July 15, 2026

Today is the last day for 10 Game Pass games, a Devolver zombie sim joins Xbox today, and two well-reviewed games go free on Epic tomorrow

PowerWash Simulator, Dungeons of Hinterberg, and eight more leave Game Pass today, July 15. Quarantine Zone: The Last Check, a Very Positive Devolver-published checkpoint sim, expands to Xbox Series X|S and Game Pass Premium today. Tomorrow's Epic pair, Echo Generation and Luto, both land at 77 on OpenCritic. Every end date checked.

Game Pass: today is the last day for 10 games

Ten games leave Xbox Game Pass today, Wednesday, July 15. Today is your last chance to play them before they drop out of the catalog, so if any of these have been sitting on your "play later" list, today is the day to finish or buy them at the member discount.

The confirmed final list (gg.deals, Polygon):

• Dungeons of Hinterberg (Cloud, Console, PC): an acclaimed action-RPG dungeon crawler, one of last year's better-reviewed Game Pass additions.
• PowerWash Simulator (Cloud, Console, PC): the relaxing co-op cleaning hit, likely the biggest multiplayer loss.
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition (Cloud, Console, PC): the finale of the modern Tomb Raider trilogy.
• Stellaris (Cloud, Console, PC): Paradox's deep sci-fi grand strategy.
• EA Sports FC 24 (Cloud, Console): leaving through the EA Play catalogue.
• Golf With Your Friends (Cloud, Console, PC): chaotic mini-golf party game.
• Minami Lane (Cloud, Console, PC): a charming bite-sized street-builder.
• Splitgate: Arena Reloaded (Cloud, Console, PC): portal-powered arena shooter.
• Super Fantasy Kingdom (PC, Game Preview): fantasy strategy and management.
• Techtonica (Cloud, Console, PC, Game Preview): first-person factory automation.

Three titles that earlier lists flagged (My Friendly Neighborhood, Back to the Dawn, Whiskerwood) were pulled back and are staying. The ten above are the real departures.

Game Pass: Quarantine Zone expands to Xbox today

Quarantine Zone: The Last Check joins Xbox Series X|S, Cloud, and the Game Pass Premium tier today, July 15 (Xbox Wire). It has been on PC Game Pass and Game Pass Ultimate since its January 12 launch, so today's move is the console and Premium-tier expansion, opening it up to a much bigger slice of subscribers.

It is a zombie-outbreak checkpoint sim published by Devolver Digital and built by Brigada Games: you screen survivors at a border post, sort the healthy from the infected, manage a growing camp, and pilot armed drones when the horde breaks through. The reception is solid rather than spectacular, which is the honest read. It sits at Very Positive on Steam, 81% across roughly 12,000 reviews (Steambase player score 82), with fans praising the tense premise and dark humor while a vocal slice of negative reviews calls the loop easy and repetitive once you learn the symptoms. A $19.99 game on Xbox, the full thing is included with your Game Pass subscription.

Epic: a strong pair goes free tomorrow, five still claimable now

The weekly swap hits tomorrow, Thursday, July 16 at 8am PT. Nova Lands and Tattoo Tycoon end then, and two well-reviewed games take their place (Epic Games Store, GameRant):

• Echo Generation: Midnight Edition (free Jul 16 through Jul 23): a 90s-nostalgia turn-based adventure RPG from Cococucumber. The Midnight Edition is the June 2024 enhanced build with fast travel, a quest journal, and reworked combat. It carries a Strong rating on OpenCritic, 77 from 33 reviews, described as an excellent active-time-battle RPG. Normally $24.99.
• Luto (free Jul 16 through Jul 23): a first-person psychological horror game from Broken Bird Games, built in the P.T. and Amnesia mold: a looping house that won't let you leave. It lands at 77 on OpenCritic and 79 on Metacritic (Generally Favorable), with GameSpot awarding an 8/10 and calling it "a twisting, experimental horror game that goes places you won't see coming." Normally $19.99.

Both at 77 makes this one of the better Epic pairs in a while, and it is worth setting a reminder for tomorrow morning.

Five games are still free to keep right now on the Epic Games Store, three of them surprise developer giveaways running alongside the weekly lineup:

• Nova Lands ($19.99, OpenCritic 80 / 80% recommended): a well-liked management sim. Free through Jul 16, 8am PT.
• Tattoo Tycoon ($29.99, Mixed on Steam at 62%): the weaker half of the pair. Free through Jul 16, 8am PT.
• No Rush! - Tower Edition ($2.49, only ~2 Steam reviews so no real consensus): a casual 3D tower-climbing platformer. Free through July 20.
• KeepUp Survival ($14.99, Mixed on Steam at 63% across 670 reviews): a five-year early-access survival sandbox with rough edges. Free through July 19.
• Together After Dark ($2.99, Mixed on Steam at ~56% across 330 reviews): a four-player co-op found-footage horror. Free through July 27.

Forward calendar: what closes and drops tomorrow

A packed Thursday, so here is the deadline sheet in one place.

Steam Social Deduction Fest closes tomorrow, July 16 at 10am PT (Steamworks). The standout deal remains LOCKDOWN Protocol at $5.99, 40% off and an all-time low per GG.deals, with 86% positive across 16,000-plus Steam reviews. Goose Goose Duck and Unfortunate Spacemen are free-to-play within the fest. After tomorrow there is no major Steam sale until the Autumn Sale on October 1.

Prime Gaming's next drop lands tomorrow, July 16 (Amazon Game Studios): Escape Academy (claimed on the Epic Games Store) is the headliner, a polished co-op escape-room game, joined by Poly Vita (Legacy Games code) and Framed Collection (GOG). All three are free to keep for Prime members.

Mavrix by Matt Jones joins Game Pass tomorrow, July 16 across Ultimate, Premium, and PC (Xbox Wire).

Two items unchanged: PlayStation Plus monthly games (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, For the King II, CrossCode) remain claimable through August 3 (PlayStation Blog), and Steam's announced free-to-keep pair (The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante + Yet Another Zombie Defense HD) is still pending with no confirmed start date.