Xbox Game Pass is losing eight titles later today, July 31. The departures include some of the service’s highest-rated games and will bring the total number of Xbox Game Pass July 2026 removals to 18.
A mid-month update to the Xbox app initially listed seven Xbox Game Pass departures for the July 31 catalog rotation. One more game has been added to the list since then: Whiskerwood, a cozy city builder that has been on the service since November 2025.
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Crusader Kings 3 and 7 Other Titles Leaving Xbox Game Pass Today
Xbox Game Pass is thus set to lose eight titles in total on July 31. The list of removals is headlined by Celeste, a renowned platformer with a 92 average score on OpenCritic, which makes it one of the highest-rated games in Microsoft’s subscription catalog. The departure wave also includes Crusader Kings 3, a comparably acclaimed title with a 91 average score on OpenCritic. Beyond those two titles and Whiskerwood, the Xbox Game Pass July 31 removals encompass My Friendly Neighborhood, Back to the Dawn, Sniper Elite: Resistance, Rain World, and Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord.
All Xbox Game Pass Games Leaving Today (July 31, 2026)
[▲] Game
[▲▲] Added
Stint Duration
[▲] OpenCritic Avg.
How Long To Beat
My Friendly Neighborhood
Jul 2025
1 year
79
5–14 hours
Whiskerwood
Nov 2025
8 months
N/A
~14
Back to the Dawn
Jul 2025
1 year
79
29–73 hours
Celeste
Aug 2023
2 years, 11 months
92
8–39 hours
Crusader Kings III
Sep 2020
5 years, 10 months
91
73–586 hours
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
Feb 2023
3 years, 5 months
76
53–171 hours
Rain World
Aug 2025
11 months
69
20–70 hours
Sniper Elite: Resistance
Jan 2025
1 year, 6 months
73
9–27 hours
In addition to being one of the highest-rated games in Microsoft’s subscription catalog, Crusader Kings 3 is also among its longest-serving titles. It originally joined Xbox Game Pass as a day-one release in September 2020 and is now set to leave after nearly six years. This marks the second departure of a similarly long-serving game in just over a month, after Payday 2 ended its 9-year-stint on Xbox Game Pass in late June 2026.
Xbox Game Pass 2026 Stats: Monthly Catalog Changes
Dominik Bošnjak / Game Rant | Source images: Xbox, Wishfully / Thunderful Publishing
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Added
Removed
Net
YoY Change
January
18
12
+6 games
+5
February
20
5
+15 games
+23
March
16
8
+8 games
+16
April
18
14
+4 games
+4
May
19
10
+9 games
+2
June
15
13
+2 games
-2
July
15
18
-3 games
-11
Total
124
80
+44 games
+40 vs 2025
With the upcoming departures, Microsoft’s subscription library will have lost 18 titles in July 2026 while adding only 15, excluding XGP Premium-only releases. July will therefore become the first month of 2026 in which Xbox Game Pass removes more games than it adds.
Whether Microsoft’s flagship gaming service returns to growth next month remains to be seen. For now, Xbox Game Pass has four confirmed August 2026 releases, including Beast of Reincarnation, an original action RPG from Pokemon developer Game Freak.
