Leaving Game Pass Oct 31: Your Last-Chance Guide

The Finish-or-Buy Order at a Glance

The rule is simple. If a game can be finished in the days left, finish it now and pay nothing. If a game is far too big to finish — or has no ending at all — playing it this week is a free trial: sample it, then decide if it earns a permanent spot in your library before it leaves.

Rank	Game	Time to Finish	The Call
1	Full Throttle Remastered	About 5–6 hours	Finish first — the shortest of the five
2	Day of the Tentacle Remastered	About 6–8 hours	Finish next — one good weekend push
3	Grim Fandango Remastered	About 10–12 hours	Finish if you start now — the biggest finishable one
4	Deep Rock Galactic	No ending — endless co-op	Buy-to-own call — you cannot finish it, so judge it as a keeper
5	Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga	40+ hours story, far more for everything	Buy-to-own call — sample it free, own it if your crew loves it

One more practical note: before October 31, open each game's store page and check its current purchase options while it is still in the library. Decide with the real page in front of you — not in a last-minute panic on the 31st.

1. Full Throttle Remastered — Finish This One First

About 5–6 hours · For: bikers, story lovers, and anyone who wants a guaranteed finish this week.

You are Ben, leader of a biker gang, framed for a crime and fighting to clear his name. It is a tight, funny, heartfelt adventure with a real ending — and it is the shortest game on this list, which is exactly why it goes first. One or two evenings and it is done, free, with days still to spare.

• It plays like an interactive road movie — puzzles are short and the story never stalls for long.
• Stuck on a puzzle? Push through rather than wandering — the clock this week is real, and the ending is worth reaching.
• Verdict: finish now. There is no reason to buy what you can easily complete before the 31st.

2. Day of the Tentacle Remastered — Finish This One Next

About 6–8 hours · For: puzzle fans, comedy lovers, and families who like solving together.

Three friends, three time periods — colonial past, present day, and a tentacle-ruled future — passing objects back and forth through time to stop a mutant tentacle from taking over the world. It is widely loved for a reason: the time-travel puzzles click together beautifully, and almost every solution makes you grin.

• Think in threes: if you are stuck in one era, the answer is usually sitting in another one.
• It is gentle, clever, and completely finishable in a weekend of relaxed sessions.
• Verdict: finish now. Queue it right after Full Throttle and you will beat the deadline comfortably.

3. Grim Fandango Remastered — Finish It If You Start Now

About 10–12 hours · For: story-first players who love film noir, wit, and a world like no other.

Manny Calavera is a travel agent in the Land of the Dead, selling afterlife journeys to the newly deceased — until he uncovers a conspiracy and sets off on a four-year journey to set things right. Many players call it one of the greatest adventure stories ever written. It is also the longest of the three classics here, and its puzzles are famously less forgiving.

• Start it today, not on the 30th — a steady couple of hours a night gets you home.
• Talk to everyone and examine everything; clues hide in conversations, and there is no shame in checking a hint when a puzzle stalls — finishing beats pride this week.
• Verdict: finish now, but only if you start now. If your week is already packed, this is the classic most worth owning later for a proper, unhurried run.

4. Deep Rock Galactic — The Buy-to-Own Call

No ending — endless co-op · For: friend groups who want a long-term co-op home.

Four space dwarves drop into dark, fully destructible caves, mine valuable minerals, complete the mission, and try to get out alive while alien swarms pour in. Every class matters — Engineer, Scout, Driller, Gunner — and no two caves play the same. There is no story to finish: your progress is your dwarves, your gear, and your teamwork, mission after mission.

• You cannot "beat" it before October 31 — do not try. Use this week as a free test run instead.
• Ask one question: is this a game you and your friends will still be playing in three months? If yes, it is exactly the kind of game worth owning.
• Verdict: buy-to-own if it is your crew's game; skip without guilt if it is not. Check its store page before the 31st and decide while you can still play free.

5. Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga — The Other Buy-to-Own Call

40+ hours for the story alone · For: Star Wars fans, parents and kids playing together, and collectors.

All nine Skywalker Saga films, retold in playful brick form, with huge hubs, hundreds of characters, and more collectibles than anyone could gather in five days. The story alone runs past 40 hours — finishing it before October 31 is not a realistic plan, and pretending otherwise would waste your week.

• Use your remaining days to sample it: play through an episode or two, free-roam a planet, and let your kids or co-op partner weigh in.
• If it becomes the family game — the one everyone keeps asking to play — that is your answer: it is a keeper.
• Verdict: sample free now, buy-to-own if it wins the household. Check its store page before the 31st so the decision is yours, not the deadline's.

Your 5-Day Plan

• Night 1–2: Finish Full Throttle Remastered. Short, satisfying, done.
• Night 2–3: Roll straight into Day of the Tentacle Remastered and finish it.
• Night 3–5: Give Grim Fandango Remastered your focused evenings — start it by midweek at the latest.
• Along the way: One co-op session of Deep Rock Galactic with your crew, and one family session in the Lego Star Wars galaxy. Then make both buy-or-skip calls with real play behind them.
• Before October 31: Open the store page for anything you decided to own and complete the purchase while the games are still in the library — after the 31st, your Game Pass access to all five ends.

Which of the five are you finishing first — and which one earned a permanent spot in your library?

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