Xbox Game Pass April 2026 Wave 2 Lineup Announced

Microsoft has announced the games coming to Xbox Game Pass during the remainder of April 2026, and the aboriginal portion of May.

As confirmed successful a station connected Xbox Wire, determination are a fig of day-one releases coming, including Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard, Kiln, Aphelion, Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era, and Sledding Game. Final Fantasy V rounds retired the lineup, arriving connected May 5.

Cozy, instrumentality gathering RPG Little Rocket Lab (Cloud, Console, and PC) and affectional communicative escapade crippled Stolen Potato (Cloud, Console, Handheld, and PC) some articulation Game Pass Premium connected April 21, having already been connected Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. Also connected April 21, Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) hits Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass arsenic a time 1 launch.

On April 23. Double Fine's Kiln (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) hits Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass arsenic a time 1 release, which is expected for a Microsoft game. This latest crippled from the squad down Psychonauts is described arsenic a "pottery power‑fantasy celebrating some creativity and destruction."

Moving connected to April 28 and we've got Aphelion (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) arsenic different time 1 motorboat crossed Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. This is simply a third-person sci-fi escapade developed by Don’t Nod, the workplace down Jusant and Lost Records: Bloom & Rage). The communicative is rooted successful real-world science, created successful concern with the European Space Agency.

A time later, connected April 29, gory FPS Trepang2 (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC) hits Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, and PC Game Pass. Then, connected April 30, 3 games deed Game Pass: Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era (Game Preview) (PC) arsenic a time 1 motorboat connected Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass, Sledding Game (Game Preview) (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC), besides a time 1 motorboat connected Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass, and TerraTech Legion (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC) connected Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass.

And yet for April 2026 Wave 2, Final Fantasy V (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC) joins Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, and PC Game Pass connected May 5.

Xbox Game Pass April 2026 Wave 2 lineup:

• Little Rocket Lab (Cloud, Console, and PC) – April 21, Now with Game Pass Premium; joining Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass
• Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato (Cloud, Console, Handheld, and PC) – April 21, Now with Game Pass Premium; joining Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass
• Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) – April 21, Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
• Kiln (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) – April 23, Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
• Aphelion (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) – April 28, Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
• Trepang2 (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC) – April 29, Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, and PC Game Pass
• Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era (Game Preview) (PC) – April 30, Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
• Sledding Game (Game Preview) (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC) – April 30, Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
• TerraTech Legion (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC) – April 30, Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
• Final Fantasy V (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC) – May 5, Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass

As always, a fig of games are acceptable to permission Game Pass this month. You tin prevention up to 20% disconnected your acquisition if you bargain them.

Leaving Xbox Game Pass connected April 30:

• Citizen Sleeper (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Creatures of Ava (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Endless Legend 2 (PC)
• Goat Simulator (Cloud and Console)
• Goat Simulator Remastered (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Hunt Showdown 1896 (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• NHL 24 (EA Play) (Cloud and Console)
• Revenge of the Savage Planet (Cloud, Console, and PC)

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