Xbox Game Pass Adds Open-World Game for All Ages

Summary

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game is now available on Xbox Game Pass.
This is the ninth new title to reach the XGP library in April 2025.
Five more games are coming to Xbox Game Pass before the end of the month.

Xbox Game Pass has added SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game to its library. This is the ninth new title to reach Microsoft’s subscription service in April 2025, as well as the 39th new Xbox Game Pass release since the turn of the year.

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game is an open-world action adventure developed by Philadelphia-based PHL Collective. It was originally announced during the August 27 Nintendo Direct before releasing for PC and consoles in early October 2024.

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Half a year later, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game made its way to Xbox Game Pass, reaching the subscription service on Wednesday, April 16. Since it’s not a day-one title, The Patrick Star Game is available across every Xbox Game Pass tier besides Core. In terms of critical acclaim, this isn’t exactly the most renowned SpongeBob SquarePants game ever made, as underlined by its 64 average rating on OpenCritic. However, its player reviews are generally much stronger, with the game boasting “Very Positive” feedback from Steam users and a 4.4-star rating on the Xbox Store.

Upcoming Xbox Game Pass Games

Game	Game Pass Tier(s)	Platform(s)	Date	Notes
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game	Ultimate, PC, Standard	Cloud, Console, PC	Apr 16
Tempopo	Ultimate, PC	Cloud, Console, PC	Apr 17	Day-one release.
Crime Scene Cleaner	Ultimate, PC	Cloud, PC, Series X/S	Apr 17
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33	Ultimate, PC	Cloud, PC, Series X/S	Apr 24	Day-one release.
Towerborne	Ultimate, PC	Cloud, PC, Series X/S	Apr 29	Game Preview.
Far Cry 4	Ultimate, PC, Standard	Cloud, Console, PC	Apr 30
Anno 1800	Ultimate, PC, Standard	Cloud, PC, Series X/S	May 1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022)	Ultimate, PC	Cloud, Console, PC	May 1
Dredge	Ultimate, PC, Standard	Cloud, PC, Series X/S	May 6
Revenge of the Savage Planet	Ultimate, PC	Cloud, Console, PC	May 8	Day-one release.
DOOM: The Dark Ages	Ultimate, PC	PC, Series X/S	May 15	Day-one release.
To A T	Ultimate, PC	PC, Series X/S	May 28	Day-one release.
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4	Ultimate, PC	Console, PC	Jul 11	Day-one release.

How Long Will SpongeBob SquarePants: TPSG Stay on Xbox Game Pass?

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game is the third PHL Collective-developed title to be offered to Microsoft’s subscribers. The last one, DC League of Super-Pets: The Adventures of Krypto and Ace, was only part of the service for a year, leaving in September 2023. On the other hand, Ben 10: Power Trip reached Xbox Game Pass all the way back in December 2021 and is still part of the platform’s content catalog. Based on this track record, SpongeBob SquarePants: TPSG seems likely to stay on the service for at least a year.

The next Xbox Game Pass catalog update is scheduled for April 17, when the service will add two new titles: Tempopo and Crime Scene Cleaner. The latter has a fairly self-explanatory name, while the former is a psychedelic platformer with puzzles and creature collection. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Towerborne, and Far Cry 4—in that order—are then scheduled to reach Xbox Game Pass over the final seven days of April 2025.

Microsoft’s subscription service is also losing half a dozen titles on April 30, with the upcoming departures including Have a Nice Death and Sniper Elite 5. Overall, Xbox Game Pass is on course to remove 13 games this month, while adding 14 others. This will make April the first month with a net gain for the XGP library since January, which also saw Microsoft add one more game than it removed (13 vs. 12).