Once again, it's been absolutely stacked year for Xbox Game Pass in 2023! We've seen so many games come to the service over the past 12 months, including some massive first-party titles along with the usual slate of third-party gems.
Some of this really does blend into the Game of the Year discussion as well, as we've seen the likes of Starfield, Hi-Fi RUSH, Forza Motorsport, Sea of Stars, Lies of P, Dead Space and Remnant 2 all arrive on the service this year!
Just like we did with the GOTY votes, we've going for a top five ranking system where you can tell us your favourite Xbox Game Pass titles of 2023 in order. After all, there's a lot you can choose here - and if you don't find what you wanted in the poll below, hit the "Other" option and tell us your choice (along with how many points you'd give it) in the comments.
Just as a reminder, here's the complete list of Xbox Game Pass games from 2023:
What's your pick? What were the best Xbox Game Pass additions in 2023? Tell us in the poll and comments below.
What Were The Best Xbox Game Pass Additions In 2023? (3,489 votes)
- A Short Hike (August 3) 0.7%
- Age Of Empires 2: Definitive Edition (January 31)
- Age of Empires 4 (August 22)
- Amnesia: The Bunker (June 6) 0.4%
- Arcade Paradise (July 3) 0.5%
- Atomic Heart (February 21)
- Bramble: The Mountain King (June 27)
- Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 (June 1) 0.3%
- Celeste (August 1) 0.4%
- Chicory: A Colorful Tale (May 30) 0.2%
- Cocoon (September 29)
- Coffee Talk Episode 2 (April 20) 0.2%
- Dead Space (October 26)
- Dordogne (June 13) 0.1%
- Everspace 2 (August 15) 0.9%
- Exoprimal (July 14) 0.5%
- F1 Manager 2023 (October 19) 0.3%
- Far Cry 6 (December 14)
- FIFA 23 (May 16) 1%
- Firewatch (August 17) 0.3%
- Football Manager 2024 (November 6) 0.7%
- Forza Motorsport (October 10)
- Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2 (May 11) 0.2%
- Ghostwire: Tokyo (April 12)
- GoldenEye 007 (January 27)
- Gotham Knights (October 3)
- Gris (September 5) 0.2%
- GTA V (July 5)
- Guilty Gear Strive (March 7) 0.5%
- Hi-Fi RUSH (January 25)
- Hot Wheels Unleashed (February 7) 0.6%
- Humankind (August 22) 0.2%
- Jusant (October 31)
- Lies of P (September 19)
- Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (November 9)
- Like a Dragon: Ishin! (October 17) 0.8%
- Limbo (August 9) 0.3%
- Loop Hero (April 4) 0.4%
- Madden NFL 23 (February 9) 0.4%
- Merge & Blade (February 28) 0%
- Minecraft Legends (April 18) 0.4%
- MLB The Show 23 (March 28) 1%
- Monster Hunter Rise (January 20) 1%
- Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord (February 14) 0.5%
- Need For Speed Unbound (June 22) 0.4%
- Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom (March 21) 0.6%
- Party Animals (September 20) 0.5%
- Payday 3 (September 21) 0.3%
- Persona 3 Portable (January 19) 0.2%
- Persona 4 Golden (January 19)
- Persona 5 Tactica (November 17) 0.8%
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy (September 26) 0.3%
- Planet of Lana (May 23)
- Quake 2 (August 10) 0.8%
- Railway Empire 2 (May 25) 0.3%
- Redfall (May 2)
- Remnant 2 (November 30)
- Rise Of The Tomb Raider (December 5)
- SD Gundam Battle Alliance (February 9) 0.1%
- Sea of Stars (August 29)
- Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem (July 25) 0.1%
- Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition (February 16) 0.2%
- Soul Hackers 2 (February 28) 0.3%
- Starfield (September 6)
- SteamWorld Build (December 1) 0.4%
- Story Of Seasons: Friends Of Mineral Town (June 29) 0.1%
- Stranded Deep (January 3) 0.2%
- The Last Case of Benedict Fox (April 27) 0.1%
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (August 18) 0.5%
- Valheim (March 14) 0.5%
- Venba (July 31) 0.4%
- Warhammer 40,000: Darktide (October 4) 1%
- Wo Long Fallen Dynasty (March 3)
- World War Z Aftermath (December 5) 0.3%
- Other (tell us in the comments below!) 0.6%
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Lies Of P for me
Sea of Stars #1
SW3, Lies of P, Atomic Heart, Ishin and
Remnant 2 for me.
