Lies of P is an award-winning game that reimagines the story of Pinocchio as a soulslike set in a grimy world overrun by killer mechanical puppets. It was released on day 1 on Xbox Game Pass in 2023. Now, Microsoft is removing that game and others from the service this weekend on March 15.
Microsoft will remove Lies of P after its developer, Neowiz, announced it would release the game’s first downloadable content, a prequel called Lies of P: Overture, this summer. So, if you played this game when it was released in 2023 and need a refresher before the DLC’s release, or you want to experience this game for the first time, you have only a few days left before you have to buy it separately.
According to the gaming website How Long to Beat, it takes about 29 hours to beat the main story in Lies of P, so you’d have to play the game for a little more than 6 hours a day to beat the game before it’s removed from Game Pass. How Long to Beat also estimates it takes about 59 hours to complete the main story, all side quests and find all the secrets and collectibles in the game. That means you’ll need to spend more than 12 hours a day playing the game before it’s removed from the service, so good luck.
Microsoft is also removing a few other games from the service, including Yakuza 5 Remastered and Yakuza 6: The Song of Life. This reduces the number of Yakuza games on the service after Microsoft removed Yakuza 3 Remastered and Yakuza 4 Remastered from the service on Feb. 28.
Here is the full list of games Microsoft is removing from Xbox Game Pass on March 15.
Evil West
Lies of P
No More Heroes 3
Solar Ash
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated
Yakuza 5 Remastered
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
While Microsoft is removing those games from Game Pass, it’s also adding six games to different service tiers. Here are the games Microsoft is adding to the service in March. You can also check out games Microsoft added to the service in February, including “s pick for Best Game of 2024, Balatro.
Monster Train
Available now.
Hell has frozen over and the celestial forces of heaven are coming to extinguish the last burning pyre, and it’s up to you to stop them. Monster Train is a unique roguelike deck builder with a twist that spreads your playing field out to three vertical areas in the aforementioned train. With over 250 cards and six monster clans to call on, you’ll have plenty of ways to ward off your enemies and take back your home in Hell.
Galacticare
Available now.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers can already play this game, and Game Pass Standard subscribers can play this resource-management game, too. You play as the director of an intergalactic hospital, and it’s up to you to help cure as many different species of aliens as possible if they can afford it. Design, furnish and upgrade your hospital as you see fit, hire the right doctors and keep everyone happy. Just make sure you get paid first. This game definitely doesn’t sound like a scathing indictment of any real-world healthcare system. That would be silly.
One Lonely Outpost
Available now.
You’re a pioneer in this cozy farming sim, but you aren’t restoring your deceased grandfather’s rundown old farm in this game. You’re building a life on an alien planet. You must terraform the land to grow and cultivate organic and genetically modified crops. You’ll also raise robo-livestock and use drones to fish and forage, but you can still romance other settlers in the area. So get out there and make this planet your home!
Enter the Gungeon
Available now.
More than two years after Microsoft removed this game from Game Pass, this gunfight dungeon crawler is back. Shoot, loot and doge your way through a procedurally generated labyrinth on a quest to find the ultimate weapon: a gun that can kill the past. You’ll chat with merchants, shoot enemies armed to the teeth and discover hidden secrets throughout the dungeon.
Mullet MadJack
Available: March 13
This first-person shooter is like a cyberpunk version of the neon-drenched game Hotline Miami. You have 10 seconds to live, and the only thing that can keep you alive is killing your robotic enemies. But you aren’t just randomly taking down robots — you’re also on a mission to rescue someone called the “Influencer” from a skyscraper. So pick your favorite weapon and climb each floor as fast as possible to survive and save the princess, I mean Influencer.
33 Immortals (game preview)
Available: March 18
Playing co-op games with a friend can be fun, and this game asks, “What if you played those games with over 30 other people?” This game is a co-op action-roguelike that 33 people can play together. You’re all damned souls rebelling against God’s judgment by fighting against hordes of monsters and massive bosses. Upgrade your soul with new relics and expand your arsenal with new weapons in your fight for survival.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate — a Editors’ Choice Award pick — offers hundreds of games you can play on your Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, computer and mobile device for $20 a month. A subscription provides access to a large library of games, with new titles like Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 added monthly, plus benefits such as online multiplayer and deals on non-Game Pass titles.
For more on Xbox, check out other games available on Game Pass Ultimate now, read our hands-on review of the gaming service and learn which Game Pass plan is right for you.
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