Xbox Game Pass! Combining quirky missions and mysterious conspiracies, Psychonauts 2 is a platform-adventure game with cinematic style and tons of customizable psychic powers, serving up danger, excitement, and laughs in equal measure as players guide Raz on a journey through the minds of friends and foes on a quest to defeat a murderous psychic villain. Xbox Game Pass members can pre-install today to be ready to play on day one, August 25.
Psychonauts 2
Myst (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – August 26: Available with Xbox Game Pass on day one! Welcome to Myst: the starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Explore the deeper connections and uncover a story of ruthless family betrayal.
Curse of the Dead Gods (Cloud, Console, and PC) – August 5: You seek untold riches, eternal life, divine powers – it leads to an accursed temple, a seemingly infinite labyrinth of bottomless pits, deadly traps, and monsters. Your greed will lead you to death, but that is not an escape. Rise to fight again and defy the malignant deities that linger in this place!
Dodgeball Academia (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – August 5: Get ready to dodge, duck, dip, and dive in Dodgeball Academia available with Xbox Game Pass on day one! This vibrant sports RPG puts you in a world that lives and breathes dodgeball. Forge friendships and develop rivals as you train to become the ultimate champion – dominating on and off the courts.
Katamari Damacy Reroll (Cloud, Console, and PC) – August 5: The stop-at-nothing pushing prince is back and ready to reroll! When the King of All Cosmos accidentally destroys all the stars in the sky, he orders you, his pint-sized princely son, to put the twinkle back in the heavens above. Join the king on their wacky adventure to restore the stars – now in full HD!
Lumines Remastered (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – August 5: A game that beautifully marries the elements of sound, light and puzzle-action into one engaging, yet easy-to-play experience. You’re at the center of the high-energy, block-dropping action while you groove to awesome house, trance, and techno beats!
Skate (Console) EA Play – August 5: Head back to where it all began as Skate joins The EA Play List! Get chased by security guards, impress or annoy citizens, ride with pros, discover skate shops, and make spots your own in this fully reactive city!
Skate 3 (Cloud) EA Play – August 5: The award-winning Skate franchise returns to break new ground with Skate 3. Build the ultimate team and change the face of the city in this definitive co-op skateboarding experience with EA Play.
Starmancer (Game Preview) (PC) ID@Xbox – August 5: Obey protocol or go rogue as you take on the role of a powerful A.I. in Starmancer. Build bustling space ports, secret laboratories, and incubators for mysterious eggs. Defend against starvation, sabotage, and space zombies. Don’t worry, you can always grow more humans.
Art of Rally (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – August 12: Art of Rally is a stylized experience inspired by the golden era of rally from the creator of Absolute Drift. From beginner-friendly options to driving modes that’ll challenge the most expert drivers, race across the world through colorful and stylized environments, now including Kenya with 4 new cars, 6 new tracks, and a new free-roam area!
Hades (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – August 13: Defy the god of the dead as you battle out of the Underworld of Greek myth in this Game of the Year winning rogue-like dungeon crawler. You’ll wield the powers and mythic weapons of Olympus, while growing stronger and unraveling more of the story with each unique escape attempt.
Microsoft Solitaire Collection: Premium Edition (PC) – August 17: Be part of the most played video game in history! Get an ad-free experience in the Premium Edition, including an exclusive Xbox Game Pass card back! Enjoy the best Solitaire card games in one app, plus daily challenges, competitive events, Xbox achievements, and a new Xbox theme. Discover why millions around the world have loved this timeless classic for over 31 years.
Xbox Game Pass August 2021 Games
But what about the games leaving this month?
