Xbox Game Pass adds AAA horror game with "very positive" reviews

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard returned to Xbox Game Pass and is now playable at three membership levels. This is the 14th and final addition to the catalog for March 2026 and the 52nd Xbox Game Pass release so far this year.

Resident Evil 7 marked a course correction for Capcom's long-running survival horror franchise following the underwhelming reception of the sixth entry in the mainline from 2012. Originally released for PC and consoles in January 2017, Biological hazard debuted to very favorable reviews, as reflected by its rating of “Mighty” on OpenCritic, based on 175 reviews, with an average score of 86 and a 91% recommendation rate. Player response has been similarly strong, as evidenced by the game's 4.6-star rating on the Xbox Store and 93.94% positive user reviews on Steam as of the end of March 2026. Its critical and fan reception has helped solidify Biological hazardreputation as one of the best rated Resident Evil games of all time.

Xbox Game Pass Game Get $40 worth of extra content for free

Available on all tiers of the service, including Essential, the basic Xbox Game Pass subscription will get $40 worth of additional content in spring 2026.

Resident Evil 7 is rejoining Xbox Game Pass after 4 years

The critically acclaimed survival horror game was added back to Microsoft's subscription service today, March 31. The catalog update comes exactly three years and 10 months later Resident Evil 7 the first to leave Xbox Game Pass after a 20-month run as part of its library. A lot has changed since then, most notably Game Pass split from two to four tiers. Resident Evil 7 it's available in three of them: Ultimate, Premium, and PC Game Pass, skipping only the Essential tier.

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Biological hazard joins Microsoft's content library just two months after the addition of Xbox Game Pass Resident Evil Village late January 2026. Stand alone remakes by Capcom Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis are both still available to subscribers starting in early 2024.

All Resident Evil games currently on Xbox Game Pass

The first wave of Spring 2026 for Xbox Game Pass is around the corner

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The first wave of Xbox Game Pass releases in Spring 2026 is set to begin on April 2nd with Barbie Horse Trails, which will continue Final Fantasy 4 Pixel Remaster April 7th. Square Enix's JRPG is expected to arrive on the same day that Microsoft formally unveils the entire Wave 1 Xbox Game Pass lineup for April 2026. Based on the company's usual cadence, the upcoming schedule will likely include releases from April 7th to April 21st. It is therefore expected to include Exchanged, Hades 2and Vampire crawlersall of which were previously announced for this two-week window.

Xbox Game Pass release calendar as of March 31, 2026

🗓	Game	Minimum level	X1	XSXS	Cloud	pc	Small	Comment
March 31st	🆕Resident Evil 7: Biohazard	Insurance premium	🎮	🎮	☁	💻	❌	Return of title; last available September 2020-May 2022.
April 2nd	Barbie horse trails	Insurance premium	🎮	🎮	☁	💻	🔋
April 2nd	Clair Obscur: Expedition 33	Insurance premium	❌	🎮	☁	💻	🔋	Available on PC GP and XGP Ultimate from April 2025.
April 7th	Final Fantasy IV	Insurance premium	❌	🎮	☁	💻	❌
April 14th	Exchanged	final	❌	🎮	☁	💻	❌	First day release.
April 14th	Hades 2	final	❌	🎮	☁	💻	❌	First Edition (Series X/S).
April 21st	Vampire crawlers	final	❌	🎮	☁	💻	❌	First day release.
April 23rd	Furnace	final	❌	🎮	☁	💻	🔋	First day release.
April 28	Aphelion	final	❌	🎮	☁	💻	❌	First day release.
May 19	Forza Horizon 6	final	❌	🎮	☁	💻	❌	First day release.
July 13th	Ascend to zero	final	❌	🎮	☁	💻	❌	First day release.
August 4th	Beast from Reincarnation	final	❌	🎮	☁	💻	❌	First day release.
August 14th	Grave Seasons	final	❌	🎮	☁	💻	❌	First day release.

The 27 other Xbox Game Pass titles previously announced for 2026 are currently awaiting release dates.

In the first quarter of 2026, Xbox Game Pass added 52 titles and removed 25, representing a net catalog gain of 27 games. This represents a 350% improvement over the same period last year, when 45 departures and 35 additions resulted in a net loss of 10 titles. The comparison is somewhat skewed by the fact that Q1 2025 was easily the quietest stretch of last year, with Game Pass more than doubling its pace of quarterly additions over the next nine months. If the service follows a similar pattern in 2026, it's currently on track to add about 376 titles this year, which would represent a 74% year-over-year increase.