10 Best Free-to-Play Games on Xbox Game Pass (December 2025)

Is there any other way to enjoy playing games on your Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S console? Where you don’t have to stress about paying for every game, which can get expensive pretty fast? Xbox Game Pass has made life so much easier, providing you with hundreds of games at an affordable monthly or annual subscription fee. 

The games on here are carefully selected, with some leaving the subscription service after a certain period of time. So, you want to always be kept up to speed on the new games available on the service, and particularly the free-to-play ones that offer exclusive in-game benefits and perks to subscribed members. Find below the best free-to-play games on Xbox Game Pass this month.

10. Valorant

If you’re a competitive FPS player, you can check out Valorant. It’s the perfect game with all of the weapons and diverse maps you need to lock in. It comes with lots of strategy, too, in your attack and defense options, making it the perfect choice for game night.

Given that Valorant has been a returnee in esports tournaments, you know the features are worthy of repeated playthroughs. Its 5v5 tactical shooter playthroughs are steamy and offer deep progression to grow stronger and bolder over time.

9. League of Legends

For games like League of Legends, newbies might be discouraged from competing against players who’ve mastered the core systems for years now. But it remains one of the biggest, team-based franchises to date. 

The immensity of its roster, for one, is no joke, with over 140 champions you can choose from. All offering unique skills and progression paths that reward strategy and skill. Over the years, LoL has also been constantly updated with more champions, as well as patch fixes.

8. Genshin Impact

Looking for more freedom of exploration in your playthrough? Consider Genshin Impact among the best free-to-play games on Xbox Game Pass. This open world is so massive, you’ll put in hundreds of hours to reach completion.

There’s so much to do, talking to different NPCs, learning new skills, and pushing the story forward. The world is exciting to venture deeper into, thanks to stunning design and color. And the soundtrack relaxes you into a chill vibe, while intensifying during intense battles and boss fights.

7. Call of Duty: Warzone

Call of Duty: Warzone comes bundled with Modern Warfare, Black Ops, and Vanguard. So, you might as well try it. And you’ll at least have some experience with the weapons and operators, quickly settling into your playstyle. 

Its core gameplay is battle royale, scavenging weapons and ammo across a large map, and competing to be the last player standing. As the map shrinks, you’ll be forced more and more into intense shootouts, powered by CoD’s tight and satisfying gunplay.

6. Overwatch 2

Is there going over the best hero shooters without mentioning Overwatch 2? This free-to-play game on Xbox Game Pass puts you in a squad of diverse heroes and sends you into different maps to work out your transgressions with one another. 

Combat is fast-paced and smooth, adding new skills and abilities with wins. But that’ll only come with working with your team’s unique strengths and strategizing your positions against enemies.

5. Halo Infinite

I doubt there’s a free-to-play multiplayer game as big as Halo Infinite. Over 70 maps await your exploration and conquering, and billions of customizations to experiment with. A “weapon sandbox,” really, when there are so many variants and attachments. 

Further, users create their own maps called Forge creations, adding their own game modes and items; some of the best being Paintball Hedge Maze and Repul Soccer.

4. Naraka: Bladepoint

The next best free-to-play game on Xbox Game Pass is a game-changing battle royale called Naraka: Bladepoint. It strays from the usual FPS gameplay to a martial arts, melee-based combat system. 

You can think of it like a fighting game of close-quarters, arena battles that uses a fun rock-paper-scissors mechanic. With 60 players to start, you’ll need to pull out all the stops in your parkour and martial arts skill bag to make it to the final standoff.

3. Teamfight Tactics

An interesting PvP auto battler you might enjoy is Teamfight Tactics, especially if you’re a League of Legends fan. Eight players compete for the win, with each one building their own teams from LoL champions. Since every champion has unique roles and abilities, your choice of who to draft (and when) matters in winning.

However, the roster constantly changes with each round. So, you don’t always get your favorites. But this helps keep every round unique and a surprising turn of events. Ultimately, all that counts is your strategic planning and adapting to your opponent’s unexpected tricks.

2. Splitgate 2

Another of the best free-to-play games on Xbox Game Pass that keeps things interesting is Splitgate 2. The gunplay is already snappy and packs a punch. But the portals are the game-changer, allowing you to instantly travel between maps through portals. To make it even more fun, the movement is fast and packed with versatile moves like sliding and using jetpacks. 

This allows you to escape heavy fire in split seconds. And the reverse, ambushing unsuspecting enemies. You just have to be smart about where and when to open up a portal. Feel free to check out the battle royale mode, too, amping up the competition against 59 players.

1. The Finals

To make it to The Finals, you’ll need to use not just your choice of class, weapons, and gadgets to your advantage, but the environment, too. Environments are destructible: nearly every object you see can be destroyed. But you can build, as well.

This creates lots of strategic ways to outsmart opponents. You can have roofs collapse on groups of enemies, but you also have to be mindful of the places you’re hiding. It’s a constant push-and-pull, always keeping track of your position and surroundings, but also your enemies.