Xbox Game Pass May 2025 Wave 1: Lineup Revealed

Microsoft has unveiled an exciting lineup for the first wave of Xbox Game Pass additions for May 2025, promising a thrilling month for subscribers. The announcement, detailed on Xbox Wire, showcases a total of 12 games set to join the service by May 20, with the standout title being the much-anticipated Doom: The Dark Ages. As a day-one launch for Game Pass, this latest installment in id Software's iconic first-person shooter series is sure to draw significant attention.

Kicking off the month, Dredge becomes available on May 6 for Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, and Game Pass Standard across Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S platforms. This single-player fishing adventure delves into a mysterious archipelago, where players uncover dark secrets beneath the waves:

Dredge is a single-player fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent. Sell your catch, upgrade your boat, and dredge the depths for long-buried secrets. Explore a mysterious archipelago and discover why some things are best left forgotten.

On May 7, Game Pass subscribers are treated to a flurry of new titles. Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 joins the service on Cloud, Console, and PC for Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, and Game Pass Standard. Additionally, Dungeons of Hinterberg, Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn, and Metal Slug Tactics enhance the Game Pass Standard catalog on Console and Xbox Series X|S, respectively.

May 8 brings two more day-one releases: Revenge of the Savage Planet on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass across Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed on Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, and Game Pass Standard for Cloud, Console, and PC. Here's a glimpse into these adventures:

In a future knocked off its axis by corporate greed and stupidity, you have been made redundant and abandoned on the far edge of space with little gear and no safety net. You must explore every nook and cranny, collect dozens of upgrades, and turn over every mysterious alien rock if you want to get revenge on your former employer and return to Earth.

Join the legendary Turtle brothers straight from the sewer and slide into this new adventure of shell-shocking proportions. With the help of April’s insightful reports from the streets and Splinter’s sage guidance, gear up to fight crime and unravel an epic saga of justice and chaos!

On May 13, Warhammer: Vermintide 2 returns to the Game Pass library on Cloud and Console for Game Pass Ultimate and Game Pass Standard subscribers:

Making a return to the Game Pass library! Fight together with your friends against the forces of Chaos and Skaven in this epic 4-player co-op game set in the Warhammer Fantasy Battles world. Vermintide 2 expands the intense first-person combat with a brand-new enemy faction, 15 new career paths, talent trees, new weapons, an improved loot system, and more.

The highlight of the month arrives on May 15 with the day-one launch of Doom: The Dark Ages on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass for Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S. This prequel to the modern Doom series promises an epic medieval war against Hell:

Doom: The Dark Ages is the prequel to the critically acclaimed Doom (2016) and Doom Eternal that tells an epic cinematic story worthy of the Doom Slayer’s legend. In this third installment of the modern Doom series, players will step into the blood-stained boots of the Doom Slayer, in this never-before-seen dark and sinister medieval war against Hell. Get a head start on slaying demons with the Premium Upgrade, including up to 2-Day Early Access, the campaign DLC at launch, and more.

Just a day later, on May 16, Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo launches on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass across Cloud, Console, and PC:

Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo is a papercraft adventure game where you’ll meet the many good and not-so-good folks of Limbo, a place where souls with deep regrets are cursed into repeating the same day on a loop.

Finally, on May 20, Firefighting Simulator: The Squad and Police Simulator: Patrol Officers join the Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, and Game Pass Standard lineups for Cloud, Console, and PC, rounding out the Wave 1 lineup for May 2025.

Xbox Game Pass May 2025 Wave 1 lineup:

• Dredge (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – May 6
  Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass Standard
• Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 7
  Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass Standard
• Dungeons of Hinterberg (Console) – May 7
  Now with Game Pass Standard
• Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn (Xbox Series X|S) – May 7
  Now with Game Pass Standard
• Metal Slug Tactics (Console) – May 7
  Now with Game Pass Standard
• Revenge of the Savage Planet (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – May 8
  Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 8
  Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass Standard
• Warhammer: Vermintide 2 (Cloud and Console) – May 13
  Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Standard
• Doom: The Dark Ages (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – May 15
  Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
• Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 16
  Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
• Firefighting Simulator: The Squad (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 20
  Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass Standard
• Police Simulator: Patrol Officers (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 20
  Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass Standard

Leaving Xbox Game Pass on May 15:

The following games will be leaving the Game Pass library on May 15. Subscribers can use their membership discount to save up to 20% to keep them in their library:

• Brothers A Tale of Two Sons (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Chants of Sennaar (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Dune: Spice Wars (Game Preview) (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Hauntii (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• The Big Con (Cloud, Console, and PC)