Ahead of tomorrow's Xbox Developer Direct 2026, the rest of the games coming to Xbox Game Pass for January 2026 and heading into February have been revealed, with an additional 10 games joining the subscription service, including Death Stranding: Director's Cut, Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2, and The Talos Principle 2.
Along with the games already added from the start of the month, which one user described as a "damn good month," another user on ResetEra called this back-half a "really good batch" of games. In total, subscribers get 17 new games to check out as part of their Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription. Premium members only miss out on three of the titles joining the service this month, whereas anyone on the Essential tier is missing out on, well, all of them.
So far, since Microsoft raised the prices on Game Pass subscriptions and reorganized it into the three tiers (Ultimate, Premium, and Essential), it's been clear that the bottom 'Essential' tier is really just for those who want to be able to use Cloud services and play games online. If you want access to the Game Pass library of games, you need to be at least at the middle-level Premium tier, and Microsoft makes subscribers aware of this every time a new batch of Game Pass games includes nothing for players on the Essential tier.
On the flip side, while Microsoft is seemingly making players aware that Essential is the worst deal among the Game Pass options, it is also consistently making them aware that just paying for PC Game Pass is the best deal. Of course, this isn't a good option for console players, but if you have the means to just play on your PC, it's easily your best bet as you're still getting everything Ultimate subscribers are getting at a fraction of the cost.
But if you're paying for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, or even just Game Pass Premium, then beyond the aforementioned titles like Space Marine 2, The Talos Principle 2, and Death Stranding, you also have 2024's indie hit, Indika, 2025's excellent action-platformer, Ninja Gaiden Ragebound, and the physics-driven driving sim, RoadCraft, to look forward to this month.
Here's the full list of games joining Xbox Game Pass for the rest of January 2026, when they'll arrive, where you can play them, and what subscription tier you need to be at to access them:
- Death Stranding: Director's Cut - January 21 - Cloud, PC, Xbox Series X/S - Game Pass Premium and up, PC Game Pass
- RoadCraft - January 21 - PC - Game Pass Premium and up, PC Game Pass
- Ninja Gaiden Ragebound - January 21 - Cloud, PC, Xbox Series X/S - Game Pass Premium and up, PC Game Pass
- The Talos Principle 2 - January 27 - PC, Xbox Series X/S - Game Pass Premium and up, PC Game Pass
- Anno: Mutationem - January 28 - Cloud, PC, Console - Game Pass Premium and up, PC Game Pass
- Drop Duchy - January 28 - Cloud, PC, Console - Game Pass Premium and up, PC Game Pass
- MySims: Cozy Bundle - January 29 - PC - Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 - January 29 - Cloud, PC, Xbox Series X/S - Game Pass Premium and up, PC Game Pass
- Indika - February 2 - Cloud, PC, Xbox Series X/S - Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
- Final Fantasy II - February 3 - Cloud, PC, Xbox Series X/S - Game Pass Premium and up, PC Game Pass
As always, with games coming into the service, others are leaving. As of January 15, five games were removed from the service, most notably Neon White. This time, on January 31, 2026, an additional six games are leaving the service, with a couple of notable departures, including Citizen Sleeper 2 and Lonely Mountains Snow Riders.
You have until January 31 to play the following six games through Xbox Game Pass:
- Shady Part of Me
- Starbound
- Lonely Mountains Snow Riders
- Paw Patrol World
- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
- Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap
About the author: David has been writing about videogames, technology, and culture since 2020, with a focus on reporting daily news across multiple publications, including GameDaily.Biz, GameSkinny, and PlayStation Universe before joining Wccftech in 2025. David started contributing as Canada/US reporter for Wccftech's gaming section in 2025. Besides being up-to-date on the industry's movements, he loves interviewing developers, reviewing games, and writing intricate essays about the symbolism and layered meanings to be found in rich narratives as he's done for publications like GamesIndustry.Biz, LostInCult, and others. Outside of games he loves movies, music, theatre, his hometown, and his family, though not necessarily in that order.
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