Following on November 3, Pit of Goblin joins the service as a day-one launch for Game Pass Ultimate and PC members. The co-op horror game, which has been available since 2024 on other platforms in early access, casts players as a goblin at the bottom of the social order who must explore crumbling crypts, eerie caverns, and ghost-infested ruins to feed the King Queen’s bottomless gut while joined by goblin friends.
Espionage, Shooters, and Puzzle Sequels Arrive Mid-Week
The mid-week schedule brings several notable arrivals across multiple genres, including ZERO PARADES: Director’s Cut on November 3. Hitting shelves on November 4, VOID/BREAKER (1.0) is a high-velocity first-person shooter that relies on rapid pacing, fluid traversal during intense battles, and nimble reflexes to evade foes.
I thought my boss was demanding, but at least I'm not on the lunch menu!Pit of Goblin joins Xbox Game Pass on November 3rd for Cloud, Xbox Series X|S and PCScavenge dungeons, dodge monsters and keep the Goblin King-Queen fedWould you trust your coworkers to keep you alive? pic.twitter.com/NL9mntKMr7
Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School arrives on November 5. The puzzle adventure introduces an expanded campus, life-threatening puzzle rooms, and a conspiracy dating back to the school’s founding, offering solo play or local and online cooperative modes with a friend.
Diverse Independent Titles Expand the November 2–6 Release Calendar
The extensive release calendar extends through Friday, adding dozens of independent titles to the weekly selection. Among the arrivals on November 5 is The Slormancer, an epic 2D Action-RPG Dungeon Crawling game featuring three playable classes—Knight, Huntress, and Mage—following a band of outcasts on their fight against hordes of enemies led by The Slormancer with Xbox Play Anywhere support. GeoJelly arrives as a physics-based puzzle platformer supporting Smart Delivery and Xbox Play Anywhere, featuring a small jelly creature attempting to escape a laboratory. Hasbro Games Junior Collection arrives on November 5 supporting Smart Delivery and Xbox Play Anywhere, bringing three classic junior board games to life in one video game for kids and families. Math Duck+ arrives on November 5 as a puzzle-platformer requiring players to collect correct numbered blocks to complete equations while avoiding hazards and racing against the clock. Additional November 5 releases include Cat on the Jungle Path from Afil Games, Next of Kin: Epiphany from Spelkväll Games priced at $9.99, and Kingdom of Night from DANGEN Entertainment priced at $19.99 as an ’80s-inspired isometric action RPG where coming-of-age drama meets cosmic horror, featuring demon generals that can be tackled in any order alongside local co-op. We Are Eva arrives as a Smart Delivery 2D platformer built around shifting between multiple dimensions simultaneously, accompanied by relaxing puzzle titles centered on rotating hexagonal honeycomb tiles to create direct transit pathways between worker bees and hive queens. Beaconfall is specifically included in the November 6 schedule.
Platform Limitations Leave Xbox One Out of November Game Pass Slate
For the entirety of November 2026, all seven newly confirmed service titles will be entirely absent from Xbox One consoles. Because every single game on the roster is restricted to the PC and Game Pass Ultimate tiers with cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X/S compatibility, users on Microsoft’s older hardware generation must rely exclusively on cloud streaming rather than traditional local downloads.
| Game Title | Release Date | Platform Support |
|---|---|---|
| Gravhounds | November 2, 2026 | Xbox Series X|S, PC, Cloud |
| Pit of Goblin | November 3, 2026 | Xbox Series X|S, PC, Cloud |
| VOID/BREAKER (1.0) | November 4, 2026 | Xbox Series X|S, PC, Cloud |
| Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School | November 5, 2026 | Xbox Series X|S, PC |
| Football Manager 27 | November 10, 2026 | Xbox Series X|S, PC, Cloud |
| Tanuki: Pon’s Summer | November 10, 2026 | Xbox Series X|S, PC, Cloud |
| Warhammer Survivors | November 10, 2026 | Xbox Series X|S, PC, Cloud |
| Hope in the City | November 11, 2026 | Xbox Series X|S, PC |
| Thronefall | November 11, 2026 | Xbox Series X|S, PC, Cloud |
| Arkheron | November 27, 2026 | Xbox Series X|S, PC, Cloud |
Unresolved Questions Surrounding Mid-Month Departures and Later Waves
While Microsoft has outlined early November arrivals, eight games left Xbox Game Pass in early October, and another batch left the service on October 31, with more details soon expected on what is departing in November. Additional wave announcements later in the month are expected to clarify further catalog additions as players balance indie releases against upcoming blockbuster launches.
Looking ahead past the early November slate, additional titles anchor the month’s remaining schedule on Xbox Game Pass. Football Manager 27 arrives on November 10 alongside Warhammer Survivors and Tanuki: Pon’s Summer, in which a postman cycles around delivering packages and making friends while preparing a legendary shrine for an upcoming festival. Hope in the City arrives on November 11 as an emotional, narrative-driven game starring a teenager whose parents have gone missing from her ransacked home, requiring puzzle-solving and a curious campaign to discover what happened to her family. Thronefall rounds out the mid-November additions on November 11, while Arkheron launches on November 27 as an isometric PvP-driven adventure through a world bursting with loot opportunities and fearsome enemies, marking the final Game Pass game of November 2026.