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Microsoft Expands Xbox Game Pass in May with New Games and Tier Accessibility Updates

May 2025 brings diverse additions, including DOOM: The Dark Ages as a day-one release, while previously Ultimate-exclusive titles become available to Standard subscribers.

Key visual showing off the games coming to Xbox Game Pass during the month of May 2025.

Overview

  • DOOM: The Dark Ages debuts as a day-one release on May 15, available for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC subscribers.
  • Warhammer: Vermintide 2 returns to Game Pass on May 13, accessible on both Standard and Ultimate tiers.
  • Several previously Ultimate-exclusive titles, such as Dungeons of Hinterberg and Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn, are now available to Standard subscribers.
  • Games leaving Game Pass on May 15 include Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons and Dune: Spice Wars, with members offered a 20% discount to purchase them.
  • May’s Game Pass update is relatively modest, aligning with Microsoft’s strategy ahead of the anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 launch.