Microsoft has officially announced the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Wave 1 lineup for October 2025. The roster includes ten titles, headlined by Ninja Gaiden 4, which is scheduled to reach Xbox Game Pass Ultimate on October 21.

Ryu in Ninja Gaiden 4

Microsoft typically announces new Xbox Game Pass lineups on Tuesdays. The company deviated from that pattern this time around, saving the reveal of its first October 2025 roster for a Wednesday.

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Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Announces Wave 1 Lineup for October 2025

The new lineup numbers ten games, four of which were already known to be coming to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. The remainder includes Supermarket Simulator, The Casting of Frank Stone, The Grinch: Christmas Adventures, and Evil West. Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition and Baldur's Gate 2: Enhanced Edition are also part of the lineup, but they won't be new games to all subscribers, as their cloud and console versions have been available on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate since June 2025, with Microsoft now planning to add their PC originals.

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A glowing white Xbox Game Pass Ultimate logo over a blurred and green-tinted promo gameplay screenshot for Uvula and Annapurna Interactive's To a T.

Supermarket Simulator is already available as of this writing, having essentially been shadow-dropped with no prior notice. Apart from Ultimate, the 3D management sim is also available on the recently launched Xbox Game Pass Premium tier, which replaced the XGP Standard subscription. The revamped membership includes access to PC games, which its Standard counterpart did not, but it's also $3 more expensive, coming in at $17.99 a month. Existing XGP Standard members were grandfathered in at the old rate, which they’ll retain as long as they remain subscribed.

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Three more titles will be expanding to Xbox Game Pass Premium on October 15: Eternal Strands, Ninja Gaiden 2 Black, and He Is Coming. Ninja Gaiden 2 Black and Eternal Strands have been available on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate since January 2025, whereas the Game Preview version of He Is Coming was added back in July 2025. Ninja Gaiden 4 rounds off the Wave 1 roster for this month. Since its October 21 release falls on a Tuesday, Microsoft is likely to revert to its usual practice of Tuesday lineup announcements for the second half of the month.

New and Upcoming Xbox Game Pass Games With Confirmed Release Dates

Game

Game Pass Tier(s)

Platform(s)

Date

Notes

Supermarket Simulator

Ultimate, PC, Premium

Cloud, Console, PC

Oct 8

Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition

Ultimate, Premium, PC

PC

Oct 9

Console and cloud versions available since Jun 2025.

Baldur's Gate 2: Enhanced Edition

Ultimate, Premium, PC

PC

Oct 9

Console and cloud versions available since Jun 2025.

The Casting of Frank Stone

Ultimate, Premium, PC

Cloud, PC, Series X/S

Oct 14

Ball x Pitt

Ultimate, PC

Cloud, PC, Series X/S

Oct 15

Day-one release.

The Grinch: Christmas Adventures

Ultimate, Premium, PC

Cloud, Console, PC

Oct 15

Eternal Strands

Premium

Cloud, PC, Series X/S

Oct 15

Available on XGP Ultimate and PC GP since Jan 2025.

He Is Coming

Premium

PC

Oct 15

Game Preview; available on XGP Ultimate and PC GP since Jul 2025.

Ninja Gaiden 2 Black

Premium

Cloud, PC, Series X/S

Oct 15

Available on XGP Ultimate and PC GP since Jan 2025.

Pax Dei

Ultimate, PC

PC

Oct 16

Day-one 1.0 release.

Keeper

Ultimate, PC

Cloud, PC, Series X/S

Oct 17

Day-one release.

Ninja Gaiden 4

Ultimate, PC

Cloud, PC, Series X/S

Oct 21

Day-one release.

Evil West

Ultimate, Premium, PC

Cloud, Console, PC

Oct 21

Returning title, last available in the Mar 2024–Mar 2025 period.

Bounty Star

Ultimate, PC

PC, Series X/S

Oct 23

Day-one release.

PowerWash Simulator 2

Ultimate, PC

Cloud, PC, Series X/S

Oct 23

Day-one release.

The Outer Worlds 2

Ultimate, PC

Cloud, PC, Series X/S

Oct 29

Day-one release.

Football Manager 26

Ultimate, PC

Cloud, PC, Series X/S

Nov 4

Day-one release.

Winter Burrow

Ultimate, PC

Cloud, Console, PC

Nov 12

Day-one release.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7

Ultimate, PC

Console, PC

Nov 14

Day-one release. Cloud version to be confirmed.

Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault

Ultimate, PC

Cloud, PC

Nov 19

Day-one release. Game Preview. XSX version possibly coming to XGP after early access.

Several day-one Xbox Game Pass Ultimate games already have confirmed release dates that place them as part of the platform's yet-to-be-announced Wave 2 lineup for October 2025. These include PowerWash Simulator 2 and Bounty Star, both of which are scheduled to drop on October 23. Obsidian's The Outer Worlds 2 will launch on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate six days later. Before any of them materialize, the service will lose three titles—Cocoon, Core Keeper, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Unleashed—on October 15.