The newly-added Xbox Game Pass game Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders has already hit half a million players. New games are added to Xbox Game Pass every month, with the end of January 2025 proving to be especially busy for the subscription service. The last couple of weeks saw multiple day one games added to Xbox Game Pass, including Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, Eternal Strands, Sniper Elite: Resistance, and Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders.
Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders is a skiing game with single-player and online multiplayer options. A sequel to the well-received 2019 game Lonely Mountains: Downhill, Snow Riders has earned strong marks from fans and critics alike. The game currently enjoys an 81 overall rating on review aggregate site OpenCritic, making it one of the highest-rated new game releases of the year so far.
Xbox Game Pass adds its first game for February 2025—an open-world FPS with a decent critical reception and 'Mostly Positive' Steam reviews.
It seems fans have been flocking to Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders in large numbers as the game has reached 500,000 players. This was announced by the developer on Bluesky, with Xbox exec Sarah Bond congratulating the team...
