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Is Paratopic on Xbox Game Pass?

No — Paratopic is not on Xbox Game Pass. A subscription will not get you this one; it costs €4.99 to buy on the Microsoft Store.
Not in the Game Pass catalogue — buying is the only way to play it
Buy-to-keep in Italy · cheapest in Argentina (~$0.37)

Why Paratopic is not on Game Pass, and what that costs you

The short version is above. The longer version is worth two minutes, because “not on Game Pass” is not one situation — it is several, and they have different answers.

A title can sit outside the catalogue because its publisher never put it there, because it was in and has since rotated out, or because it is too new. Microsoft publishes a membership list, not a reason, so we will not guess which applies to Paratopic. What we can tell you is what the list says today, and it does not include it.

That makes buying the practical route, and €4.99 is what the Microsoft Store charges in Italy right now. Two things move that number and both are worth checking before you pay. Store prices are set market by market, and the spread is often larger than any sale — the table below ranks every region we track. And if you already subscribe, Game Pass members are frequently offered a discount on Store purchases, applied at checkout rather than shown in the listed price, so the figure here is the ordinary price anyone pays.

The other honest answer is that a subscription may still be the better buy — just not for this game. If you are weighing one purchase against a month of Ultimate, the arithmetic is on our Game Pass prices page, and the catalogue itself is what a subscription would actually get you.

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Paratopic price by region

RegionBuy priceDiscount≈ USD
AR · Argentina cheapest AR$354.00 $0.37
TR · Turkey ₺32.50 $0.98
IN · India ₹299 $3.60
ZA · South Africa R79.00 $4.27
CA · Canada CA$5.99 $4.40
NO · Norway 50.00 kr $4.63
US · United States $4.99 $4.99
GB · United Kingdom £3.99 $5.05
DE · Germany €4.99 $5.42

Where to buy Paratopic

2 trusted stores

Prefer to own it instead of streaming on Game Pass? A digital key or region disc can beat the Microsoft Store — and gift cards top up your subscription for less.

Some store links are affiliate links — if you buy through them we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you.

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About Paratopic

Developer
Arbitrary Metric
Players
Single-player
Released
May 12, 2022
Achievements
20 · 1,000G
Time to beat
46 min main story
Completionist
2 hours

Completion times from HowLongToBeat.

You got caught smuggling VHS tapes across the border, and now there's hell to pay. You want to find an elusive rare bird in the forest and snap its picture. You have to kill a man in the back room of a shady diner. This is Paratopic, an experimental first-person horror game named by Rock, Paper, Shotgun as one of the best games of 2018, and by FACT mag as having one of the top 10 soundtracks of the year. • A narrative-driven horror-tinged adventure game that takes you on a journey through a cruel fever dream world. • Cut between numerous detailed and varied vignettes to unravel how the stories of three separate characters intersect. • Explore the detritus of forbidden industry, kill, drive through the night, find yourself in conversation with some very off-kilter individuals. • A leisurely playthrough should take forty-five minutes, give or take, with plenty more to discover in the…

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FAQ

Is Paratopic on Xbox Game Pass?

No. Paratopic is not in the Xbox Game Pass catalogue as we last read it, so a subscription does not include it — you would need to buy it to play. Catalogue line-ups change every month, and this page follows them.

How much does Paratopic cost to buy?

Paratopic costs €4.99 on the Microsoft Store in Italy if you want to buy and keep it instead of using Game Pass.

Where is Paratopic cheapest to buy?

The cheapest Microsoft Store region for Paratopic is Argentina at about $0.37 USD.

Will Paratopic come to Xbox Game Pass?

We do not know, and neither does anyone outside Microsoft. Titles are added to the catalogue every month with no advance list, and nothing in the data we read predicts it. This page follows the catalogue, so if Paratopic is added it will say yes here.

Can I play Paratopic with Game Pass Ultimate?

Not through the catalogue. Ultimate includes the Game Pass library, cloud gaming and EA Play, and Paratopic is in none of those as we last read them, so buying it is the way to play it. Ultimate can still cut the price — members are often offered a discount on Store purchases, applied at checkout.

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