The games leaving Xbox Game Pass August 2021:
- August 8th:
Grand Theft Auto V (Cloud and Console)
August 15th:
Ape Out (PC)
Crossing Souls (PC)
Darksiders Genesis (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Don’t Starve (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Final Fantasy VII (Console and PC)
Train Sim World 2020 (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Xbox Game August 2021 Games: Complete Xbox Game Pass Games on on console for Xbox One, 360, Xbox Live and original Xbox:
- Absolver
ACA NeoGeo Metal Slug X
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Alien Isolation
Ark: Survival Evolved
Ark: Survival Evolved: Explorer’s Edition (added November 17th, 2020)
Art of Rally (arriving August 12th, 2021)
Astroneer
Atomicrops (added July 22nd, 2021)
Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts
Banjo-Kazooie
Banjo-Tooie
Bard’s Tale Remastered and Resnarkled (from June 18th, 2020)
The Bard’s Tale IV: Director’s Cut
The Bard’s Tale Trilogy
Battlefield V (added July 20th, 2021)
Batman Arkham Knight
Battletoads (added August 20th, 2020)
Beholder: Complete Edition (added December 17th, 2020)
Blair Witch
Bleeding Edge (March 24th, 2020)
Bloodroots (added July 15th, 2021)
Blinx: The Time Sweeper (added July 26th, 2021)
Borderlands 2
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
Bridge Constructor Portal
Brutal Legend (added October 8th, 2020)
Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling (from July 1st, 2021)
Call of the Sea (added December 8th, 2020)
Carrion (added July 23rd, 2020)
Carto (added October 27th, 2020)
Celeste (added November 5th, 2020)
Children of Morta
Cities: Skylines (added May 21st, 2020)
ClusterTruck
Code Vein (added December 17th, 2020)
Control (added December 3rd, 2020)
Conan Exiles (added May 27th, 2021)
Costume Quest 2
Crackdown 3
Creature in the Well
Cricket 19 (added October 22nd, 2020)
Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge (added July 26th, 2021)
Cris Tales (added July 20th, 2021)
Curse of the Dead Gods (arriving August 5th, 2021)
Darkest Dungeon (added June 10th, 2021)
Darksiders: Genesis (leaving August 15th, 2021)
Day of the Tentacle Remastered (added October 29th, 2020)
DayZ (added May 7th, 2020)
Dead by Daylight
Dead Cells
Dead Island Definitive Edition
Deep Rock Galactic (added November 5th, 2020)
Demon’s Tilt
Descenders
Desperados 3 (added 21st January, 2021)
Destroy All Humans! (added April 29th, 2021)
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Destiny 2 expansions Forsaken, Shadowkeep, Beyond Light (added September 22nd and November 10th, 2020)
Dirt 4 (EA Play – arriving August 15th, 2021)
Dirt 5 (added February 25th, 2021)
Dirt Rally (EA Play – arriving August 15th, 2021)
Dirt Rally 2.0 (EA Play – arriving August 15th, 2021)
Dishonored Definitive Edition (added March 12th, 2021)
Dishonored 2 (with FPS Boost support, added March 12th, 2021)
Disneyland Adventures
Dodgeball Academia (arriving August 5th, 2021)
Doom (1993) (added March 12th, 2021)
Doom 2 (added March 12th, 2021)
Doom 3 (added March 12th, 2021)
Doom 64 (added March 12th, 2021)
Doom Eternal (added October 1st, 2020)
Double Dragon Neon
Double Kick Heroes (added August 28th, 2020)
Don’t Starve: Giant Edition (leaving August 15th, 2021)
Donut County (added 21st January, 2021)
Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition (added December 4th, 2020)
Dragon Quest Builders 2 (added May 4th, 2021)
Drake Hollow (added August 28th, 2020)
Dungeons and Dragons Dark Alliance (added June 22nd, 2021)
Eastshade (added November 5th, 2020)
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (added March 12th, 2021)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (added March 12th, 2021)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition (added December 15th, 2020)
The Elder Scrolls Online (added March 12th, 2021)
Elite Dangerous (added February 25th, 2021)
Empire of Sin (added March 18th, 2021)
Enter the Gungeon
The Evil Within (added March 12th, 2021)
The Evil Within 2 (added June 13th, 2021)
F1 2018
F1 2020 (EA Play – arriving August 10th, 2021)
Fable Anniversary
Fable II
Fable 3
Fallout 3 (added June 13th, 2021)
Fallout 4 (added March 12th, 2021)
Fallout 76 (added March 12th, 2021)
Fallout 76 (added July 9th, 2020)
Fallout: New Vegas
