What will leave Xbox Game Pass in December 2026? Well, Microsoft hasn’t confirmed anything yet, but based on some games that were added to the service around this time last year, we can at least make some predictions in advance.
We know that many Xbox users want more advance notice when Xbox Game Pass games are released, but Microsoft usually gives us about two weeks at the moment – and remember, publishers sometimes make late deals with Microsoft to keep their games on Game Pass, even after they’ve announced their departure!
So, before we look at the following list of potential games leaving Xbox Game Pass in December 2026, we want to point out that nothing has been confirmed yetAnd this will not be a 100% accurate list by all means. Some of these games might disappear, some of these games might stay, and many more might be added to the list.
The most common (but certainly not the only) trend with Xbox Game Pass seems to be that games last for a year, so we went back to December 2025 to look at the games that were added to Game Pass back then. That said, we also went back to December 2024, just to see what could potentially be two years in total. Based on these original announcements, here’s what we think could potentially leave Xbox Game Pass in December 2026:
| XGP Join Date | Game | Platform |
|---|---|---|
| December 5, 2024 | EA Sports WRC (this seems unlikely) | X|S Series, PC, Cloud |
| December 5, 2024 | Reversed | X|S Series, PC, Cloud |
| December 9, 2024 | Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (this seems unlikely) | X|S Series, PC, Cloud |
| December 12, 2024 | For the king 2 | Console, PC, TBD |
| December 1, 2025 | Marvel Cosmic Invasion | Console, PC, Cloud |
| December 2, 2025 | Lost Records: Bloom & Rage | X|S Series, PC, Cloud |
| December 4, 2025 | Routine | X|S Series, PC, Cloud |
| December 9, 2025 | A game to dig a hole | Console, PC, TBD |
| December 9, 2025 | Howl of death | PC |
| December 9, 2025 | Dome Guardian | X|S Series, PC, Cloud |
| December 9, 2025 | Ultimate Sheep Raccoon | Console, PC, Cloud |
| December 10, 2025 | Mortal Kombat 1 | X|S Series, PC, Cloud |
As usual, there could be many additions to this list, and some of these games could stay on Xbox Game Pass even longer, but it seems likely that we’ll lose at least some of them in December 2026. Our predictions usually turn out to be between 30 and 80% correct – you never know how accurate they’ll be!
October was great for new additions to Xbox Game Pass, and November is off to a great start with Football Manager 27 and Tanuki: Pon’s Summer on the way. There may only be two months left this year, but we’ve got a great guide to all the upcoming Xbox Game Pass titles elsewhere on Pure Xbox, a link to which you’ll find below.
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