It’s time to look beyond the horizon, towards a year brimming with some of the hotly anticipated video games of all time. 2026 is shaping up to be a behemoth year for game releases of all shapes and sizes.
Grand Theft Auto 6 might be the biggest launch of the year, dropping like a meteor shower during the holiday season, but it’s too early to call it the most pivotal release of the year. From new IPs being carved out by beloved studios to sequels of long-running franchises, as well as unpredictable indies, 2026 is shaping up to be a substantial full-course meal with something for everyone. Here is the full schedule of the 2026 games release for you to keep an eye on.
All 2026 games with release dates
January
The Seven Deadly Sins: Origins
It’s 2026, and there’s still a massive supply (and presumably demand) of open world gacha games with visual similarities to Genshin Impact. The Seven Deadly Sins: Origins is the first in line, an action RPG from the publisher of Solo Leveling: Arise. This video game adaptation of the iconic anime and manga series takes place in the sprawling and vibrant world of Britannia. It features a range of playable heroes, both original and returning, including fan-favourites such as Diane and Elizabeth.
Code Vein 2
Bandai Namco’s gothic action RPG returns with a standalone sequel, six years after the original. Code Vein 2 is a larger, more ambitious game that tells a mind-bending narrative, unfolding across two interconnected timelines. Expect a staggering amount of character creation options, two new weapon types, and several vampiric abilities to toy around with in this new soulslike title.
Highguard
Highguard is a free-to-play fantasy shooter from the creators of Apex Legends and Titanfall. It’s a PvP raid shooter in which you ride mythical creatures, use magical abilities, and even summon majestic tanks to seize enemy territories.
- DuneCrawl (PC) – January 5
- StarRupture (PC Steam Early Access) – January 6
- Heartopia (PC, iOS, Android) – January 7
- Kejora (PC) – January 14
- Pathologic 3 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S) – January 9
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon (PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Switch 2) – January 15
- BrokenLore: Unfollow (PC, PS5) – January 15
- Arknights: Endfield (PC, PS5, iOS, Android) – January 22
- Highguard (PC, PS5) – January 26
- The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin (PC, PS5, iOS, Android) – January 28
- Cairn (PS5, PC) – January 29
- I Hate This Place (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S) – January 29
- Code Vein 2 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S) – January 30
February
Nioh 3
Koei Tecmo is back with a third entry in its hardcore action RPG series. Nioh 3 takes place in 1662 Japan and lets you play as Tokugawa Takechiyo, the grandson of real-life samurai Tokugawa Ieyasu. It retains the original’s tough-as-nails combat, but features more expansive and less-linear locations. Nioh 3 also adds two distinct gameplay styles – Samurai and Ninja, to expand buildcrafting options.
Resident Evil Requiem
The ninth mainline entry in this decorated survival horror franchise, Requiem, combines the claustrophobic horror of the original RE and RE 7 with the open-ended action of the RE 4 and Village. It’s a noir detective thriller in which you play as FBI Agent Grace Ashcroft, who’s sent to investigate a series of murders, and veteran Leon Kennedy, who joins Ashcroft in her mission.
- Starsand Island (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2) – February 1
- Dragon Quest VII Reimagined (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, Switch 2) – February 5
- My Hero Academia: All’s Justice (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S) – February 6
- Nioh 3 (PS5) – February 6
- Romeo is a Dead Man (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S) – February 11
- High on Life 2 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S) – February 13
- Reanimal (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2) – February 13
- Tides of Tomorrow (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S) – February 24
- Tales of Bereria Remastered (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch) – February 26
- Resident Evil Requiem (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2) – February 27
World of Warcraft: Midnight
World of Warcraft’s eleventh main expansion, Midnight, takes place in the elven kingdom of Quel’thalas, which is being torn apart by Xal’atath, the Harbinger of the Void, as she continues her search for the Worldsoul. Midnight adds the new Haranir race, several dungeons and delves, among other additions and quality-of-life improvements.
Solasta 2
The turn-based sequel to Solasta: Crown of the Magister, Solasta 2, enters early access in March. It takes place in the dark fantasy world of Neokos, invaded by the enigmatic Shadwyn. Solasta 2 features a star-studded cast with Baldur’s Gate 3 actors Amelia Tyler and Devora Wilde joining the likes of Ben Starr and Ellen Thomas.
