Xbox Game Pass subscribers have several new games to watch this month, including Halo: Campaign Evolved on July 28 and Game Freak’s Beast of Reincarnation on August 4. The full Xbox Game Pass July lineup also includes games arriving across cloud, console, handheld, and PC.
Available Today
The Planet Crafter is available on July 21 for Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC through Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, and PC Game Pass.
This relaxed terraforming game can be played solo or in online co-op. Players must survive on a hostile planet, gather resources, build a base, create machines, raise oxygen levels, and eventually reshape the world for human life.
Games Arriving Soon
- Shift at Midnight arrives July 22 for Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC with Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. This online co-op detective horror game supports teams of three as they investigate randomly generated shifts and deal with customers who may not be what they seem.
- Hell is Us arrives July 23 for Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC through Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, and PC Game Pass. Its action RPG setting combines a nation torn apart by civil war with a supernatural disaster, melee combat, and exploration without hand-holding.
- Halo: Campaign Evolved arrives July 28 for Cloud, console, handheld, and PC through Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. The remake rebuilds the Halo: Combat Evolved campaign with HD visuals, updated controls, online co-op for up to four players, three new missions, expanded weapons and vehicles, and new enemies.
- Mistfall Hunter arrives July 30 for Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC with Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. This dark fantasy extraction ARPG lets players mix skills, talents, and gear for each class while playing alone or with a team.
- Corsair Cove arrives July 31 on PC through Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. The city-builder focuses on creating a pirate haven, managing production chains, building a fleet, and keeping a rowdy crew under control.
August 4 Adds Two More Games
Heretic + Hexen joins Game Pass Premium on August 4, while remaining available through Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. The release brings together two dark fantasy shooters with expanded accessibility across more platforms and languages.
Also arriving that day is Beast of Reincarnation for Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, handheld, and PC through Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. Game Freak’s action RPG follows Emma and her dog Koo through a harsh, post-apocalyptic Japan. Its combat combines real-time and turn-based elements, with the game built around what Xbox describes as a “one-person, one-dog action RPG.”
Recent Additions and In-Game Benefits
Buckshot Roulette arrived on July 8 for Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, handheld, and PC through Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, and PC Game Pass. The tabletop horror game uses a 12-gauge pump-action shotgun and hidden live and blank shells in its deadly rounds.
Denshattack! arrived on July 15 for Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC through Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. It combines train tricks and grinding with a colorful Japanese dystopia, rival gangs, and a megacorporation standing in the way.
Zenless Zone Zero also adds in-game benefits on July 29 for Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, Game Pass Essential, and PC Game Pass. The update features the S-Rank Agent Remielle, who has slept for a century, as well as Sigrid, Deputy Director of the Airspace Patrol. Players can select an S-Rank Agent for the game’s second anniversary.
Games Leaving on July 31
The following titles will leave the Game Pass library on July 31:
- Back to the Dawn (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Celeste (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Crusader Kings 3 (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- My Friendly Neighborhood (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Rain World (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Sniper Elite Resistance (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Whiskerwood (PC)
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