Summary
Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School arrives on Xbox Game Pass on 5 November 2026, the same day the game launches, according to the November wave 1 post on Xbox Wire published on 3 November 2026. The listing covers Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, handheld and PC. Xbox Wire describes the game as the first open world escape room game and says it features online and local two player co-op. The post adds no further detail on length, setting or price. Games carrying a “Handheld” tag in the post are those “optimized for handheld play”, the post says in a closing note. Which tiers get it Two plans are named against the game: Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. Game Pass Premium and Game Pass Essential are not listed for Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School. Other titles in the same post do carry Premium alongside Ultimate and PC Game Pass, among them Firefighting Simulator: Ignite, Pit of Goblin and Void/Breaker. Subscribers on Premium or Essential are not covered by the day one listing. Other additions the same week Firefighting Simulator: Ignite also arrives on 5 November 2026, on Cloud, Xbox Series X|S and PC. It is listed for Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, and PC Game Pass. Xbox Wire says players take the role of a US firefighter and can play with up to three friends or with NPC-controlled crew members. MySims Cozy Bundle lands on the same date on Cloud, Console and PC, for Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. It collects retro re-releases of MySims and MySims Kingdom, with a town to customize in the first and a fantasy world in need of help in the second. Two games landed a day earlier, on 4 November 2026. Void/Breaker reached Xbox Series X|S and Cloud Gaming in its 1.0 full release, listed for Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium and PC Game Pass. Xbox Wire describes it as a roguelite FPS in which players break free from a cycle driven by a hostile AI, with deep gun modding. Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors is listed as now with Game Pass Premium, joining Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass, on Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, handheld and PC. The post credits the creators of Vampire Survivors and calls it a turn based, rogue-lite, card driven blobber. The post also listed two titles as available on 3 November 2026, under its “Available Today” heading, the day it went up. Football Manager 27 on PC is a day one Game Pass release, for Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. Pit of Goblin, described by Xbox Wire as an online horror co-op, is listed for Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium and PC Game Pass, on Cloud, Xbox Series X|S and PC. The post says players scavenge dungeons as a goblin to feed the Goblin King-Queen. Under In Case You Missed It, the post lists Gravhounds (Game Preview) as available now on Cloud, Xbox Series X|S and PC, for Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass, with up to four players dropping onto a hostile planet. Sources: