{"id":1139841,"date":"2026-02-05T12:11:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T12:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=533518"},"modified":"2026-02-05T12:11:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T12:11:12","slug":"roguelikes-flood-xbox-game-pass-in-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/roguelikes-flood-xbox-game-pass-in-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Roguelikes flood Xbox Game Pass in March"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/roguelikes-flood-xbox-game-pass-in-march.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Xbox Game Pass is adding a bunch of roguelikes for paying subscribers in March. In addition to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/game\/balatro\/460734\">Balatro<\/a><\/em>, which joined the Game Pass lineup on Feb. 24, the service is also getting deckbuilder <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/22632511\/monster-train-switch-clan-deckbuilder-roguelite\">Monster Train<\/a><\/em>, firearm-dense dungeon-crawler <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/game\/enter-the-gungeon\/38266\">Enter the Gungeon<\/a><\/em>, and largely co-op-focused <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/gaming\/483261\/most-anticipated-new-games-2025-release-calendar-schedule\">33 Immortals<\/a><\/em> in the early weeks of March. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">And while I haven\u2019t played <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/what-to-play\/2024\/2\/8\/24055980\/steam-next-fest-february-2024-best-game-demos\">Mullet Madjack<\/a><\/em>, the name alone is strong enough to make me want to check it out. The full release schedule is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Balatro<\/em> (cloud, console, PC) \u2013 Feb. 24<\/li>\n<li><em>Monster Train<\/em> (cloud, console, PC) \u2013 March 4<\/li>\n<li><em>Galacticare<\/em> (console) \u2013 March 5<\/li>\n<li><em>One Lonely Outpost<\/em> (cloud, console, PC) \u2013 March 6<\/li>\n<li><em>Enter the Gungeon<\/em> (cloud, console, PC) \u2013 March 11<\/li>\n<li><em>Mullet Madjack<\/em> (cloud, console, PC) \u2013 March 13<\/li>\n<li><em>33 Immortals<\/em> (cloud, console, PC) \u2013 March 18 via Game Preview<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Sadly, this is also the first month in recent memory where the games leaving Game Pass are better than those being added. Not only is the service losing <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/game\/lies-of-p\/40918\">Lies of P<\/a><\/em> \u2014 by far the best Soulslike not developed by FromSoftware \u2014 but also <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/game\/no-more-heroes-3\/40701\">No More Heroes 3<\/a><\/em>, the nostalgic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/2017\/7\/28\/16058120\/spongebob-squarepants-battle-bikini-bottom-stream-polypals-jr\"><em>SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom \u2013<\/em> <em>Rehydrated<\/em><\/a>, and both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/game\/yakuza-5\/2285\"><em>Yakuza<\/em> <em>5 Remastered<\/em><\/a> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/2018\/3\/15\/17112354\/yakuza-6-review-ps4\">Yakuza 6: The Song of Life<\/a><\/em>. Here\u2019s the full list of games departing on March 15:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Evil West<\/em> (cloud, console, PC)<\/li>\n<li><em>Lies of P<\/em> (cloud, console, PC)<\/li>\n<li><em>No More Heroes 3<\/em> (cloud, console, PC)<\/li>\n<li><em>Solar Ash<\/em> (cloud, console, PC)<\/li>\n<li><em>SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom \u2013 Rehydrated<\/em> (cloud, console, PC)<\/li>\n<li><em>Yakuza 5 Remastered<\/em> (cloud, console, PC)<\/li>\n<li><em>Yakuza 6: The Song of Life<\/em> (cloud, console, PC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">As always, more info can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/2025\/03\/04\/xbox-game-pass-march-2025-wave-1\">Xbox Wire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/news\/533518\/xbox-game-pass-balatro-monster-train-enter-the-gungeon-roguelike-march-2025\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Xbox Game Pass is adding a bunch of roguelikes for paying subscribers in March. In addition to Balatro, which joined the Game Pass lineup on Feb. 24, the service is also getting deckbuilder Monster Train, firearm-dense dungeon-crawler Enter the Gungeon, and largely co-op-focused 33 Immortals in the early weeks of March. And while I haven\u2019t played Mullet Madjack, the name alone is strong enough to make me want to check it out. The full release schedule is as follows: Balatro (cloud, console, PC) \u2013 Feb. 24 Monster Train (cloud, console, PC) \u2013 March 4 Galacticare (console) \u2013 March 5 One Lonely Outpost (cloud, console, PC) \u2013 March 6 Enter the Gungeon (cloud, console, PC) \u2013 March 11 Mullet Madjack (cloud, console, PC) \u2013 March 13&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/roguelikes-flood-xbox-game-pass-in-march\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1139842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1139841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-polygon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Roguelikes flood Xbox Game Pass in March | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Xbox Game Pass is adding a bunch of roguelikes for paying subscribers in March. 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