Halo: Campaign Evolved lands on Xbox Game Pass on July 28, but it’s not the only game joining the subscription service later this month. The pickings are slim, but they do include four day-and-date releases, as well as one of the more underrated action-adventures of 2025.
Here’s everything joining Game Pass Ultimate and the Netflix-like library’s various other tiers in the second wave of additions for July 2026:
Game Pass Additions – July 2026
| Game | Date | Available On |
|---|---|---|
| The Planet Crafter | July 21 | Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, PC |
| Shift at Midnight Day One | July 22 | Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, PC |
| Hell Is Us | July 23 | Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, PC |
| Halo: Campaign Evolved Day One | July 28 | Cloud, Console, Handheld, PC |
| Mistfall Hunter Day One | July 30 | Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, PC |
| Corsair Cove Day One | July 31 | PC |
| Heretic + Hexen | August 4 | Cloud, Console, Handheld, PC |
| Beast of Reincarnation | August 4 | Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, PC |
What’s Worth Your Time?
Halo: Campaign Evolved is the Unreal Engine 5 remake of Bungie’s original sci-fi shooter, just without the multiplayer PvP modes. It’s Xbox’s next major first-party release of its 25th anniversary tour.
It’s not the only upcoming day-one Game Pass release, either. Detective horror multiplayer game Shift at Midnight is also a day-one launch, along with Soulslike extraction RPG Mistfall Hunter and pirate city-builder sim Corsair Cove.
💡 Hidden Gem Alert: If you’re looking for a game we already know is good, look no further than Hell Is Us. You fight demons across a war-torn countryside with melee combat and a horror-filled atmosphere that’s Soulslike-adjacent with some light RPG mechanics. It got buried in the September 2025 release calendar but punches above its weight.
With four day-one releases and a handful of classics rounding out the month, July’s Game Pass lineup might not be the biggest, but it’s got a little something for everyone — from Halo fans to pirate city-builders to horror enthusiasts. Happy downloading!
