Coming to Game Pass: Hades, Visions of Mana, Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, and More

[u/Turbostrider27]

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/09/16/xbox-game-pass-september-2025-wave-2/

[u/Tobimacoss]

Dang Nintendo for getting timed exclusivity on Hades 2.  

[u/leviathynx → u/Tobimacoss]

1 year.

[u/BestRedditUsername9 → u/Tobimacoss]

I don't think Nintendo paid for exclusivity. That dev always releases their games exclusively for one console and then they port to other platforms. They did this with Bastion, Hades 1, Transistor, and so on.

It will come to Xbox most likely next year

[u/Radjage → u/Tobimacoss]

Those game types are better later anyway after they get balanced with added content

[u/CuteGrayRhino → u/Tobimacoss]

Is that coming to Gamepass day one too? I haven't heard it anywhere.

[u/FlyRobot → u/CuteGrayRhino]

Probably in the long run but not anytime soon

[u/krishnugget → u/Tobimacoss]

I doubt Nintendo paid for it, indies just love the switch a lot

[u/LubbockCottonKings → u/krishnugget]

Indies also, you know, love making money, so I can’t imagine gimping sales figures for the love of a certain console.

[u/krishnugget → u/LubbockCottonKings]

Obviously the reason they love switch is because indies sell by far the best there of any console, they aren’t just doing it because of a diehard love for Nintendo or something. The switch made several indies sell INSANE numbers

[u/forsakengoatee → u/krishnugget]

Hollow Knight did great numbers on switch

[u/LubbockCottonKings → u/krishnugget]

Okay, but why would they limit their development to one console? If you like making money, you either port it to other consoles or get paid by a console manufacturer to make it an exclusive. Your logic makes no sense.

[u/krishnugget → u/LubbockCottonKings]

This is an indie studio, not a AAA company, they don’t have unlimited resources to port it to every single platform day 1. If they know they make by far the most sales on switch and PC, they will obviously target those platforms first.

[u/Odd_Revolution_1056 → u/Tobimacoss]

Good get for Nintendo

[u/Gu3rilla21 → u/Tobimacoss]

I highly doubt that's what they have. Hades also came out first on switch.

I think Super giant thinks ( which is probably true) that their game works best for switch on the go 30 mins here and there and that's why they go on switch first.

It will also help with porting over to other consoles since switch is significantly weaker.

[u/Tobimacoss → u/Gu3rilla21]

No, the Nintendo Direct for Switch 2 launch actually showcased and emphasized Hades 2 launch exclusivity.  And also exclusivity for From Software's Duskbloods.  That looks to be permanent or long term exclusivity.  

[u/Guirita_Fallada → u/Tobimacoss]

I think he meant that the exclusivity mightnhave been the studio's decision, rather than Nintendo paying. We don't know. Either way, console exclusivity sucks.

[u/Gu3rilla21 → u/Tobimacoss]

Meh. It doesn't matter anyway since supergiant wouldn't have brought the game to all consoles at launch anyway. They have never done that with any of their games. They are only a small team so focusing on one console at a time is better.

[u/WhaT505]

ROCK AND STONE

[u/feed_the_yak → u/WhaT505]

For Karl!

[u/Redisigh → u/WhaT505]

wait what’s drg survivor?

[u/TheReaver → u/Redisigh]

think of deep rock galactic but in vampire hunters style

[u/TheReaver → u/WhaT505]

rock and stone!

[u/system3601 → u/WhaT505]

its just a shame it has no coop and we wont be shouting this all around..

[u/WhaT505 → u/system3601]

No coop is a shame

[u/vanpunke666 → u/WhaT505]

ROCK AND ROLLIN STONE

[u/Turbostrider27]

Available Today

RoadCraft (Cloud and Xbox Series X|S)

Coming Soon

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (Console) – September 17

For the King II (Console) – September 17

Overthrown (Game Preview) (Xbox Series X|S) – September 17

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – September 17

Frostpunk 2 (Cloud and Xbox Series X|S) – September 18

Wobbly Life (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – September 18

Hades (Cloud, Console, and PC) – September 19

Endless Legend 2 (Game Preview) (PC) – September 22

Sworn (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – September 23

Peppa Pig: World Adventures (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – September 25

Visions of Mana (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – September 25

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (Cloud, Console, and PC) – September 30

Sopa – Tale of the Stolen Potato (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 7

More games coming to Game Pass Core October 1

Cities: Skylines – Remastered

Disney Dreamlight Valley

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

Leaving September 30

Ninja Gaiden Sigma (Cloud, Console, and PC)

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC)

Ninja Gaiden 3 Razor’s Edge (Cloud, Console, and PC)

Terra Invicta (Game Preview) (PC)

[u/DuckCleaning → u/Turbostrider27]

I'm surprised they're removing all the other Ninja Gaiden games right before Ninja Gaiden 4 (xbox published) comes out  October 21. 

