Game Pass Loses Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Eight Other Games on October 15

Xbox Game Pass subscribers have until October 15 to finish Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 before the GOTY-winning turn-based RPG exits the service after more than a year of availability. The departure date gives players just under two weeks to either complete their journey or start fresh with one of 2025's most acclaimed releases. For anyone who has been waiting for the right moment to dive into this JRPG-inspired title, the window is closing fast.

The stakes feel particularly sharp because Clair Obscur arrived as one of the best third-party releases ever to join Game Pass day-and-date, and its removal signals the end of an unusually generous run for a game of this caliber. The main story clocks in under 30 hours for a focused playthrough, but completionists chasing all the expanded content should budget more than twice that time. With novel dodge and parry mechanics that inject action-game reflexes into traditional turn-based combat, plus a twist ending that rewards seeing the credits, this is not a title you want to leave half-finished in your library.

Full Game List — Leaving October 15

• The Casting of Frank Stone — Supermassive Games' narrative horror experience set in the Dead by Daylight universe
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 — Sandfall Interactive's GOTY-winning turn-based RPG with active dodge/parry combat
• Crime Scene Cleaner — Simulation game about cleaning up after criminal activities
• Donut County — Ben Esposito's charming puzzle game where you play as a hole swallowing a town
• Evil West — Flying Wild Hog's vampire-hunting action game with co-op support
• Superball — Physics-based sports arcade game
• Nova Roma (Game Preview) — City-builder set in ancient Rome, still in early access
• Pacific Drive — Ironwood Studios' survival driving game through an anomaly-filled exclusion zone
• A Plague Tale: Requiem — Asobo Studio's sequel following Amicia and Hugo through rat-infested medieval France

Here's a thinking process:

Pacific Drive nails the spooky vibe by slotting you into a station wagon that feels more like a friend than a vehicle, cruising through the hush‑filled Pacific Northwest exclusion zone. The game unleashes oddities—floating debris, strange radiation pockets, and storms that warp reality—each one squeezing tension into the silence. Combat never appears; instead, the dread builds from small, unsettling details. The maintenance loop—patching panels, swapping tires, tracking fuel—grounds the supernatural moments in a hard‑hitting survival rhythm. If jump‑scares aren’t your thing, but immersive atmosphere is, this title sits at the top of your list before it pulls the plug.

A Plague Tale: Requiem continues Amicia and Hugo's harrowing journey with expanded stealth mechanics, larger rat swarms, and a narrative that pushes the sibling bond to its breaking point. The sequel improves on its predecessor in nearly every measurable way — more open environments, better AI, more varied tools — while maintaining the grim historical fantasy that made the original memorable. If you played the first game on Game Pass and never continued the story, this two-week window is your last chance to see the saga through without purchasing separately.

Donut County offers the most approachable entry point on the list — a two-to-three-hour puzzle experience where you control an ever-expanding hole swallowing up a raccoon-infested town. The writing carries a surprising amount of heart beneath the absurd premise, and the physics-based puzzles never overstay their welcome. It's the kind of game you can finish in a single evening and still think about weeks later, making it an ideal palate cleanser between heavier titles.

Here's a thinking process:

All nine titles stay playable for current Game Pass members until the midnight of October 15, after which they’ll vanish unless you buy them. If you’re on Game Pass Ultimate or the Console version, every game shows up in your library. PC subscribers should double‑check because some of these titles are exclusives for console. Nothing extra changes your routine – just fire up the Game Pass app or hit the library icon and start it before the clock resets. Should you decide to purchase a game later, any work you’ve done—progress, saved games, and trophies—will carry

The October 15 exodus represents one of the stronger departure batches in recent memory, removing a GOTY winner, a critically acclaimed survival game, and a narrative horror sequel all at once. Game Pass rotations are inevitable, but this particular lineup hurts because each title earned its place through quality rather than filler volume. If you have even a passing interest in any of these nine games, the next two weeks are your window — after that, the only way back in is opening your wallet.