There are still a lot of games left to come in 2025—October alone is full of Steam wishlist heavy-hitters—but we're close enough to the end of the year to start mapping out our 2026 gaming plans.
It's still rather early, so our 2026 new games calendar doesn't have a ton of dates set in stone yet, but what immediately jumps out at me is the year's return trip to not one but two cities from an era of gaming that still has a chokehold on me. Get in loser, we're going to Raccoon City… and then Vice City. Hold your applause, I'll be here all of 2026.
If you need help with planning elsewhere, we've still got you covered with our 2025 game release calendar and handy Steam Sale dates for reference. Otherwise, it's onto the new games of 2026 list we go.
The biggest games of 2026
How's the new games calendar shaping up for 2026?
We haven't even finished this year's holiday season, but we've already got a decent idea of what early 2026 looks like for big game releases. While January is light for now, February starts piling it on with Deus Ex Remastered, Nioh 3, and Resident Evil Requiem. Then Crimson Desert finally finds a month to call home in March with 007 First Light right on its heels.
It's probably safe to assume most new games will try and steer clear of the days and weeks around Grand Theft Auto 6's release date on November 19. That's just for consoles, but even without a PC launch window it'll be hard for much else to break through all the noise around Vice City's big return.
Biggest games launching in 2026
New PC games in January 2026
January 6 |
StarRupture (early access) (Steam) |
Extraterrestrial base-building and survival in early access |
January 9 |
Pathologic 3 (Steam) |
Latest narrative horror |
January 15 |
Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon (Steam) |
The Trails Through Daybreak 2 sequel |
January 16 |
BrokenLore: Unfollow (Steam) |
Scarier social media |
January 20 |
Mio: Memories in Orbit (Steam) |
Metroidvania inside a giant spaceship |
January 22 |
Nova Roma (Steam) |
City-building to appease the gods |
January 28 |
The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin (Steam) |
Open world RPG gacha based on the manga series |
January 28 |
The Midnight Walkers (early access) (Steam) |
You vs. the living vs. the undead extraction shooter |
January 30 |
Code Vein 2 (Steam) |
Anime soulslike sequel |
January ?? |
Lost Isle (early access) (Steam) |
Procgen fantasy survival |
January ?? |
Echoes of Elysium (early access) (Steam) |
Airship-based survival crafting for up to 6 friends |
New PC games in February 2026
February 3 |
Norse: Oath of Blood (Steam) |
Viking settlement sim with turn-based combat |
February 5 |
Deus Ex Remastered (Steam) |
An RPG classic with QoL upgrades |
February 5 |
Dragon Quest 7: Reimagined (Steam) |
A second DQ7 remake |
February 5 |
Nioh 3 (Steam) |
Samurai action-RPG sequel |
February 5 |
Menace (Steam) |
XCOM-like RPG from the Battle Brothers studio |
February 10 |
Mewgenics (Steam) |
Cat-breeding RPG from the Super Meat Boy creator |
February 11 |
Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties (Steam) |
Yakuza 3 remade and paired with a new adventure |
February 13 |
High on Life 2 (Steam) |
Psychedelic FPS sequel |
February 13 |
Reanimal (Steam) |
Co-op horror adventure as tormented siblings |
February 19 |
Styx: Blades of Greed (Steam) |
Stealthy goblin murder gets a sequel |
February 20 |
Ys X: Proud Nordics (Steam) |
QoL and graphical enhancements for the original Nordics |
February 24 |
Tides of Tomorrow (Steam) |
Ocean survival with asynchronous multiplayer |
February 26 |
Tales of Berseria Remastered (Steam) |
Velvet's journey with graphical updates and a DLC collection |
February 27 |
Back to Raccoon City |
New PC games in March 2026
March 2 |
World of Warcraft: MIdnight (Site) |
The Worldsoul Saga continues in WoW's next expansion |
March 3 |
Windstorm (early access) (Steam) |
Ride horses through 13th century Mongolia |
March 5 |
Coffee Talk Tokyo (Steam) |
A chatty spin-off with new customers and coffee |
March 12 |
Monster Hunter Stories 3 (Steam) |
Turn-based tale with monsties |
March 12 |
Fatal Frame 2 Remake (Steam) |
Survival horror remake with a camera |
March 19 |
Singleplayer ARPG from Black Desert devs |
