GFN Thursday: 14 Games in January

New 12 months, new video games, all with RTX 5080-powered cloud power. GeForce NOW is kicking off 2026 by wanting again at an unforgettable 12 months of wins and wildly excessive body charges.

From streams of the most important blockbusters to new methods to play anyplace, members confirmed all 12 months what occurs when nice video games meet critical GeForce efficiency within the cloud.

Grab a comfortable spot, queue up a recreation and ring within the new 12 months with GeForce NOW, beginning with a contemporary listing of 14 titles coming to the cloud this January, with 5 obtainable to stream this week..​

Put a Bow on It

The star improve of 2025 was the arrival of NVIDIA Blackwell RTX within the cloud, bringing GeForce RTX 5080 energy to the GeForce NOW Ultimate membership tier together with all of the NVIDIA applied sciences that fifty Series GPU house owners have entry to, together with DLSS 4 and 5K 120 frames-per-second (fps) streaming.

“The amazing announcement of the RTX 5080 being added to GeForce NOW with features like DLSS 4 and 5K 120 fps streaming was a true game-changer for cloud gaming,” mentioned Nads from Cloud&Console.​

Luna, a GeForce NOW Discord neighborhood modder, referred to as out how the Ultimate tier let her go topside in ARC Raiders and discover Castor Woods in Dying Light: The Beast “in areas where my local machine struggles — and now, the RTX 5080-powered cloud can push them even further.”

GeForce NOW had main day-and-date launches of blockbuster titles together with ARC Raiders and Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 — and the neighborhood packed in some unforgettable classes to have fun. Nads summed up the smoothness: “Vaulting into Borderlands 4, surviving Grounded with friends and diving into Battlefield 6 chaos — all of it was seamless on GeForce NOW this year.”​

For Warwick, cloud gaming was a superpower: “I’ve always struggled to play Fortnite with my friends while streaming, but with GeForce NOW, I’ve been able to jump straight in with ease and get those victory royales,” the gamer mentioned. One spotlight of their 12 months was seeing “all the incredible things coming to GeForce NOW at Gamescom, including Fortnite with Discord — game changer!”

2025 belonged to members who play actually anyplace. The native GeForce NOW app elevated gaming on Steam Deck, making it simpler than ever to play the cloud gaming platform’s 2,000+ supported video games from Steam, Epic Games Store, Game Pass and extra — all at GeForce RTX high quality on the hand held gadget.

Anytime Anywhere Gaming gave a shoutout to “the release of ARC Raiders and continued Steam Deck support,” calling it “nothing short of amazing” to tackle raiders and play beloved titles on Steam Deck “at max fidelity.”​

The Install-to-Play function introduced much more titles to members. “Install-to-Play has brought in so many games,” mentioned creator Cloudy With Games. “Take a gamble on Slots and Daggers, it’s worth it.”

Creator RuDiggz put it this manner: “Install-to-Play breathes new life into favorites like Pixelmancer, mobilizing indies with the cloud from my desktop to my phone on the go.” For these chasing most freedom and constancy, he added, “GeForce NOW Ultimate is the only way to play thousands of titles at max settings — no hardware minimums. GeForce NOW has the frames and the games.”

The Ultimate Winners

The Ultimate Contest gave members an opportunity to share their favourite cloud gaming moments and showcase what GeForce RTX 5080-class energy can do. From beautiful motion moments to artistic showcases, the submissions proved why the Ultimate expertise stands out.

An enormous “GG” to our prime 10 winners: pfoglista, danipeter007+gfn, brunocas_300, Studmuffin9398, patanaimuje, dufranklin4, despandan4, chandabenr, andreaosmani222 and Lyreliarlyre. Those who joined in earned two Ultimate Day Passes — one to take pleasure in and one to share with a buddy — plus one 12 months of an Ultimate membership.

Pfoglista’s video actually captured how GeForce NOW Ultimate “feels exactly like playing on a local PC,” highlighting how briskly, aggressive, low‑latency cloud gaming can feel and look each bit as exact as enjoying on an area excessive‑finish rig.​

New Year, New Games

Members can search for the next to play this week:

• My Winter Car  (New launch on Steam, Dec. 29)
• Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden (Xbox, obtainable on Game Pass)
• The Casting of Frank Stone (Xbox, obtainable on Game Pass)
• Eternights (Epic Games Store)
• Warhammer 40,000: SPACE MARINE 2 (Epic Games Store, GeForce RTX 5080-ready)

GeForce RTX 5080-Ready Games, along with Warhammer 40,000: SPACE MARINE 2​

Catch the total listing of video games coming to the cloud in January:

• StarRupture (New launch on Steam, Jan. 6)
• Pathologic 3 (New launch on Steam, Jan. 9)
• Quarantine Zone: The Last Check (New launch on Steam, Jan. 12)
• MIO: Memories in Orbit (New launch on Steam and Xbox, obtainable on Game Pass, Jan. 20)
• Nova Roma (New launch Steam, Jan. 22)
• Guild Wars: Reforged (Steam)
• Mon Bazou (Steam)
• Supermarket Simulator (Xbox, obtainable on Game Pass)
• Tavern Keeper (Steam)

Decked-Out December

In addition to the 30 video games introduced in December, an additional seven joined over the month:

What are you planning to play this weekend? Let us know on X or within the feedback under.

What has been your favourite recreation to date this 12 months? 🎮

— 🌩️ NVIDIA GeForce NOW (@NVIDIAGFN) December 30, 2025