Microsoft has confirmed the Xbox Game Pass July 2026 lineup for the back half of the month, adding 11 games between July 9 and July 21. The batch includes Gears of War: Reloaded, the long-awaited Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 remaster, and the survival hit Planet Crafter.
It caps off a busy stretch for the subscription service. Halo: Campaign Evolved is still on track for late July, and two games already landed earlier in the month: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 on the Premium tier and the action platformer Winds of Arcana: Ruination. The new additions run alongside those releases rather than replacing them.
Planet Crafter is the biggest addition by reputation. The survival and terraforming game built a large audience during its early access run, and its arrival on Ultimate and PC Game Pass gives subscribers a way to try it without buying in outright. Gears of War: Reloaded carries similar weight for Xbox owners, since it brings the 2006 original back with updated visuals rather than asking players to track down the aging original release.
Xbox Game Pass July 2026: full list of new games
Here is every title confirmed for Xbox Game Pass between July 9 and July 21, along with platform availability and tier:
- Gears of War: Reloaded arrives July 9 on Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Cloud, new to the Premium tier.
- Tamashika launches July 9 across Ultimate, Premium, and PC Game Pass.
- Palworld 1.0 hits Game Pass July 10 on Ultimate, Premium, and PC.
- Ascend To ZERO joins July 13 on Ultimate and PC.
- PBA Pro Bowling 2026 arrives July 14 across Ultimate, Premium, and PC.
- Quarantine Zone: The Last Check lands July 15 on Ultimate, Premium, and PC.
- Mavrix by Matt Jones joins July 16 across Ultimate, Premium, and PC.
- FixForce arrives July 17 on Ultimate, Premium, and PC.
- Fogpiercer launches July 17, PC Game Pass only.
- Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 joins July 21 on Ultimate, Premium, and PC.
- Planet Crafter arrives July 21 on Ultimate and PC.
Denshattack was expected to join on July 15 as well, but Microsoft left it out of this roundup. Xbox has not said whether that release date has slipped or whether the game will simply appear without a separate announcement. Meanwhile, several of the smaller titles on the list, including Ascend To ZERO and FixForce, are day-one Game Pass launches rather than back-catalogue additions, which means subscribers get first access alongside anyone buying the games outright.
Games leaving Xbox Game Pass this month
Ten games are scheduled to leave Xbox Game Pass on July 15, though Microsoft has yet to publish the exit list for this wave. Subscribers who want to finish anything currently in their library should treat that date as the deadline, since titles typically disappear from the service at the end of the day rather than with advance warning. That overlap between arrivals and departures on the same date is common for Game Pass, which usually rotates several titles out whenever a large batch rotates in.
Halo: Campaign Evolved is the next major addition on Xbox’s schedule, expected after this batch closes out on July 21. Microsoft has only committed to “late July” for that release so far and has not given it a firm date.