Looking for a complete list of Xbox Game Pass games coming soon in October 2021? It can be pretty difficult to keep track of all the comings and goings in the world of Xbox Game Pass every week, so we've put together this handy guide to provide an overview of what's coming to Xbox Game Pass this October, as well as the games that are leaving!
Xbox Game Pass: Coming Soon In October 2021
| Date | Game | Platform |
| October 1 | Phoenix Point: Behemoth Edition | Console |
| October 5 | Totally Accurate Battle Simulator | Console, PC, Cloud |
| October 7 | The Procession to Calvary | Console, PC, Cloud |
| October 7 | Visage | Console, PC, Cloud |
| October 12 | Back 4 Blood | Console, PC, Cloud |
| October 12 | Destiny 2: Beyond Light | PC |
| October 14 | Ring of Pain | Console, PC, Cloud |
| October 14 | The Riftbreaker | Xbox Series X|S, PC, Cloud |
| October 15 | The Good Life | Console, PC, Cloud |
| October 19 | Into The Pit | Console, PC |
| October 19 | Outriders | PC |
| October 21 | Dragon Ball FighterZ | Console, Cloud |
| October 21 | Echo Generation | Console, PC, Cloud |
| October 21 | Everspace 2 (Game Preview) | PC |
| October 26 | Moonglow Bay | Console, PC |
| October 28 | Age of Empires IV | PC |
| October 28 | Alan Wake's American Nightmare | Console, PC |
| October 28 | Backbone | Console |
| October 28 | Bassmaster Fishing 2022 | Console, PC, Cloud |
| October 28 | Nongunz: Doppelganger Edition | Console, PC, Cloud |
| October 28 | The Forgotten City | Console, PC, Cloud |
Xbox Game Pass: Leaving Soon In October 2021
| Date | Game | Platform |
| October 15 | Gonner2 | Console, PC |
| October 15 | Heave Ho | PC |
| October 15 | Katana Zero | Console, PC |
| October 15 | ScourgeBringer | Console, PC |
| October 15 |
Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition |
Console, PC |
| October 15 |
The Swords of Ditto: Mormo's Curse |
PC |
| October 31 | Carto | Console, PC |
| October 31 | Celeste | Console, PC |
| October 31 | Comanche | PC |
| October 31 | Eastshade | Console, PC |
| October 31 | Five Nights at Freddy's | Console, PC |
| October 31 | Five Nights at Freddy's 2 | Console, PC |
| October 31 | Five Nights at Freddy's 3 | Console, PC |
| October 31 | Five Nights at Freddy's 4 | Console, PC |
| October 31 | Knights and Bikes | Console, PC |
| October 31 | Unruly Heroes | Console, PC |
Which Xbox Game Pass October 2021 game are you most looking forward to? Let us know below.
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So I was excited for back 4 blood, still am, but the good life has my full attention right now. It looks ridiculously amazing despite how bad it looks. I know my wife is going to have a blast. I guess I'll have to session back 4 blood for two days before the good life releases.
Game pass is seriously shooting on all cylinders lately 😀😍
Way too many games, not enough time.
It’s amazing that every single one of the announced games so far is a day one release. I’m actually looking forward to The Riftbreaker.
Age of Empires 4 is also joining Game Pass on October 28th for PC.
@FriendlyOctopus Gamepass is now gradually entering a phase where it alone justifies buying the platforms that have access to it. Be it Xbox or PC.
Avowed will be on gamepass one day.
@Xeno_Aura Of course! I've added that to the list.
@FraserG
According my gamepass app gonner 2 have aready left gamepass as of the 1st
Gonner2 has already gone, and Vesperia is going today.
If you have already downloaded Vesperia, it will still let you play it for now, but it wont let you download it anymore, even though the Install button is still there. If you click that, it'll take you to the queue, where the download will immediately stop.
@RedKnight34 Hmm, strange! That's supposedly not meant to be the case, but the Microsoft Store isn't advertising it as included with Game Pass (on console) either.
The Xbox Game Pass app on mobile is still saying it's included with console, PC and cloud though. 🤷♂️
@Tiny_Panza Again, very strange, but that's not meant to be the case. They're actually being advertised as leaving on the 16th of October on the PC Game Pass app (including Gonner2 and Tales of Vesperia), although that's typically off by a day. Microsoft will announce the dates formally this week when the new Game Pass titles are revealed.
@BrilliantBill I don't think it's as open and shut as that.
I love Game Pass personally but it's greatest strength is also one of it's biggest weaknesses. There is just so much to play.
Add to that for your average consumer, or enthusiasts with limited amount of time, picking and choosing specifically what game to play is often more important that having a huge library.
The curated quality on Game Pass is very high but if you only have time to play a few games you'll likely want those to be of YOUR choosing not just what's on Game Pass.
For most of us here, we prioritise gaming time, so Game Pass is ideal, but for the wider many i'm not convinced it is a great fit quite yet.
@themightyant That is just the a nature of an streaming service. There is more music on Spotify and more movie/series on Netflix than one could watch/listen during their entire lifetime. Having too many titles is never a weakness of the service.
However filler content or too much reliance on BC and previous-gen games can be an issue. Currently you open it up and there are very few properly X/S optimised games on it for example.
@BrilliantBill It's not just that there are too many, it's that it isn't the specific games many want to play. If I only had time to play a few games i'd want to play the very best ones and these aren't (yet) launched on Game pass on the whole.
And having choice is not always a plus for many people either. (look at the stats for how long people spend browsing Netflix over watching Netflix as an example)
Personally I think the quality on Game Pass is simply brilliant, and the curation is truly excellent, which is a huge plus for ME.
But I still don't think it's a good fit for many.
@FraserG I hadn't seen mlb the show mentioned as leaving, but I noticed today the icon was missing in my list, searched for it, no results. Looks like it's gone? After the deep sale? With no notice? Interesting (signal console war conspiracy theory )
@NEStalgia The Microsoft Store seems to be acting quite strangely at the moment — I can't imagine they'd just remove it without saying anything!
@FraserG It's definitely a mystery (or intrigue.) It still shows up in the list if you just browse the website Game Pass pages. But if you go into it, it's no longer showing the "Included with Game Pass" button/icon. And, no notice it was being removed.
It could be a coincidence, but it had that shockingly cheap sale last week, and GP games often go for the deep sale just before they leave. It would make sense, but, then it's odd that there was no announcement of it leaving, and it's still not removed from the browsable list on the site.
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