A clean, fact-based release calendar with confirmed dates and realistic expectations
As 2025 wraps up, the release calendar for 2026 already looks busy. Very busy. Studios used The Game Awards 2025 to lock in dates, confirm platforms, and tease what’s coming next. The result is a packed lineup that covers RPGs, horror, racing, action, and plenty of long-awaited sequels.
This guide focuses on confirmed releases and officially announced windows. No leaks. No guesswork. Dates come from publisher announcements, platform storefronts, and award-show reveals. When a date isn’t final, it’s clearly marked.
If you like planning your backlog in advance (or pretending you’ll finish it), this is the year to do it.
New Video Games Of January 2026
Heartopia (PC, iOS, Android) – January 7
Blasten!! (PC) – January 8
Cozy Caravan (PC) – January 8
Pathologic 3 (PC) – January 9
Spear (Xbox Series X|S) – January 9
Quarantine Zone: The Last Check (PC) – January 12
Streetdog BMX (PC) – January 14
Cassette Boy (PC) – January 15
The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon (PS5, PS4, Switch 2, Switch, PC) – January 15
Brokenlore: Unfollow (PS5, PC) – January 16
Ghetto Zombies Graffiti Squad (PC) – January 16
Carnedge (PC) – January 19
Duet Night Abyss (PC) – January 19
MIO: Memories In Orbit (Xbox Series X|S, PS5, Switch 2, Switch, PC) – January 20
Eldegarde (PC) – January 21
Gooey (PC) – January 21
TR-49 (PC, iOS) – January 21
Arknights: Endfield (PS5, PC, iOS, Android) – January 22
Hermit and Pig (PC) – January 22
Banquet For Fools (PC) – January 23
Escape The Ever After (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC) – January 23
The Fortress (PC) – January 23
Highguard (PS5, PC) – January 26
Earth Must Die (PC) – January 27
Rightfully, Beary Arms (Xbox Series X|S, PC) – January 27
Underground Garage (PC) – January 27
The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin (PS5, PC, iOS, Android) – January 28
Cairn (PS5, PC) – January 29
I Hate This Place (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC) – January 29
Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator (PC) – January 29
Ufophilia (PS5, PC) – January 29
Code Vein 2 (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC) – January 30
Folklore Hunter (PC) – January 30
My Tiny Garden (PC) – January 30
New Video Games Of February 2026
The 18th Attic (PC) – February 2
Dragon Quest VII Reimagined (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, Switch, PC) – February 5
Unemployment Simulator 2018 (PC) – February 5
Dead Pets: A Punk Rock Slice Of Life Sim (PC) – February 6
Ghost Gunners (PC) – February 6
HumanityZ (PC) – February 6
My Hero Academia: All’s Justice (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC) – February 6
Nioh 3 (PS5) – February 6
Mewgenics (PC) – February 10
Relooted (PC) – February 10
The Prisoning: Fletcher’s Quest (Switch, PC) – February 10
Romeo is a Dead Man (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC) – February 11
BlazBlue Entropy Effect X (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch) – February 12
Disciples: Domination (PC) – February 12
Mario Tennis Fever (Switch 2) – February 12
Ride 6 (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC) – February 12
Clue: Murder by Death (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox O) – February 13
High on Life 2 (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC) – February 13
Reanimal (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, PC) – February 13
Dobbel Dungeon (PC) – February 16
Strange Brew (PC) – February 18
The Killing Stone (PC) – February 18
Demon Tides (PC) – February 19
Love Eternal (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC) – February 19
Styx: Blades of Greed (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC) – February 19
Ys X: Proud Nordics (PS5, Switch 2, PC) – February 20
Rainbow Six Mobile (iOS, Android) – February 23
Tides of Tomorrow (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC) – February 24
Tales of Berseria Remastered (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC) – February 26
Resident Evil Requiem (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, PC) – February 27
New Video Games Of March 2026
Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch, PC) – March 3
Gnaughty Gnomes (PC) – March 3
Esoteric Ebb (PC) – March 3
Scott Pilgrim EX (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC) – March 3
Homura Hime (PC) – March 4
Never Grace: The Witch and the Curse (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch, PC) – March 5
Planet of Lana II: Children of the Leaf (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch 2, Switch, PC) – March 5
Pokemon Pokopia (Switch 2) – March 5
Marathon (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC) – March 5
Slay the Spire 2 (PC early access) – March 5
Lost and Found Co. (PC) – March 6
Heart of the Machine (PC) – March 6
Over The Top: WW1 (PC) – March 6
Mirage 7 (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC) – March 6
Thysiastery (PC) – March 9
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, PC) – March 12
Timberborn (PC) – March 12
1348 Ex Voto (PS5, PC) – March 12
WWE 2K26 (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, PC) – March 13
Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, PC) – March 13
Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, PC) – March 16
Xploit.zero (Quest 3) – March 17
MLB The Show 26 (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch) – March 17
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach (PC) – March 19
Dynasty Warriors 3: Complete Edition Remastered (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, Switch, PC) – March 19
Crimson Desert (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC) – March 19
Rubato (PS5, Switch, PC) – March 20
Ghost Master: Resurrection (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC) – March 20
Ariana and the Elder Codex (PS5, PS4, Switch) – March 24
Mado Monogatari: Fia and the Wondrous Academy (PC) – March 25
Life is Strange: Reunion (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC) – March 26
Copa City (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC) – March 26
Screamer (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC) – March 26
Legends of the Round Table (PC) – March 31
Legacy of Kain: Ascendance (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, Switch, PC) – March 31
Raccoin (PC) – March 31
New Video Games Of April 2026
Before I Go (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch, PC) – April 13
ShantyTown (PC) – April 16
Pragmata (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC) – April 24
Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC) – April 28
Invincible Vs. (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC) – April 30
Saros (PS5) – April 30
New Video Games Of May 2026
- City Tales – Medieval Era (PC) – May 22
- Paralives (PC) – May 25 [Early Access]
- 007 First Light (PC, XSX, PS5, NS2) – May 27
- Wandering Sword (PS5, NS, NS2) – May 28
- Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight (PS5, XSX, PC, NS2) – May 29
New Video Games Of September 2026
- Halloween: The Game (PC, XSX, PS5) – September 8
- Phantom Blade Zero (PC, PS5) – September 9
New Video Games Of November 2026
- GTA 6 (XSX, PS5) – November 19
TBC 2026
Publishers are locking in the release windows for 2026, albeit without any firm release dates. It’s looking like a big year!
