Mouthwashing Drops October 29 Alongside No, I'm Not a Human and Red Kiss: All 7 New Games Confirmed for Xbox Game Pass

Independent studios are keeping Microsoft's subscription ecosystem packed with fresh blood as October 2026 winds down. Following the latest ID@Xbox showcase announcements, seven new indie titles have officially locked in their arrivals on Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass, with the vast majority launching as day-one additions. From the surprise October 29 console drop of psychological horror sensation Mouthwashing just in time for Halloween to paranoia-fueled thrillers like No, I'm Not a Human and Cold War vampire drama Red Kiss, here is the full breakdown of all seven newly confirmed games.

Mouthwashing and Scramble Knights Online Lead Immediate Late-October Drops

Subscribers will not have to wait until next year to jump into the first wave of these reveals. Right alongside the second wave of October 2026 Xbox Game Pass additions headlined by Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, publisher Critical Reflex and Swedish developer Wrong Organ are bringing Mouthwashing to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Xbox on PC on October 29, 2026, included day one on Xbox Game Pass.

Widely praised as one of the sharpest psychological horror games of the decade, Mouthwashing traps players aboard the Tulpar, a long-haul space freighter left stranded in deep space after a catastrophic crash. With power failing, food supplies dwindling, and their mutilated captain Curly confined to the medical bay in agony, the surviving crew members spiral into paranoia and delusion after discovering their massive cargo hold is filled exclusively with thousands of crates of mouthwash. Driven by crunchy 32-bit retro visuals and razor-sharp non-linear editing, it is an essential Halloween play.

Three days earlier, on October 26, 2026, California studio Funktronic Labs will open the gates to the shared kingdom of Terracott with the Game Preview launch of Scramble Knights Online, available day one on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass across Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Cloud. Originally conceived as a 32-player battle royale, the project pivoted into a co-op MMO-lite action RPG inspired by The Legend of Zelda and Monster Hunter, blending party dungeon crawling, loot hunting, homestead building, and optional Coliseum PvP brawls.

No, I'm Not a Human and Red Kiss Bring Nighttime Paranoia and Vampire Espionage in 2027

Looking beyond October, Microsoft also locked in five distinct indie standouts slated for 2027. Also published by Critical Reflex, developer Trioskaz is bringing its viral paranoia horror thriller No, I'm Not a Human to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Xbox Game Pass in 2027. Set during an apocalyptic solar flare that burns anyone caught outside during the day, strangers knock on your door every night pleading for shelter. Staying completely alone leaves you helpless, but letting a disguised "Visitor" inside means certain death, forcing you to interrogate guests and inspect their teeth, eyes, and fingernails to figure out who is genuinely human.

On the tactical narrative front, Dutch developer Wispfire and narrative publisher Fellow Traveller announced that Red Kiss will launch day one on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass in 2027 (with Xbox Play Anywhere support across Xbox Series X|S and PC). Set in the final days of divided Cold War Berlin in 1989, the game casts you as an "Augur", a newly turned vampire serving a domineering house leader known only as "Daddy". Operating an occult apparatus called the Tabernacle, you telepathically command and dispatch a network of volatile vampire spies across Berlin's underground, balancing skill checks, blood reserves, and messy interpersonal blood bonds.

Croak, Mr Magpie, and Drill Keeper Round Out the 7 New Game Pass Additions

Three more inventive titles complete the 2027 roadmap: Croak (WoodRunner Games), a hand-drawn 2D precision platformer crafted with former Cuphead and Rick and Morty animators launching day one in March 2027; Mr Magpie's Harmless Card Game (Giantaking), a Minesweeper-inspired deck-building roguelike featuring voice actor Matthew Mercer as a sadistic office host in Early 2027; and Drill Keeper (ShoulderByte / Hooded Horse), a destructible mining and siege-defense deckbuilder digging into PC Game Pass in Summer 2027.

My Take

Seeing Mouthwashing and No, I'm Not a Human land on Xbox Game Pass is easily one of my favorite curation moves of the fall for fans of bold, uncompromising storytelling. Wrong Organ's claustrophobic nightmare aboard the Tulpar does not just lean on low-poly retro aesthetics for nostalgia; its fractured timeline and pitch-black examination of guilt stayed with me long after the credits rolled. Pairing that October 29 gut-punch with Fellow Traveller's Cold War vampire espionage in Red Kiss proves that Game Pass remains at its best when it champions weird, razor-sharp indie visionaries alongside massive blockbusters.

Written by Chaya "Chayane"

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Based on the outskirts of New York City, Chaya 'Chayane' spent five years studying software engineering in Montreal before returning to her home state. A Full-Stack developer and Deep Learning AI architecture researcher, she explores neural networks and algorithmic optimization while engineering data pipelines for Retrocharting and Gamescharting alongside Grimtag. A gamer for over 20 years and an avid collector of Nintendo history and The Legend of Zelda, she explored World of Warcraft's Azeroth before bringing her deep technical background to video game analysis.

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