Archvale is coming to Xbox Game Pass.

Xbox Game Pass gets Into the Pit on October 19, plus other indie titles

Xbox Game Pass is getting a bunch of new indie games in the coming months, including Into the Pit arriving on October 19.

The games shown in rapid-fire sizzle reel include Archvale, Midnight Fight Express, Dodgeball Academia, Bushiden, Flynn: Son of Crimson, Unpacking, Signalis, Unsighted, and Next Space Balls.

Into the Pit is a fantasy game where you go into a spooky castle and use your hands to cast fast-action spells. In this first-person roguelite, you have to fight all kinds of creatures with your dark magic. The game is coming from Humble Games and Nullpointer.

Xbox Game Pass is Microsoft’s premium subscription service that gives users access to lots of downloadable games. It has generated a huge revenue stream for Microsoft and continues to be a big part of the company’s gaming strategy.

And one of the ways it keeps people subscribing to the service is by adding more games. The companies showed off the games at its Xbox event at the online-only Gamescom expo. Fans can wishlist Into the Pit now for PC, on the Humble Store and Steam.

Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.