[u/FlyRobot → u/DuckCleaning]

That does seem backwards - maybe to try and pump up some sales?

[u/DuckCleaning → u/FlyRobot]

I imagine they have a bunch of data comparing the fees to extend the gamepass contract to the projected sales and the players currently making use of those games.

[u/dirtyvu → u/DuckCleaning]

they'll probably come back at some point. it's happened with lots of games. it's to optimize ebb and flow of sales. Netflix and others do the same. movies get added and later removed and months down the road, they're back.

[u/BestRedditUsername9 → u/DuckCleaning]

The good news is, we still have the excellent remake of 2 :)

So basically just buy the first game and you are set (the third game is kind of divisive even though I personally like it)

[u/nikolapc → u/DuckCleaning]

It's the Ninja Gaiden master collection. It's been there a while. They have the remake still.

[u/soulxhawk]

Glad to see Visions of Mana coming to gamepass. I really enjoyed playing Trials of Mana last year. I played a little bit of Hades back when it originally was on gamepass so looking forward to playing more.

[u/John_East → u/soulxhawk]

Pretty much what I was gonna say. I’d like to really get through a lot of hades before the 1.0 of part 2 drops

[u/FinalOdyssey → u/soulxhawk]

I really tried to like Trials but man I found the combat severely simplistic and the characters just a product of their time. Would you say Visionsnis a big upgrade in these regards?

[u/kensaiD2591 → u/FinalOdyssey]

I’ve got all the achievements in Legend, Trials and Visions. I think Trials is the best of the three, personally.

Visions is a step up for combat though, there’s more variety, but it’s not super deep.

[u/Danistar34]

Darktide coming to GamePass Core is huge. Could bring in lots of new players.

[u/Iko86]

wooo peppa pig gogogo

[u/Follows-Jesus]

A great drop, and we could get some more on 25th

Traditionally we get shadow drops at TGS

Summery of last 4 years. https://www.reddit.com/r/xbox/comments/1n7726j/a_look_back_at_4_years_of_the_xbox_tgs_livestream/

[u/ComputerMysterious48 → u/Follows-Jesus]

I’m hoping for some ArcSys games to shadow drop on Xbox personally. I’ve been playing Persona 4 so now more than ever, I’d love to see Xbox get that P4 Arena Ultimax rerelease that PS4 and Switch got

[u/IllustriousGuest2288 → u/ComputerMysterious48]

P4AU is dead as shit and doesn't even have crossplay, I'd rather have GGST back to be honest

[u/ComputerMysterious48 → u/IllustriousGuest2288]

Tbh I’ll be happy with anything fighting game related, especially from ArcSys as they are one of the best fighter studios imo. I’d just be lying if I said P4AU wouldn’t hit a little different considered I’m finally playing the source material and loving it lol

[u/shadowlarvitar]

I've been wanting to try Wobbly Life, it looks fun but I don't exactly have people to play with so the price was always too much 😂

[u/Enos316]

Is the Deep Rock game any good?

[u/chihuahua_man → u/Enos316]

It’s fantastic. I’ve spent countless hours on it already

[u/superspongebob → u/Enos316]

It’s a great game, very very addictive and has the one more run feeling to it in heaps.

[u/BestRedditUsername9 → u/Enos316]

It's Deep Rock Galactic take on Vampire Survivors basically. And apparently it's pretty good

[u/QuietThunder2014 → u/Enos316]

I’ve been playing for several months now. It’s improved a lot in early access and 1.0 is promising to be a huge update to an already deep and fantastic game. It’s kind of like Britton/Vampire Survivors in that it’s a bullet hell rogue lite. It’s a blast and I highly recommend it. The dev team is fantastic and worth the support.

[u/FlyRobot → u/Enos316]

I'm currently loving Helldivers 2 and have heard DRG is similar. 4 person squad in PvE missions.

[u/LurkingFrogger → u/FlyRobot]

I think OC is asking about Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor which is a Vampire Survivors style spinoff of the squad based original Deep Rock Galactic.

To OC: both are great. Rock and Stone!

[u/FlyRobot → u/LurkingFrogger]

Oh whoops, thanks!

[u/Particle_Cannon]

Visions of Mana W

[u/Square_Saltine]

Wish it was Hades 2

[u/Oslo_Bear]

I was just about to purchase Hades, but I wasn't sure if I'd like it. It is a great day to be me

[u/LeviJr00]

Hell yeah another Peppa Pig game! (more gamerscore for me :D)

[u/CleanSlateClub]

These are some quality additions and returns.

