Xbox Game Pass loses Football Manager 2023 and six more games soon

Microsoft has now confirmed what's leaving Xbox Game Pass next, with seven games, including Football Manager 2023, leaving the service soon.

Heidi Nicholas

Published 31 Oct 2023

More games joining Xbox Game Pass unfortunately means more games leaving it — Microsoft has now announced what's next to drop out of the Game Pass service, with Coffee Talk, Exapunks, Ghost Song, Gungrave G.O.R.E, Football Manager 2023 and Football Manager 2023 Console, Lapin, and Townscaper "leaving soon."

Games leaving Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass "soon"

Several of these aren't too much of a surprise: Football Manager 2024 is set to join Xbox Game Pass later this week, so it makes sense Football Manager 2023 is leaving ahead of that. Coffee Talk's sequel, Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus and Butterfly, has been in Game Pass for a while already, but it's still a shame to see the original indie hit leaving Game Pass soon.

Most of these "leaving soon" games have reasonably manageable completion estimates; 15-20 hours for Football Manager 2023, 20-25 hours for Gungrave G.O.R.E, and 15-20 hours for Ghost Song, while Lapin and Exapunks don't yet have enough data for completion estimates.

Microsoft also confirmed what's coming soon to Game Pass, and if you're looking further beyond that, we have our round-up of all the upcoming Game Pass games over the next few years and beyond.

Written by Heidi Nicholas

Heidi tends to lean towards indie games, RPGs, and open-world games on Xbox, and when not playing Disney Dreamlight Valley, happily installs every new wholesome game that appears on Xbox Game Pass, before diving back into favorites like The Witcher 3. She's looking forward to Age of Mythology Retold, Everwild, Fable, and Avowed on the Xbox horizon. Heidi graduated with an MA in English Literature before joining the TrueAchievements team.