xbox game pass are losing Return to Monkey Island—One of the highest rated games—October 31. Two titles have already been shown to launch on the same day, and the full list of upcoming Xbox Game Pass releases will be officially announced the week of October 20th.
Xbox Game Pass removals are typically announced every two weeks, along with the service's two monthly releases. However, sometimes Microsoft teases them through the “Coming Soon” section of the Game Pass tab in the Xbox app. This happened on October 18th. The app refreshed to show a list of three titles that would disappear at the end of the month.
Return to Monkey Island Coming Soon to Xbox Game Pass
The newly revealed October 31st removals are as follows: Return to Monkey Island, jusantand Metal Slug Tactics. Latest critically acclaimed work monkey island The adventure game suffered the most out of the three, as evidenced by its near-perfect 97% reviewer recommendation rating on OpenCritic. Additionally, the game has an average score of 87 on the aggregate platform based on over 100 reviews, putting it in the 98th percentile of all titles in the OpenCritic database and is one of the highest-rated games currently available on Xbox Game Pass.
All confirmed Xbox Game Pass games end on October 31st.
|
game |
Added |
OpenCritic average score |
Recommendation rate |
How much time do you have to win? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Metal Slug Tactics |
November 2024 |
76 |
64% |
6 to 44 hours |
|
Return to Monkey Island |
November 2022 |
87 |
97% |
10~17 hours |
|
jusant |
October 2023 |
84 |
91% |
4-8 hours |
but jusant It failed to meet Don't Nod's sales expectations and wasn't far behind. Return to Monkey IslandIt's received critical acclaim on OpenCritic, with an average score of 84 and a reviewer recommendation rating of 91%, putting it in the 91st percentile of all titles on the platform. Both of these titles can be comfortably beaten before they leave Xbox Game Pass at the end of October 2025. on the other way, Metal Slug Tactics It's a slightly longer experience, with crowdsourced data suggesting a complete run of the strategy RPG can take upwards of 40 hours.
Metal Slug Tactics was the first release of Xbox Game Pass, launching in November 2024, and joining the service's standard (now called Premium) tier in May 2025. Historically, the “Leaving Soon” section of the Xbox app's Game Pass tab hasn't always been the most accurate indicator of an imminent departure, with Microsoft sometimes expanding and shortening content. This month's official Wave 2 elimination lineup will be announced around October 21st. It's also the day Xbox Game Pass Ultimate launches. Ninja Gaiden 4 and evil west.
