Xbox Game Pass price increase 2024
4 Xbox Game Pass changes took effect in 2024. Prices went up on Jul 10, 2024. Game Pass Ultimate: $16.99/mo → $19.99/mo.
2024 at a glance
- Changes in 2024
- 4
- Jan–Dec 2024
- Biggest increase
- +$2 · +20%
- PC Game Pass: $9.99/mo → $11.99/mo
- Cheapest plan now
- $9.99/mo
- Game Pass Essential
Price history
2024 in context
Every price on record; 2024 is shaded and the other years are dimmed. Turn plans on or off to compare them.
Now
$0$10$20$30$40
20222023202420252026
| 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 |
Plan prices
2024: start vs end
US prices on Jan 1 and Dec 31, from the price history. Plans whose price changed come first; plans discontinued before 2024 are left out.
| Plan | Jan 1, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game Pass Ultimate | $16.99/mosince | $19.99/mosince | +$3 · +18% |
| PC Game Pass | $9.99/mosince on or before | $11.99/mosince | +$2 · +20% |
| Game Pass Essential | $9.99/mosince on or before | $9.99/mosince on or before | Unchanged |
| Game Pass Premium | — | $14.99/mosince | Record starts in 2024 |
| Game Pass for ConsoleClosed to new members | $10.99since | $10.99since | Unchanged |
Changes
Every Xbox Game Pass change in 2024
- Got 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
- NeutralPay, 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
- Got 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
- Got 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
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