Farming Simulator 19 (added July 15th, 2021)
FIFA 21 (EA Play, added May 6th, 2021)
Final Fantasy VII HD (leaving August 15th, 2021)
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age (added February 11th, 2021)
Final Fantasy X / X-2 HD Remaster (added May 13th, 2021)
Five Nights at Freddy’s (added October 29th, 2020)
For Honor (added June 3rd, 2021)
Forager (added July 16th, 2020)
Forza Motorsport 7 (added October 8th, 2020)
Frostpunk: Console Edition
Forza Horizon 4 (Xbox One)
Full Throttle Remastered (added October 29th, 2020)
Fusion Frenzy (Xbox One)
Galaga Legions DX
Gang Beasts (from July 1st, 2021)
Garou: Mark of the Wolves
Gears of War
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition
Gears of War: Judgment
Gears of War 2
Gears of War 3
Gears of War 4
Gears 5
Gears Tactics (added November 9th, 2020)
Genesis Noir (added March 25th, 2021)
Goat Simulator
Golf with Your Friends (added May 19th, 2020)
Gonner Blüeberry Edition
Gonner2 (added October 22nd, 2020)
Grid (EA Play – arriving August 15th, 2021)
Grim Fandango Remastered (added October 29th, 2020)
GreedFall (added December 10th, 2020)
Grounded (Xbox Game Preview; added July 28th, 2020)
GTA 5 (added April 8th, 2021)
Guacamelee! 2
Hades (arriving August 13th, 2021)
Halo: The Master Chief Collection
Halo Reach
Halo 5: Guardians
Halo Wars: Definite Edition
Halo Wars 2
Halo: Spartan Assault
Haven (added December 3rd, 2020)
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
Hello Neighbor
Hotshot Racing (added September 10th, 2020)
Human Fall Flat
Hyperdot (April 30th, 2020)
Hypnospace Outlaw (added August 27th, 2020)
Ikenfell (added October 8th, 2020)
Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars (from July 1st, 2021)
Injustice 2 (added 7th January 2021)
Jetpac Refulled
Jurassic World Evolution (added February 11th, 2021)
Just Cause 4: Reloaded (added May 13th, 2021)
Kameo
Katamari Damacy Reroll (arriving August 5th, 2021)
Katana Zero (added October 15th, 2020)
Killer Instinct
Killer Instinct Definitive Edition
Killer Instinct Classic
Killer Instinct 2 Classic
Killer Queen Black (added February 23rd, 2021)
Kingdom Hearts 3
Knights and Bikes (added November 5th, 2020)
Knockout City (EA Play, added May 21st, 2021)
Last Stop (added July 22nd, 2021)
Lethal League Blaze (added July 29th, 2021)
Lichtspeer: Double Speer Edition
Limbo (from July 1st, 2021)
Lonely Mountains: Downhill
Lumines Remastered (arriving August 5th, 2021)
Madden 21 (EA Play, added March 2nd, 2021)
Maneater (added May 25th, 2021)
Mass Effect
Max: The Curse of Brotherhood
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries (added May 27th, 2021)
Microsoft Flight Simulator (Xbox Series X and S release, added July 27th, 2021)
Microsoft Solitaire Collection: Premium Edition (arriving August 17th, 2021)
Middle-earth: Shadow of War
Minecraft
MLB The Show 21 (added April 20th, 2021)
Monster Sanctuary (added December 8th, 2020)
Monster Train (added December 17th, 2020)
Moonlighter
MotoGP 20 (added December 17th, 2020)
Mount and Blade: Warband (added July 16th, 2020)
Mutant Year Zero
My Time at Portia
Narita Boy (added March 30th, 2021)
NBA 2K21 (added March 4th, 2021)
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered (EA Play, from June 24th, 2021)
Neon Abyss (added July 14th, 2020)
Neoverse (added December 17th, 2020)
New Super Lucky’s Tale (added August 21st, 2020)
NHL 21 (EA Play, added April 12th, 2021)
Nier Automata – Become as Gods Edition (April 2nd, 2020)
Night in the Woods (added September 24th, 2020)
No Man’s Sky (from June 11th, 2020)
Nowhere Prophet (added July 30th, 2020)
Octopath Traveler (added March 25th, 2021)
Omno (added July 29th, 2021)
Ori and the Blind Forest
Ori and the Will of the Wisp (March 11, 2020)
Outlast 2 (added May 6th, 2021)
Outriders (added April 1st, 2021)
Overcooked! 2
Pandemic: The Board Game
Payday 2: Crimewave Edition
eFootball PES 2021 (added 7th January 2021)
Perfect Dark
Perfect Dark Zero
Phogs! (added December 3rd, 2020)
Pillars of Eternity
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire – Ultimate Edition (added February 18th, 2021)
Planet Coaster: Console Edition (added November 10th, 2020)
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid (March 26th, 2020)
Prey (with FPS Boost support, added March 12th, 2021)