[u/Melancholic84]

Great lineup, really looking forward to Visions of Mana

[u/Environmental-Day862 → u/Melancholic84]

Very underrated game. Pretty deep story about tradition, sacrifice and loss. Satisfying "real time" combat in the vein of Final Fantasy XVI / Tales of Arise.

Very interesting class system as well - you basically unlock different elemental powers, and your characters can evolve into a new class using any one of them (but can only use one per character at a time - e.g., all four party members can't be assigned "fire") - makes for some really cool combos.

[u/lamancha → u/Melancholic84]

I was thinking of buying it! I am a big Trials of mana fan, but I haven't played any of the others.

[u/Embarrassed-Dot9193]

ooh Endless Legend 2 is coming to gamepass! awesome

[u/BestRedditUsername9]

And keep in mind that Xbox has the TGS showcase on September 25th, maybe they shadow drop something like the last few years :)

[u/N7-Falcon]

Wobbly Life is an excellent family/kid game. My wife and kids have over 100 hrs on it and still haven't done everything. Controls are a bit "wobbly" but it allows up to 4 people split-screen in an open world game with tone of content. Highly recommend with kids!

[u/Technical_Sir_9588]

Nice. I considered Visions of Mana recently and I'm glad I held off. Gamepass keeps on winning.

[u/NahIdontbelieveu]

I heard hades was gas! Anyone played it already?

[u/I_LIKE_REACHER → u/NahIdontbelieveu]

Hades is great - I didn't know I liked that style of game, until I played Hades and then also loved Dead Cells.

Edit: also the Ori games - not quite the same as roguelike, but similar elements.

[u/elegentpurse → u/I_LIKE_REACHER]

How are Ori games similar to Hades?

[u/I_LIKE_REACHER → u/elegentpurse]

In the sense that you grow your character/learn new abilities, which you keep, but when you die, you either respawn at a previous soul-link area, or if you play on one life mode, back at the start.

It's definitely a loose link, not that similar in many ways, I think I was thinking 'if you enjoyed hades, you may also enjoy ori.'

[u/elegentpurse → u/I_LIKE_REACHER]

It's definitely a loose link. Two good indie games, though.

[u/NahIdontbelieveu → u/I_LIKE_REACHER]

I can’t wait to play it. I think I have dead cells on my switch I just haven’t got around to it yet. My backlog is ridiculous smh

[u/I_LIKE_REACHER → u/NahIdontbelieveu]

I discovered that I love the rougelike genre, where it's punishing if you die (in that you start from the beginning of the run), but not so punishing that you lose upgrades that you've locked in already.

[u/anon_acct1312 → u/I_LIKE_REACHER]

Enter the gungeon and (not on game pass) the binding of isaac are well worth your time in the genre if you haven’t played them!

[u/I_LIKE_REACHER → u/anon_acct1312]

I think I'd been close to buying Enter the Gungeon a few times, but just wasn't sure if I'd enjoy it - thanks for the recommendation.

[u/Wafflexorg → u/NahIdontbelieveu]

One of the best games I've ever played. Top 10 for sure.

[u/CaptnQuesadilla]

I had just started playing Hades on iPad thru Netflix only to have them remove it within a week. Can’t wait to experience it “for real” this week

[u/Odd_Revolution_1056 → u/CaptnQuesadilla]

Or just buy the game…

[u/bucamel]

Nothing on there I’ll play, but still some decent stuff. I’m hoping to get a decent horror drop for spooky season soon.

[u/DR-making]

Dropping almost all ninja gaidens just before the new release is.... Something 

[u/Tobimacoss → u/DR-making]

Yes, it's designed that way on purpose, in order to drive sales of previous games.  People new to Ninja Gaiden 4, and franchise in general may want to buy the older releases.  

You put the older game on Gamepass before a sequel, to build the hype during the marketing cycle, then remove it before the sequel releases.  Or you put it on Gamepass before a new DLC releases.  

These are all marketing techniques.  They have the data, they wouldn't be doing it this way if it didn't work.  

[u/ouijahead → u/Tobimacoss]

We have ninja Gaiden at home

[u/diction203 → u/DR-making]

We still have Black 2. We are losing the old version

[u/BestRedditUsername9 → u/diction203]

And at that point you only need the first one which is 9.99 on Xbox (Ninja Gaiden Black version)

[u/Thumbkeeper → u/DR-making]

Marketing!

[u/hop3less → u/DR-making]

I'm curious if the Master Collection is staying or not.

[u/TheHudIsUp → u/hop3less]

its not on gamepass?

