Xbox Game Pass is getting a wave of new games in early August, including games arriving day one, early access exits and a host of strong indie games, from Ball x Pit to Date Everything!, Egging On, and more.
Headliners include Game Freak’s Beast of Reincarnation, an action RPG set in a dystopian world, and tower rogue-lite Monsters are Coming!, which tasks players with defending a city from a relentless horde of beasts.
Subscribers on the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate or PC tiers will also be able to take part in the Early Access Open Beta for Gears of Wear: E-Day, one of the biggest Xbox releases of the year. This beta will include the Horde Siege PvE mode, described as an ‘evolved take on Gears’ iconic co-op wave survival mode built for larger maps, more players, and bigger battles’.
Here’s everything announced so far for Xbox Game Pass this August.
Xbox Game Pass August 2026 – quick links
Xbox Game Pass: new games arriving in August 2026
- Beast of Reincarnation (Xbox Series X/S, PC, Cloud) available 4 August – ‘Game Freak’s brand-new title: Beast of Reincarnation is an action RPG with a fusion of real-time and turn-based combat.’
- Heretic + Hexen (Console, PC, Cloud) available 4 August – ‘This enhanced restoration makes Heretic + Hexen available to new audiences and long-time fans with expanded accessibility across more platforms and languages than ever before.’
- Gears of War: E-Day Open Beta available 6 August – ‘Get ready to crush grubs in the Gears of War: E-Day Early Access Open Beta beginning August 6 as a benefit of your Game Pass Ultimate or PC Game Pass subscription.’
- Monsters are Coming! (Xbox Series X/S, PC, Cloud) available 6 August – ‘In this tower-survivor rogue-lite, you protect an ever-moving city from unrelenting hordes. Gather resources, fortify defences and boost potential through enhanced player progression.’
- PowerWash Simulator 2 (Xbox Series X/S, PC, Cloud) available 6 August – ‘PowerWash Simulator is back, bubbling with fresh locations, soap-erior equipment and splashy features.’
- Bounty Star (Xbox Series X/S, PC, Cloud) available 11 August – ‘Bounty Star is an over-the-shoulder 3D action game that marries mech combat and customisation with farming and base building.’
- Date Everything! (Xbox Series X/S, PC, Cloud) available 11 August – ‘Date Everything! is a sandbox dating simulator set in the comfort of your own home, featuring 100 fully voice acted datable characters!’
- Grounded 2 Game Preview (Xbox Series X/S, PC, Cloud) available 11 August – ‘Shrunk again, but the world is much larger. In this open-world, single-player or co-op survival adventure, craft weapons and armour, build your base, and traverse the playground on your buggy.’
- Ball x Pit (Xbox Series X/S, PC, Cloud) available 12 August – ‘Ball x Pit is a brick-breaking, ball-fusing, base-building survival roguelite. Batter hordes of enemies with ricocheting balls and gather the riches of the pit to expand your homestead, generate resources and recruit unique heroes.’
- Cricket 26 (Console, PC, Cloud) available 13 August – ‘The ultimate showdown begins in Cricket 26. Make your way to the top in our all-new management career. Play the biggest cricket rivalry in an expanded Ashes mode. Build your perfect roster in Pro Team and unleash your creativity on the pitch with enhanced gameplay mechanics.’
- Mio: Memories in Orbit (Xbox Series X/S, PC, Cloud) available 13 August – ‘A hand-crafted metroidvania set within a vast, decaying world reclaimed by nature and robots.’
- Sandustry Game Preview (PC) available 13 August – ‘Explore and mine fully destructible worlds. Automate increasingly complex production chains. Delve deep to uncover an ancient civilisation’s powerful secrets and learn to love the sand in this factory game where every pixel is a valuable resource.’
- Egging On (Xbox Series X/S, PC, Cloud) available 18 August – ‘This game is hard-boiled. Face the challenge of being a real, fragile egg. Escape the henhouse and jump, roll and climb your way through a farm shop, factory, and other perilous environments.’
Xbox Game Pass: games departing in August 2026
As usual, there are also a handful of games departing Xbox Game Pass this month. From 15 August, the following will no longer be playable through the subscription service, although you can keep the games in your library with a purchase:
- Menace Game Preview
- Atlas Fallen
- Aliens: Firesteam Elite
- Firewatch