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March 19 |
Mouse (Steam) |
Classic cartoon style FPS |
March 26 |
Copa City (Steam) |
Manage and organize major football events |
March 27 |
Baby bond's first spy action missions |
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March ?? |
Slay the Spire 2 (Steam) |
Roguelike card sequel |
March ?? |
Mistfall Hunter (Steam) |
PvPvE extraction RPG |
New PC games in April
April ?? |
Inkonbini (Steam) |
Small-town convenience store sim |
New PC games in May
May 25 |
Paralives (early access) (Steam) |
Small-scale life sim |
New PC games in September
September 8 |
Halloween: The Game (Steam) |
Asymmetrical horror with Mikey |
New PC games in November
November 19 |
Crime returns to Vice City, but not on PC |
New PC games with a 2026 release window
Games with a confirmed 2026 release window
Plenty of 2026 games don't have a solid release date just yet, but we know they're planned for sometime this year. Here's everything we're watching with a 2026 window:
- A Tiny Wander (Steam) Puzzle adventures in camping
- Aniimo (Site) Free-to-play creature nabbing RPG
- Aphelion (Steam) Astronaut adventure on an ice planet
- Arcane Eats (Steam) Card-slinging roguelite cooking sim
- Ascendant (Steam) Neonpunk PvPvE arena FPS
- At Fate's End (Steam) Lush side-scrolling action from Spiritfarer devs
- Atmosfar (Steam) Sci-fi road trip flavored twist on suvival crafting
- The Blood of Dawnwalker (Steam) 14th century vampire action RPG
- Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes (Steam) Sci Fi fleet manager
- Beast of Reincarnation (Steam) Pokemon devs do post-apoc action RPG
- Beyond These Stars (Steam) City builder on a space whale
- Big Walk (Steam) Multiplayer walk-sim from Untitled Goose Game devs
- Bloodstained: Scarlet Engagement (Steam) Metroidvania sequel
- The Bornless (Steam) Player versus player versus Lovecraftian horrors
- Bubsy 4D (Steam) Atari revives the platformer
- Bus Bound (Steam) Bus simulator with a growing city
- Call of the Elder Gods (Steam) Lovecraftian narrative puzzler sequel
- Cairn (Steam) Survival mountain climbing
- Cat-Astrophy (Steam) Feline rogue-lite platformer
- Capy Castaway (Steam) Adorable capybara adventures
- Chronicles: Medieval (Steam) Chivalric sandboxing ala Mount & Blade
- Chrono Odyssey (Steam) Fantasy MMO
- Cinder City (Site) Post-apocalypse 'MMO tactical shooter' from NCSoft
- Clawsome (Steam) Cute claw-game sim
- Clockwork Revolution (Steam) Steampunk time-traveling FPS
- Collector's Cove (Steam) Seaborne exploration and farming
- Craftlings (Steam) Pixely resource management with Terraria-like charm
- Crosswind (Steam) Open world pirate survival
- The Cube (Steam) Multiplayer RPG shooter around a... giant cube?
- Danganronpa 2x2 (Steam) Revamped murder mystery double feature
- Danchi Days (Steam) Revive a festival with puzzle minigames
- DarkSwitch (Steam) Fantasy city-builder on a giant tree
- Deer & Boy (Steam) Cinematic platformer with a deer pal
- Denshattack! (Steam) Do sick rail grinds with a train
- Directive 8020 (Steam) Supermassive's horror story in space
- Dosas Divas (Steam) Food themed turn-based RPG
- Edge of Memories (Steam) JRPG-inspired adventure
- End of Abyss (Epic) Third-person horror from Little Nightmares creators
- Enginefall (Steam) Social sandbox on apocalyptic trains
- Fable (Steam) Quirky fantasy RPG reboot
- Fading Echo (Steam) Third person desertpunk action
- Far Far West (Steam) Co-op weird west shooter
- Fate Trigger (Steam) Anime-style tactical shooter
- Garbage Country (Steam) Post-apocalyptic exploration & tower defense
- Gears of War: E-Day (Steam) The Marcus Fenix origin story
- Gecko Gods (Steam)Wall-climbing puzzle adventure
- Gothic 1 Remake (Steam) Based on the 2001 action RPG
- Grave Seasons (Steam) Stardew Valley with a supernatural killer
- Invincible VS (Steam) 3v3 tag fighter based on the world of the show
- John Carpenter's Toxic Commando (Steam) 4-player co-op FPS horde shooter
- Hark the Ghoul (Steam) First person dungeon crawling
- Hela (Steam) Third person adventure as an adorable mouse
- I Am Jesus Christ (Steam) First Person Savior
- Island of Winds (Steam) Icelandic folklore-inspired adventure game
- Last Flag (Steam) Third-person 5v5 CTF with cartoony TF2 vibes
- Lords of the Fallen 2 (Epic) Sequel to the 2023 dark fantasy action RPG
