Xbox Game Pass is adding the iconic RPG as its second game in April 2026

Final Fantasy IV formally joined the Xbox Game Pass library and is now available at most membership levels. This is the second title to land on the subscription service in April 2026, and the 54th addition to Xbox Game Pass since the start of the year.

During the first quarter of 2026, Microsoft's subscription service continued to expand Final Fantasy games, the introduction of one installment per month. In doing so, it passed the first three entries from Square Enix Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster collection that was originally released in April 2023 to critical acclaim. The last of these arrivals occurred on March 3, when Final Fantasy 3 Pixel Remaster joined Xbox Game Pass.

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Xbox Game Pass adds its 4th Final Fantasy game in 4 months

The streak now officially continues Final Fantasy IVwhich was added to Xbox Game Pass on April 7. The 1991 JRPG remaster is now playable on three tiers of service: Premium, Ultimate, and PC Game Pass. It comes as the second catalog addition of the month and debuts shortly after Barbie horse trails joined Xbox Game Pass on April 2nd.

Among the fans, Final Fantasy IV is generally regarded as more than its three main predecessors. This reputation is largely due to the game's influence, with the 1991 title introducing many firsts to the series, including the Active Time Battle system, story-driven characters instead of player-created blank slates, party rotation as a storytelling device, and a bona fide love story. Final Fantasy IV he also helped cement Nobuo Uematsu's position as one of the leading composers in JRPGs. The game marked the first time he could work with fuller, warmer, more orchestral sounds based on samples rather than simpler progression-based chiptunes, making the jump from the NES to the much more powerful SNES possible.

Upcoming Xbox Game Pass games with officially confirmed release dates

Date	Game	Game Pass Level(s).	Platforms	Comment
April 7th	Final Fantasy IV	Ultimate, Premium, PC	Cloud, PC, Series X/S
April 14th	Exchanged	Ultimate, PC	Cloud, PC, Series X/S	First day release.
April 14th	Hades 2	Ultimate, PC	Cloud, PC, Series X/S	First Edition (Series X/S).
April 21st	Vampire crawlers	Ultimate, PC	Cloud, PC, Series X/S	First day release.
April 23rd	Furnace	Ultimate, PC	Cloud, Handheld, PC, Series X/S	First day release.
April 28	Aphelion	Ultimate, PC	Cloud, PC, Series X/S	First day release.
May 19	Forza Horizon 6	Ultimate, PC	Cloud, PC, Series X/S	First day release.
July 13th	Ascend to zero	Ultimate, PC	Cloud, PC, Series X/S	First day release.
August 4th	Beast from Reincarnation	Ultimate, PC	Cloud, PC, Series X/S	First day release.
August 14th	Grave Seasons	Ultimate, PC	Cloud, PC, Series X/S	First day release.

More releases are expected to be announced today, April 7, as part of this month's Wave 1 lineup.

The next confirmed Xbox Game Pass release for this month is Exchangeda cyberpunk action platformer set to debut on April 14th. However, a few more titles are likely to arrive before then, as Microsoft has yet to officially reveal the Wave 1 lineup for this month. Based on the company's typical announcement patterns, this will likely happen today, April 7, around 3:00 PM ET.

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As usual, the upcoming Wave 1 schedule should include a full list of titles set to leave the service mid-month. However, a recent update to the Xbox app seems to have already revealed some and possibly all of these departures: Ashen, Eiyuden Chronicle: One Hundred Heroes, My Little Pony: A Zephyr Heights Mystery, Terra Invictaand removing the group's top profile, Grand Theft Auto 5.