With several high-profile Xbox Game Pass games already penciled in for the latter half of April 2026 including Day One additions, Vampire Crawlers and Kiln, the full slate has now been revealed. There are a range of new additions depending on the tier of your subscription, with more new games for Ultimate members than we have seen in recent drops.
Outside of the afformentioned two, Aphelion is the highest profile new title which is launching Day One into the subscription. Aphelion is a new action-packed sci-fi adventure from narrative game studio, Don’t Nod. Don’t Nod were the original studio behind Life is Strange before moving on to make the great Tell Me Why, which remains on Game Pass.
Other notable additions include Trepang2, a gory and action-packed FPS that takes many of its DNA from the dormant FEAR horror series, including slow motion animations and limb dismantling. Also, Game Pass continues to add the catalogue of Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster titles and in early-May Ultimate and Premium members will be able to get their hands on Final Fantasy V.
And if I may, I’d like to recommend Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato to Premium members. I had great fun with this Latin American short adventure game last year and we have many guides on the site to help you secure all 1,000 Gamerscore.
Xbox Game Pass April 2026 Wave 2 Additions
The full list of titles joining the subscription service are as follows – all titles are also Cloud gaming supported:
21 January 2026
Little Rocket Lab – Xbox One and Series X/S, PC: Ultimate, Premium, PC
Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato – Xbox One and Series X/S, Handheld, PC: Ultimate, Premium, PC
Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors – Xbox Series X/S, Handheld, PC: Ultimate, PC
23 April
Kiln – Xbox Series X/S, Handheld, PC: Ultimate, PC
28 April
Aphelion – Xbox Series X/S, Handheld, PC: Ultimate, PC
29 April
Trepang2 – Xbox Series X/S, Handheld, PC: Ultimate, Premium, PC
30 April
Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era (Game Preview) – PC only: Ultimate, PC
Sledding Game (Game Preview) – Xbox Series X/S, PC: Ultimate, PC
TerraTech Legion – Xbox Series X/S, PC: Ultimate, PC
5 May
Final Fantasy V – Xbox Series X/S, PC: Ultimate, Premium, PC
And that takes us through to early-May when we will see some more games announced for Xbox Game Pass.
What Xbox Game Pass games have you been playing recently? What Day One titles are you most excited for this month? Let us know in the comments below and come and join the friendly and active Gamer Social Club Discord to chat about all your other favourite Game Pass games.