Edit: I forgot about Jusant.
I.. I.... I just don't know.... I have played so many great games because of GamePass this year that I might have forget one when I mention my favorites.
MHRise (even though I had to switch to PS because you could rarely get into groups).
Mount and blade 2 , sea of stars, lies of P, hi if. FM.
Recently steamworld build, although in honesty it’s a little bit shallow.
Starfield
Railway empire 2
Quake 2
Remnant 2
Mlb the show 23
Has to be starfield for me out of the ones I played
I guess Hi-Fi Rush, LADGTMWEHN, Persona 4 Golden and Persona 5 Tactica.
Honorable mention to Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty. Enjoyed it a lot more than Lies of P.
Hi-Fi Rush not only for the game itself, but for being shadow-dropped which added to the whole experience.
1. Cocoon
Certainly my favorite game I’ve played on Xbox this year, plain and simple.
2. Hi-Fi Rush
The best Xbox Game Studios title since Ori and the Will of the Wisps for me (which, to date, may in fact by my favorite Xbox Game Studios title)
3. Goldeneye 007
How crazy is it that it FINALLY happened?
4. A Short Hike
One of my favorite games of all time and I’m so glad more people will enjoy it
5. Jusant
A really unique title that goes new places in gaming. I really enjoyed it
So many good games, hard to pick just 5 but probably
1. Mineko's Night Market
2. Starfield
3. Dordogne
4. A Short Hike
5. Bramble: The Mountain King
It was difficult to vote because it has been a wonderful year for Game Pass: Hi-Fi Rush, Starfield, Forza Motorsport and awesome third-party titles. I needed to select Rise of the Tomb Raider for five points because it's one of the best games of the last generation and it has been enhanced. I would have voted for Goldeneye 007 if it was the Xbox 360 version, that I played in developer mode this year.
Starfield and Forza on Gamepass saved me money from buying those disappointments.
So many great games but Starfield, Hi-Rush and Sea of Stars would be my favorites!
My top game HAS to be Goldeneye — a game we never thought we’d see return. I still can’t believe it happened, even if it’s not the much-better 360 version that was canned.
But not to sound like a debbie downer: this was the year I realized Gamepass isn’t for me, and that’s okay! I actually had more fun with my Xbox this year than the last few, and almost all of it was on games I owned. If it wasn’t for cloud streaming to my phone in bed, I actually used Gamepass very little overall.
Again — not to be downing Gamepass, as I know for some people it has more value. I can see it being very valuable if you have more time for games and don’t own other consoles.
But for me it was kind of liberating: you always hear people say “oh you NEED Gamepass if you have an Xbox.” If actually took away my enjoyment of the console a little because I wasn’t playing what I wanted — I was trying to force reasons to use GP. But there are a lot of fantastic reasons to still own an Xbox on its own, no expensive monthly subscription required.
Monster hunter rise is the best one for me, but sadly it didn't have cross save/play so I didn't play it on xbox. I have the steam version and didn't want to start over.
Bramble is phenomenal
Followed by Starfield, Atomic Heart and Darkride
The nostalgia kick was real for me.
Other games that were great additions:
Persona 5 Tactica for me, my personal Goty.
I think Guilty Gear would have been a good pick as well but I didn't actually play it, just watched someone else play it instead.
I was specially happy for:
Persona 5 Tactica.
Monster Hunter Rise.
Remnant 2.
Ni No Kuni II.
Chicory.
But, what a year it has been for Game Pass. So many great options.
1. Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Main Who Erased His Name
2. Starfield
3. Hi-Fi Rush
4. Forza Motorsport
5. GoldenEye 007
Wo long, Quake 2, Starfield, Lies of P, Goldeneye
Starfield
A Short hike
Everspace 2
Dicey Dungeons
Cocoon
I played quite a few GP games so great value but those are the ones I played the most of…
Honorable mention to my list is Gotham Knights. I hadn't played enough at the time of my voting to consider it (I dont think it makes the top 5). The reviews and discourse were a little too tough on it. It is a solid game even if it doesn't hit the asylum/city highs.
Can I vote for Hi-Fi Rush on all of them?
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