The free Xbox app is a great way to manage Game Pass, check out what your friends on Xbox Live are doing, and even earn some Microsoft reward points, too. But did you also know that inside the app is a free puzzle game that is fun to play and can earn you credits toward your next Xbox purchase?

It's been confirmed that Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders will be joining the Xbox Game Pass lineup on Tuesday, January 21. Microsoft revealed the first wave of new Xbox Game Pass games for January 2025 at the beginning of the month, though many subscribers pointed out that the offerings were rather bare.

Nearly a year after adding Diablo 4 to Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft has now brought the original Diablo and several other titles to the service. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate-- a CNET Editors' Choice award pick-- offers hundreds of games you can play on your Xbox Series X,

The Xbox Game Pass Ultimate content catalog expands to include two more titles, which happen to have been released 27 years apart.

This pass features member deals and is an excellent way to test out titles to make sure you like them before purchasing them outright.

The official word is that we're already getting a great set of titles this year, with the likes of Fable, DOOM: The Dark Ages and obviously Avowed all set for the coming months. Let's take a look at that confirmed lineup for 2025 so far:

Here's every game coming to Xbox Game Pass in January 2025. Here's every game announced so far for Game Pass in January 2025, including platforms and dates for when they'll be available: