Xbox Game Pass Confirms 5 Day-One Games for April 2026

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Replaced

Replaced is a cinematic side-scrolling platformer from developer Sad Cat Studios and publishers Thunderful Games and Coatsink. It is notably an Xbox Series X console exclusive — and one that has been a long time coming at that — and is set to release on April 14. When it is released, it will be a debut release for the studio based in Belarus.

Hades 2

Hades 2 was released last year via Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, and PC, and it was notably the highest-rated game of 2025. Developed and published by renowned indedpent studio Supergiant Games, it is set to come to Xbox Series X on April 14.

Aphelion

Aphelion is a sci-fi action-adventure game with stealth elements from Don’t Nod, the studio best known for the Life is Strange series. It is set to release on April 28.

Kiln

Kiln is from renowned developer Double Fine Productions, which itself is owned by Xbox, so this is an Xbox Game Studios release. As for the game itself, it is a team-based multiplayer party brawler set to release on April 23, with a PC open beta happening between April 9 and April 11.

Vampire Crawlers

Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors, as it is fully called, is a roguelite deckbuilder spin-off from the Vampire Survivors developer, Poncle. It is set to release on April 21.

Every game above is coming to Xbox Series X and PC, minus Hades II, which is already on PC, and thus only coming to Xbox Series X. None of the titles are Xbox One-bound. To this end, there are currently no day-one Xbox Game Pass subscribers on Xbox One for the month of April.

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