Xbox Game Pass Is Losing 7 Games on January 31

Xbox Game Pass is losing Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector and six other titles on January 31. The upcoming departures will more than double the amount of January 2026 Xbox Game Pass removals, though there is still a chance for this month to be an overall net positive for the service.

On January 15, Xbox Game Pass lost Neon White, Road 96, and three other titles. While the January 31 wave of departures has yet to be officially announced, it has already been outlined on the Xbox website.

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Xbox Game Pass Losing Citizen Sleeper 2, Shady Part of Me, and More

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The end-of-month removals include seven titles: Cataclismo, Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders, Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap, Paw Patrol World, Shady Part of Me, and Starbound. Five of them have been part of Xbox Game Pass since January 2025, thus being on course to complete a typical one-year stint on the service. The only exceptions are Cataclismo and Paw Patrol World, which were added to the XGP catalog in September 2025.

Xbox Game Pass Games Leaving January 31, 2026

The dice-based cyberpunk RPG Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector is the most critically acclaimed title among the January 31 departures. It holds a “Mighty” rating on OpenCritic, with an average score of 87 and a near-flawless 99% recommendation rate, based on 79 reviews. Critics praised its memorable writing, grounded sci-fi setting, meaningful choices, and contract-based progression system that offers strong replay value, among other qualities. Citizen Sleeper 2 was the highest-rated new title of 2025 when it joined Xbox Game Pass and remains one of the service’s most critically acclaimed offerings a year later. With a single playthrough taking as little as ten hours, there is still plenty of time for cyberpunk and RPG fans to experience Citizen Sleeper 2 via Xbox Game Pass before it leaves Microsoft’s subscription catalog.

Another highly rated title leaving the XGP library at the end of the month is Cataclismo, a Digital Sun-developed dark fantasy RTS that tasks players with building a fortress brick by brick, LEGO-style. Their creations are then tested against hordes of swarming enemies. Launched as an early access title in July 2024 before reaching a 1.0 release in March of the following year, Cataclismo presently holds an 84 average rating on OpenCritic, as well as over 2,100 “Very Positive” user reviews on Steam.

The Xbox website has not always been a fully reliable source for upcoming Game Pass removals. While the seven currently listed titles are likely to leave the service soon, the list may be incomplete, or some games may depart later than initially indicated. For example, Paw Patrol World was originally listed as leaving on December 15, 2025—both on the Xbox site and in the app—but remained available beyond that date and is now included in the January 31 departures.

Microsoft is expected to formally confirm the upcoming wave of removals as part of its Xbox Game Pass Wave 2 lineup announcement for this month, which is expected on January 20. That same day, the service is set to add two more titles: MIO: Memories in Orbit and Resident Evil Village. Nova Roma is then confirmed to follow on January 22.