The Xbox Game Pass Wave 1 lineup for January 2026 has been officially announced, with two of its titles already available as of today. In total, the newly confirmed roster includes seven new games, plus four expanded releases arriving on one additional Xbox Game Pass tier.
Five weeks have passed since Microsoft last announced an Xbox Game Pass lineup. In a typical month, each half of the month receives a dedicated update. However, for the past several years, Microsoft has condensed its December reveals into a single announcement, making the wait for the subsequent January Wave 1 lineups longer than usual. This year’s wait ended on January 6, when Microsoft unveiled its first Xbox Game Pass roster of 2026.
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This month’s lineup opens with Brews & Bastards and Little Nightmares Enhanced Edition, both of which are already available to play as of today, January 6, having been shadow dropped a few hours ahead of the official Wave 1 announcement. They will be followed by Final Fantasy and Star Wars Outlaws on January 8 and January 13, respectively. My Little Pony: A Zephyr Heights Mystery is then scheduled to arrive on January 15, with MIO: Memories in Orbit and Resident Evil Village planned for five days later. Of those seven titles, only MIO: Memories in Orbit was already confirmed to be coming to Xbox Game Pass in January 2026 prior to today’s Wave 1 lineup announcement.
Xbox Game Pass January 2026 Wave 1 Lineup
|
Date |
Game |
Game Pass Tier(s) |
Platform(s) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Jan 6 |
🆕Brews & Bastards |
Ultimate, PC, Premium |
Cloud, PC, Series X/S |
Shadow drop. |
|
Jan 6 |
🆕Little Nightmares Enhanced Edition |
Ultimate, PC, Premium |
Cloud, Handheld, PC, Series X/S |
Shadow drop. |
|
Jan 7 |
Atomfall |
Premium |
Cloud, Console, Handheld, PC |
Available on XGP Ultimate and PC GP since Mar 2025. |
|
Jan 7 |
Lost in Random: The Eternal Die |
Premium |
Cloud, Handheld, PC, Series X/S |
Available on XGP Ultimate and PC GP since Jun 2025. |
|
Jan 7 |
Rematch |
Premium |
Cloud, PC, Series X/S |
Available on XGP Ultimate and PC GP since Jun 2025. |
|
Jan 7 |
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine – Master Crafted Edition |
Premium |
Cloud, PC, Series X/S |
Available on XGP Ultimate and PC GP since Jun 2025. |
|
Jan 8 |
🆕Final Fantasy |
Ultimate, PC, Premium |
Cloud, PC, Series X/S |
|
|
Jan 13 |
🆕Star Wars Outlaws |
Ultimate, PC |
Cloud, PC, Series X/S |
|
|
Jan 15 |
🆕My Little Pony: A Zephyr Heights Mystery |
Ultimate, PC, Premium |
Cloud, Console, Handheld, PC |
|
|
Jan 20 |
🆕MIO: Memories in Orbit |
Ultimate, PC |
Cloud, Handheld, PC, Series X/S |
Day-one release. |
|
Jan 20 |
🆕Resident Evil Village |
Ultimate, PC, Premium |
Cloud, Console, PC |
Separately, the first Xbox Game Pass Premium catalog expansion of 2026 has been confirmed for January 7, when the middle tier of the service is getting four new titles: Atomfall, Lost in Random: The Eternal Die, Warhammer 40k: Space Marine – Master Crafted Edition, and Rematch. All four have been available via Xbox Game Pass Ultimate since the first half of 2025.
Upcoming Xbox Game Pass Games Beyond the January 2026 Wave 1 Lineup
|
Date |
Game |
Game Pass Tier(s) |
Platform(s) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Jan 22 |
Nova Roma |
Ultimate, PC |
PC |
Day-one release. |
|
Feb 5 |
Menace |
Ultimate, PC |
PC |
Game Preview; day-one release. |
|
Feb 13 |
High on Life 2 |
Ultimate, PC |
Cloud, PC, Series X/S |
Day-one release. |
|
Mar 12 |
Replaced |
Ultimate, PC |
Cloud, PC, Series X/S |
Day-one release. |
Apart from outlining the Wave 1 Xbox Game Pass lineup for January 2026, Microsoft today also shared the official list of titles set to leave the service on January 15: Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn, Neon White, Road 96, The Ascent, and The Grinch: Christmas Adventures. None of these will come as a surprise to the most attentive of fans, as the Xbox app already revealed the mid-month Game Pass departures at the start of January.
