Xbox Game Pass November 2026 Wave 1: Escape Academy 2 and Toxic Commando Hit the Cloud

Xbox posted the first November wave for Game Pass today, November 3. Almost all of it also comes to Xbox Cloud Gaming between November 4 and 17: Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School, Warhammer Survivors, Thronefall, John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando and Aphelion, among others. If your PC can’t handle one of them, you can still stream it. On October 20 we told you that Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade was hitting the cloud with October’s second wave. This is the next batch.

What hits the cloud, and when

Pit of Goblin is available starting today. It’s an online horror co-op where you play a goblin raiding dungeons. The rest arrives on this schedule:

• November 4: Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors, and Void/Breaker in its 1.0 release.
• November 5: Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School, Firefighting Simulator: Ignite and MySims Cozy Bundle.
• November 10: Football Manager 2027 Console, Warhammer Survivors and Tanuki: Pon’s Summer.
• November 11: Hope in the City and Thronefall.
• November 12: John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando, a co-op game for up to four players against zombie swarms.
• November 17: Aphelion, from Don’t Nod, and Paw Patrol: Dino World.

One catch with Football Manager 27: it’s in PC Game Pass starting today, but Xbox lists it for PC only, not for the cloud. The version that does come to Cloud Gaming is Football Manager 2027 Console, on November 10.

What leaves on November 15

Several games that you could also stream leave Game Pass that day. They include Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, Moonlighter, Wreckfest, 1000xResist and Police Simulator: Patrol Officers. If you’re partway through one, you have a few days left.

Also on November 15, Game Pass Essential adds classics like Banjo Kazooie, Perfect Dark and Viva Piñata. Most of them are cloud and console only. The one that also lists PC is Halo: Spartan Assault.

Which ones are heaviest for your PC?

Of the three we already track on canirun, John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando is the most demanding, because its recommended GPU has the highest benchmark score. Firefighting Simulator: Ignite sits in the middle and Escape Academy 2 is the lightest. All three recommend 16 GB of RAM.

If your rig is modest, Toxic Commando is the clearest candidate for streaming. If you’d rather play locally, check games for low-end PCs.

Can your PC run November’s games?

Here’s how your PC grades against each game’s recommended requirement:

Game	Rec. GPU score	Rec. RAM	Min. RAM	Your PC
John Carpenter's Toxic Commando	24,750	16 GB	16 GB	?
Firefighting Simulator: Ignite	21,750	16 GB	8 GB	?
Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School	17,050	16 GB	16 GB	?

Open any game page, like Escape Academy 2, to see your full grade and which upgrade helps most.

Sources: Xbox Wire: Game Pass November 2026 wave 1