Five titles are leaving Xbox Game Pass Including departures later today, November 30 Octopath Traveler 1 and 2. Square Enix's critically acclaimed JRPGs are leaving Microsoft's content catalog at a time when many fans may be interested in playing them anyway, making the timing of their impending Xbox Game Pass departure particularly inconvenient for some.
Since losing 13 titles in June 2025, Microsoft's subscription service has limited its monthly removals to single-digit numbers. That streak is now set to end, with five titles leaving Xbox Game Pass on November 15 and another group of similar size scheduled to depart later today.
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Octopath Traveler, SteamWorld Creations, and more titles dropping on Xbox Game Pass today
Includes a November 30 list of Xbox Game Pass departures Octopath Traveler and its latter part, Barbie Project Friendship, Lords of the Fallenand Building SteamWorld. All five titles are expected to be playable by the end of the day, leaving the service at midnight local time on December 1. Only for achievement seekers who have not started these games Barbie Project Friendship and Building SteamWorld Give them a realistic chance to make some meaningful Gamerscore progress before removing them.
All Xbox Game Pass games are dropping on November 30
|
the game |
added |
How long to beat |
OpenCritic score |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Barbie Project Friendship |
June 2025 |
5-8 hours |
N/A |
|
Lords of the Fallen |
May 2024 |
28-95 hours |
69 |
|
Octopath Traveler |
June 2024 |
60-103 hours |
84 |
|
Octopath Traveler II |
June 2024 |
60-95 hours |
85 |
|
Building SteamWorld |
December 2023 |
9-31 hours |
77 |
Barbie Project Friendship The only title in this departing group that has been on the service for less than a year, it joined the Xbox Game Pass on June 11 with the PC version. State two crowns. on the contrary, Building SteamWorld Microsoft's content catalog is dropping just ahead of its second anniversary, while Lords of the Fallen and both Octopath Traveler Each title has spent approximately 18 months in the XGP library.
Octopath Traveler 1 and 2 are dropping Xbox Game Pass at a really inconvenient time
While it has been available to Xbox Game Pass subscribers for some time, Octopath Traveler The series is departing at a time of renewed interest in it. That is the main reason Octopath Traveler 0 Being on the horizon. First announced at the July 2025 Nintendo Direct, the third mainline entry is scheduled to launch on PC and consoles on December 4. While it wasn't a Day One Xbox Game Pass release, the summer announcement of its late fall debut may have prompted some JRPG fans to revisit the first two installments or play them for the first time. Given the considerable length of both games, it's likely that not all members who started them in recent months had time to finish, making their removal time potentially inconvenient. Even without this context, their departure represents a significant loss for the Xbox Game Pass JRPG catalog.
November 2025 has been a huge net positive for the Xbox Game Pass library
While Xbox Game Pass is losing a double-digit number of titles in a month for the first time since November 2025, it was still a significant net positive for Microsoft's subscription service. The library added 20 titles over the past 30 days, including today's departures, more than double what it lost.
Looking to the near future, Xbox Game Pass has five confirmed titles for December 2025. These include The Lost Record: Bloom and FuryAlso four day-one releases: Marvel Cosmic Attack, routine, A game about digging holesand Dome Keeper. The latter two are already available on other platforms but are still treated as day-one Game Pass titles due to their upcoming Xbox console versions being brand new.