- World of Warcraft: Midnight (PC, Mac) – March 2
- Coffee Talk Tokyo (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch) – March 5
- Never Grace: The Witch and the Curse (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Switch) – March 5
- Replaced (PC, Xbox Series X/S) – March 12
- Solasta 2 (PC Early Access) – March 12
- John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando ( PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S) – March 12
- Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly Remake (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2) – March 12
- Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2) – March 13
- Crimson Desert (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S) – March 20
- Mouse: P.I. for Hire (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, Switch 2)
- NutMeg! (PC) – March 26
- Screamer (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S) – March 26
- Marathon (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S) – TBC
April
Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred
Diablo 4’s second expansion, Lord of Hatred, brings you face-to-face with the impending encounter with the prime evil Mephisto. It introduces two new playable classes, including the melee-focused Paladin, and adds the bright and vibrant region of Skovos, among other key gameplay and quality-of-life additions.
Saros
The Rahul Kohli-led Saros is a rogue-like, third-person shooter from the studio behind 2021’s Returnal. It’s similarly fast-paced and brutal, taking place in an estranged colony, Carcosa. Unlike Returnal, Saros features a more tangible progression system, with weapon and suit upgrades carrying over in each subsequent session.
- I am Jesus Christ (PC) – April 2
- Tiny Bookshop (PS5) – April 10
- Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S) – April 16
- Shanty Town (PC) – April 16
- Pragmata (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S) – April 24
- Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S) – April 28
- Invincible Vs. (PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC) – April 30
- Saros (PS5) – April 3
May
007 First Light
IO Interactive’s next game, 007 First Light, is a third-person action game with light stealth sequences that drag into intense car chases through vibrant countrysides and erupt magnificently into bombastic set pieces that seem right out of an Uncharted game.
007 First Light is a James Bond (played by Patrick Gibson) origin story, focusing on the charismatic agent’s journey from being a reckless rookie to the best MI6 agent. After joining the Double O Program, Bond, alongside his mentor Greenway, undertakes a mission to stop a rogue agent, which leads to unraveling a deeper conspiracy and a globe-trotting adventure to put a stop to it all.
- Paralives (PC Early Access) – May 25
- 007 First Light (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2) – May 27
- Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2) – May 29
September
Phantom Blade Zero
Phantom Blade Zero is a Wuxian action RPG with an exhilarating combat system that blends intensely choreographed over-the-top action of Chinese martial art films with the deadly precision of Soulslike games. You play as Soul, a kung fu-trained fighter, on the path of vengeance to unravel the conspiracy behind the death of his former master.
November
Grand Theft Auto 6
Grand Theft Auto 6 takes you back to the Vice City, this time, however, through the perspective of crime duo Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos. After a score goes wrong, the Bonnie and Clyde-inspired protagonists find themselves entangled in a criminal conspiracy with no one to rely on but each other.
- Grand Theft Auto 6 (PS5, Xbox Series X/S) – November 19
All 2026 games with no release date
- 1999Tokoyo Building (PC)
- 33 Immortals (PC, Xbox Series X/S)
- Abashed (PC)
- Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC)
- Acts of Blood (PC)
- Aerial_Knight’s DropShot (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)
- Aeterna Lucis (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Switch)
- Aether & Iron (PC)
- Agni: Village of Calamity (Xbox Series X/S, PC)
- Aion 2 (PC)
At Fate’s End (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S) - Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes (PC)
Beast of Reincarnation (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S) - Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- Bobo Bay (PC)
- Bolt Action (PC)
- Children’s Garden (PC)
- Clean Up Earth (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2)
- Control Resonant (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- Chrono Odyssey (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- CrisisX (PC, iOS, Android)
- Crown of Greed (PC)
- Danganronpa 2×2 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, Switch 2)
- Danger Mouse (PC, PS5, Switch, Switch 2)
- Dark Island: Faded Memories (PC)
- Decapolice (PC, PS4, PS5, Switch)
- Denshattack! (PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)
- Darwin’s Paradox (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch)
- Directive 8020 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- Dissida Duellum Final Fantasy (iOS, Android)
- Dosa Divas: One Last Meal (PC)
- Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core (PC Early Access)
- Deer & Boy (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch)
- Demi and the Fractured Dream (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, Switch 2)
- Dimhaven – The Lost Source (PC)
- Directive 8020 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- Dragon Quest Smash/Grow (iOS, Android)
- Duskfade (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- Edge of Memories (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- End of Abyss (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- Enshrouded (PC)
