There are nonetheless a number of video games left to return in 2025—October alone is stuffed with Steam wishlist heavy-hitters—however we’re shut sufficient to the tip of the 12 months to begin mapping out our 2026 gaming plans.
It’s nonetheless relatively early, so our 2026 new video games calendar does not have a ton of dates set in stone but, however what instantly jumps out at me is the 12 months’s return journey to not one however two cities from an period of gaming that also has a chokehold on me. Get in loser, we’ll Raccoon City… after which Vice City. Hold your applause, I’ll be right here all of 2026.
If you need assistance with planning elsewhere, we have nonetheless received you coated 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 May 26. 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
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January 6 | StarRupture (Steam) | Extraterrestrial base-building and survival in early entry |
| January 15 | Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon (Steam) | The Trails Through Daybreak 2 sequel |
| January 28 | The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin (Steam) | Open world RPG gacha based mostly on the manga sequence |
| January 30 | Code Vein 2 (Steam) | Anime soulslike sequel |
New PC games in February 2026
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February 5 | Deus Ex Remastered (Steam) | An RPG basic 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 13 | High on Life 2 (Steam) | Psychedelic FPS sequel |
| February 24 | Tides of Tomorrow (Steam) | Ocean survival with asynchronous multiplayer |
| February 27 | Resident Evil Requiem (Steam) | Back to Raccoon City |
New PC games in March 2026
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March 12 | Monster Hunter Stories 3 (Steam) | Turn-based story with monsties |
| March 19 | Crimson Desert (Steam) | Singleplayer ARPG from Black Desert devs |
| March 26 | Copa City (Steam) | Manage and arrange main soccer occasions |
| March 27 | 007 First Light (Steam) | Baby bond’s first spy motion missions |
| March ?? | Slay the Spire 2 (Steam) | Roguelike card sequel |
New PC games in May 2026
New PC games in September
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September 8 | Halloween: The Game (Steam) | Asymmetrical horror with Mikey |
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 tenting
- Aniimo (Site) Free-to-play creature nabbing RPG
- Aphelion (Steam) Astronaut journey on an ice planet
- Ascendant (Steam) Neonpunk PvPvE enviornment FPS
- At Fate’s End (Steam) Lush side-scrolling motion from Spiritfarer devs
- Atmosfar (Steam) Sci-fi street journey flavored twist on suvival crafting
- The Blood of Dawnwalker (Steam) 14th century vampire motion RPG
- Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes (Steam) Sci Fi fleet supervisor
- Beast of Reincarnation (Steam) Pokemon devs do post-apoc motion RPG
- Big Walk (Steam) Multiplayer walk-sim from Untitled Goose Game devs
- Bloodstained: Scarlet Engagement (Steam) Metroidvania sequel
- Bubsy 4D (Steam) Atari revives the platformer
- Bus Bound (Steam) Bus simulator with a rising metropolis
- Call of the Elder Gods (Steam) Lovecraftian narrative puzzler sequel
- Cairn (Steam) Survival mountaineering
- 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
- The Cube (Steam) Multiplayer RPG shooter round a… big dice?
- Crosswind (Steam) Open world pirate survival
- Danganronpa 2×2 (Steam) Revamped homicide thriller double function
- Danchi Days (Steam) Revive a pageant with puzzle minigames
- Deer & Boy (Steam) Cinematic platformer with a deer pal
- Denshattack! (Steam) Do sick rail grinds with a practice
- Directive 8020 (Steam) Supermassive’s horror story in house
- Dosas Divas (Steam) Food themed turn-based RPG
- Edge of Memories (Steam) JRPG-inspired journey
- End of Abyss (Epic) Third-person horror from Little Nightmares creators
- Enginefall (Steam) Social sandbox on apocalyptic trains
- Fable (Steam) Quirky fantasy RPG reboot
- Fatal Frame 2 Remake (Steam) Survival horror remake with a digital camera
- Fate Trigger (Steam) Anime-style tactical shooter
- Garbage Country (Steam) Post-apocalyptic exploration & tower protection
- Gears of War: E-Day (Steam) The Marcus Fenix origin story
- Grave Seasons (Steam) Stardew Valley with a supernatural killer
- Invincible VS (Steam) 3v3 tag fighter based mostly on the world of the present
- John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando (Steam) 4-player co-op FPS horde shooter
- Hark the Ghoul (Steam) First particular person dungeon crawling
- Hela (Steam) Third particular person journey as an cute mouse
- Last Flag (Steam) Third-person 5v5 CTF with cartoony TF2 vibes
- Lords of the Fallen 2 (Epic) Sequel to the 2023 darkish fantasy motion RPG
- Marathon (Steam) Bungie’s technicolor extraction shooter
- Moonmintroll: Winter’s Warmth (Steam) Adorable Moomin journey 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 type
- Onimusha: Way of the Sword (Steam) Latest of Capcom’s samurai motion sequence
- Outbound (Steam) Van life meets survival crafting and exploration
- Out of Words (Epic) Stop movement puzzle platformer for 2
- Outward 2 (Steam) Hardcore RPG sequel
- Planet of Lana 2 (Steam) Cinematic puzzle journey sequel
- Pragmata (Site) Outerspace motion journey
- Railborn (Steam) Sci-fi survival crafter, however by yourself practice
- Replaced (Steam) Sci-fi motion platformer
- Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy (Steam) Prequel story of Sophia
- Road Kings (Steam) Semi-truck sim with profession modes
- Romeo is a Dead Man (Site) Third particular person motion ultraviolence
- SacriFire (Steam) Pixel RPG with combo battle system
- Scott Pilgrim EX (Steam) Pixel brawler based mostly on the graphic novel
- Sea of Remnants (Steam) Pirate RPG with fleet-building and large solid of allies
- Snap & Grab (Steam) Photography-based heist sim
- Stars of Icarus (Steam) Sci-fi crew-based starship PVP fight
- Subnautica 2 (Steam) Subsurface survival sequel
- Super Meat Boy 3D (Steam) Meaty platformer goes 3D
- There Are No Ghosts on the Grand (Steam) First particular person musical puzzle sim
- Toem 2 (Steam) Monochrome pictures journey sequel
- Valor Mortis (Steam) Napoleonic-era soulslike FPS from Ghostrunner creators
- 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 sequence
- WTF: Waifu Tactical Force (Steam) Anime PVP FPS with meta base constructing
- Zero Parades (Steam) Espionage RPG from stays 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 will get a sequel
- Black Myth: Zhong Kui (Trailer) Sequel to Black Myth: Wukong
- Farever (Steam) Multiplayer spin on Zelda from Northgard devs
- La Divinia Commedia (Steam) ARPG adaptation of a basic poem
- Saros – Another haunting house journey from Returnal devs
- The Expanse: Osiris Reborn (Steam) Sci-fi motion RPG within the Expanse universe