Summary
- The Xbox Game Pass Leaving Soon section has been updated, indicating that several games will be removed on September 15, although Microsoft has not provided an official announcement yet.
- Among the games leaving the service in September 2023, Metal: Hellsinger, Fuga: Melodies of Steel, Civilization 6, and Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony Anniversary Edition may be the ones fans will miss the most.
- Despite the departure of these games, Xbox Game Pass subscribers still have exciting titles to look forward to in September, such as Starfield and Payday 3, ensuring a variety of options to play.
It's a new month, and so the Xbox Game Pass Leaving Soon section has been updated to give fans an idea of which titles they can expect to see make their departure from the subscription service. The official rundown isn't available from Microsoft yet, and so it's not 100% clear the exact date these games will be removed from Xbox Game Pass, but the most likely scenario is that they will all be getting the boot on September 15.
The official Xbox Game Pass announcement for the first half of September 2023 is expected to come on Tuesday, September 5 or thereabouts. At that point, Microsoft will highlight all the new Xbox Game Pass games coming to the service in the first half of September 2023, while also revealing which titles are leaving on September 15. It's possible all eight of these games will be listed for the September 15 removal date, but there's also a chance that some of the listed games will instead be removed on September 30, so fans should keep that in mind.
In any case, the eight games confirmed to be getting removed from Xbox Game Pass in September 2023 are Train Sim World 3: Standard Edition, Metal: Hellsinger, Fuga: Melodies of Steel, Civilization 6, Tainted Grail: Conquest, Aragami 2, DC League of Super-Pets: The Adventures of Krypto and Ace, and Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony Anniversary Edition. Anyone that navigates to the Xbox Game Pass Leaving Soon section will see that Metal: Hellsinger is actually listed twice, but that's because its Xbox One version is listed separately from the Xbox Series X/S version.
Xbox Game Pass Games Leaving Soon List
- Aragami 2
- Civilization 6
- Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony Anniversary Edition
- DC League of Super-Pets: The Adventures of Krypto and Ace
- Fuga: Melodies of Steel
- Metal: Hellsinger
- Tainted Grail: Conquest
- Train Sim World 3: Standard Edition
Out of these games, the ones that fans may be saddest to see go are Metal: Hellsinger, Fuga: Melodies of Steel, Civilization 6, and Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony. Metal: Hellsinger is a rhythm FPS game that earned mostly positive reviews and was even nominated for an award at The Game Awards 2022. Fuga: Melodies of Steel, meanwhile, is a strategy game that earned similarly positive reviews, and recently got a sequel that earned even more critical acclaim.
Civilization 6 really needs no introduction as the latest installment in the long-running strategy game series. Its console version wasn't nearly as popular as the PC port, but it's still sad to see it removed from the service. And of course, the Danganronpa series has a very dedicated following, and they will no doubt be sad to see Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony Anniversary Edition removed from the Xbox Game Pass lineup.
On the bright side, there are a lot of big games coming to Xbox Game Pass in September 2023 for fans to look forward to, including Starfield, Soulslike game Lies of P, Payday 3, and more. So even though these eight games are leaving Xbox Game Pass in September 2023, fans should still have no shortage of things to play.