Xbox Game Pass has quickly become one of the best values in video games.
Available in over 40 markets globally, the service just celebrated its first anniversary on June 1st. For $9.99/month, you get access to over one hundred titles for download and at E3 2018, Microsoft announced even more value will be coming to the service in its second year.
At the company’s press event on Sunday, they announced that several high-profile titles will be joining the service including Fallout 4, The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited and Tom Clancy’s The Division. In addition to first-party titles launching day and date on the service (like Forza Horizon 4, Crackdown 3 and Gears 5), the company will also launch select ID @ Xbox titles on Xbox Game Pass on the same day as their retail release. This includes Warhammer: Vermintide 2, Ashen, Afterparty and Phoenix Point.
Sneak peek at your future indie favorites coming soon to Xbox Game Pass 👇 More at https://t.co/4MjdIDMjnx. pic.twitter.com/pXowTh5HFS
— Xbox (@Xbox) June 10, 2018
As bandwidth and storage media gets cheaper, it was inevitable that gaming would adopt this type of model. Even though Xbox Game Pass is not the first (OnLive, Gaikai/PlayStation Now) and is a little different from a game-streaming service (you download the titles instead of streaming them) it is definitely the most well-executed. With the aggressive promotion of this program, Xbox Game Pass is a market disruptor that should be on the tongue of every single video game player. The owner of an English game shop was quoted by GamesIndustry.Biz earlier this year saying that “…for the consumer, Xbox Game Pass is fantastic. For retail, it just kills us outright”.
But how much value does Xbox Game Pass truly pack?
The answer is $3,063.64.
We calculated this figure by examining the regular price of each title on the US service as of June 12, 2018 (not including sales or bundles). A surprising amount of value for $9.99 per month.
Some retailers are still running 50% Xbox Game Pass 6-month subscriptions and Microsoft is running a $1/first month promotion on the service as well.
For a detailed breakdown of all of the announcements from the Microsoft event, check out our liveblog from the event. Scholarly Gamers will be providing continued coverage of E3 2018, all week long.
Title | Platform | Price (USD) | Notes |
#IDARB | XB1 | $14.99 | |
10 Second Ninja X | XB1 | $9.99 | |
A Kingdom for Keflings | 360 | $9.99 | |
Alien Hominid HD | 360 | $9.99 | |
Banjo-Kazooie | 360 | $14.99 | |
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts | 360 | $14.99 | |
Banjo-Tooie | 360 | $14.99 | |
Bard’s Gold | XB1 | $4.99 | |
BattleBlock Theater | 360 | $14.99 | |
Bayonetta | 360 | $19.99 | |
Bomberman Battlefest | 360 | $9.99 | |
Braid | 360 | $9.99 | |
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons | XB1 | $24.99 | |
Casey Powell Lacrosse 16 | XB1 | $49.99 | |
CastleStorm | 360 | $9.99 | |
Cities: Skylines | XB1 | $39.99 | |
Cluster Truck | XB1 | $14.99 | |
Comic Jumper | 360 | $14.99 | |
Costume Quest 2 | XB1 | $14.99 | |
Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition | XB1 | $29.99 | |
Darksiders: Warmastered Edition | XB1 | $19.99 | |
Dead Island: Definitive Edition | XB1 | $19.99 | |
Dead Rising 3 | XB1 | $29.99 | *Definitive Edition Bundle |
Deadlight: Director’s Cut | XB1 | $14.99 | |
Defense Grid | 360 | $9.99 | |
Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition | XB1 | $24.99 | |
DmC Devil May Cry: Definitive Edition | XB1 | $39.99 | |
Dirt Rally | XB1 | $39.99 | |
Disneyland Adventures | XB1 | $29.99 | |
Double Dragon Neon | 360 | $9.99 | |
Dovetail Games Euro Fishing | XB1 | $18.49 | |
Electronic Super Joy | XB1 | $9.99 | |
F1 2015 | XB1 | $39.99 | |
Fable Anniversary | 360 | $9.99 | |
Fable II | 360 | $4.99 | |
Fable III | 360 | $4.99 | |
Fallout 4 | XB1 | $39.99 | |
Farming Simulator 15 | XB1 | $39.99 | |
Fuzion Frenzy | Xbox | $9.99 | |
Galaga Legions DX | 360 | $9.99 | |
Garou: Mark of the Wolves | 360 | $9.99 | |
Gears of War | 360 | $14.99 | |
Gears of War 2 | 360 | $19.99 | |
Gears of War 3 | 360 | $19.99 | |
Gears of War 4 | XB1 | $39.99 | |
Gears of War: Judgment | 360 | $19.99 | |
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition | XB1 | $19.99 | *Day One Version |
Grid 2 | 360 | $24.99 | |
Guacamelee: Super Turbo Championship Edition | XB1 | $14.99 | |
Halo 5: Guardians | XB1 | $24.99 | |
Halo Wars 2 | XB1 | $39.99 | *Bundle |
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition | XB1 | $19.99 | |
Halo: Spartan Assault | XB1 | $4.99 | |