- Love Eternal (Steam) Psychological horror pixel platforming
- Marathon (Steam) Bungie's technicolor extraction shooter
- Mixtape (Steam) Music-fueled narrative adventure
- Moonmintroll: Winter's Warmth (Steam) Adorable Moomin adventure sequel
- Mortal Shell 2 (Steam) Body-swapping soulslike seque
- Mudang: Two Hearts (Steam) Action thriller set in future Korea
- Neverway (Steam) Horror life-sim RPG with retro lo-fi style
- Nivalis (Steam) Cyberpunk slice-of-life
- Onimusha: Way of the Sword (Steam) Latest of Capcom's samurai action series
- Outbound (Steam) Van life meets survival crafting and exploration
- Out of Words (Epic) Stop motion puzzle platformer for two
- Outward 2 (Steam) Hardcore RPG sequel
- Planet of Lana 2 (Steam) Cinematic puzzle adventure sequel
- Pragmata (Site) Outerspace action adventure
- Puni the Florist (Steam) Cozy narrative flower shop sim
- Railborn (Steam) Sci-fi survival crafter, but on your own train
- The Remake of End of the Greatest RPG of All Time (Steam) Meta-deduction puzzle JRPG
- Remnant Protocol (Steam) Sci-fi flight sim plus rebellion management
- Replaced (Steam) Sci-fi action platformer
- Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy (Steam) Prequel story of Sophia
- Road Kings (Steam) Semi-truck sim with career modes
- Romeo is a Dead Man (Site) Third person action ultraviolence
- SacriFire (Steam) Pixel RPG with combo battle system
- Scott Pilgrim EX (Steam) Pixel brawler based on the graphic novel
- Sea of Remnants (Steam) Pirate RPG with fleet-building and huge cast of allies
- Snap & Grab (Steam) Photography-based heist sim
- Solarpunk (Steam) Renewable energy survival crafting
- Stars of Icarus (Steam) Sci-fi crew-based starship PVP combat
- Sol Mates (Steam) Overcooked in space
- SpaceCraft (early access) (Steam) Interplanetary logistics and deep space survival
- Subnautica 2 (Steam) Subsurface survival sequel
- Super Meat Boy 3D (Steam) Meaty platformer goes 3D
- Surviving Deponia (Steam) More Deponia, now a colony sim
- There Are No Ghosts at the Grand (Steam) First person musical puzzle sim
- Toem 2 (Steam) Monochrome photography adventure sequel
- Tears of Metal (Steam) Co-op hack-and-slash roguelike
- Tenebris Somnia (Steam) 8-bit horror with FMV cutscenes
- Tombwater (Steam) - Rootin' tootin' metroidvania in the wild west
- Under Par Golf Architect (Steam) Golf course sim management
- Valor Mortis (Steam) Napoleonic-era soulslike FPS from Ghostrunner creators
- Vice Undercover (Steam) '80s drug lords take business online
- Wanderburg (Steam) Howl's Moving survivorslike
- War for Westeros (Steam) Game of Thrones RTS
- Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War 4 (Steam) Long desired sequel to the RTS series
- Witchbrook (Steam) Wizarding school life sim
- WTF: Waifu Tactical Force (Steam) Anime PVP FPS with meta base building
- Will: Follow the Light (Steam) Exploration and adventure in dangerous wilderness
- Zero Parades (Steam) Espionage RPG from remains of ZA/UM
More new games for 2026 and beyond
Announced games that could still surprise us
We see plenty of new game announcements with no solid release date or general window, but they're still worth tracking. Some of these could surprise us in 2026, or maybe they'll carry on to next year's calendar.
- Atomic Heart 2 (Steam) Weird-topia RPG shooter gets a sequel
- Black Myth: Zhong Kui (Trailer) Sequel to Black Myth: Wukong
- Blight: Survival (Steam) Survive nasty medieval horrors with friends
- Death Stranding 2: On The Beach (Site) Open world delivery sim sequel
- Exodus (Steam) Time-traveling sci-fi action RPG with Mass Effect vibes
- The Expanse: Osiris Reborn (Steam) Sci-fi action RPG in the Expanse universe
- Falling Frontier (Steam) Logistics-heavy space grand strategy
- Farever (Steam) Multiplayer spin on Zelda from Northgard devs
- La Divinia Commedia (Steam) ARPG adaptation of a classic poem
- Light No Fire (Steam) An even bigger game from No Man's Sky's team
- OD (Site) Hideo Kojima's collaboration with Jordan Peele
- Persona 4: Revival (Steam) Full remake of the PS2-era RPG
- Saros - Another haunting space adventure from Returnal devs
- State of Decay 3 (Steam) - Zombie apocalypse homesteading
- Streets of Rogue 2 (Steam) Immersive roguelike sandbox
