While Xbox Game Pass rarely goes a month without getting at least something new that’s worth checking out, it’s certainly had its dry spells in recent years. The back half of January, however, has quietly revealed a surprising number of cool new games hitting the Netflix-like subscription service,

Xbox Game Pass subscribers are normally given a heads-up on what games are coming to the service each month. There are typically two waves monthly that add a few games to the collection. We recently had the announcement for January’s second wave, and now we might have an early look at a couple of games coming to the subscription service next month.

Sniper Elite is an award-winning stealth, tactical shooter series, and according to Forbes, it has sold over 30 million units worldwide. And on Jan. 30 some Xbox Game Pass subscribers can play the latest entry in the series, Sniper Elite: Resistance, on day one when it's released.

Xbox Game Pass has today added its biggest games to the service so far in 2025. After a rapid pace of new releases on Game Pass to close out 2024 that included Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle,

Chucklefish today announced that their debut title, Starbound, has landed on Xbox Game Pass. Starbound launched onto Xbox for the first time on October 24th 2024, with a follow-up quality of life update on December 9th 2024.

Resistance for free this month, which arrives on the platform on its release date of 30025. There's a big selection of other games also being added to Game Pass in January, with some already available today.