Xbox Game Pass Leaving List Grows to 9 Games

Image: Double Fine Productions

Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass departure list for October 31 has grown, and this post corrects our earlier coverage. This is a follow-up to Nexorift's October 22 post, which listed eight games leaving Xbox Game Pass on October 31, 2026. On October 20, Xbox added a ninth game to that list: Grim Fandango Remastered, Double Fine's classic adventure, which leaves alongside the other Double Fine remasters. The full list now stands at nine games, all on Cloud, Console and PC, and all leaving on October 31, two days from now. If you were working from the original eight-game list, update your plans: Grim Fandango Remastered is the addition, and with two days left, only the short games are realistic finishes.

Key Takeaways

• This post updates Nexorift's October 22 post, which listed eight games leaving Xbox Game Pass on October 31.
• The change: Xbox added Grim Fandango Remastered to the departure list on October 20, 2026, taking the list from eight games to nine.
• All nine games leave on October 31, 2026, on Cloud, Console and PC.
• Finish the short games first: Full Throttle Remastered (around four to five hours), Day of the Tentacle Remastered (five to seven), Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris (around five hours for its story).
• The longer and ongoing games (LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, Deep Rock Galactic, Wartales, Wildgate) cannot realistically be finished in two days: start them now or buy them at a discount.
• Football Manager 26 is NOT leaving on October 31: it leaves Game Pass on November 10, 2026.

What changed in the Xbox Game Pass leaving list?

One game was added. Nexorift's October 22 post listed eight departures for October 31, and on October 20 Xbox's Wave 2 announcement listed nine, with Grim Fandango Remastered joining the other Double Fine remasters. Nothing else about the date changed: all nine games still leave on October 31, on Cloud, Console and PC.

The sequence explains how eight became nine. The original eight came from the "leaving soon" section of the official Xbox app, which PureXbox reported on October 18. Two days later, Xbox published its full Wave 2 announcement, and its "Leaving October 31" section listed nine games, with Grim Fandango Remastered included. PureXbox updated its story the same day, noting Xbox had added a ninth game. So the list itself changed; nothing was miscounted. Grim Fandango is the 1998 LucasArts adventure about Manny Calavera in the Land of the Dead, remastered by Double Fine in 2015. It now leaves next to Double Fine's other two remasters, which makes October 31 a bad day for classic adventure fans: all three go at once.

Which 9 games leave Xbox Game Pass on October 31?

Image: TT Games / Warner Bros. Games

The nine games are Day of the Tentacle Remastered, Dead Static Drive, Deep Rock Galactic, Full Throttle Remastered, Grim Fandango Remastered, Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, Wartales and Wildgate. All nine are listed for Cloud, Console and PC, and all nine leave the library on October 31, 2026.

Here is the full list, with what each game is in one line:

• Day of the Tentacle Remastered (Cloud, Console, PC): Double Fine's time-travel cartoon adventure, in which three friends stop a mutated purple tentacle taking over the world.
• Dead Static Drive (Cloud, Console, PC): a survival horror road trip through decaying small-town America.
• Deep Rock Galactic (Cloud, Console, PC): the co-op shooter about dwarves mining hostile alien caves. Xbox lists Deep Rock Galactic, not Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor.
• Full Throttle Remastered (Cloud, Console, PC): Double Fine's biker adventure starring Ben.
• Grim Fandango Remastered (Cloud, Console, PC): the NEW addition: Double Fine's noir adventure in the Land of the Dead.
• Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris (Cloud, Console, PC): the four-player co-op tomb raider set in Egypt.
• LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Cloud, Console, PC): all nine saga films in LEGO form, by far the biggest game here.
• Wartales (Cloud, Console, PC): an open-world mercenary RPG about leading sellswords through a plague-ravaged land.
• Wildgate (Cloud, Console, PC): a multiplayer space heist shooter built around raiding derelict ships.

What should you play first before October 31?

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Play the short games first. Full Throttle Remastered takes around four to five hours, Day of the Tentacle Remastered around five to seven, and Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris around five hours for its story. Those three are realistic finishes in two days, while the longer and ongoing games on the list are not.

The completion times come from HowLongToBeat's player figures. Full Throttle Remastered's main story runs about four hours, so four to five hours is a fair planning number. Day of the Tentacle Remastered's main story is about five hours, rising to roughly six and a half for a completionist run. Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris takes about five hours for its story, though a completionist run stretches to around thirteen and a half hours, so a full clear needs both days. Together the three short games run roughly fourteen to seventeen hours across two days. Grim Fandango Remastered is longer than the other two Double Fine remasters: treat it as the fourth priority, or buy it to finish later. LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga covers nine films and is far too big for two days, while Deep Rock Galactic, Wartales and Wildgate are ongoing or multiplayer games with no real ending: play them now, and buy the ones you want to keep.

What happens after October 31?

Subscription access ends. Once the nine games leave on October 31, Game Pass members can no longer play them through the subscription, even if they are installed. Buying a game outright restores access, and Xbox points members to a member discount on departing games before they leave.

Leaving Game Pass is a subscription change, not a delisting: the games are not being withdrawn from sale. What ends is the right to play them as part of the subscription, and an installed game will stop launching through Game Pass once it leaves, unless you buy it. Your saves stay with your Xbox account, so buying later usually lets you pick up where you left off. Xbox's own wording is direct: "Don't want the fun to end? Save on these games now before they leave Game Pass!" The announcement gives no single discount figure, so check the store for each game's actual price. The library is not shrinking overall: October 29 brought Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, Mouthwashing, Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted and Terrible Lizards, per Nexorift's Xbox Game Pass October 2026 Wave 2 roundup.

Is Football Manager 26 leaving on October 31 too?

No. Football Manager 26 and its Console Edition leave Game Pass on November 10, not October 31, according to the same Xbox announcement. Do not mix the two dates: the October 31 list has nine games, and the November 10 departure is a separate, later one.

The confusion is understandable: both dates appear in the same Xbox Wave 2 post, in back-to-back sections. "Leaving October 31" holds this article's nine games, and the next section, "Leaving November 10," holds Football Manager 26 on PC and its Console Edition on Cloud, Console and PC. Football Manager players have until November 10, a separate deadline, not part of this list.

Frequently asked questions

When do the nine games leave Xbox Game Pass?

October 31, 2026. All nine games leave on that date, on Cloud, Console and PC.

Which game was added to the leaving list?

Grim Fandango Remastered, added by Xbox on October 20, 2026, taking Nexorift's October 22 eight-game list to nine.

Can I still play a game after October 31?

Only if you buy it. Subscription access ends on October 31, even for installed games, but buying outright restores access, with a member discount available before they leave.

Do I lose my saves when a game leaves Game Pass?

No. Saves stay with your Xbox account, so buying later usually lets you pick up where you left off.

Is Football Manager 26 leaving on October 31?

No. Football Manager 26 and its Console Edition leave Game Pass on November 10, 2026, a separate, later departure.

Sources: Xbox Wire (October 20, 2026, Xbox Game Pass October 2026 Wave 2 post); PureXbox (October 18, 2026, updated October 20, 2026); HowLongToBeat completion figures via deal-tracker listings.

Images: Double Fine Productions (Grim Fandango Remastered), TT Games / Warner Bros. Games (LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga), Shiro Games (Wartales).