Key Takeaways
- Xbox Game Pass is losing nine titles on November 30, matching its 2024 record for the most game removals in a single day.
- November will also set a new 2024 record for the most Xbox Game Pass removals in a single month, at 16.
- This is the third consecutive month that Xbox Game Pass removed more titles than it added.
Xbox Game Pass is losing Remnant: From the Ashes and eight other titles later today, November 30. This upcoming catalog rotation will match the 2024 record for the most Xbox Game Pass removals in a single day.
With the sole exception of Cricket 22 (removed on July 5), 2024 saw Microsoft stick with its usual practice of pulling games from its subscription service every two weeks—in the middle and at the tail end of each month. Most recently, Xbox Game Pass lost Persona 5 Tactica and six other titles on November 15.
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Another nine games are now set to follow later today, November 30. The upcoming list of departures comprises Coral Island, Conan Exiles, and Hello Neighbor 2, as well as Remnant: From the Ashes, Rollerdrome, and Soccer Story. Spirit of the North: Enhanced Edition is also about to leave Microsoft’s subscription service, together with While the Iron’s Hot and The Walking Dead: The Final Season. Most of these pending removals were confirmed via the Xbox app on November 17. Hello Neighbor 2‘s Xbox Game Pass departure is the only exception, as Microsoft didn’t announce it until the 21st.
Xbox Game Pass Games Leaving on November 30, 2024
|
Game |
Platform(s) |
Added |
How Long To Beat |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Conan Exiles |
Cloud, Console, PC |
May 2021 |
37.5–129 hours |
|
Coral Island |
PC |
Oct 2022 |
53–143 hours |
|
Hello Neighbor 2 |
Cloud, Console, and PC |
Dec 2022 |
4.5–5.5 hours |
|
Remnant: From The Ashes |
Nov 2023 |
13.5–59.5 hours |
|
|
Rollerdrome |
Nov 2023 |
5–15.5 hours |
|
|
Soccer Story |
Nov 2022 |
9.5–14 hours |
|
|
Spirit of the North: Enhanced Edition |
Dec 2023 |
5–8 hours |
|
|
The Walking Dead: The Final Season |
PC |
Dec 2022 |
10–13.5 hours |
|
While the Iron’s Hot |
Dec 2023 |
11–24 hours |
Xbox Game Pass Hasn’t Lost More Titles in a Single Month All Year
With nine departures in total, this next catalog rotation will match the 2024 record for the most Xbox Game Pass removals in a single day. The only other time that Xbox Game Pass lost nine games at once this year was on September 30. Up until now, September was also the busiest month of this year in terms of XGP departures, with 15 total removals. This record is now about to be broken, as the nine games set to leave the service later today will push the number of its November 2024 removals up to 16.
Seeing how Xbox Game Pass added only nine new titles over the course of November, this month is going to be another net negative for its content catalog. While occasions like these used to be fairly rare, the XGP library is now set to shrink for the third month in a row.
Whether this trend will continue should become clear(er) in a matter of days, when Microsoft is expected to announce the first half of December 2024 Xbox Game Pass releases, as well as the December 15 wave of departures. The former group is already known to include the early access version of Overthrown and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, which are scheduled to arrive on December 5 and 9, respectively.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is the highest tier of Microsoft’s flagship game subscription service that offers over 100 game titles that you can play with a single purchase, making it one of the most outstanding value propositions of the Xbox ecosystem to date.