Xbox Game Pass is losing Return to Monkey Island And two other titles later today, October 31. The upcoming catalog rotation will bring the total number of October 2025 Xbox Game Pass departures to seven.
Ranked in the 98th percentile of all releases scored on OpenCritic, Return to Monkey Island One of the highest rated titles currently available on Xbox Game Pass. This is the latest addition Monkey Island franchise, set shortly after the events of Monkey Island 2: Lechak's Revenge. Playing the first two entries isn't necessary for fun Return to Monkey IslandThis enhances the experience due to the abundance of callbacks scattered throughout the 2022 game. Playing later installments earlier will also have the same effect.
After 3 years leave the game pass and return to Monkey Island
October 31 will see the Xbox Game Pass catalog rotation lose service Return to Monkey Island, Metal Slug Strategyand Jusant. Three are expected to depart at midnight local time, so players should technically have access by November 1. Besides being the highest rated title in this batch, Return to Monkey Island It also has the longest tenure of Game Pass of the group, having joined the service in early November of 2022. It is now just eight days away from its third anniversary on the platform. As usual, October 31 departures are currently available for purchase at a member-only discount of up to 20%.
All Xbox Game Pass games are dropping after October 31st
Xbox Game Pass already lost four other titles in mid-October 2025: cocoon, Core Keeper, Donut Countyand Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed. With this latest batch, the total number of removals for the month has increased to seven. At the same time, October saw 66 new additions to the service, resulting in a net gain of 59 titles. In addition to the big batch of Ubisoft+ Classics shadows that dropped with the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price hike on October 1, the platform still added 19 new releases — more than it's lost in the past 31 days.
Xbox Game Pass October 2025 list statistics
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New game added: 66*
- Added Ubisoft+ Classics: 47
- Games removed: 7
- Pure change: +59
*Number does not include titles already available on PC Game Pass or Xbox Game Pass Ultimate but added to lower tiers or expanded to additional platforms (PC, Cloud, Console).
Xbox Game Pass currently has half a dozen confirmed titles for November 2025. Start of next batch 1000x resistance and Football Manager 26Both of which fall on the first Tuesday of the month, November 4. Whiskerwood, voidtrain, winter burrowand Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 It will start in the next ten days. The November 15 Xbox Game Pass departures are expected to be officially announced on or around November 4, when Microsoft will likely detail its entire Wave 1 lineup for next month.