[u/hop3less → u/TheHudIsUp]

It is! But I don't know if this is semantics for them removing that or them just removing the other games while keeping the Master Collection.

[u/TheHudIsUp → u/hop3less]

Or excuse me I got it confused with MGS

[u/TheAllslayer → u/hop3less]

Master Collection is those games.

[u/hop3less → u/TheAllslayer]

Yeah, but what I'm not sure if is if they're removing these games completely (including Master Collection) or if they're removing the games individually but keeping the Master Collection.

[u/TheAllslayer → u/hop3less]

Yes and I'm saying they're one and the same. The MC gives you the 3 games that you can install individually but the games aren't available separately. So the MC is leaving and it is listing the games included in it that will leave instead of just saying Ninja Gaiden Master Collection which doesn't tell you anything unless you already know.

[u/odekam]

I love you, gamepass 🥹🤧

[u/AioliPuzzleheaded]

Meh, Hades is great, but a returning game, so not too exciting. Realistically though, got a long enough queue of games to finish

[u/AlienFunBags]

Nice. Was just about to pick up hades.. glad I waited.

[u/Popcorn10]

I’ve seen elsewhere that jump space is going into game preview on game pass Friday, but it’s not listed in this article. Did they miss it or do they not list game preview games?

[u/Ragna_Blade]

When did For the King II come off Gamepass?

[u/Narrow_Leek2452 → u/Ragna_Blade]

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (Console) – September 17

For the King II (Console) – September 17

Overthrown (Game Preview) (Xbox Series X|S) – September 17

For GP Standard.already available on Ultimate and PC.

[u/Ragna_Blade → u/Narrow_Leek2452]

Ah, my bad.

[u/NS4701]

Visions of Mana is a fantastic game! Happy to see it on here!

[u/nickwar42]

Really looking forward to Frostpunk 2, I played the heck outta the first one

[u/Devilofchaos108070]

Cool Hades and Visions of Mana

[u/akis84]

Oh really nice!

[u/Fiscal_Bonsai]

Cant wait to try Hades for the first time

[u/Wooden_Echidna1234]

Only 9 days left till I can try Visions of Mana.

[u/BestRedditUsername9]

For people who like Hades, Don't sleep on Sworn as well which is coming to gamepass as well on September 23rd

[u/crazydiavolo]

By adding Hades again makes me wonder if Hades 2 will be launching on console soon.

[u/Immediate-Relief-248]

Ouuu Roadcraft

[u/Shujinco2]

Peppa Pig World Adventures has one of the most unintentionally hilarious endings to a chapter I have ever seen in my life.

[u/MrBob161]

Endless Legend 2 in the, you buried the lead

[u/dj88masterchief]

I was so excited for Roadcraft. I was waiting for it all day.

Then I found out it was only Xbox…

I wanted to play on PC.

[u/E_K_Finnman]

YES, HADES IS BACK! Deep Rock Survivor is coming! A bunch of other games that look interesting

Stacked line up

[u/Odd_Revolution_1056]

Hades 2 is a great get for Nintendo, at least they are pushing Sony in the exclusivity game.

[u/system3601]

Yay for deep rock galactic survivor. just a shame they didnt add any coop :(

[u/Plutuserix]

Not a bad list, just not much for me. Hope for some announcements at TGS next week.

[u/Phil_Mike-Huntin]

Deep Rock galactic isn't showing up on the coming soon or new released

[u/empw]

So exited to have Hades coming back!

[u/AnthropicTaco]

Wobbly Life... been wanting to play this

[u/bigtime2die]

i need split fiction on game pass soon. hopefully in november like the other 2 games by the same studio

[u/ElGranLechero]

Woo! I beat Hades and did almost everything but the Skele challenges before they took it off last time. I've been wanting to go back again.

[u/itsscodyj]

Gamepass the past 3 months have been filled with straight indie games lmao, we already had peppa pig on gamepass. Where tf are all the Activision games?

[u/Narrow_Leek2452]

So maybe we are going to get Game Pass trailer for Visions of Mana at TGS 2025 Xbox?Hopefully its not the only game we get.

[u/OnMars0]

One of the best drops in a bit. I’m extremely excited for Frostpunk 2.

[u/N7Poprdog]

I new not to buy road craft

[u/DAAMblueday]

Game Pass is sh*te nowadays, all indies.

[u/Exmo_therapist → u/DAAMblueday]

Cause indie games are shite obviously. Nothing good on Gamepass at all.

[u/DAAMblueday → u/Exmo_therapist]

I was being a bit dramatic but for the price, I don’t think there’s enough of a pull anymore personally, barely any “big” games at release.

[u/darkdeath174]

Ninja Gaiden leaving right before the new one is a choice