Published Nov 3, 2026, 5:28 PM EST

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November 2026 additions include a new co-op adventure, a kingdom-building game, and a familiar fantasy universe

Warhammer Survivors - Key Art - 3840x2160 (No Logo) Image: Auroch Digital

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Xbox Game Pass subscribers have another batch of games to look forward to as Microsoft expands its subscription library with new additions throughout November. The latest announcement includes everything from a new co-op escape room adventure to a minimalist kingdom-building strategy game and a bullet-heaven spin-off set in the Warhammer universe.

Among the biggest additions are Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School, Thronefall, and Warhammer Survivors, with all three arriving before the middle of November. Here's what to know about these games and everything else coming to Xbox Game Pass.

Everything coming to Game Pass soon

One of the biggest additions is Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School, the sequel to Coin Crew Games' 2022 puzzle adventure. Arriving Nov. 5, the game expands the escape room formula into an open-world experience, with online and local two-player co-op allowing friends to explore a school campus and solve puzzles together.

Another notable addition is Warhammer Survivors, an officially licensed bullet-heaven game developed by Auroch Digital in partnership with Vampire Survivors creator poncle. Launching Nov. 10, it brings Warhammer champions, enemy factions, and weapons into the survival formula, with players unleashing barrages of bullets, blades, and magic.

Back 2 School. Image: Coin Crew Games/iam8bit Presents

Here's the complete list of upcoming releases and when subscribers can expect to play them:

  • Football Manager 27 (PC) – Available now (Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass)
  • Pit of Goblin (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, PC) – Available now (Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass)
  • Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, handheld, PC) – Nov. 4 (Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass; Game Pass Premium)
  • Void/Breaker (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, PC) – Nov. 4 (Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass)
  • Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, handheld, PC) – Nov. 5 (Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass)
  • Firefighting Simulator: Ignite (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, PC) – Nov. 5 (Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass)
  • MySims Cozy Bundle (Cloud, console, PC) – Nov. 5 (Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass)
  • Football Manager 2027 Console (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, PC) – Nov. 10 (Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass)
  • Warhammer Survivors (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, handheld, PC) – Nov. 10 (Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass)
  • Tanuki: Pon's Summer (Cloud, console, PC) – Nov. 10 (Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass)
  • Hope in the City (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, PC) – Nov. 11 (Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass)
  • Thronefall (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, handheld, PC) – Nov. 11 (Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass)
  • John Carpenter's Toxic Commando (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, PC) – Nov. 12 (Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass)
  • Aphelion (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, handheld, PC) – Nov. 17 (Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass; Game Pass Premium)
  • Paw Patrol: Dino World (Cloud, console, PC) – Nov. 17 (Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass)
Banjo Kazooie v. Mario 64 Banjo & Kazooie during their opening theme songImage: Rare

Microsoft also revealed that eight additional games will join the Game Pass Essential library on Nov. 15. These include several recognizable Xbox favorites, such as the original Banjo-Kazooie trilogy, Perfect Dark, and both Viva Piñata games. Here's the full list:

  • Banjo-Kazooie
  • Banjo-Tooie
  • Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
  • Gears of War: Judgment
  • Halo: Spartan Assault
  • Perfect Dark
  • Viva Piñata
  • Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise

Games leaving Xbox Game Pass in November

moonlighter-shop A shopkeep tending to customers in their cozy adventuring outpost.Image: 11 bit studios

As usual, the new additions also come alongside a batch of departures. Microsoft confirmed that 13 games will leave the Xbox Game Pass library on Nov. 15. Subscribers have until then to play the following titles:

  • 1000xResist
  • Barbie Horse Trails
  • Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2
  • Firefighting Simulator: The Squad
  • GoldenEye 007
  • Great God Grove
  • Moonlighter
  • Pigeon Simulator
  • Police Simulator: Patrol Officers
  • Relic Hunters Legend
  • Total Chaos
  • Winter Burrow
  • Wreckfest