The sequel to the summer Xbox Game Pass will be placed under the sign of independent productions. Seven games will be added to the service by the end of July 2023, including two in day one : Techtonicaan extraterrestrial industry management game in the first person view offered from its Early Access today, and Venbaa narrative cooking game with an Indian family who emigrated to Canada, to be found on July 31.
We will otherwise be entitled to the adventure game and to photograph Tomplatform game The Caveto the original puzzle game Modelon a spiritual adventure Figure 2: Creed Valleya city management game about a giant creature The Wandering VillageAt shoot Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem and the return of the essential Celestial.
Available today
- Techtonica (Game Preview) – July 18 – (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Available from day one with Game Pass: Immerse yourself in the bioluminescent underworld of a rebellious alien planet as you explore and build vast factories in Techtonica. Work alone or cooperatively to master automation, gather resources, research new technologies, shape destructible terrain, establish a base of operations, and uncover long-forgotten secrets. Playable on Cloud, Console and PC.
- Toem (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Go on a fantastic expedition and use your photographer’s eye to uncover the mysteries of the Magic Toem in this hand-drawn adventure game. Chat with eccentric characters, solve their problems by taking beautiful photos and fight your way through a relaxing landscape!
- Mockup (Console and PC) – July 19
Maquette is a recursive first-person puzzle game that takes you into a world where every building, plant, and object is both tiny and impossibly large. Maquette makes this possible by wrapping the world around itself in a recurring, MC Escher-esque way.
- Figment 2: Creed Valley (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 20
Figment 2: Creed Valley is an adventure game that takes place in the human mind. The Nightmares wreak havoc and have invaded the Peaceful Lands. Join Dusty, the courage of the Spirit, and advance through puzzles, fast-paced boss battles, and unique settings.
- The Wandering Village (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 20
The Wetering Village is a city building simulation game on the back of a gigantic wandering creature! Build your colony and start a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you manage to survive together in this hostile and beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?
- Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – July 25
Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem is a new standalone expansion into the world of the classic FPS. Join the fight against Notorious Mental on a journey into the heart of the Russian wilderness, and fight your way through hordes of ignited enemies, in this all-new chapter in the adventures of Sam Stone!
- Venba (Console and PC) – July 31
Available upon release in Game Pass: Derba is a small narrative cooking game in which you play as an Indian mother who immigrated to Canada with her family in the 1980s. Players will cook various dishes and restore forgotten recipes, have conversations and discover the history of this family, their love, their losses and much more.
- Celeste (Cloud, Console, and PC) – August 1
Celeste marks her return to the Game Pass library! Help Madeline survive her inner demons on Mount Celeste in this ultra-tough, hand-crafted platformer from the creators of the classic TowerFall.
Updates and downloadable content
- Naraka: Bladepoint Deluxe Edition Upgrade – Available Now
Naraka: Bladepoint is now free to play, and all Game Pass members will enjoy a free migration from the current standard edition to the new Deluxe Edition, as well as in-game rewards.
- League of Legends Champion: Naafiri – July 20
Game Pass members can immediately unlock League of Legends’ newest champion, Naafiri, on July 20 through their subscription. His pack will always find the solitary prey. The choice is yours: starve or feast.
- Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Islet – July 20
Journey to the heart of the Caribbean with Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island – an original story told in multiple episodes across three Tall Tales, the first of which arrives July 20. This is a hilarious and heartfelt love letter to the iconic adventure game series!
- Dead by Daylight: Nicolas Cage DLC – July 25
Game Pass members get a 10% discount on this DLC! You know him well. A legend with over a hundred movies to his name, Nick Cage has seen it all and done it all. Yet he never planned that by accepting a role in the movie Dead by Daylight, he would fall into the clutches of the Entity, forced to live through an eternity of endless hardships alongside co-stars who may or may not have intend to hang him on a butcher’s hook.
Benefits of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
- Crunchyroll Premium Perk – July 20
For a limited time, get 75 days of Crunchyroll Premium (Mega Fan Plan) with your Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership. Stream the world’s largest anime library, with over 1,000 titles, ad-free, wherever you are. Watch music videos, concerts, manga and more!
- FIFA 23 EA Play Ultimate Team Pack – July 21
Get your awesome EA Play FUTTIES Loan Pack, which includes a Loan Player Item for your FIFA 23 Ultimate Loan Squad! Game Pass Ultimate and EA Play members can claim this bundle from July 21 through August 21, 2023.
- Naruto Shippuden Uncut Season 1 – Available Now
Enjoy the first season of “Naruto Shippuden Uncut” with your Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership. Naruto returns to the Hidden Village and confronts his former Master. Get other seasons of Naruto and hundreds of other anime series on sale during Microsoft Movies & TV Anime Month.
They leave us on July 31
The following games will soon be leaving the Game Pass library, so there’s no better time to get back to them. If you want to keep the fun going, don’t forget to use your member discount to save up to 20% on these games and keep them in your library.
- dreamscaper (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Expeditions: Rome (CP)
- Marvel’s Avengers (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- The Ascent (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Two Point Campus (Cloud, Console, and PC)