We’ve seen a few Xbox Game Pass “shadow drops” in 2025 already, with two notable examples being Ninja Gaiden 2 Black and Balatro, and it’s been teased that more will be on the way – to be announced on social media at some point.
This was quietly mentioned on the official Xbox website this week, and here’s exactly what was said:
“As always you can keep an eye on our social media channels for Game Pass, PC Game Pass, and Xbox for when these games are ready to play (and where you’ll find our shadow drop announcements too!). Will be back with more games, talk soon!”
Obviously this tease doesn’t mention any shadow drops are imminent, although it has been rumoured recently that Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time might arrive on the service at some point soon, so perhaps that’s next in line?
In any case, we’re seeing a great amount of praise cropping up on social media for Xbox Game Pass at the moment based around its “coming soon” section, with various fans pointing out the impressive upcoming lineup featuring Atomfall, South of Midnight, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, DOOM: The Dark Ages and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4.
Here are just a couple of examples:
It’s always nice to see Xbox Game Pass getting its flowers, and of course, there’s actually so much more coming to Xbox Game Pass in 2025 that isn’t mentioned here! We’re not really sure why Xbox excludes so many upcoming XGP titles from lineups like this, but altogether there are around 50 titles confirmed for the rest of 2025 right now.
We’ll throw the full list of Xbox Game Pass titles for 2025 below, and be sure to let us know how you’re feeling about the lineup in the comments.
What shadow drops do you want to see next for Xbox Game Pass? Come and tell us!
[source news.xbox.com]
