T he new year is here and Xbox has announced its first batch of games joining its subscription service. Xbox Game Pass for console and PC will see seven games added to the service

It's been confirmed that Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders will be joining the Xbox Game Pass lineup on Tuesday, January 21. Microsoft revealed the first wave of new Xbox Game Pass games for January 2025 at the beginning of the month, though many subscribers pointed out that the offerings were rather bare.

While the PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S versions of My Time at Sandrock have been available as part of the Game Pass Ultimate catalog since the summer of 2025, Microsoft made it available to Game Pass Standard subscribers earlier this week. It’s also on PS4, PS5, and Nintendo Switch.

The Xbox Game Pass Ultimate content catalog expands to include two more titles, which happen to have been released 27 years apart.

XBOX Game Pass offerings became a lot more difficult to decipher last year when the subscription service was restructured. There was a price increase at every tier and Console was replaced by

Xbox Game Pass gives you access to hundreds of titles, including new releases like Indiana Jones and the Great Circle on Xbox consoles, PCs, phones and portable gaming devices. The popular Microsoft subscription service starts at $10 a month,

January is already half over, but Sony is still adding games to the PlayStation Plus Game Catalogue. New additions include God of War: Ragnarök, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, Atlas Fallen: Reign of Sand,