The subsequent wave of Xbox Recreation Go departures is simply across the nook, with eight titles scheduled to depart the service on June 30. Amongst them is Payday 2, StarBreeze Leisure’s co-op heist recreation that has been a part of Xbox Recreation Go for over 9 years.
Microsoft’s subscription service launched on June 1, 2017. The Xbox Recreation Go catalog featured greater than 100 titles at launch, together with Payday 2: Crimewave Version. The co-op shooter not solely remained on the service over the next 9 years, however it even expanded its attain as Microsoft stored splitting its catalog throughout extra subscription tiers. As an example, Payday 2 was included in Xbox Recreation Go Core, now often known as Xbox Recreation Go Important, from the second the entry-level membership launched in September 2023.
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Payday 2, Slay the Spire, Tomb Raider, and Extra Leaving Xbox Recreation Go Quickly
A month following its ninth anniversary on the service, Payday 2 is ready to depart tomorrow, June 30. Seven extra titles are a part of the following wave of library removals: Mecha Break, Tomb Raider: Definitive Version, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Slay the Spire, Final Rooster Horse, Volcano Princess, and Unpacking. None have been on the service for so long as Payday 2, with Slay the Spire accounting for the second-longest stint from this batch, having initially joined Microsoft’s content material library in August 2019. On the opposite finish of the spectrum are two July 2025 Xbox Recreation Go additions within the type of Final Rooster Horse and Mecha Break, each set to depart simply forward of their first anniversary.
Xbox Recreation Go Video games Leaving Subsequent (June 30, 2026)
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[â–²]Recreation |
Added |
[â–²]Stint Period |
[â–²]OpenCritic Avg. |
How Lengthy To Beat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Mecha Break |
July 2025 |
0 years, 11 months |
71 |
11–83 hours |
|
Payday 2: Crimewave Version |
Jun 2017 |
9 years |
69 |
28–200 hours |
|
Rise of the Tomb Raider |
Jul 2025 |
0 years, 11 months |
86 |
12–35 hours |
|
Tomb Raider: Definitive Version |
Could 2024 |
2 years, 1 month |
71 |
11–21 hours |
|
Slay the Spire |
Aug 2019 |
6 years, 10 months |
89 |
12–190 hours |
|
Final Rooster Horse |
Jul 2025 |
0 years, 11 months |
79 |
12–14 hours |
|
Volcano Princess |
Jun 2025 |
1 yr |
N/A |
9–51 hours |
|
Unpacking |
Nov 2021 |
4 years, 7 months |
82 |
3–5 hours |
Payday 2 is just the fourth title ever to depart the XGP Core/Important library, following Forza Horizon 4, which was delisted from all tiers, and two customary removals: Goat Simulator and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge. The co-op heist recreation’s catalog stint outlived its controversial successor by orders of magnitude, as Payday 3 already left Xbox Recreation again in September 2024, only one yr after launch.
Xbox Recreation Go 2026 Stats: Month-to-month Catalog Adjustments
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📅 |
Added |
Eliminated |
Web |
YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
January |
18 |
12 |
+6 video games |
+5 |
|
February |
20 |
5 |
+15 video games |
+23 |
|
March |
16 |
8 |
+8 video games |
+16 |
|
April |
18 |
14 |
+4 video games |
+4 |
|
Could |
20 |
10 |
+10 video games |
+3 |
|
June |
17 |
13 |
+4 video games |
|
|
Whole |
109 |
62 |
+47 video games |
+51 vs 2025 |
The “Added” column displays solely brand-new video games, ignoring conditions like current titles being added to the XGP Premium tier.
The June 30 Xbox Recreation Go departures deliver this month’s complete variety of removals to 13. The service remains to be on the right track to complete June with a internet acquire of 4 titles, having already added 16 video games, with another scheduled to observe on June 30. The month-end addition is RV There But?, a so-called “friendslop” recreation that was initially slated for Could 2026 however suffered a last-minute delay for sharpening causes.
The subsequent catalog change is due July 2, when Xbox Recreation Go Premium subscribers are set to obtain Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater 3 + 4 after a year-long wait. The complete Wave 1 lineup for July 2026 will not be introduced till July 6, when Winds of Arcana: Ruination is already confirmed to be becoming a member of Microsoft’s ever-shifting content material library.
- Launched
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August 13, 2013
- ESRB
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M For Mature 17+ on account of Blood, Drug Reference, Intense Violence, Robust Language, Suggestive Themes
- Engine
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Diesel Engine