- 1348 Ex Voto (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC 2026
- Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC 2026
- Acts of Blood (PC) – TBC 2026
- Animo (PC, XSX) –TBC 2026
- Aphelion (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC 2026
- At Fate’s End (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC 2026
- Ballad of Antara (PS5) – TBC 2026
- Beast of Reincarnation (PC, XSX, PS5) –TBC 2026
- Big Walk (PC) – TBC 2026
- Blighted (PC) – TBC 2026
- Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement (PS5) – TBC 2026
- Content Warning (NS, NS2) – TBC 2026
- Control: Resonant (PC, XSX, PS5) –TBC 2026
- Crashout Crew (PC) – TBC 2026
- Damon & Baby (PS5, PS4, PC, NS) – TBC 2026
- Danganronpa 2×2 (NS, NS2) – TBC 2026
- Deer & Boy (PC) – TBC 2026
- Denshattack! (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC 2026
- Decrepit (PC) – TBC 2026
- Directive 8020 (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC 2026
- The Duskbloods (NS2) – TBC 2026
- Edge of Memories (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC 2026
- End of Abyss (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC 2026
- Fable 4 (PC, XSX) – TBC 2026
- Fate Trigger (PS5, XSX, PC) – TBC 2026
- Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave (NS2) – TBC 2026
- Forza Horizon 6 (PC, XSX) – TBC 2026
- Game of Thrones: War for Westeros (PC) – TBC 2026
- Gears of War: E-Day (PC, XSX) – TBC 2026
- Glaciered (PC, NS2) – TBC 2026
- Grave Seasons (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC 2026
- Hell Let Loose: Vietnam (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC 2026
- Human Fall Flat Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (NS2) – TBC 2026
- Instinction (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC
- Invincible VS (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC 2026
- InZOI (PS5) – TBC 2026
- Lords of the Fallen 2 (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC 2026
- Marvel: TOKON Fighting Souls (PC, PS5) – TBC 2026
- MARVEL 1943: Rise of Hydra (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC 2026
- Marvel’s Wolverine (PS5) – TBC 2026
- Mixtape (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC 2026
- Moomintroll: Winter’s Warmth (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC 2026
- MotionRec (PS5, PC) – TBC 2026
- Mortal Shell 2 (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC 2026
- Mudang: Two Hearts (PC, XSX, PS5) –TBC 2026
- Neath (PC) – TBC 2026
- Neverway (PC, NS) – TBC 2026
- Onimusha: Way of the Sword (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC 2026
- Opus: Prism Peak (PC, NS, NS2) – TBC 2026
- Order of the Sinking Star (PC) – TBC 2026
- Outbound (PC, XSX, PS5, NS) – TBC 2026
- Out of Words (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC 2026
- Plague Tale Legacy Resonance (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC 2026
- Planet of Lana 2: Children of the Leaf (PC, XSX, XBO, PS5, PS4, NS) – TBC 2026
- Professor Layton and the New World of Steam (NS, NS2) – TBC 2026
- PVVK (PC) – TBC 2026
- Rhythm Heaven Groove (NS) – TBC 2026
- Road Kings (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC 2026
- Sea of Remnants (PS5) – TBC 2026
- Serial World (PC) – TBC 2026
- Servant of the Lake (PC) – TBC 2026
- Slay the Spire 2 (PC) – TBC 2026
- Solo Levelling Arise Overdrive (XSX) – TBC 2026
- Spirit Crossing (PC) – TBC 2026
- Stardew Valley: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (NS2) – TBC 2026
- Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions (PC, XSX, PS5, NS2) –TBC 2026
- Starfinder: Afterlight (PC) – TBC 2026 [Early Access}
- Star Wars: Galactic Racer (PC, Xbox Series X/S, PS5) – TBC 2026
- Subnautica 2 (PC, XSX) – TBC 2026
- Suika Game Planet (NS2) – TBC 2026
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder (NS2) – TBC 2026
- Super Meat Boy 3D (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC 2026
- Tears of Metal (PC) – TBC 2026
- Terminator: Survivors (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC 2026
- Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream (NS) – TBC 2026
- There Are No Ghosts at the Grand (PC, XSX) – TBC 2026
- Thick as Thieves (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC 2026
