Every Free Game Coming To Game Pass This September

Published Sep 1, 2026, 3:20 PM EDT Steven is a seasoned writer specializing in the video game and technological fields, with years of experience creating reviews, features, and industry analysis. Passionate about the gaming world and its evolving culture, Steven has always wanted to combine his enjoyment of writing and love for gaming in a way that can provide insightful coverage for players and enthusiasts alike. Xbox Game Pass is no stranger to offering some major releases on fairly short notice, with the subscription's newest September lineup being no exception to the rule. Coming off the heels of the most recent free play weekends, Xbox is bringing over half a dozen new games into Game Pass for an indefinite period of time. While the announcement does also confirm we're losing some majorly popular triple-A and indie titles at the same time, it does help that they're being replaced with some excellent offerings, one of which is available to play for free right now if you have an active Game Pass membership. Every New Game Announced For Game Pass This September Starting the month off with another free September launch title of the charming 2D management game Shelldivers available now on Game Pass, Xbox is bringing the following 6 titles to the platform for the following dates: Speedrunners 2: King of Speed (Cloud, XBOX Series X|S, and PC) – September 3 Dice a Million (Cloud, XBOX Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) – September 4 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (Cloud, Console, and PC) – September 8 The Royal Writ (Cloud, XBOX Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) – September 10 Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage (Cloud, XBOX Series X|S, and PC) – September 10 RuneScape: Dragonwilds (Cloud, XBOX Series X|S, and PC) – September 15 From major triple-A shooters like Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War coming to the platform to let more players experience their unique single-player campaigns or multiplayer potential with indie games like Speedrunners 2, Xbox Game Pass' lineup for September is already off to a great start, it seems, with a little something for everyone genre-wise. Even though they're far less known by comparison, the deckbuilding roguelike gameplay offered by The Royal Writ or the massively expansive map of Runescape: Dragonwilds are still well worth checking out now that they're available on Game Pass. It isn't just new releases coming to the platform, as the-0free to-play live-service Aniimo is offering in-game reward packs for Game Pass subscribers when it releases on September 16, while the ever-popular TCG Card Shop Simulator finally gets a full 1.0 release on September 15. Every Game Leaving Game Pass This Month CD Projekt Red Although there are plenty of reasons to be excited for Xbox's newest lineup of free games, several fantastic offerings are unfortunately leaving the Game Pass rotation this month as well, leaving you a limited amount of time to check out the following games before they go back to being only paid titles. Commandos: Origins (Cloud, Console, and PC) Cricket 24 (Cloud, Console, and PC) Cyberpunk 2077 (Cloud and Console) Dead Cells (Cloud, Console, and PC) Deep Rock Galactic Survivor (Cloud, Console, and PC) Frostpunk 2 (PC) Mullet Madjack (Cloud, Console, and PC) Spiritfarer (Cloud, Console, and PC) Superliminal (Cloud, Console, and PC) Train Sim World 5 (Cloud, Console, and PC) While the worth of Game Pass has been debated plenty of times in the past, the loss of critically acclaimed titles like the transformative roguelike Dead Cells, the emotional Spiritfarer, and Cyberpunk 2077 just to name a few are well worth trying out for free while you can, even if its just as a test before buying the real games for yourself to keep forever after they leave Xbox Game Pass this month. Number of Devices Concurrently Five, with Friends & Family (in limited countries) Number of Accounts 1 Primary Account Holder