Xbox players can grab a huge nine free games after months of lacklustre lineups

After significant revisions to the subscription program, XBOX Game Pass has been in a bit of a rut for the past six months.

In addition to raising all of their prices, Game Pass for Console was renamed Xbox Game Pass Standard.

Online capability is included in Standard, however access to newer releases was taken away, resulting in the removal of more than 40 games from the Game Pass mid-price category.

Some of these games are gradually making their way back to Standard, and some new ones are even joining the service this month.

In contrast to how Xbox has been managing the category for the last six months, four titles will be added to Standard this month.

At the same time as they are added to Ultimate, Gigantic: Rampage Edition, Starbound, Shady Part of Me, and Far Cry New Dawn will be released on Standard.

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This month, PC gamers will get eight new games, while subscribers to the more costly Ultimate tier will get nine.

Lonely Mountain: Snow Riders, Eternal Strands, and Orcs Must Die will be available to Ultimate gamers in addition to the four previously mentioned games. Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, Sniper Elite: Resistance, and Deathtrap.

With the exception of Starbound, which is exclusive to the console, PC Game Pass subscribers will get access to the most of the Ultimate games.

The following list includes the release dates for the nine new titles that Xbox Game Pass will be getting this month:

• 
  Out now
  
  • 
    Lonely Mountain: Snow Riders
    
    
    Ultimate & PC
    
• 
  January 22
  
  • 
    Gigantic: Rampage Edition
    
    
    Ultimate, Standard & PC
    
  • 
    Starbound
    
    
    Ultimate & Standard
    
• 
  January 28
  
  • 
    Eternal Strands
    
    
    Ultimate & PC
    
  • 
    Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap
    
    
    Ultimate & PC
    
• 
  January 29
  
  • 
    Shady Part of Me
    
    
    Ultimate, Standard & PC
    
• 
  January 30
  
  • 
    Sniper Elite: Resistance
    
    
    Ultimate & PC
    
• 
  January 31
  
  • 
    Citizen Sleeper: Starward Vector
    
    
    Ultimate & PC
    
• 
  February 4
  
  • 
    Far Cry New Dawn
    
    
    Ultimate, Standard & PC
    

• 
  Lonely Mountain: Snow Riders
  
  
  Ultimate & PC
  

• 
  Gigantic: Rampage Edition
  
  
  Ultimate, Standard & PC
  
• 
  Starbound
  
  
  Ultimate & Standard
  

• 
  Eternal Strands
  
  
  Ultimate & PC
  
• 
  Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap
  
  
  Ultimate & PC
  

• 
  Shady Part of Me
  
  
  Ultimate, Standard & PC
  

• 
  Sniper Elite: Resistance
  
  
  Ultimate & PC
  

• 
  Citizen Sleeper: Starward Vector
  
  
  Ultimate & PC
  

• 
  Far Cry New Dawn
  
  
  Ultimate, Standard & PC
  

Five titles will be coming back to Game Pass Standard this month, in addition to the four that are now available.

These include several high-profile games like Tchia and Kunitsu-gami, but some independent hits are also making a comeback.

This month, Xbox Game Pass Standard will once again offer the following five games:

• 
  January 22
  
  • 
    Flock
    
  • 
    Kunitsu-gami: Path of the Goddess
    
  • 
    Magical Delicacy
    
  • 
    Tchia
    
    
    *Xbox Series X|S only
    
  • 
    The Case of the Golden Idol
    

• 
  Flock
  
• 
  Kunitsu-gami: Path of the Goddess
  
• 
  Magical Delicacy
  
• 
  Tchia
  
  
  *Xbox Series X|S only
  
• 
  The Case of the Golden Idol
  

View the other games that were added to Xbox Game Pass in January to learn more about your membership.

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