- The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales (PC, XSX, PS5, NS2) – TBC 2026
- The Blood of Dawnwalker (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC 2026
- The Long Dark 2: Blackfrost (PC) – TBC 2026
- Toem 2 (PC) – TBC 2026
- Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC 2026
- Usual June (PC) – TBC 2026
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 (PC) – TBC 2026
- Wax Heads (PC) – TBC 2026
- Well Dweller (PC, NS) – TBC 2026
- Witchbrook (PC, XSX, NS, NS2) – TBC 2026
- Witchspire (PC) – TBC 2026
- Yoshi and the Mysterious Book (NS2) – TBC 2026
TBC 2027
- The Free Shepherd (PC, PS5) – TBC 2027
- Mega Man: Dual Override (PC, PS5, NS, NS2) – TBC 2027
- Tomb Raider: Catalyst (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC 2027
TBC
The following upcoming video games have been officially unveiled but are yet to receive firm release dates. While we await more details, keep scrolling to find some of the most anticipated (and mysterious) games on the horizon.
- American Truck Simulator & Euro Truck Simulator 2 (XBX, PS5) – TBC
- Archeage Chronicles (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC
- Ark 2 (PC, XSX) – TBC
- Assassin’s Creed Hexe (TBC) – TBC
- Atomic Heart 2 (PC, XBX, PS5) – TBC
- BioShock 4 (TBC) – TBC
- Black Myth: Zhong Kui (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC
- Borderlands 4 (NS2) – TBC
- Bradley the Badger (PC) – TBC
- Chrono Odyssey (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC
- Cinder City (TBC) – TBC
- Clockwork Revolution (PC, XSX) – TBC
- Coven of the Chicken Foot (PC) – TBC
- Crysis 4 (TBC) – TBC
- The Cube (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC
- Darwin’s Paradox! (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC
- Death by Scrolling (PC) – TBC
- Divinity (TBC) – TBC
- DokeV (PC) – TBC
- Fallout 5 (PC, XSX) – TBC
- Felt That: Boxing (PC) – TBC
- Fractured Blooms (PC) – TBC
- Forest 3 (PC) – TBC
- Forza Horizon 6 (PS5) – TBC
- Good Boy (PC, PS5, NS2) – TBC
- Haunted Chocolatier (PC) – TBC
- Haunted Paws (PC) – TBC
- Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet (PS5) – TBC
- Judas (PC, XSX) – TBC
- Jurassic Park Survival (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC
- Killer Inn (PC) – TBC
- Kingdom Hearts 4 (TBC) – TBC
- Light No Fire (PC) – TBC
- Marathon (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC
- Marvel’s Iron Man (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC
- Marvel’s Blade (PC, XSX) – TBC
- Max Payne remake (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC
- Mass Effect 5 (TBC) – TBC
- OD (PC, XSX) – TBC
- Okami 2 (TBC) – TBC
- Persona 4 Revival (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC
- Project Mara (PC, XSX) – TBC
- Rebounder (PC) – TBC
- Rockbeasts (PC, XSX, PS5, NS) – TBC
- Silent Hill: Townfall (TBC)– TBC
- Splinter Cell Remake (TBC) – TBC
- Star Wars Eclipse (TBC) – TBC
- Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC
- State of Decay 3 (PC, XSX) – TBC
- Stranger Than Heaven (TBC) – TBC
- Tanuki Pon’s Summer (PC, XSX, XO, NS) – TBC
- Tides of Annihilation (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC
- Time Takers (PC) – TBC
- Total War: Warhammer 40,000 (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC
- The Division 3 (TBC) – TBC
- The Division Heartland (TBC) – TBC
- The Division Resurgence (iOS) – TBC
- The Elder Scrolls 6 (PC, XSX) – TBC
- The Expanse: Osiris Reborn (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC
- Project Rene (PC) – TBC
- The Witcher 4 (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC
- Turok: Origins (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC
- Valor Mortis (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC
- Warlock: Dungeons and Dragons (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC
- The Wolf Among Us 2 (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC
- Woodo (PC, XSX, PS5, NS) – TBC
- Wu-Tang: Rise of the Receiver (PC, XSX, PS5) – TBC
- Zero Parades (PC) – TBC
Final Take
2026 isn’t just stacked. It’s structured.
Publishers are spacing releases, locking dates carefully, and leaning on proven franchises while still pushing new ideas. That balance matters. It keeps delays down and expectations realistic.
If the schedule holds, players won’t just be busy next year. They’ll be spoiled.
