Microsoft has unveiled the first wave of Xbox Game Pass releases for May 2025, featuring 12 titles arriving through May 20. The highlight is undoubtedly Doom: The Dark Ages, the newest installment in id Software's legendary FPS franchise. As a first-party Microsoft title, it debuts day-one on Game Pass alongside several other notable releases.
Current and Upcoming Additions
Available now since May 6, Dredge brings its eerie fishing adventure to Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S through Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, and Game Pass Standard:
Dredge offers a creepy single-player fishing experience with hidden mysteries. Upgrade your vessel, sell your haul, and uncover chilling secrets beneath the waves as you explore mysterious islands where some discoveries should remain buried.
May 7 delivers a packed lineup:
- Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 (Cloud, Console, PC)
- Dungeons of Hinterberg (Console)
- Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn (Xbox Series X|S)
- Metal Slug Tactics (Console)
The action continues on May 8 with two major additions:
Revenge of the Savage Planet (day-one launch) drops players into a corporate-dystopia future where they must scavenge upgrades and explore alien worlds to seek payback against their former employer.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed lets players team up with Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael in a shell-shocking new adventure packed with crime-fighting action.
Mid-May Highlights
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 returns to Game Pass on May 13, offering intense 4-player co-op battles against Chaos forces and Skaven hordes with enhanced career paths and loot systems.
The month's crown jewel arrives May 15:
Doom: The Dark Ages rewinds the timeline to the Slayer's medieval origins, delivering brutal first-person combat against Hell's forces through an epic cinematic campaign. Players can upgrade for early access and expansion content.
May 16 introduces the distinctive papercraft adventure Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo, where players encounter regretful souls trapped in time loops.
Wave 1 Finale
The lineup concludes May 20 with two simulation titles:
- Firefighting Simulator: The Squad
- Police Simulator: Patrol Officers
May 2025 Departures
These titles exit Game Pass on May 15 (20% discount available for purchase):
- Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
- Chants of Sennaar
- Dune: Spice Wars
- Hauntii
- The Big Con
