They’re popping up on June 25

The final wave of Xbox Game Pass additions for June 2020 may not have the sheer impact ofKingdom HeartsorNo Man’s Sky– if you’re just getting started,good luck– but if you’re longing for something to pick up, play, and power through,ObservationandThe Messengercome highly recommended.

Observationis a thriller about a turbulent space station and an artificial intelligence with presumably less-than-pure intentions. The gameplay twist is that rather than playing as an astronaut, you’re the AI.

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Two other lesser-known games –Night Call, a mystery-cracking visual novel about a cabbie who’s on the hook for a string of murders, andStreets of Rogue, a top-down roguelite with “emergent gameplay elements of immersive sims and RPGs” – are also playable with a Game Pass membership.

Here’s the platform and timing breakdown for this week’s games:

The ghost at the end of the hallway

And here’s the last call for games that are about to leave Xbox Game Pass onJune 30, 2020:

Are we going to get aSteamWorld Dig 3one day? I can only hope.

Picking up the smiley face post-it off the broken mirror

Coming Soon to Xbox Game Pass for PC and Console: Observation, Night Call, Streets of Rogue, and More[Xbox]

John and Molly sitting on the park bench

Close up shot of Marissa Marcel starring in Ambrosio

Kukrushka sitting in a meadow

Lightkeeper pointing his firearm overlapped against the lighthouse background

Overseer looking over the balcony in opening cutscene of Funeralopolis

Edited image of Super Imposter looking through window in No I’m not a Human demo cutscene with thin man and FEMA inside the house

Looking at the ghost of Jackie inside the lighthouse