Microsoft has officially announced the exciting lineup for Wave 1 of the Xbox Game Pass for May 2025, and it's packed with 12 thrilling games, available up to May 20. The highlight of this month is undoubtedly Doom: The Dark Ages, the latest addition to id Software's renowned first-person shooter series, launching day-one on Game Pass. As a Microsoft-owned title, it's an exclusive treat for subscribers.
Starting today, May 6, players can dive into Dredge (available on Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S), which is accessible through Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, and Game Pass Standard. Here's what Microsoft has to say about it:
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, the Game Pass catalog expands further with Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC) on Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, and Game Pass Standard; Dungeons of Hinterberg (Console) now on Game Pass Standard; Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn (Xbox Series X|S) also on Game Pass Standard; and Metal Slug Tactics (Console) rounding out the Game Pass Standard offerings.
May 8 is another big day with Revenge of the Savage Planet (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) hitting Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass as a day-one title. Here’s the official description:
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.
Also on May 8, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed (Cloud, Console, and PC) joins Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, and Game Pass Standard, offering this exciting blurb:
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!
Moving to May 13, Warhammer: Vermintide 2 (Cloud and Console) returns to the Game Pass library, available on Game Pass Ultimate and Game Pass Standard. Microsoft describes it as:
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 spotlight shines on May 15 with Doom: The Dark Ages (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S), launching day-one on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. Microsoft teases:
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.
The following day, May 16, brings Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo (Cloud, Console, and PC) to Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass as another day-one title, described as:
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, wrapping up the Wave 1 lineup on May 20 are Firefighting Simulator: The Squad and Police Simulator: Patrol Officers (both available on Cloud, Console, and PC) across Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, and Game Pass Standard.
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 StandardDragon Ball Xenoverse 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 7
Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass StandardDungeons of Hinterberg (Console) – May 7
Now with Game Pass StandardFlintlock: The Siege of Dawn (Xbox Series X|S) – May 7
Now with Game Pass StandardMetal Slug Tactics (Console) – May 7
Now with Game Pass StandardRevenge of the Savage Planet (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – May 8
Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game PassTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 8
Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass StandardWarhammer: Vermintide 2 (Cloud and Console) – May 13
Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass StandardDoom: The Dark Ages (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – May 15
Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game PassKulebra and the Souls of Limbo (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 16
Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game PassFirefighting Simulator: The Squad (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 20
Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass StandardPolice 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:
Several games will be leaving the Game Pass library on May 15. Subscribers can use their membership discount to save up to 20% and keep these titles 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)
