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Microsoft has unveiled the exciting Wave 1 lineup for Xbox Game Pass in May 2025, promising a diverse selection of 12 games to enhance your gaming experience up to May 20. Kicking off the month with a bang is the highly anticipated Doom: The Dark Ages, a day-one Game Pass launch from the iconic first-person shooter series by id Software. As a Microsoft-owned title, it's set to thrill fans right from its release.
Starting today, May 6, you can dive into Dredge, available on Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S, across Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, and Game Pass Standard. Here's what Microsoft has to say about it:
Dredge is a single-player fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent. Sell your catch, upgrade your boat, and dredge the depths for long-buried secrets. Explore a mysterious archipelago and discover why some things are best left forgotten.
On May 7, the Game Pass library expands further with Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC) on Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, and Game Pass Standard; Dungeons of Hinterberg (Console) on Game Pass Standard; Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn (Xbox Series X|S) on Game Pass Standard; and Metal Slug Tactics (Console) on Game Pass Standard.
Mark your calendars for May 8, when Revenge of the Savage Planet (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) becomes available on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass as another day-one title. Here's the intriguing premise:
In a future knocked off its axis by corporate greed and stupidity, you have been made redundant and abandoned on the far edge of space with little gear and no safety net. You must explore every nook and cranny, collect dozens of upgrades, and turn over every mysterious alien rock if you want to get revenge on your former employer and return to Earth.
Also on May 8, join the legendary Turtle brothers in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed (Cloud, Console, and PC), available on Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, and Game Pass Standard. Here's what you can expect:
Join the legendary Turtle brothers straight from the sewer and slide into this new adventure of shell-shocking proportions. With the help of April’s insightful reports from the streets and Splinter’s sage guidance, gear up to fight crime and unravel an epic saga of justice and chaos!
On May 13, prepare for intense co-op action with Warhammer: Vermintide 2 (Cloud and Console) on Game Pass Ultimate and Game Pass Standard. Here's a brief on what's in store:
Making a return to the Game Pass library! Fight together with your friends against the forces of Chaos and Skaven in this epic 4-player co-op game set in the Warhammer Fantasy Battles world. Vermintide 2 expands the intense first-person combat with a brand-new enemy faction, 15 new career paths, talent trees, new weapons, an improved loot system, and more.
The main event arrives on May 15 with Doom: The Dark Ages (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S), available day-one on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. Here's the thrilling synopsis:
Doom: The Dark Ages is the prequel to the critically acclaimed Doom (2016) and Doom Eternal that tells an epic cinematic story worthy of the Doom Slayer’s legend. In this third installment of the modern Doom series, players will step into the blood-stained boots of the Doom Slayer, in this never-before-seen dark and sinister medieval war against Hell. Get a head start on slaying demons with the Premium Upgrade, including up to 2-Day Early Access, the campaign DLC at launch, and more.
On May 16, immerse yourself in the unique world of Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo (Cloud, Console, and PC), another day-one title on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. Here's a glimpse into this intriguing game:
Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo is a papercraft adventure game where you’ll meet the many good and not-so-good folks of Limbo, a place where souls with deep regrets are cursed into repeating the same day on a loop.
Finally, wrapping up the Wave 1 lineup on May 20, you can experience Firefighting Simulator: The Squad and Police Simulator: Patrol Officers (both available on Cloud, Console, and PC) across Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, and Game Pass Standard.
Here's the full Xbox Game Pass May 2025 Wave 1 lineup:
- Dredge (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – May 6
Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass Standard - Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 7
Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass Standard - Dungeons of Hinterberg (Console) – May 7
Now with Game Pass Standard - Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn (Xbox Series X|S) – May 7
Now with Game Pass Standard - Metal Slug Tactics (Console) – May 7
Now with Game Pass Standard - Revenge of the Savage Planet (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – May 8
Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 8
Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass Standard - Warhammer: Vermintide 2 (Cloud and Console) – May 13
Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Standard - Doom: The Dark Ages (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – May 15
Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass - Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 16
Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass - Firefighting Simulator: The Squad (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 20
Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass Standard - Police Simulator: Patrol Officers (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 20
Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass Standard
On May 15, several games will leave the Game Pass library. You can use your membership discount to save up to 20% and keep them in your library:
- Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Chants of Sennaar (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Dune: Spice Wars (Game Preview) (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Hauntii (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- The Big Con (Cloud, Console, and PC)
