5 titles are leaving xbox game pass including departures later today, November 30th. Octopath Traveler 1 and 2. Square Enix's critically acclaimed JRPG is being pulled from Microsoft's content catalog at a moment when many fans would want to play it anyway, making the timing of its impending Xbox Game Pass launch particularly inconvenient for some.
After losing 13 titles in June 2025, Microsoft's subscription service capped the number of monthly removals in the single digits. That streak is now set to end, with five titles leaving Xbox Game Pass on November 15th and another equally sized group set to depart later today.
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Octopath Traveler, SteamWorld Build, and More Titles Leaving Xbox Game Pass Today
Here's the Xbox Game Pass departure list for November 30th: Octopath Traveler And its sequel, barbie project friendship, fallen lordand Steam World Build. All five titles are expected to retire around midnight local time on December 1st, leaving you playable until the end of the day. For achievement hunters who haven't started playing this game yet: barbie project friendship and Steam World Build It gives you a realistic opportunity to make meaningful Gamerscore progress before being eliminated.
All Xbox Game Pass games ending November 30th
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game |
Added |
How much time do you have to win? |
Open Critic Score |
|---|---|---|---|
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barbie project friendship |
June 2025 |
5-8 hours |
Not applicable |
|
fallen lord |
May 2024 |
28~95 hours |
69 |
|
Octopath Traveler |
June 2024 |
60~103 hours |
84 |
|
Octopath Traveler II |
June 2024 |
60~95 hours |
85 |
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Steam World Build |
December 2023 |
9~31 hours |
77 |
barbie project friendship joins Xbox Game Pass on June 11 along with its PC version, making it the only title in this group of departures to have been on the service for less than a year. Kingdom Two Crowns. upside down, Steam World Build We're approaching our second anniversary in Microsoft's content catalog. fallen lord and both Octopath Traveler Each title spent approximately 18 months in the XGP library.
Octopath Traveler 1 and 2 are leaving Xbox Game Pass at a really inconvenient time
It's been available to Xbox Game Pass members for a while now, but Octopath Traveler The series departs at a time of renewed interest. The reason is mainly Octopath Traveler 0 It's on the horizon. First announced during the July 2025 Nintendo Direct, the third mainline entry is set to release on PC and consoles on December 4th. It's not the first day of Xbox Game Pass launches, but the summer announcement of a late fall debut may have prompted some JRPG fans to revisit or play the first two installments for the first time. Considering the significant length of both games, the timing of their removal was potentially inconvenient, as not all subscribers who started playing in recent months would have had time to complete them. Even without this context, their departure represents a notable loss to the Xbox Game Pass JRPG catalog.
November 2025 has had a huge positive impact on the Xbox Game Pass library.
November 2025 marked the first time since June that Xbox Game Pass lost double-digit titles in a month, but it was still a significant net positive for Microsoft's subscription service. The library has grown by 20 titles in the past 30 days, adding twice as many as it lost, including today's departure.
Looking into the near future, Xbox Game Pass already has five titles confirmed for December 2025. These include: Lost Records: Bloom and RageAnd the day 4 release: marvel space invasion, routine, hole digging gameand dome keeper. The latter two are already available on other platforms, but they're still treated as the first Game Pass titles because the upcoming Xbox console versions are completely new.