Project Wingman (added July 29th, 2021)
Project Winter (added February 4th, 2021)
Psychonauts (added May 13th, 2021)
Quantum Break
Rage (added June 13th, 2021)
Rage 2
Rainbow Six Siege (added October 22nd, 2020)
Rain on Your Parade (added April 15th, 2021)
Raji: An Ancient Epic (added July 22nd, 2021)
Rare Replay
ReCore Definitive Edition
Red Dead Online (added May 13th, 2021)
Remnant: From the Ashes
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard (added September 3rd, 2020)
River City Girls (added November 19th, 2020)
Rocket League
Rush: A DisneyPixar Adventure
Ryse: Son of Rome
ScourgeBringer (added October 21st, 2020)
Sea of Thieves
Second Extinction – Game Preview (added April 28th, 2021)
Secret Neighbor
Shadow Warrior 2
Shenmue 1 and 2
Skate (arriving August 5th, 2021)
Skate 3 (arriving August 5th, 2021)
Slay The Spire
Slime Rancher (added December 3rd, 2020)
Sniper Elite 4 (offers FPS Boost support)
SnowRunner (added May 18th, 2021)
Space Jam: A New Legacy – The Game (Game Pass Ultimate exclusive, July 1st, 2021)
Spiritfarer (added August 18th, 2020)
Starmancer (arriving August 5th, 2021)
Star Renegades (added November 19th, 2020)
Star Wars: Squadrons (EA Play, added March 18th, 2021)
State of Decay: Year-One
State of Decay 2
State of Decay 2: Heartland
Stealth Inc. 2: A Game of Clones (added February 11th, 2021)
Steep (added May 6th, 2021)
Stellaris
Streets of Rage 4
Streets of Rogue (from June 25th, 2020)
Subnautica
Sunset Overdrive
Super Lucky’s Tale
Superhot: Mind Control Delete (added December 10th, 2020)
Supraland (added October 22nd, 2020)
Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition (added October 15th, 2020)
Tell Me Why – Chapter 1 (added August 27th, 2020)
Tell Me Why – Chapter 2 (added September 3rd, 2020)
Tell Me Why – Chapter 3 (added September 10th, 2020)
Terraria
Tetris Effect: Connected (added November 10th, 2020)
The Ascent (arriving July 29th, 2021)
The Catch: Carp and Coarse Fishing (added May 21st, 2021)
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan (added August 6th, 2020)
The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited
The Escapists 2
The Gardens Between
The Little Acre (added 7th January 2021)
The Long Dark (April 16th, 2020)
The Falconeer (added February 4th, 2021)
The Medium (added January, 28th 2021 – Xbox Series and PC only)
The Outer Worlds
The Surge 2 (March 19th, 2020)
The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season
The Walking Dead: The Complete Second Season
The Walking Dead: Michonne
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
The Wild at Heart (added May 20th, 2021)
theHunter: Call of The Wild
Thimbleweed Park
Thronebreaker (from June 18th, 2020)
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
Totally Reliable Delivery Service
Torchlight 3 (added 14th January 2021)
Touhou Luna Nights (added September 3rd, 2020)
Trailmakers (added August 6th, 2020)
Tropico 6 (added July 8th, 2021)
Two Point Hospital
UFC 4 (EA Play, added July 8th, 2021)
Undertale (added March 16th, 2021)
Unruly Heroes (added October 29th, 2020)
Unto The End (added December 9th, 2020)
Viva Pinata
Vita Pinata: Trouble in Paradise
Wandersong
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 (added September 24th, 2020)
Wasteland Remastered
Wasteland 2: Director’s Cut
Wasteland 3 (added August 28th, 2020)
We Happy Few
What Remains of Edith Finch
Wilmot’s Warehouse (added December 17th, 2020)
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood (added March 12th, 2021)
Wolfenstein: Youngblood
Wolfenstein 2 (added June 13th, 2021)
World War Z
Worms W.M.D.
Worms Rumble (added June 23rd, 2021)
Wreckfest (added February 18th, 2021)
Xeno Crisis (added August 6th, 2020)
Yakuza Kiwami 2 (added July 30th, 2020)
Yakuza Remastered Collection: Yakuza 3-5 Remastered (added January 28th, 2021)
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (added March 25th, 2021)
Yakuza: Like a Dragon (added June 13th, 2022)
Yes, Your Grace (added December 3rd, 2020)
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair (added December 10th, 2020)
Zoo Tycoon Ultimate Animal Collection
Zombie Army 4: Dead War (added April 8th, 2021)
That’s all for the Xbox Game Pass August 2021. Come back soon for the September 2021 games!
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