Microsoft has unveiled the exciting lineup for Xbox Game Pass Wave 1 in May 2025, featuring a diverse selection of 12 games set to join the service through May 20. The highlight of this wave is undoubtedly Doom: The Dark Ages, the latest installment in id Software's renowned first-person shooter series, which will be available on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass as a day-one launch.
Starting today, May 6, subscribers can dive into Dredge (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S), available across Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, and Game Pass Standard. Microsoft describes Dredge as:
A single-player fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent. Sell your catch, upgrade your boat, and dredge the depths for long-buried secrets. Explore a mysterious archipelago and discover why some things are best left forgotten.
On May 7, the service will expand with multiple titles: Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC) on Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, and Game Pass Standard; Dungeons of Hinterberg (Console) on Game Pass Standard; Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn (Xbox Series X|S) on Game Pass Standard; and Metal Slug Tactics (Console) on Game Pass Standard.
May 8 will see the addition of Revenge of the Savage Planet (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) as a day-one title on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. Microsoft's description of the game reads:
In a future knocked off its axis by corporate greed and stupidity, you have been made redundant and abandoned on the far edge of space with little gear and no safety net. You must explore every nook and cranny, collect dozens of upgrades, and turn over every mysterious alien rock if you want to get revenge on your former employer and return to Earth.
Also on May 8, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed (Cloud, Console, and PC) will join Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, and Game Pass Standard, offering:
Join the legendary Turtle brothers straight from the sewer and slide into this new adventure of shell-shocking proportions. With the help of April’s insightful reports from the streets and Splinter’s sage guidance, gear up to fight crime and unravel an epic saga of justice and chaos!
Moving to May 13, Warhammer: Vermintide 2 (Cloud and Console) will return to Game Pass Ultimate and Game Pass Standard. Microsoft highlights:
Making a return to the Game Pass library! Fight together with your friends against the forces of Chaos and Skaven in this epic 4-player co-op game set in the Warhammer Fantasy Battles world. Vermintide 2 expands the intense first-person combat with a brand-new enemy faction, 15 new career paths, talent trees, new weapons, an improved loot system, and more.
The much-anticipated Doom: The Dark Ages (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) will launch on May 15 on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass as a day-one title. Microsoft describes it as:
Doom: The Dark Ages is the prequel to the critically acclaimed Doom (2016) and Doom Eternal that tells an epic cinematic story worthy of the Doom Slayer’s legend. In this third installment of the modern Doom series, players will step into the blood-stained boots of the Doom Slayer, in this never-before-seen dark and sinister medieval war against Hell. Get a head start on slaying demons with the Premium Upgrade, including up to 2-Day Early Access, the campaign DLC at launch, and more.
On May 16, Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo (Cloud, Console, and PC) will be available on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass as another day-one title, described by Microsoft as:
Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo is a papercraft adventure game where you’ll meet the many good and not-so-good folks of Limbo, a place where souls with deep regrets are cursed into repeating the same day on a loop.
Finally, wrapping up the Wave 1 lineup on May 20, Firefighting Simulator: The Squad and Police Simulator: Patrol Officers (both Cloud, Console, and PC) will be added to Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, and Game Pass Standard.
Here's a summary of the Xbox Game Pass May 2025 Wave 1 lineup:
Additionally, several games will be leaving Xbox Game Pass on May 15. Subscribers can use their membership discount to save up to 20% and keep these titles in their library:
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