Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 and Final Fantasy 3 joined the Xbox Game Pass content catalog today, March 3. The RPG duo arrive just hours before Microsoft is expected to officially announce the Xbox Game Pass Wave 1 lineup for March 2026.
Microsoft's subscription service has been adding games at a significantly higher rate than usual since the start of the year. 18 new titles joined in January, with another 20 arriving in February 2026. Xbox Game Pass lost 17 titles in the same two-month period, resulting in a net gain of 21. This number represents a significant improvement over the first two months of 2025, when the service added 21 games and removed 28 more, representing a net loss of seven. Overall, that puts Xbox Game Pass 28 games ahead of where it was at this point in 2025.
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Final Fantasy 3 and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 debut on Xbox Game Pass
The latest addition to the Xbox Game Pass catalog took place in the early morning hours ET on March 3rd Final Fantasy 3 Pixel Remaster and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. Arrivals are available in all non-basic tiers: Ultimate, Premium and PC Game Pass. Both mark their Xbox Game Pass debuts, as neither has previously been available on the service. While they're about as mechanically different as two RPGs can be, they also have one key point of overlap: strong critical reception. Final Fantasy 3 Pixel Remaster has an average score of 82 on OpenCritic, while Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is one of the top rated games of 2025 with an average of 89 on the platform. Both also boast “Very Positive” user reviews on Steam, though Warhorse Studios' medieval RPG has a significantly larger sample size, with just over 60,000 user reviews compared to roughly 1,500 for Final Fantasy 3.
With these additions, Microsoft's subscription service has received 40 new titles since the start of 2026. Classic Square Enix JRPGs account for three of them, or 7.5%, after Pixel Remasters of Final Fantasy 1 and Final Fantasy 2 joined Xbox Game Pass on January 8th and February 3rd. If the current release pattern applies, the remaining Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster titles could arrive in Q2 2026, continuing the one-per-month release plan.
Upcoming Xbox Game Pass releases
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Date |
Game |
Game Pass Level(s). |
Platforms |
Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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March 3rd |
Final Fantasy 3 |
Ultimate, Premium, PC |
Cloud, PC, Series X/S |
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March 3rd |
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 |
Ultimate, Premium, PC |
Cloud, PC, Series X/S |
|
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March 5th |
Planet Lana 2 |
Ultimate, PC |
Cloud, console, PC |
First day release. |
|
March 26 |
Nova Roma |
Ultimate, PC |
pc |
First day release. |
|
April 14th |
Exchanged |
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. |
|
August 4th |
Beast from Reincarnation |
Ultimate, PC |
Cloud, PC, Series X/S |
First day release. |
More news about Xbox Game Pass is expected later
As is often the case, Final Fantasy 3 and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 were announced as the final titles in Xbox Game Pass' Wave 2 lineup in the month prior to their release. The minor discrepancy in the schedule is consistent with another long-term pattern: Microsoft prefers to announce waves of subscription content on Tuesdays. Based on the company's usual cadence, the list for the first half of the month will likely be announced later today, March 3rd, around 6:00am PT / 9:00am ET / 3:00pm CET.
The only title currently confirmed for the next batch of arrivals is Planet Lana 2which is scheduled to launch on March 5. While Xbox Game Pass currently has more than 20 Day One titles that have been announced for 2026 but don't yet have firm release dates, most aren't expected to arrive until spring at the earliest. As a result, they are unlikely to appear in the first half of March, the last full winter wave of additions this season.
- Released
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February 4, 2025
- ESRB
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Adults 17+ / Use of alcohol, blood and gore, sexual content, strong language, intense violence, partial nudity
- Developers
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Warhorse Studios
