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Xbox Game Pass November wave 1: Escape Academy 2, Warhammer Survivors, Thronefall and a retro Essential drop

OFFICIAL Written by GPN · Nov 4, 2026, 10:09 AM ET · Xbox Game Pass · Gaming

Xbox has revealed the first wave of Game Pass additions for November, and the lineup runs from cozy re-releases to bullet-heaven chaos. Available now are Football Manager 27 on PC and the horror co-op Pit of Goblin on cloud, console and PC.

November 4 brings Vampire Crawlers, the turn-based card-driven spin on Vampire Survivors, and Void/Breaker in its full 1.0 release. November 5 is the busiest day of the wave: Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School, billed as the first open-world escape room game with solo and two-player co-op, arrives alongside Firefighting Simulator: Ignite and the MySims Cozy Bundle, pairing the original MySims with MySims Kingdom.

The following week adds Football Manager 2027 Console and Warhammer Survivors on November 10, Tanuki: Pon's Summer and Thronefall on November 11, John Carpenter's Toxic Commando on November 12, and Aphelion and Paw Patrol: Dino World on November 17. Most day-one titles land on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass, with several also on Game Pass Premium.

Game Pass Essential grows on November 15 with a retro haul: Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, Gears of War: Judgement, Halo: Spartan Assault, Perfect Dark, Viva Piñata and Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise.

The same post warns of departures: on November 15, 1000xResist, Barbie Horse Trails, Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, Firefighting Simulator – The Squad, GoldenEye 007, Great God Grove, Moonlighter, Pigeon Simulator, Police Simulator: Patrol Officers, Relic Hunters Legend, Total Chaos, Winter Burrow and Wreckfest all leave the library. In-game benefits this wave include a new Valorant agent, Hush, with all agents unlocked for Game Pass subscribers, and a First Descendant Legacy Bundle on November 17.

Facts gathered from

• Xbox Wire

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