Xbox Game Pass loses seven games in March 2025

The first wave of games leaving Xbox Game Pass in March 2025 has been confirmed. A total of seven games will drop out of Game Pass soon.

Sean Carey

Published 02 Mar 2025

Update:
Microsoft has now removed MLB The Show 24 from the 'leaving soon' list on the Game Pass app. It was also not included in the latest Game Pass Xbox Wire post, so it looks like the baseball sim is staying in the service for a little while longer.

Original story:
Microsoft has now unveiled the first batch of games leaving Xbox Game Pass in March 2025. Lies of P, Evil West, No More Heroes 2, Solar Ash, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated, Yakuza 5 Remastered, and Yakuza 6: The Song of Life will all drop out of the service on March 15. There are some excellent titles here, so fingers crossed the next load of upcoming Game Pass games is a good one.

Games leaving Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass on March 15

The game with the shortest completion estimate is SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated, which has 32 achievements that can all be unlocked in around 15 hours. However, if you play along with the SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated walkthrough, you may be able to get this one done in as little as ten hours. If you have PC Game Pass, don't forget about the Windows version!

Heart Machine's gravity-bending action-adventure Solar Ash can be completed in around 20 hours. The 1,000G here looks pretty tough as it includes both an achievement for beating the game in under three hours, and another achievement for completing the game on Hardcore mode.

As for Evil West, Flying Wild Hog's Evil West has a completion estimate of 20-25 hours. The third-person shooter does have a difficulty achievement for beating the game on Evil difficulty, so bear that in mind if you want the 1,000G.

Next up, we have a big game leaving Game Pass in the form of Lies of P. The excellent soulslike is a tough but doable completion that should take around 80 hours. Its achievement list is littered with missables, so to help with those, we recommend playing while using our Lies of P walkthrough.

For those with a spare 120 hours over the next two weeks, you'll want to focus your efforts on No More Heroes 3. The completion here is a tough one, with achievements for beating bosses and clearing missions with SS ranks or higher, and numerous difficulty-related achievements. If you're a glutton for punishment and have a PC, there is a Windows version of No More Heroes 3 also leaving PC Game Pass on March 15.

Finally, we come to the two Yakuza games. Yakuza 5 Remastered has a completion estimate of 150-200 hours whereas Yakuza 6: The Song of Life can be polished off in just 50-60 hours. There are Windows versions for both Yakuza 5 Remastered and Yakuza 6 also available.

This batch of leavers includes some of the best Xbox Game Pass games, such as Lies of P, so make sure you play them while you can. Let us know down in the comments if you're starting any of these games before they drop out of the service.

Written by Sean Carey

A big fan of Xbox achievements, Sean has committed to playing as many of the best RPGs, racing games, and first-person shooters on and off Xbox Game Pass as possible. Before joining TrueAchievements, Sean earned a degree in journalism from Solent University.