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Xbox Series X games 2022 list: every confirmed release date and best exclusive games

Keep track of all the new Xbox Series X games and what's coming to Game Pass

Adam Vjestica
Jun 24
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Our Xbox Series X games 2022 list includes all the confirmed release dates of every upcoming title for Microsoft’s current-gen consoles. We’ve also rounded up the best Xbox Series X games released this year, many of which are available on Xbox Game Pass.

If you’re wondering what’s next on the horizon, this Xbox Series X games 2022 list will keep you on top of every upcoming release. There’s still a wide variety of titles that don’t have a confirmed release date yet, but they’re still scheduled for sometime this year.

We saw a slew of new titles added for 2022 after Microsoft’s Summer Game Fest conference, the Xbox + Bethesda Games Showcase, which took place on June 12.

  • Save on an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership with our handy guide. ⬅️


Every Xbox Series X game coming in 2022

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Looking for every Xbox Series X|S game coming out this year? Here’s every title that’s on the way.

☀️ June 2022

  • 🥤 Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course - June 30

🌞 July 2022

  • 🏎️ F1 22 - July 1

  • 💥 Arcadegeddon - July 5

  • 🎾 Matchpoint: Tennis Championships - July 7

  • 🎈 Klonoa Phatasy Reverie Series - July 8

  • 🌇 As Dusk Falls - July 19

🍂 August 2022

  • 🏫 Two Point Campus - August 9

  • 😵 Thymesia - August 9

  • 🐑 Cult of the Lamb - August 11

  • 🏈 Madden NFL 23 - August 19

  • 😇 Saints Row - August 23

  • 🧑‍💻 Soul Hackers 2 - August 26

  • 🤖 SD Gundam Battle Alliance - August 25

  • 👽 Destroy All Humans 2: Reprobed - August 30

  • 🏎️ F1 Manager 2022 - August 30

🎒 September 2022

  • 💍 Lord of the Rings: Gollum - September 1

  • 🧁 TemTem - September 6

  • ⚔️ Steelrising - September 8

  • 🔨 Warhammer 40,000: Darktide - September 13

  • 🤘 Metal: Hellsinger - September 15

  • 😈 Evil West - September 20

  • 🐜 Grounded - September TBC

⚖️ October 2022

  • 🦧 Overwatch 2 - October 4

  • 🦸 Marvel’s Midnight Suns - October 7

  • 🚗 WRC Generations - October 13

  • 🐀 A Plague Tale: Requiem - October 18

  • 🦴 Scorn - October 21

  • 🃏 Persona 5 Royale - October 21

  • 🦇 Gotham Knights - October 25

  • 👽 High on Life - October 25

  • 🪖 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - October 28

  • 🐻 Gunfire Reborn - October TBC

❄️ November 2022

  • 🙆‍♀️ Humankind - November 4

  • 📕 Pentiment - November TBC

⛄ December 2022

  • 💀 The Callisto Protocol - December 2

  • 🙋‍♂️ Hello Neighbor 2 - December 6


Xbox Series X games TBC 2022

Slime Rancher 2 player collecting slimes
(Credit: Monomi Park)
  • 🚀 Star Trek: Resurgence - Spring 2022

  • 🦔 Sonic Frontiers - Holiday 2022

  • 📸 Flashback 2 - Winter 2022

  • 💗 Atomic Heart - TBC 2022

  • 🔵 Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - TBC 2022

  • 🛩️ Forever Skies - TBC 2022

  • 🐐 Goat Simulator 3 - TBC 2022

  • 👻 Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed - TBC 2022

  • 🌊 Highwater - TBC 2022

  • 🧙‍♂️ Hogwarts Legacy - TBC 2022

  • 🪲 Hollowknight: Silksong - TBC 2022

  • 🛣️ Open Roads - TBC 2022

  • 🏴‍☠️ One Piece Odyssey - TBC 2022

  • 😺 Party Animals - TBC 2022

  • 🔮 Somerville - TBC 2022

  • 🟢 Slime Rancher 2 - TBC 2022


Available on Xbox Game Pass on day one

Nine Xbox Series X|S games are coming to Xbox Game Pass on day one.

  • 🐢 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shedder’s Revenge - June 16 (out now)

  • 🏃‍♂️ Shadowrun Trilogy - June 21 (out now)

  • 🥷 Naraka: Bladepoint - June 23 (out now)

  • 🎾 Matchpoint: Tennis Championships - July 7

  • 🌇 As Dusk Falls - July 19

  • 🔨 Warhammer 40,000: Darktide - September 13

  • 🐜 Grounded - September TBC

  • 🦴 Scorn - October 21

  • 🃏 Persona 5 Royale - October 21

  • 👽 High on Life - October 25

  • 🐻 Gunfire Reborn - October TBC

  • 📕 Pentiment - November TBC

  • 🙋‍♂️ Hello Neighbor 2 - December 6

  • 🐀 A Plague Tale: Requiem - October 18

  • 💗 Atomic Heart - TBC 2022

  • 🪲 Hollowknight: Silksong - TBC 2022

  • 😺 Party Animals - TBC 2022

  • 🟢 Slime Rancher 2 - TBC 2022

  • 🔮 Somerville - TBC 2022


Xbox Series X exclusives coming in 2022

Microsoft has two console exclusives this year, both of which will be heading to Xbox Game Pass on day one. Unfortunately, Starfield was scheduled for November 11, 2022, but was delayed until early 2023.

🌇 As Dusk Falls - July 19

As Dusk Falls is an original interactive drama with multiplayer support for up to eight players. It’s being made by Caroline Marchal, formerly at Quantic Dream. Your choices will directly affect the lives of each character in the game, which has a striking graphic novel art style.

🦴 Scorn - October 21

Scorn is an unsettling first-person shooter inspired by the visual artists H. R. Giger and Zdzislaw Beksinski. You’ll explore a nightmarish setting filled with many fleshy things, bone-like constructs, and alien lifeforms. The game will be available on Xbox Game Pass on day one, October 21.

📕 Pentiment - November TBC

Pentiment is the next game from famed developer Obsidian. The game’s art style mimics a medieval manuscript, and you’ll be tasked with trying to prove your mentor’s innocence, who has been wrongfully accused of murder. Pentiment will feature plenty of player choice, and your actions will impact how the game plays out. This could be special if you’re a fan of narrative adventure games.


🏆 Best Xbox Series X games released in 2022

(Credit: TUNIC Team)

After a fantastic holiday season, there’s been a notable lack of marquee releases on Microsoft’s new consoles. The delay to Starfield hasn’t helped this situation, but Xbox Game Pass has at least plugged the gaps with some great titles.

So far, my favorite game on Xbox Series X|S in 2022 is Tunic. It’s like The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past but with a splash of Dark Souls mixed in. You can download Tunic from Xbox Game Pass, so give it a try if you’re curious.

Here are the best Xbox Series X|S games released in 2022:

  • 💍 Elden Ring - February 25, 2022

  • 🦊 Tunic - March 16, 2022 (available on Xbox Game Pass)

  • 💤 Citizen Sleeper - May 5, 2022 (available on Xbox Game Pass)

  • 🎯 Sniper Elite 5 - May 26, 2022 (available on Xbox Game Pass)

  • 🐢 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shedder’s Revenge - June 16, 2022 (available on Xbox Game Pass)

Have I missed any of your favorite Xbox Series X|S games released this year? Let me know in the comments below. Want to know what’s coming to PS5? Check out our PS5 games 2022 list. 📃

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Updated: June 24, 2022

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