Xbox Game Pass Next May 15 is set to lose at least five games, including the upcoming eliminations Galacticare. The newly confirmed catalog update brings the total number of 2026 Xbox Game Pass departures to 44.
Microsoft's subscription service recently lost games on April 30. That day marked the biggest Xbox Game Pass exodus in a year, dropping nine titles at once. While Microsoft hasn't officially announced the next wave of departures, a recent catalog update added five new titles to the service's “leaving soon” section found in the Xbox Store.
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Xbox Game Pass Galacticare, Go Mecha Ball, and three more titles disappearing soon
Includes May 15 departures Galacticare, Go Mecha Ball, Spirits of Culebra and Limbo, PAW Patrol Rescue Wheels: Championshipand Planet of Lana. Brightrock Games' sci-fi hospital sim Galacticare It is the most critically acclaimed of the bunch, with an 83 average score on OpenCritic and an 88% recommendation rate. Galacticare Xbox Game Pass originally joined May 2024 as a day-one title and will now leave the service a week before its second anniversary. Its run overlapped with Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass Standard, now Premium, launching in September 2024. Not included in the then new tier. Galacticare on launch, but it was added to March 2025.
List of Xbox Game Pass games releasing on May 15, 2026
|
the game |
added |
Term of office |
OpenCritic average |
How long to beat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Galacticare |
May 2024 |
1 year, 11 months |
83 |
25-43 hours |
|
Go Mecha Ball |
January 2024 |
2 years 3 months |
79 |
3-15 hours |
|
Spirits of Culebra and Limbo |
May 2025 |
11 months |
80 |
10-12 hours |
|
PAW Patrol Rescue Wheels: Championship |
February 2026 |
3 months |
N/A |
1-4 hours |
|
Planet of Lana |
May 2023 |
2 years, 11 months |
81 |
4-6 hours |
Additional May 15 departures may be announced on or around May 5.
Family-friendly racing game PAW Patrol Rescue Wheels: Championship Xbox only joined Game Pass on February 5, 2026, meaning it's now set to drop just three months and 10 days later. While below the platform average, such a short duration is not unprecedented for games developed by 3DClouds. PAW Patrol World Previously joined Xbox Game Pass in September 2025, only to leave in January 2026. The main difference is that it was PAW Patrol WorldSecond term in service, while PAW Patrol Rescue Wheels: Championship Currently completing its first.
Since this list of departures comes from the Xbox app rather than an official announcement, it may be incomplete. Historically, the app's “quick release” section has been relatively, but not entirely accurate. Microsoft sometimes announces additional departures along with new releases. More rarely, some games listed as leaving early remain in service for a few weeks or months longer than originally announced.
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Whether any of that applies to this case should be clear no later than May 5. Microsoft is likely to announce its Wave 1 Xbox Game Pass lineup for the current month on that date, with the update set to include both additions and removals. Final Fantasy 5 There is a program to join the service on the same day. Looking at the month as a whole, Xbox Game Pass already has nine confirmed releases for May 2026.
