The ID@Xbox x IGN October 2026 showcase has just wrapped up, and there’s a new suite of day one Xbox Game Pass games to look forward to. Over the course of the showcase, a total of eight new Xbox Game Pass games were revealed, all of which will be arriving on the subscription service the day they launch on Xbox consoles and PC.
While the eight new day one Xbox Game Pass releases are sure to be the highlight of the showcase for many, the most recent ID@Xbox event featured plenty of other game announcements. A total of 21 games were showcased during the ID@Xbox October 2026 event. These ranged from updates on long-awaited games like The Wolf Among Us Remastered, to release date confirmations for games like Vanran, to first looks at gameplay for titles like Shrek 2 Remastered.
8 New Xbox Game Pass Day One Games Confirmed
- Scramble Knights Online — October 26, 2026 (Xbox Series X/S, PC)
- Mouthwashing — October 29, 2026 (Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC)
- A Game About Digging a Hole Together — December 4, 2026 (Xbox Series X/S, PC)
- Croak — March 2027 (Xbox Series X/S, PC)
- Mr. Magpie’s Harmless Card Game — Early 2027 (Xbox Series X/S, PC)
- Drill Keeper — Summer 2027 (PC)
- No, I’m Not a Human — 2027 (Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC)
- Red Kiss — 2027 (Xbox Series X/S)
Three new day one Xbox Game Pass games have been confirmed for 2026. The first of these to arrive will be Scramble Knights Online, an MMO-lite action-RPG that will launch on Game Pass on October 26, which is only a week away. Three days later, the acclaimed sci-fi horror game Mouthwashing will come to Xbox Game Pass. Finally, on December 4, A Game About Digging a Hole Together will launch as a day one Xbox Game Pass title, offering a co-op version of the 2025 sandbox experience.
Four new games were also confirmed to be hitting Xbox Game Pass when they release in 2027. Croak will be the first to hit the service, delivering a 2D precision platformer with a colorful hand-drawn art style next March. The sinister roguelike deckbuilder (now confirmed to star Matt Mercer), Mr. Magpie’s Harmless Card Game, is set for release in early 2027. The slightly more relaxed roguelike deckbuilder Drill Keeper will launch on Xbox Game Pass in Summer 2027.
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No, I’m Not a Human, a port of the 2025 Paper Please-like psychological horror game, is set to hit Game Pass sometime next year. The eighth and final Xbox Game Pass day one announcement from the ID@Xbox showcase is for the game Red Kiss. Also given a general 2027 release window, Red Kiss is a tactical narrative RPG that will see players dispatching a family of vampire spies across Cold War-era Berlin.
While it isn’t coming to Xbox Game Pass at launch, Shrek 2 Remastered is giving subscribers a special limited-time deal. Xbox Game Pass subscribers can currently get a 20% discount on a Shrek 2 Remastered pre-order, bringing it down to $23.99. Those who aren’t subscribed to Xbox Game Pass can still get a 10% reduction.
