Original story: What's leaving Xbox Game Pass in December 2022? Well, Microsoft hasn't confirmed anything just yet, but based on some games that were added to the service this time last year, we can at least make a few predictions ahead of time.
We know that a lot of Xbox users want more advance notice of games leaving Xbox Game Pass, but Microsoft understandably gives us around two weeks right now - and don't forget, publishers sometimes secure late deals with Microsoft to keep their games on Game Pass, even after they've been announced to be leaving!
So, before we take a look at the following list of potential games leaving Xbox Game Pass in December 2022, we want to stress that nothing has been confirmed yet, and this will not be a 100% accurate list by any means. Some of these games might leave, some of these games might stay, and many others might be added to the list.
The most common (but definitely not the only) trend with Xbox Game Pass seems to be that games stick around for one year, so we've gone back to December 2021 to look at the games that were added to Game Pass at the time. That said, we've also added a few games from the December 2020 list as well. Based on those original announcements, here's what we think could potentially leave Xbox Game Pass in December 2022:
Date It Joined Xbox Game Pass |
Game |
Platform |
December 4, 2020 |
Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Leaving December 15, 2022) |
Console, PC, Cloud |
|
December 8, 2020 |
Monster Sanctuary |
Console, Cloud |
December 8, 2020 |
Starbound |
PC |
December 17, 2020 |
Monster Train |
Console |
December 17, 2020 |
Neoverse (Leaving December 15, 2022) |
Console, Cloud |
December 2, 2021 |
ANVIL |
Console, PC |
December 2, 2021 |
Archvale (Leaving Nov 30, 2022) |
Console, PC, Cloud |
December 2, 2021 |
Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Leaving Nov 30, 2022) |
Console, PC |
December 2, 2021 |
Lawn Mowing Simulator |
Series X|S, PC, Cloud |
December 2, 2021 |
Rubber Bandits |
Console, PC, Cloud |
December 2, 2021 |
Stardew Valley |
Console, PC, Cloud |
December 2, 2021 |
Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector (Leaving Nov 30, 2022) |
Console, PC, Cloud |
December 7, 2021 |
Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator (Leaving Nov 30, 2022) |
Console, PC, Cloud |
December 9, 2021 |
One Piece Pirate Warriors 4 |
Console, PC, Cloud |
December 14, 2021
|
Aliens: Fireteam Elite (Leaving December 15, 2022)
|
Console, PC, Cloud
|
December 14, 2021
|
Among Us
|
Console
|
December 16, 2021 |
Ben 10: Power Trip |
Console, PC, Cloud |
December 16, 2021 |
Broken Age |
Console, PC, Cloud |
December 16, 2021 |
Firewatch (Leaving December 15, 2022) |
Console, PC, Cloud |
December 16, 2021 |
Lake (Leaving December 15, 2022) |
Console, PC, Cloud |
December 16, 2021 |
Mortal Kombat 11 |
Console, PC, Cloud |
December 16, 2021 |
Paw Patrol: Mighty Pups Save Adventure Bay |
Console, PC, Cloud |
December 16, 2021 |
Race With Ryan (Leaving December 15, 2022) |
Console, PC, Cloud |
December 16, 2021 |
Record Of Lodoss War: Deedlit In Wonder Labyrinth (Leaving December 15, 2022) |
Console, PC, Cloud |
|
December 16, 2021
|
The Gunk
|
Console, PC, Cloud
|
December 16, 2021 |
Transformers: Battlegrounds (Leaving December 15, 2022) |
Console, PC, Cloud |
As mentioned previously, there could be plenty of additions to this list, and many of these games might stick around on Xbox Game Pass for even longer, but it seems likely that we'll lose at least some of these in December 2022.
Of course, we've still got plenty of games set to leave Xbox Game Pass in November 2022 as well, with eight games announced to be departing on November 30th.
In fact, some of those November departures were included in the original version of this December predictions list, and those are Archvale, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator and Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector.