Xbox Game Pass Wave 2 Adds 12 New Titles to March 2026 Lineup
Disco Elysium's 92 OpenCritic score and Resident Evil 7 arriving before its sequel already on the service make Wave 2 the more loaded of March's two Game Pass drops.
Resident Evil Village landed on Xbox Game Pass back in January, which made the absence of its predecessor quietly awkward. That gap closes March 31, when Resident Evil 7: Biohazard joins the service across Cloud, Console, and PC on Game Pass Ultimate, Premium, and PC Game Pass — one of the more notable sequencing oddities Xbox is finally resolving with its second wave of March additions.
Microsoft revealed the 12-title Wave 2 slate on March 18 via an Xbox Wire blog post, following a first March batch headlined by Cyberpunk 2077. This second wave carries considerably more weight across genres, with Wccftech noting it has "more than just one major headlining game."
| The marquee addition already available is Disco Elysium: The Final Cut, which landed March 19 across Game Pass Ultimate, Premium, and PC Game Pass for Cloud, Xbox Series X | S, and PC. Microsoft added the enhanced Final Cut edition rather than the 2019 original, meaning subscribers get fast travel, new quests and characters, bonus locations, Hardcore Mode, full controller support, native 4K resolution support, and fully voiced NPCs throughout. The game carries a 92 average critic score and 96 percent recommendation rate on OpenCritic across 75 tracked reviews, with a 91 on Metacritic. It marked the 47th Xbox Game Pass release of 2026, according to Game Rant's tracking. |
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| The wave actually kicked off a day before the announcement, with DreamWorks Gabby's Dollhouse: Ready to Party going live March 17 on Cloud, Xbox Series X | S, and PC. Two titles already in Game Pass also expanded their tier availability on March 18: South of Midnight, the action-adventure from Xbox studio Compulsion Games, and The Alters from 11 bit Studios, the developer behind Frostpunk. Both moved from Ultimate-only access to also being available under Game Pass Premium, playable across Cloud, Console, Handheld, and PC. The Alters centers on survival on a hostile planet by generating alternate versions of yourself based on different life choices. |
The remaining titles roll out through early April. Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, from the series formerly known as Yakuza, arrives March 24 on Cloud, Console, Handheld, and PC. Absolum, an action roguelite marking its Xbox debut, follows March 25. Roman city-builder Nova Roma launches March 26 in Game Preview as a day-one Game Pass entry, available on PC through Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. Survival game The Long Dark joins March 30 across Cloud, Console, and PC.
The wave extends into April with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 arriving April 2 on Game Pass Premium after previously being limited to Ultimate and PC Game Pass subscribers, accessible on Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC. Wccftech described it as "the game with more GOTY awards than any other game so far." A Barbie-branded title also lands April 2, though sources list it under two different names — Barbie Horse Trails per Video Games Chronicle and Barbie Dreamhouse Party in Xbox promotional imagery, a discrepancy worth confirming against the official Xbox Wire listing. Final Fantasy IV closes the wave April 7 on Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC across all three major tiers.
The tier expansion pattern running through this wave is the most consequential structural development for subscribers: three titles that Game Pass Ultimate holders had exclusive access to are now available at the Premium level, meaningfully broadening who can play South of Midnight, The Alters, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 without upgrading.
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