With all the new AAA and first-party games arriving on Xbox Game Pass lately, it can be easy to overlook some of the indie or lesser-known titles that are also added each month. For every major day-one release on Game Pass, there are others that are essentially stealth dropped onto the subscription service. That's certainly the case with this latest free game, which has become one of the biggest hits on Game Pass for 2026, despite only releasing earlier this week.
You'd be forgiven if you missed that a game called Escape the Backrooms was added to Game Pass recently. It didn't get a whole lot of fanfare ahead of time, and most Xbox users' attention might've been on the Fable reboot delay that was announced, or the upcoming Xbox Games Showcase on Sunday. Either way, subscribers have latched onto Escape the Backrooms, which is already a huge hit on Game Pass this year.
"Escape the Backrooms is a major hit for Xbox Game Pass in 2026," reads the original post on Reddit. It goes on to show the Top 10 games for 2026 on Game Pass so far (via True Achievements), which includes some major AAA...
