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The next wave of Xbox Game Pass departures is just around the corner, with eight titles scheduled to leave the service on June 30. Among them is Payday 2, StarBreeze Entertainment’s co-op heist game that has been part of Xbox Game Pass for over nine years.
Microsoft’s subscription service launched on June 1, 2017. The Xbox Game Pass catalog featured more than 100 titles at launch, including Payday 2: Crimewave Edition. The co-op shooter not only remained on the service over the following nine years, but it even expanded its reach as Microsoft kept splitting its catalog across more subscription tiers. For instance, Payday 2 was included in Xbox Game Pass Core, now known as Xbox Game Pass Essential, from the moment the entry-level membership launched in September 2023.
Payday 2, Slay the Spire, Tomb Raider, and More Leaving Xbox Game Pass Soon
A month following its ninth anniversary on the service, Payday 2 is set to depart tomorrow, June 30. Seven more titles are part of the next wave of library removals: Mecha Break, Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Slay the Spire, Ultimate Chicken Horse, Volcano Princess, and Unpacking. None have been on the service for as long as Payday 2, with Slay the Spire accounting for the second-longest stint from this batch, having originally joined Microsoft’s content library in August 2019. On the other end of the spectrum are two July 2025 Xbox Game Pass additions in the form of Ultimate Chicken Horse and Mecha Break, both set to depart just ahead of their first anniversary.
Xbox Game Pass Games Leaving Next (June 30, 2026)
|
Game |
Added |
Stint Duration |
OpenCritic Avg. |
How Long To Beat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Mecha Break |
July 2025 |
0 years, 11 months |
71 |
11–83 hours |
|
Payday 2: Crimewave Edition |
Jun 2017 |
9 years |
69 |
28–200 hours |
|
Rise of the Tomb Raider |
Jul 2025 |
0 years, 11 months |
86 |
12–35 hours |
|
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition |
May 2024 |
2 years, 1 month |
71 |
11–21 hours |
|
Slay the Spire |
Aug 2019 |
6 years, 10 months |
89 |
12–190 hours |
|
Ultimate Chicken Horse |
Jul 2025 |
0 years, 11 months |
79 |
12–14 hours |
|
Volcano Princess |
Jun 2025 |
1 year |
N/A |
9–51 hours |
|
Unpacking |
Nov 2021 |
4 years, 7 months |
82 |
3–5 hours |
Payday 2 is only the fourth title ever to leave the XGP Core/Essential library, following Forza Horizon 4, which was delisted from all tiers, and two standard removals: Goat Simulator and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge. The co-op heist game’s catalog stint outlived its controversial successor by orders of magnitude, as Payday 3 already left Xbox Game back in September 2024, just one year after launch.
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