Xbox Game Pass
Microsoft · Gaming · Last change: Apr 22, 2026
At a glance
- Cheapest plan
- $9.99/mo
- Game Pass Essential
- Since Jan 2022
- +53%
- Game Pass Ultimate: $14.99 → $22.99/mo
- Price increases since 2022
- 3
- Latest Oct 2025
- Last change
- On or before Apr 22, 2026
- Prepaid time now converts to Ultimate at new rates: more for Essential, Premium and EA Play, less for PC and Console
How much is Xbox Game Pass in 2026? Xbox Game Pass costs $22.99/mo for Game Pass Ultimate and $13.99/mo for PC Game Pass (US, verified Sep 25, 2026). Game Pass Ultimate was $14.99/mo in January 2022; it's up 53% since. Xbox Game Pass has raised prices 3 times since 2022. Latest change (on or before Apr 22, 2026): Prepaid time now converts to Ultimate at new rates: more for Essential, Premium and EA Play, less for PC and Console.
Current plans
Compare Xbox Game Pass plans
US prices and limits, last verified Sep 25, 2026.
| Game Pass Essential | Game Pass Premium | Game Pass Ultimate | PC Game Pass | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99/mo | $14.99/mo | $22.99/mo | $13.99/mo |
| Games | “50+ games on XBOX console, PC, and supported devices” | “200+ games on XBOX console, PC, and supported devices” | “a library of 500+ games on XBOX console, PC, and supported devices” | “300+ games on PC” |
| Online console multiplayer | Included (“plus online console multiplayer and in-game benefits”) | Included | Included | Not listed |
| New games on day one | Not included (“Does not include new release titles on day one”) | Not listed | Included (“includes new games on day one”); new Call of Duty games join “about a year later” | Included (“includes day one titles”); new Call of Duty games join “about a year later” |
| Cloud gaming | No monthly limit until November 2026, then “5 hours” a month (Xbox Wire, Sep 3 2026) | No monthly limit until November 2026, then “10 hours” a month (Xbox Wire, Sep 3 2026) | “at our best quality”; no monthly limit until November 2026, then “15 hours” a month (Xbox Wire, Sep 3 2026) | Not included (“Not included with PC Game Pass”) |
| New Xbox-published games | Not listed | “join the library within 1 year of launch” (“Select games. Excludes Call of Duty titles.”) | Not listed | Not listed |
| Included memberships | Not listed | Not listed | “Fortnite Crew, EA Play, and Ubisoft+ Classics” | “EA Play” |
✓ included · ✗ not included · — not listed. Hover or tap an underlined value for the exact wording.
Price history
What each plan has cost
The price in effect over time. Turn plans on or off to compare them; a hollow dot marks a price in effect on or before that date.
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| Game Pass Ultimate | 2022-01-01 | $14.99 |
| Game Pass Ultimate | 2023-07-06 | $16.99 |
| Game Pass Ultimate | 2024-07-10 | $19.99 |
| Game Pass Ultimate | 2025-10-01 | $29.99 |
| Game Pass Ultimate | 2026-04-21 | $22.99 |
| PC Game Pass | 2022-01-01 | $9.99 |
| PC Game Pass | 2024-07-10 | $11.99 |
| PC Game Pass | 2025-10-01 | $16.49 |
| PC Game Pass | 2026-04-21 | $13.99 |
- Game Pass Essential$9.99/mo · unchanged since ≤ Jan 1, 2022 (start of record)
- Game Pass Premium$14.99/mo · unchanged since Sep 10, 2024 (start of record)
Timeline
Every Xbox Game Pass change
2026
2 changes
- ≤ Apr 22, 2026MixedPay, got better and worse
Prepaid time now converts to Ultimate at new rates: more for Essential, Premium and EA Play, less for PC and Console
- Apr 21, 2026Mixed−$7 UltimatePay, got better and worse
Game Pass Ultimate fell to $22.99/mo and PC to $13.99, but new Call of Duty games now arrive about a year after launch
Was $29.99/monow $22.99/mo
2025
5 changes
- Nov 18, 2025Got betterGet, got better
Game Pass Ultimate now includes Fortnite Crew, with Fortnite's Battle Pass and 1,000 V-Bucks each month
Was Not includednow Fortnite Crew included
- ≤ Oct 4, 2025Got worse−9 days per 90Pay, got worse
Upgrading to Ultimate now converts less prepaid time: 90 days of Essential become 36 days of Ultimate, down from 45
Was 45 days per 90 (Core)now 36 days per 90 (Essential)
- Oct 1, 2025Got betterGet, got better
Core became Essential and Standard became Premium at the same prices, adding PC play, cloud gaming and more games
Was Console only, no cloudnow Console, PC and cloud
- Oct 1, 2025Got worse+$10 UltimatePay, got worse
Game Pass Ultimate jumped to $29.99/mo from $19.99 and PC Game Pass to $16.49 from $11.99
Was $19.99/monow $29.99/mo
- Oct 1, 2025Got betterGet, got better
Game Pass Ultimate added Ubisoft+ Classics, a selection of Ubisoft games on console, PC and cloud
Was Not includednow Ubisoft+ Classics included
2024
4 changes
- Nov 20, 2024Got betterGet, got better
Game Pass Ultimate members can now cloud-stream select games they own, not only Game Pass games (50+ at launch)
Was Game Pass games onlynow Plus select owned games
- Sep 10, 2024NeutralPay, got neither better nor worse
Xbox added Game Pass Standard: $14.99/mo for hundreds of console games and online play, without day-one games
Was Not offerednow $14.99/mo
- Jul 10, 2024Got worsePay, got worse
New members can no longer buy Game Pass for Console ($10.99/mo); members keep it only while auto-renewal stays on
Was $10.99/monow Not for new members
- Jul 10, 2024Got worse+$3 UltimatePay, got worse
Game Pass Ultimate rose to $19.99/mo, PC Game Pass to $11.99/mo and a 12-month Game Pass Core plan to $74.99
Was $16.99/monow $19.99/mo
2023
3 changes
- Sep 14, 2023Got betterGet, got better
Xbox Live Gold became Game Pass Core at the same $9.99/mo, adding a library of 25+ console games
Was Gold: no game librarynow Core: 25+ games
- Sep 1, 2023Got worseGet, got worse
Games with Gold ended; Xbox Live Gold and Game Pass Ultimate members stopped getting free games to claim each month
Was Free games each monthnow Ended
- Jul 6, 2023Got worse+$2 UltimatePay, got worse
Game Pass Ultimate rose to $16.99/mo and Game Pass for Console to $10.99/mo; PC Game Pass stayed $9.99
Was $14.99/monow $16.99/mo