Game Pass Just Dropped Two "Surprise" Games for January 2026

Xbox Game Pass just shadow-dropped Little Nightmares: Enhanced Edition and Brews & Bastards, then added more January 2026 dates, including Star Wars Outlaws and Resident Evil Village.

Xbox Game Pass January 2026: 2 surprise drops + new list

Xbox Game Pass has started January by quietly dropping two games without any build-up. No "coming soon" posts. Just there. The surprise additions are Little Nightmares: Enhanced Edition and Brews & Bastards, both available right now. And that's before the rest of the month's already busy Game Pass schedule kicks in, with bigger names like Star Wars Outlaws and Resident Evil Village lined up.

Two surprise releases are live now: Little Nightmares: Enhanced Edition and Brews & Bastards
Light Nightmares: Enhanced Edition comes with 4K/60fps and ray-traced lighting on supported platforms
The other planned games for this month include Star Wars Outlaws, Resident Evil Village, Nova Roma and more.

Xbox Game Pass just added two surprise January games

Two games showed up on Game Pass without the usual long runway of “coming soon” posts.

Little Nightmares: Enhanced Edition — out now on Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Cloud
Brews & Bastards — out now on Console, PC, and Cloud

If you’re in the UAE, these “out now” drops usually roll through accounts the same day, but exact timing can vary by platform/store refresh.

Little Nightmares: Enhanced Edition — what you’re actually getting

This is the remastered version of the 2017 horror platformer, now sitting on Game Pass.

Available on Series X|S, PC, and Cloud
Visual upgrades include 4K/60fps and ray-traced lighting
It’s positioned as a straight “Enhanced Edition” update rather than a brand-new entry

If you missed it the first time, this is the better way to play it on modern hardware. And if you did play it, the smoother performance matters more than you’d think in a game that loves shadows and tight timing.

Brews & Bastards — the chaotic extra you didn’t see coming

The second surprise drop is Brews & Bastards, a dungeon crawler with a very specific vibe.

Out now on Console, PC, and Cloud
You pick from “inebriated heroes” and fight “drunken demons” while chasing the stolen Brew Stone

In plain terms: it sounds like a lighter, messier action crawl that’s meant to be played in short bursts. The sort of Game Pass pick you try because it’s there… then somehow you’re still playing an hour later.

January 2026 Game Pass dates (including the updated list)

Atomfall — January 7 (Game Pass Premium)
Lost in Random: The Eternal Die — January 7 (Game Pass Premium)
Rematch — January 7 (Game Pass Premium)
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine – Master Crafted Edition — January 7 (Game Pass Premium)
Final Fantasy — January 8 (Ultimate / Premium / PC Game Pass)
Star Wars Outlaws — January 13 (Ultimate / PC Game Pass)
My Little Pony: A Zephyr Heights Mystery — January 15 (Ultimate / Premium / PC Game Pass)
Resident Evil Village — January 20 (Ultimate / Premium / PC Game Pass)
Mio: Memories in Orbit — January 20 (Ultimate / PC Game Pass)

If you’re trying to plan your month: Jan 7 is the first big pile-on (especially for Premium), Jan 13 is the headline grab (Star Wars Outlaws), and Jan 20 is stacked.