Whilst overseeing home schooling for my children, i was thinking about game pass, and how fantastic it is. Game Pass is like your favourite video rental store (I’m old school) from yesteryear but only better. A Netflix style catalogue full of fantastic games for the newer generation of gamers, if you will.
Game pass is a real treat, with a game for everyone, and every occasion. With this post i originally set out to write a top ten style post, however the library of games is so vast, i wasn’t able to manage it. There are far to many games on Game Pass. So instead I have comprised a list of what I consider are the cream of the crop, the top 25 games on Game Pass for console.
A Plague Tale
Follow the grim tale of young Amicia and her little brother Hugo, in a heartrending journey through the darkest hours of history. Hunted by Inquisition soldiers and surrounded by unstoppable swarms of rats, Amicia and Hugo will come to know and trust each other. As they struggle to survive against overwhelming odds, they will fight to find purpose in this brutal, unforgiving world.
Efootball PES 2021
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Forza Horizon 4
Dynamic seasons change everything at the world’s greatest automotive festival. Go it alone or team up with others to explore beautiful and historic Britain in a shared open world. Collect, modify and drive over 450 cars. Race, stunt, create and explore – choose your own path to become a Horizon Superstar. The Forza Horizon 4 Standard Edition digital bundle includes the full game of Forza Horizon 4 and the Formula Drift Car Pack.
Forza Motorsport 7
Forza Motorsport 7 is where Racers, Drifters, Drag Racers, Tuners, and Creators come together in a community devoted to everything automotive. Drive the cars of your dreams, with more than 700 amazing vehicles to choose from. Challenge yourself across 30 famous destinations and 200 Tracks. Experience it all in gorgeous 60fps and native 4K resolution in HDR.
Destiny 2 (including Beyond Light, Forsaken & Shadowkeep)
The frontier of Europa holds many lost secrets from the past, including the dark power of Stasis. You must work with the mysterious Exo Stranger to harness this new power before Eramis, the Kell of Darkness, bestows it on her Fallen forces. Grow your arsenal, master Stasis, and go beyond the light.
Doom Eternal
Hell’s armies have invaded Earth. Become the Slayer in an epic single-player campaign to conquer demons across dimensions and stop the final destruction of humanity. The only thing they fear… is you. Experience the ultimate combination of speed and power in DOOM Eternal – the next leap in push-forward, first-person combat. Discover the Slayer’s origins and his enduring mission to RAZE HELL.
Gears 5
From one of gaming’s most acclaimed sagas, Gears 5’s celebrated campaign, refreshed multiplayer and Hivebusters expansion are optimized for the Xbox Series X|S.
Gears 5 Game of the Year Edition includes:
• Gears 5 base game
• Halo: Reach Character Pack
• 30 days of Boost
• Gears 5: Hivebusters expansion Campaign:
With all-out war descending, Kait Diaz breaks away to uncover her connection to the enemy and discovers the true danger to Sera – herself. New campaign features let you take your character and weapon skins into new playthroughs and enjoy bonus difficulties and modifiers.
Hivebusters Expansion: Play as Lahni, Keegan and Mac – the heroes of Escape mode – on their first operation as part of the secretive Hivebuster program. Thrown together and dubbed “Scorpio Squad,” their suicide mission to destroy a Swarm hive may hold the key to saving Sera and their own redemption.
Grounded
The world is a vast, beautiful, and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunken to the size of an ant. Explore, build, and survive together in this first person, multiplayer, survival-adventure. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
Halo 5: Guardians
Halo 5: Guardians delivers epic multiplayer experiences that span multiple modes, full-featured level building tools, and the most dramatic Halo story to date. With multiple massive FREE content releases since launch, Halo 5: Guardians offers more content, more multiplayer mayhem, and more variety than any Halo ever released!
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
From the makers of Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and DmC: Devil May Cry, comes a warrior’s brutal journey into myth and madness. Set in the Viking age, a broken Celtic warrior embarks on a haunting vision quest into Viking Hell to fight for the soul of her dead lover. Created in collaboration with neuroscientists and people who experience psychosis, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice will pull you deep into Senua’s mind.
Hotshot Racing
Hotshot Racing is a blisteringly fast arcade-style racing game fusing drift handling, razor-sharp retro visuals and an incredible sense of speed to create an exhilarating driving experience. Developed by racing game veterans SUMO Nottingham and Lucky Mountain Games, Hotshot Racing is an all-new driving experience which revives the classic arcade gameplay of the 90s and thrusts it into the modern era.
Minecraft Dungeons
Fight your way through an all-new action-adventure game, inspired by classic dungeon crawlers and set in the Minecraft universe! Up to four friends can play together, or you can brave the dungeons alone. Battle new-and-nasty mobs across action-packed, treasure-stuffed, wildly varied levels, all in an epic quest to defeat the evil Arch-Illager!
