Xbox Game Pass is easily one of the best bangs for your buck you’re going to find this holiday season when it comes to subscription services, offering players hundreds of free games and day-one releases. December is a stacked month for Game Pass, and today, three incredible games have been added that you should check out ASAP.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and Premium subscribers can grab A Game About Digging A Hole, Death Howl, and Dome Keeper today, December 9, 2025, three top-tier games from indie developers that are well worth checking out over the holidays.
Xbox Game Pass Just Got 3 More New Games
Xbox Game Pass is adding to its lineup the following incredible must-play indie titles: A Game About Digging A Hole, Death Howl, and Dome Keeper. A Game About Digging a Hole is absolutely worth picking up, and it’s all right there in the title. It’s an indie sandbox mining horror simulation game from DoubleBee that will keep you coming back, and it has Overwhelmingly Positive reviews on Steam.
Death Howl is an exciting new indie release from indie devs at The Outer Zone and 11-bit studios, and it’s a really fun “soulslike deck-builder,” where players “craft cards and claim powerful totems to defeat the woeful spirits lurking in the mystical lands.”
Finally, Xbox Game Pass has also added Dome Keeper, the highly anticipated roguelike tower defense mining game from developers at Bippinbits and Raw Fury. Much like A Game About Digging a Hole, you’ll be burrowing underground to collect vital resources, but the games both offer their unique takes on mining mechanics and gameplay in general.
A Game About Digging A Hole Is Pure Fun
While all three of these indie games are attractive for one reason or another, A Game About Digging a Hole is pure fun that you really don’t want to miss out on. It’s one of those addictive games that is great because it’s really simple and easy to pick up/put down at your leisure. It’s a great game for cozy game enthusiasts, with a “no rush, no rules” philosophy.
Players absolutely love A Game About Digging a Hole, with Steam reviews reflecting an Overwhelmingly Positive sentiment for a game that was made in the developer’s spare time. I’d recommend trying this game if you prefer a more relaxed gaming experience.
That said, both Dome Keeper and out alongside the other two additions as well, with both Dome Keeper and Death Howl offer less chill but equally fun experiences, and are well worth trying out while they’re free on Xbox Game Pass.
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Standard subscription plan allows two accounts playing at once, with four accounts playing at once on Friends & Family plan
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1440p streaming
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~35 million subscribers
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Xbox Series X|S, PC, ROG Xbox Ally, Android, iOS, Samsung & LG TVs, Meta Quest, Web Browser