- Enter the Gungeon 2 (Switch 2, PC)
- Ereban: Shadow Legacy (PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- Erosion (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- EVE Vanguard (PC)
- Fable (PC, Xbox Series X/S)
- Fading Echo (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- Fate/Extra Record (PC, PS4, PS5, Switch)
- Fatekeeper (PC Early Access)
- Fields of Mistria (PC)
- Find Your Words (PC)
- Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave (Switch 2)
- Forza Horizon 6 (PC, Xbox Series X/S)
- Gears of War: E-Day (PC, Xbox Series X/S)
- Glaciered (PC, Switch 2)
- Go-Go Town! (PC, Switch)
- GreedFall 2: The Dying World (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- Gungrave G.O.R.E. Blood Heat (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- Halo: Campaign Evolved (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era (PC Early Access)
- Hordes of Fate: A Hand of Fate Adventure (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2)
- Infinitesimals (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- inKonbini: One Store. Many Stories (PC, Mac, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch)
- King of Tokyo (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch)
- Limit Zero Breakers (PC, iOS, Android)
- Lords of the Fallen 2 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- Lost Hellden (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)
- Love Eternal (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch)
- Luna Abyss (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- Mariachi Legends (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch)
- Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls (PC, PS5)
- Marvel’s Wolverine (PS5)
- Mira and the Legend of the Djinns (PC)
- Mirria (PC)
- Mixtape (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- Mortal Shell 2 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- Mudang: Two Hearts (PC, Xbox Series X/S)
- NBA The Run (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- Neverway (PC, Switch)
- Nivalis (PC)
- No Straight Roads 2 (PC)
- Onimusha: Way of the Sword (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- Ontos (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- Opus: Prism Peak (PC, Switch, Switch 2)
- Out of Words (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- Outbound (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2)
- Planet of Lana 2: Children of the Leaf (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2)
- Pokemon Champions (Switch, iOS, Android)
- Pony Island 2: Panda Circus (PC)
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
- Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- Road Kings (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- Rockbeasts (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- Runescape: Dragonwilds (PC)
- SacriFire (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)
- Scott Pilgrim EX (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- Scramble Knights Royale (PC, Xbox Series X/S)
- Sea of Remnants (PS5, iOS, Android)
- Slay the Spire 2 (PC)
- Snap & Grab (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- Solarpunk (PC)
- Sparkball (PC)
- SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch)
- Springs, Eternal (PC)
- Squadron 42 (PC)
- Star Wars Zero Company (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2)
- Stupid Never Dies (PC, PS5)
- Subnautica 2 (PC Early Access)
- Super Meat Boy 3D (PC, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)
- TankRat (PC, PS5)
- Tanuki: Pon’s Summer (PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Switch)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City (PC, Meta Quest)
- Tenebris Somnia (PC)
- The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2)
- The Artisan of Glimmith (PC)
- The Blood of Dawnwalker (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- The Coma 3: Bloodlines (PC)
- The Dungeon Experience (PC)
- The Duskbloods (Switch 2)
- The Florist (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- The Heirloom (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Switch)
- The Incident at Galley House (PC)
- The Last Gas Station (PC)
- The Lift (PC)
- The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- The Occultist (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- The Sinking City 2 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- The Witch’s Bakery (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- There Are No Ghosts at the Grand (PC, Xbox Series X/S)
- Thick as Thieves (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- Tides of Annihilation (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream (Switch)
- Town of Zoz (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- Toxic Crusaders (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Switch)
- Trivial Murder Party 3 (PC)
- Tropico 7 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- Valor Mortis (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- Vampire Crawlers (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, iOS, Android)
- Vexlands (PC)
- Virtue and a Sledgehammer (PC)
- Voidwrought (PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- Wax Heads (PC, Xbox Series X/S)
- Well Dweller (PC, Switch)
- Winx Club: The Magic Is Black (PC, PS5, Switch)
- Witchbrook (PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2)
- Witchfire (PC)
- Wolfhound (PC, PS5, Switch)
- Woodo (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch)
- Yoshi and the Mysterious Book (Switch 2)
- Ys Memoire: revelations in Celceta (Switch)
- Zero Parades: For Dead Spies (PC, PS5)
These are all the games releasing in 2026. We will continue to update this article as more games are announced or get release date updates.
