Here's What Might Be Leaving Xbox Game Pass In January 2023
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Update: Microsoft has now confirmed the games leaving Xbox Game Pass in January 2023, so we've updated the table below. We'll continue to do this throughout the month if any others are revealed.


Original story: What's leaving Xbox Game Pass in January 2023? Well, Microsoft hasn't confirmed anything just yet, but based on some games that were added to the service this time last year, we can at least make a few predictions ahead of time.

We know that a lot of Xbox users want more advance notice of games leaving Xbox Game Pass, but Microsoft understandably gives us around two weeks right now - and don't forget, publishers sometimes secure late deals with Microsoft to keep their games on Game Pass, even after they've been announced to be leaving!

So, before we take a look at the following list of potential games leaving Xbox Game Pass in January 2023, we want to stress that nothing has been confirmed yet, and this will not be a 100% accurate list by any means. Some of these games might leave, some of these games might stay, and many others might be added to the list.

The most common (but definitely not the only) trend with Xbox Game Pass seems to be that games stick around for one year, so we've gone back to January 2022 to look at the games that were added to Game Pass at the time. That said, we've also added a few games from the January 2021 list as well. Based on those original announcements, here's what we think could potentially leave Xbox Game Pass in January 2023:

Date It Joined Xbox Game Pass Game Platform
January 7, 2021 Injustice 2 Console, PC, Cloud
January 14, 2021 Neoverse PC
January 21, 2021 Donut County (Leaving January 31, 2023) Console, PC, Cloud
January 4, 2022 Gorogoa (Leaving December 31, 2022) Console, PC, Cloud
January 4, 2022 Olija Console, PC, Cloud
January 4, 2022 The Pedestrian (Leaving December 31, 2022) Console, PC, Cloud
January 6, 2022 Embr (Leaving December 31, 2022) Console, PC, Cloud
January 6, 2022 Outer Wilds (Leaving December 31, 2022) Console, PC, Cloud
January 13, 2022 Spelunky 2 Console, PC
January 13, 2022 The Anacrusis (Leaving January 15, 2023) Console, PC, Cloud
January 18, 2022 Nobody Saves The World (Leaving January 15, 2023) Console, PC, Cloud
January 20, 2022 Hitman Trilogy Console, PC, Cloud
January 20, 2022 Pupperazzi (Leaving January 15, 2023) Console, PC, Cloud
January 20, 2022 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction Console, PC, Cloud
January 20, 2022 Windjammers 2 (Leaving January 15, 2023) Console, PC, Cloud
January 27, 2022 Taiko no Tatsujin: The Drum Master (Leaving January 31, 2023) Console, PC

As mentioned previously, there could be plenty of additions to this list, and many of these games might stick around on Xbox Game Pass for even longer, but it seems likely that we'll lose at least some of these in January 2023.

Of course, we've still got plenty of games set to leave Xbox Game Pass in December 2022 as well, with 11 games announced to be departing on December 15th, and another nine leaving in late December.

Which of these games do you think will leave Xbox Game Pass in January 2023? Tell us down below.