Homefront: The Revolution | XB1 | $29.99 | |
Hue | XB1 | $14.99 | |
Injustice: Gods Among Us | 360 | $19.99 | |
Joe Danger: Special Edition | 360 | $9.99 | |
Joy Ride Turbo | 360 | $9.99 | |
JumpJet Rex | XB1 | $9.99 | |
Kameo | 360 | $9.99 | |
Kingdom: New Lands | XB1 | $14.99 | |
Knight Squad | XB1 | $14.99 | |
KOF98UM | 360 | $9.99 | |
Laser League | XB1 | $14.99 | |
Late Shift | XB1 | $12.49 | |
Layers of Fear | XB1 | $19.99 | |
LEGO Star Wars: TCS | 360 | $19.99 | |
Letter Quest: Grimm’s Journey | XB1 | $9.99 | |
Limbo | XB1 | $4.99 | |
Mad Max | XB1 | $19.99 | |
Maldita Castilla EX: Cursed Castle | XB1 | $11.99 | |
Mass Effect | 360 | $4.99 | |
Massive Chalice | XB1 | $19.99 | |
Max: The Curse of Brotherhood | XB1 | $14.99 | |
Mega Coin Squad | XB1 | $14.99 | |
Mega Man 10 | 360 | $9.99 | *Also in Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 |
Mega Man 9 | 360 | $9.99 | *Also in Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 |
Mega Man Legacy Collection | XB1 | $14.99 | |
Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 | XB1 | $19.99 | |
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes | XB1 | $3.99 | |
Metal Slug 3 | 360 | $9.99 | |
Metal Slug XX | 360 | $14.99 | |
Metro: Last Light Redux | XB1 | $19.99 | |
Monaco: What’s Yours Is Mine | 360 | $14.99 | |
MotoGP 17 | XB1 | $49.99 | |
MX vs. ATV Reflex | 360 | $29.99 | |
NBA Playgrounds | XB1 | $19.99 | |
Ninja Gaiden Black | Xbox | $9.99 | |
Oddworld: New ‘N’ Tasty | XB1 | $19.99 | |
OlliOlli | XB1 | $9.99 | |
Overcooked | XB1 | $16.99 | |
Oxenfree | XB1 | $19.99 | |
Pac-Man Museum | 360 | $19.99 | |
Payday 2: Crimewave Edition | XB1 | $19.99 | |
Perfect Dark Zero | 360 | $14.99 | |
Pharaonic | XB1 | $15.99 | |
Portal Knights | XB1 | $19.99 | |
Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 | XB1 | $39.99 | |
Pumped BMX | XB1 | $9.99 | |
ReCore | XB1 | $19.99 | |
Resident Evil 0 | XB1 | $19.99 | |
Resident Evil 6 | XB1 | $19.99 | |
Resident Evil HD | XB1 | $19.99 | |
Resident Evil Revalations 2 (Ep. 1 to 4) | XB1 | $19.99 | |
Rime | XB1 | $29.99 | |
Riptide GP: Renegade | XB1 | $9.99 | |
Rise of the Tomb Raider | XB1 | $59.99 | *Anniversary Bundle Only |
Robocraft Infinity | XB1 | $19.99 | |
Sacred Citadel | 360 | $2.49 | |
Saints Row IV: Re-elected | XB1 | $19.99 | |
Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell | XB1 | $3.74 | |
Samurai Showdown II | 360 | $7.99 | |
ScreamRide | 360 | $4.99 | |
Sea of Thieves | XB1 | $59.99 | |
Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse | XB1 | $19.99 | |
Sherlock Holmes: The Devi’s Daughter | XB1 | $19.99 | |
Sky Force Anniversary | XB1 | $9.99 | |
So Many Me | XB1 | $14.99 | |
Sonic and Knuckles | 360 | $2.99 | |
Sonic CD | 360 | $4.99 | |
SoulCalibur II HD | 360 | $19.99 | |
Spelunky | 360 | $14.99 | |
Splosion Man | 360 | $9.99 | |
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic | Xbox | $9.99 | |
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed | 360 | $19.99 | |
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II | 360 | $19.99 | |
State of Decay 2 | XB1 | $29.99 | |
State of Decay: Year One | XB1 | $29.99 | |
Steredenn | XB1 | $12.99 | |
Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition | 360 | $29.99 | |
Sunset Overdrive | XB1 | $29.99 | |
Super Lucky’s Tale | XB1 | $29.99 | |
Super Mega Baseball: Extra Innings | XB1 | $19.99 | |
Super Time Force | XB1 | $14.99 | |
Tecmo Bowl Throwback | 360 | $9.99 | |
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 | 360 | $19.99 | |
Terraria | XB1 | $19.99 | |
The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 | XB1 | $19.99 | |
The Bridge | 360 | $9.99 | |
The Bug Butcher | XB1 | $9.99 | |
The Escapists | XB1 | $19.99 | |
The Final Station | XB1 | $14.99 | |
The Flame in the Flood | XB1 | $19.99 | |
The Golf Club | XB1 | $29.99 | |
The Hunter: Call of the Wild | XB1 | $39.99 | |
The Swapper | XB1 | $14.99 | |
The Technomancer | XB1 | $39.99 | |
The War of Mine: The Little Ones | XB1 | $19.99 | |
The World of Van Helsing: Deathtrap | XB1 | $19.99 | |
This War of Mine: The Little Ones | XB1 | $19.99 | |
Tom Clancy’s: The Division | XB1 | $49.99 | |
Tower of Guns | XB1 | $14.99 | |
Toy Soldiers | 360 | $9.99 | |
Toy Soldiers: Cold War | 360 | $14.99 | |
Ultratron | XB1 | $9.99 | |
Unmechanical: Extended | XB1 | $9.99 | |
Viva Pinata | 360 | $14.99 | |
Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise | 360 | $14.99 | |
Wasteland 2: Director’s Cut | XB1 | $39.99 | |
WRC 5: World Rally Championship | XB1 | $34.99 | |
Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection | XB1 | $29.99 |