What happens when a game leaves Game Pass?

How long do games stay on Xbox and PC Game Pass? 

How long a game remains available on Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass depends on what kind of agreement Microsoft has made with the publisher of the game. Microsoft pays publishers to get their games on the service, and the longer the game is on Game Pass, the more Microsoft has to pay the publisher. As you can imagine, the more popular and recently released games also cost a premium.

Unfortunately (but logically), Microsoft doesn’t disclose the details of these Game Pass deals. So we can only guess at the duration of these partnerships between Microsoft and the publisher. We do know that Microsoft loves to invest in their Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass service, so usually new games will stay in the library for quite a long time - even big, popular ones!

Xbox First Party Games stay longer on Xbox Game Pass

There have been cases in which games were removed after just a few weeks, such as with Red Dead Redemption II and GTA  - granted, that deal must’ve cost Xbox quite a fortune!

But we do know one thing for certain: all games published by Xbox itself will stay on Game Pass for a very long time. Curious to know which games are from first party studios of Xbox? Then check out the list below: 

Xbox First Party games and studios

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