Original story: What's leaving Xbox Game Pass in January 2023? 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 January 2023, 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 January 2022 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 January 2021 list as well. Based on those original announcements, here's what we think could potentially leave Xbox Game Pass in January 2023:
| Date It Joined Xbox Game Pass |
Game |
Platform |
| January 7, 2021 |
Injustice 2 |
Console, PC, Cloud |
| January 14, 2021 |
Neoverse |
PC |
| January 21, 2021 |
Donut County (Leaving January 31, 2023) |
Console, PC, Cloud |
|
| January 4, 2022 |
Gorogoa (Leaving December 31, 2022) |
Console, PC, Cloud |
| January 4, 2022 |
Olija |
Console, PC, Cloud |
| January 4, 2022 |
The Pedestrian (Leaving December 31, 2022) |
Console, PC, Cloud |
| January 6, 2022 |
Embr (Leaving December 31, 2022) |
Console, PC, Cloud |
| January 6, 2022 |
Outer Wilds (Leaving December 31, 2022) |
Console, PC, Cloud |
| January 13, 2022 |
Spelunky 2 |
Console, PC |
| January 13, 2022 |
The Anacrusis (Leaving January 15, 2023) |
Console, PC, Cloud |
| January 18, 2022 |
Nobody Saves The World (Leaving January 15, 2023) |
Console, PC, Cloud |
| January 20, 2022 |
Hitman Trilogy |
Console, PC, Cloud |
| January 20, 2022 |
Pupperazzi (Leaving January 15, 2023) |
Console, PC, Cloud |
| January 20, 2022 |
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction |
Console, PC, Cloud |
| January 20, 2022 |
Windjammers 2 (Leaving January 15, 2023) |
Console, PC, Cloud |
| January 27, 2022 |
Taiko no Tatsujin: The Drum Master (Leaving January 31, 2023) |
Console, PC |
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 January 2023.
Of course, we've still got plenty of games set to leave Xbox Game Pass in December 2022 as well, with 11 games announced to be departing on December 15th, and another nine leaving in late December.
Which of these games do you think will leave Xbox Game Pass in January 2023? Tell us down below.
