Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass Core catalog offers a smaller selection of games compared to the standard Game Pass offering, but it still has some great games and other nice benefits.
For $10/month, subscribers get a catalog of about 40 games, along with online multiplayer support and member-only discounts.
Game Pass Ultimate, by comparison, costs $20/month and includes a wider selection of Game Pass titles that spans more than 100 games. Another major benefit is Game Pass Ultimate provides subscribers access to all of Microsoft’s games on day one, and that includes Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 this October.
Game Pass Core’s latest additions include Cities: Skylines, Control: Ultimate Edition, and SnowRunner–these arrive on August 21. Some of the existing titles in the catalog include Halo 5, Among Us, Forza Horizon 4, and Gears 5.
Of note, the Game Pass Core library tends to remain steadier than the other Game Pass catalogs, with fewer titles being added and removed. For comparison, the Game Pass Ultimate library adds and removes games every single month.
Scroll through the gallery to see all 40+ games in the Game Pass Core catalog.
Among Us
Astroneer
Celeste
Chivalry 2
Cities: Skylines (coming August 21)
Control (coming August 21)
Dead Cells
Deep Rock Galactic
Descenders
Dishonored 2
Doom Eternal
Fable Anniversary
Fallout 4
Fallout 76
Firewatch
Forza Horizon 4
Gang Beasts
Gears 5
Golf With Your Friends
Grounded
Halo 5: Guardians
Halo Wars 2
Hellblade
Human Fall Flat
Inside
Limbo
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Overcooked 2
Payday 2
Powerwash Simulator
Psychonauts 2
Slay the Spire
SnowRunner (coming August 21)
Spiritfarer
Stardew Valley
State of Decay 2
Superhot
Superliminal
TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge
The Elder Scrolls Online
Totally Reliable Delivery Service
Unpacking
Vampire Survivors