There's still no denying that Microsoft is onto a winner with Xbox Game Pass, and May 2022 brings another bevvy of exciting free titles onto the much-loved subscription service.
Accessing an ever-growing library of free games for a small monthly fee has long been what everyone loves about Xbox Game Pass. It's a great way to discover new titles that you'd otherwise miss altogether.
And it'll be interesting to see if the revamped PlayStation Plus can earn similar amounts of love when it launches next month.
In the here and now, May 2022 is a great month to be an Xbox Game Pass subscriber, with a nice big pile of new games dropping on the service during this period.
So, keep on reading and we'll run through what Xbox Game Pass members have got to enjoy this month.
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Xbox Game Pass games: New free titles for May 2022
The new free Xbox Game Pass games for May 2022 are:
- NBA 2K22 (cloud, console) - available now
- Loot River (cloud, console, PC) - available now
- Trek to Yomi (cloud, console, PC) - available now
- Citizen Sleeper (cloud, console, PC) - available now
- Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair Anniversary Edition (cloud, console, PC) - available now
- Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising (cloud, console, PC) - available now
- This War of Mine: Final Cut (cloud, console, PC) - available now
- NHL 22 (console via EA Play) - available 12th May
- Sniper Elite 5 - coming to console on 26th May
As soon as we know the Xbox Game Pass games for June, we'll be sure to update this page. There will probably be another batch of May games announced, too.
Xbox Games with Gold for May 2022
Xbox Live Gold members and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members will also get the following games in May 2022 as part of the 'Games with Gold' perk:
- Yoku’s Island Express - available from 1st May to 31st May
- The Inner World – The Last Wind Monk - available from 16th May to 15th June
- Hydro Thunder Hurricane - available from 1st May to 15th May
- Viva Piñata Party Animals - available 16th May to 31st May
When the Xbox Games with Gold for June are confirmed, we will update this section.
Which games are leaving Xbox Game Pass?
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Definitive Edition left Xbox Game Pass (cloud and console) on 10th May.
The following games are leaving Xbox Game Pass on 15th May, so play them while you can!
- Enter The Gungeon (cloud, console, PC)
- Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster (console, PC)
- Remnant: From the Ashes (cloud, console, PC)
- Steep (cloud, console)
- The Catch: Carp and Coarse (cloud, console, PC)
- The Wild at Heart (cloud, console, PC)
Once we learn which games are leaving in June, we'll be sure to update this page. And there could be more to go in May, as well.
What other Xbox Game Pass games are coming up?
Looking further into the future, the following Xbox Game Pass games have been confirmed for upcoming releases on the service:
- Two Point Campus - coming to console and PC on 9th August
- Starfield - coming to Xbox Series X and PC from 11th November
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 (date TBC)
- A Plague Tale: Requiem (date TBC)
- Archvale (date TBC)
- As Dusk Falls (date TBC)
- Astria Ascending (date TBC)
- Atomic Heart (date TBC)
- Avowed (date TBC)
- Bushiden (date TBC)
- Chinatown Detective Agency (date TBC)
- Contraband (date TBC)
- Craftopia (date TBC)
- Dead Static Drive (date TBC)
- Dodgeball Academia (date TBC)
- Eiyuden Chronicle Hundred Heroes (date TBC)
- Elder Scrolls 6 (date TBC)
- Fable (date TBC)
- Flynn: Son of Crimson (date TBC)
- Forza Motorsport (date TBC)
- Hello Neighbor 2 (date TBC)
- Library of Ruina (date TBC)
- Little Witch in the Woods (date TBC)
- Midnight Fight Express (date TBC)
- Next Space Rebels (date TBC)
- Nobody Saves the World (date TBC)
- Omno (date TBC)
- Party Animals (date TBC)
- Redfall (date TBC)
- Replaced (date TBC)
- Senua's Saga: Hellblade II (date TBC)
- She Dreams Elsewhere (date TBC)
- Shredders (date TBC)
- Signalis (date TBC)
- Slime Rancher 2 (date TBC)
- Somerville (date TBC)
- State of Decay 3 (date TBC)
- The Outer Worlds 2 (date TBC)
- Unsighted (date TBC)
- Warhammer 40,000: Darktide (date TBC)
- Way to the Woods (date TBC)
And that's your lot in terms of what's coming up! We'll be sure to let you know about all those future Xbox Game Pass games as we learn more about them. And with Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard, there could be a lot of new games to add to that list in the coming months.
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