May 2025 will see some exciting new additions to Xbox Game Pass, but also a few departures.
Every month, there are comings and goings on Xbox and PC Game Pass. In May 2025, you can look forward to one of the most important shooters of 2025 and the best building strategy game ever. However, as usual, some titles will also be leaving the lineup.
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- Highlight in May 2025
- All other new games in May 2025
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We’ll keep you up to date: More additions and removals will be announced throughout the month. As soon as this happens, we will update this article. So it’s worth checking back.
Highlight – Doom: The Dark Ages
- Genre: First-person shooter
- Platforms: PC, Xbox Series X/S, and Cloud
- Release: May 15, 2025
Doom: The Dark Ages tells the origin story of the Doom Slayer’s rage during a dark and sinister medieval war against Hell. With a huge arsenal of weapons, such as the Super Shotgun and Shield Saw, you’ll tear your enemies apart like they’re nothing more than candy wrappers. We’ve already had a chance to play the shooter and we’re more than excited.
Doom: The Dark Ages will be released on May 15, 2025, for PC, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, and Cloud. There is also speculation that a version for the Nintendo Switch 2 is in the works. This is very likely, as most Bethesda shooters have been ported to Nintendo consoles since Doom Eternal.
All other new additions with Ultimate and PC
May 1
- Anno 1800 (Genre: The best building strategy game, with a GameStar rating of 90 points – PC, Xbox Series X/S and Cloud)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Genre: Military shooter in a futuristic setting – PC, console and cloud)
May 6
- Dredge (Genre: Creepy fishing adventure with Lovecraft elements – PC, Xbox Series X/S, and Cloud)
May 8
- Revenge of the Savage Planet (Genre: Satirical sci-fi action adventure on an alien planet – PC, console, and cloud)
May 28
- to a T (Genre: Colorful mix of exploration and puzzles in which your body is always in a T-shape – PC, Xbox Series X/S, and cloud)
In May, no date
- Spray Paint Simulator (Genre: Relaxing simulation game in which you have to spray paint surfaces – PC, console, and cloud)
These games are leaving Game Pass in May 2025
Of course, some games will have to pack their bags and leave Game Pass in May 2025. The following titles will be leaving on May 15:
- Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (PC, console, and cloud)
- Chants of Senaar (PC, console, and cloud)
- Dune: Spice Wars (PC, console and cloud)
- Hauntii (PC, console and cloud)
- Jurassic World Evolution 2 (PC, console and cloud)
- Little Kitty, Big City (PC, console and cloud)
- Planet of Lana (PC, console and cloud)
- The Big Con (PC, console and cloud)
Another highlight is likely to be Revenge of the Savage Planet, which will be available on PC and Ultimate in Game Pass right at launch. As a research team, you explore four different planets in this sci-fi adventure – either alone or with a co-op partner – and collect numerous animals and plants for your collection in your spaceship.
