The Xbox Game Pass is excellent value for money, offering dozens of games for console and PC.
For its monthly subscription, you get many great games – the best of which have been outlined below by genre.
RPG – Mass Effect series (PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S)
Mass Effect is a classic RPG and one of the prominent jewels in Bioware’s crown.
The game follows the story of Commander Shepard and will make choices that truly matter, meet hundreds of different characters and battle various interstellar threats.
Mass-Effect defined the Sci-fi RPG genre and is often considered among the best games ever made thanks to its fast-paced combat, memorable companions, brilliant storytelling, and unforgettable setting.
It’s an RPG that should not be missed – and it’s not the only one.
Honourable mentions:
- Dragon Age series (PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S)
- Fable 1-3 (Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S)
- Fallout series (PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S)
- Nier: Automata (PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S)
- Pillars of Eternity 1 and 2 (PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S)
- The Elder Scrolls Series (PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S)
- Undertale (PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S)
Strategy – Total War: Warhammer 3 (PC)
There’s a certain satisfaction in watching a well laid-out plan work to perfection.
Strategy games encapsulate this feeling, and Total War: Warhammer 3 exemplifies it.
The capstone game of the Total War: Warhammer series, the third entry has a vast world for players to conquer with their preferred playstyle.
No matter whether you’re defensive, mobile, sneaky, ranged, or just down-right aggressive, Total War: Warhammer 3 will allow you to command your armies and your empire the way you prefer.
Honourable mentions:
- Age of Empires 1-4 (PC only)
- Crusader Kings 3 (PC only)
- Stellaris (PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S)
Horror and suspense – Dead Space 1-3 (PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S)
I have never seen the appeal in willing terror, but there’s something to be said about facing your fears and prevailing.
In Dead Space, that’s precisely what you do as you make your way through the darkened halls of technologically advanced locales infested with horrors you can scarce imagine and are unlikely to forget.
Something is lying in wait around every corner to give you a heart attack, every battle is a heart-pulsing struggle for survival, and it’s all drenched in gore and dismembered body parts.
Honourable mentions:
- Alien Isolation (PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S)
- Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S)
Action and FPS – Doom Eternal (PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S)
Doom Eternal is what every good action game should be: simple to play, but hard to master.
You will play as Doom Guy and will rip and tear your way through the game with a variety of weapons and abilities perfectly suited to reducing hordes of hellish beasts to a fine paste.
Doom Eternal is the sort of game that makes violence almost artistic in its visceral elegance.
Honourable mentions:
- Batman Arkham Knight (Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S)
- Dishonored 1, 2 and Death of the Outsiders (PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S)
- For Honor (Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S)
- Halo series (PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S)
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S)
- Star Wars Battlefront 1 and 2 (PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S)
Simulation – The Sims 4 (PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S)
As enjoyable as heart-pounding battle, gut-wrenching terror, and cunning strategy is, you sometimes just want to sit back and relax.
The Sims 4 is an excellent choice for relaxation as you guide your sims through their lives.
You can watch as they experience all the wonders of life, such as going to school, falling in love, getting their first job, finding a home and then tragically dying in an oven-caused housefire or drowning in a pool with no ladder – the inevitable conclusion for all Sims games.
Honourable mentions:
- Cities Skyline (PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S)
- Microsoft Flight Simulator: Standard Game of the Year Edition (PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S)
Survival – Minecraft (PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S)
The survival genre is a much-beloved game style that allows you to fully enjoy the struggle to avoid death.
Minecraft is the standard for child-friendly survival games but is no less unforgiven than its more gory counterparts.
Explore, forge new tools and build whatever your heart desires as you survive in a world infested with monsters.
Honourable mentions:
- Ark Ultimate Survivor Edition (PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S)
- A plague tale: Innocence (PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S)
- Subnautica and Subnautica: Below Zero (PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S)
Metroidvania, roguelite and, soulslike – Hollow Knight (PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S)
Metroidvania, roguelite and soulslike games usually borrow elements from each other to create an unforgettable experience.
Hollow Knight is the most notable example of this with its extensive exploration, sharp and weighty combat and charming art style.
You’ll find yourself eager to explore further, enjoy the game’s atmosphere, and master your characters abilities.
Honourable mentions:
- Dead Cells (PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S)
- Death’s Door (PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S)
- Hades (PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S)
- Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps (PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S)
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