The 2026 game release calendar so far has GTA 6 standing alone in May—who will be brave enough to
By Dr. Eleanor Vance | Published on December 09, 2025
There are still a lot of games left to come in 2025—October alone is full of —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 and handy dates for reference. Otherwise, it's onto the new games of 2026 list we go.
The biggest games of 2026
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Biggest games launching in 2026
| February 27 Capcom takes us back [[link]] to Raccoon City soon with Resident Evil Requiem, and director Koshi Nakanishi says the next Resi stars a new lead, . I'm all about another leading lady, but I just have one burning question for him that keeps me up at night: When will I see Leon again?
| March 19 Crimson Desert's first launch delay was back in 2021, but it sounds like the March 2026 date is its for-real-this-time plan. It's the first singleplayer game from the studio behind Black Desert Online, and one my colleague Harvey Randall called "an absolute riot" in his .
| March 27 007 First Light is a Bond story set early in his career, before he earned his reputation for being a smooth, smug bastard. It's fittingly from the Hitman studio IO Interactive—a team with plenty of experience making espionage action adventure games.
(Consoles) | May 26 Who knows when GTA 6 will launch for PC, but I can't ignore Rockstar's return to Vice City during the wait. Rockstar is already counting its chickens before they've hatched, too, calling GTA 6 "," in a job posting.
New PC games in January 2026
Code Vein 2 (Image credit: Bandai Namco)
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New games in January
January 6
StarRupture (early access)()
Extraterrestrial base-building and survival in early access
January 9
Pathologic 3 ()
Latest narrative horror
January 15
Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon ()
The Trails Through Daybreak 2 sequel
January 28
The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin ()
Open world RPG gacha based on the manga series
January 30
Code Vein 2 ()
Anime soulslike sequel
January ??
Lost Isle ()
Procgen fantasy survival
New PC games in February 2026
Resident Evil Requiem (Image credit: Capcom)
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New games in February
February 5
Deus Ex Remastered ()
An RPG classic with QoL upgrades
February 5
Dragon Quest 7: Reimagined ()
A second DQ7 remake
February 5
Nioh 3 ()
Samurai action-RPG sequel
February 5
Menace ()
XCOM-like RPG from the Battle Brothers studio
February 10
Mewgenics ()
Cat-breeding RPG from the Super Meat Boy creator
February 11
Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties ()
Yakuza 3 remade and paired with a new adventure
February [[link]] 13
High on Life 2 ()
Psychedelic FPS sequel
February 24
Tides of Tomorrow ()
Ocean survival with asynchronous multiplayer
February 27
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Back to Raccoon City
New PC games in March 2026
007 First Light (Image credit: io interactive)
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New games in March
March 3
Windstorm (early access) ()
Ride horses through 13th century Mongolia
March 12
Monster Hunter Stories 3 ()
Turn-based tale with monsties
March 19
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Singleplayer ARPG from Black Desert devs
March 19
Mouse ()
Classic cartoon style FPS
March 26
Copa City ()
Manage and organize major football events
March 27
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Baby bond's first spy action missions
March ??
Slay the Spire 2 ()
Roguelike card sequel
New PC games in May 2026
Grand Theft Auto 6 (Image credit: Rockstar)
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New games in May
May 26
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Crime returns to Vice City, but not on PC
New PC games in September
Halloween: The Game (Image credit: IllFonic, Gun Media)
Mudang: Two Hearts () Action thriller set in future Korea
Neverway () Horror life-sim RPG with retro lo-fi style
Nivalis () Cyberpunk slice-of-life
Onimusha: Way of the Sword () Latest of Capcom's samurai action series
Outbound () Van life meets survival crafting and exploration
Out of Words () Stop motion puzzle platformer for two
Outward 2 () Hardcore RPG sequel
Planet of Lana 2 () Cinematic puzzle adventure sequel
Pragmata () Outerspace action adventure
Puni the Florist () Cozy narrative flower shop sim
Railborn () Sci-fi survival crafter, but on your own train
The Remake of End of the Greatest RPG of All Time () Meta-deduction puzzle JRPG
Replaced () Sci-fi action platformer
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy () Prequel story of Sophia
Road Kings () Semi-truck sim with career modes
Romeo is a Dead Man () Third person action ultraviolence
SacriFire () Pixel RPG with combo battle system
Scott Pilgrim EX () Pixel brawler based on the graphic novel
Sea of Remnants () Pirate RPG with fleet-building and huge cast of allies
Snap & Grab () Photography-based heist sim
Stars of Icarus () Sci-fi crew-based starship PVP combat
() Subsurface survival sequel
Super Meat Boy 3D () Meaty platformer goes 3D
Surviving Deponia - More Deponia, now a colony sim ()
There Are No Ghosts at the Grand () First person musical puzzle sim
Toem 2 () Monochrome photography adventure sequel
Tears of Metal () Co-op hack-and-slash roguelike
Tombwater () - Rootin' tootin' metroidvania in the wild west ()
Valor Mortis () Napoleonic-era soulslike FPS from Ghostrunner creators
Wanderburg () Howl's Moving survivorslike
War for Westeros () Game of Thrones RTS
Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War 4 () Long desired sequel to the RTS series
Witchbrook () Wizarding school life sim
WTF: Waifu Tactical Force () Anime PVP FPS with meta base building
Zero Parades () Espionage RPG from remains of ZA/UM
More new games for 2026 and beyond
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn (Image credit: Owlcat Games)
Announced games that could still surprise us
) Weird-topia RPG [[link]] shooter gets a sequel
Black Myth: Zhong Kui () Sequel to Black Myth: Wukong
() Survive nasty medieval horrors with friends
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn () Sci-fi action RPG in the Expanse universe
Farever () Multiplayer spin on Zelda from Northgard devs
La Divinia Commedia () ARPG adaptation of a classic poem
Persona 4: Revival () Full remake of the PS2-era RPG
Saros - Another haunting space adventure from Returnal devs
State of Decay 3 () - Zombie apocalypse homesteading
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