No Man’s Sky
No Man’s Sky comes complete with all 12 major updates up to and including Origins, our 3.0 update which dramatically expands the universe. Inspired by the adventure and imagination that we love from classic science-fiction, No Man’s Sky presents you with a galaxy to explore, filled with unique planets and lifeforms, and constant danger and action. In No Man’s Sky, every star is the light of a distant sun, each orbited by planets filled with life, and you can go to any of them you choose. Fly smoothly from deep space to planetary surfaces, with no loading screens, and no limits. In this infinite procedurally generated universe, you’ll discover places and creatures that no other players have seen before – and perhaps never will again.
Ori and the will of the wisps
Play the critically acclaimed masterpiece. Embark on a journey in a vast, exotic world, fully optimized for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. In this must-play sequel to the award winning Ori and the Blind Forest, Ori is no stranger to peril, but it will take more than bravery to reunite a family, heal a broken land, and discover Ori’s true destiny.
Sea of Thieves
Sea of Thieves offers the essential pirate experience, from sailing and fighting to exploring and looting – everything you need to live the pirate life and become a legend in your own right. With no set roles, you have complete freedom to approach the world, and other players, however you choose. Whether you’re voyaging as a group or sailing solo, you’re bound to encounter other crews in this shared-world adventure – but will they be friends or foes, and how will you respond?
State of Decay 2
The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Not even the military could stop the zombies, and now it’s up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community with up to three of your friends in a post-apocalyptic world – a world where every decision matters, and where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation. Upon release, State of Decay 2 became an instant hit with over 6 million players and was quickly defined as the ultimate zombie survival simulation. State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition is an updated and improved version of the popular zombie survival game that’s been redesigned as a new experience to welcome first-time players, yet with new and exciting content for the most experienced survivors.
Streets of Rage 4
Amongst the best beat’em up series ever created, jammin’ ‘90s beats and over the top street beating, the iconic series Streets of Rage comes back with a masterful tribute to and revitalization of the classic action fans adore. The all-time classic Streets of Rage, known as Bare Knuckle (ベア・ナックル Bea Nakkuru) in Japan, is a beat ‘em up series known for this timeless gameplay and electronic dance influenced music. Streets of Rage 4 builds upon the classic trilogy’s gameplay with new mechanics, beautiful hand-drawn visuals and a God tier soundtrack.
Skyrim V: Special Edition
Winner of more than 200 Game of the Year Awards, the Skyrim Special Edition includes the game and add-ons with all-new features like remastered art and effects, volumetric god rays, dynamic depth of field, and more. Also bring the power of mods to consoles. New quests, environments, characters, dialogue, armor, weapons and more – with Mods, there are no limits to what you can experience.
Tell Me Why
Tell Me Why is the latest narrative adventure game from DONTNOD Entertainment, the studio behind the beloved franchise, Life is Strange. In this intimate mystery, twins Tyler and Alyson Ronan use their supernatural bond to unravel the mysteries of their loving but troubled childhood in beautiful small-town Alaska.
The Medium
Buy Now for the Xbox Series X|S Edition and Windows 10 PC only. Discover a dark mystery only a medium can solve. Travel to an old communist resort and use your unique psychic abilities to uncover its disturbing secrets, solve dual-reality puzzles, survive encounters with sinister spirits, and explore two realities at the same time.
The Outer Worlds
The Outer Worlds is a new single-player sci-fi RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. As you explore the furthest reaches of space and encounter a host of factions all vying for power, who you decide to become will determine the fate of everyone in Halcyon. In the corporate equation for the colony, you are the unplanned variable.
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Seige (Deluxe Edition)
Dive into explosive 5v5 gameplay, high stakes competition, and thrilling PVP team battles. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Siege features an ever-expanding experience with limitless opportunities to perfect your strategy and help lead your team to victory. Upgrade to the Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Siege Deluxe Edition! Includes the full game, and 16 Operators from Year 1 and Year 2.
Torchlight 3
It’s been a century since the events of Torchlight II, and the Ember Empire is in decline. In Torchlight III, Novastraia is again under threat of invasion and it’s up to you to defend against the Netherim and its allies. Gather your wits and brave the frontier to find fame, glory, and new adventures! Travel the Frontier – Brave the vast wilderness of Novastraia and all of its dangers either alone or with a group of friends!
Wasteland 3
The Patriarch of Colorado has promised help the Desert Rangers if you can rescue his land from his three bloodthirsty children. In this post-apocalyptic RPG you must travel north to build a new base, equip a vehicle, train recruits, explore Colorado’s hostile frozen wastes, and deal with the locals—but remember, every choice has a consequence.
Yakuza Kiwami 2
The Tojo Clan and Omi Alliance are on the brink of war. Kazuma Kiryu, the Dragon of Dojima, enters as a broker of peace, but Ryuji Goda, the Dragon of Kansai, will stop at nothing to start an all-out war. In this world, there can only be one dragon.
There you have it, 25 top Game Pass Console games as chosen by me!