New PC games in 2023: this year's upcoming releases

New games 2023 — a team of Redfall's vampire-slaying player characters launch into combat with a vampire god
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We're nearing 2023's halfway mark, but there are still new PC games aplenty coming our way. We've still got some heavyweight releases for before we close out spring, and with more games hot on their heels: publishers are packing more release date announcements into summer with each passing week.

Best of the best

Elden Ring Knight looking at camera

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2023 games: Upcoming releases
Best PC games: All-time favorites
Free PC games: Freebie fest
Best FPSes: Finest gunplay
Best MMOs: Massive worlds
Best RPGs: Grand adventures

Of course, we're in the age of game delays, and we've only seen more during the pandemic years. It'll be no surprise if a lot of these games get their release dates knocked back for some extra polish. If they're lucky, it'll just be one delay. Not all of them are lucky.

Still, even if some of these dates are tentative, 2023 is shaping up to be a huge year—particularly for RPGs. A lot of major releases and long-in-the-works sequels are targeting this year: Starfield's delay has us waiting for launch until September, Baldur's Gate 3's early access is planned to end with a full release in August, and of course Diablo 4 is scheduled to turn up too.

Hit the ground running and fill up your schedule with all the new games of 2023:

Biggest new PC games this month

After the ramp-up of releases moving into spring, May will be a little bit of a breather before some titanic games touch down in summer. But we've still got some heavyweights this month: we'll kick off with some open-world vampire slaying courtesy of Redfall, with new eldritch adventures in Darkest Dungeon 2 following close behind. And at the end of the month, we'll catch up with our old friend SHODAN, thanks to the System shock remake.

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Redfall | May 2
An open world, vampire-slaying co-op shooter from the devs behind Dishonored. Battle cultists, fight vampire gods on the psychic plane, and rid Redfall of its blood-sucker infestation.

Darkest Dungeon 2</strong></a><strong> </strong>| <strong>May 8</strong> <br> Everyone's favorite doomed dungeon-crawlers return in a roguelike roadtrip through a worldwide eldritch apocalypse. New 3D graphics, battle mechanics, and hero affinities bring all kinds of new joys and plenty more new horrors.</p>" data-widget-type="deal" data-render-type="editorial">
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Darkest Dungeon 2 | May 8
Everyone's favorite doomed dungeon-crawlers return in a roguelike roadtrip through a worldwide eldritch apocalypse. New 3D graphics, battle mechanics, and hero affinities bring all kinds of new joys and plenty more new horrors.

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System Shock | May 30
Return to Citadel Station in the modern reimagining of the 1994 classic, and relive the FPS that helped cement the immersive sim as one of the most-loved, worst-named genres.

For the rest of the releases locked in this month, check out our May release date section below.

2023 Games: January

Biggest January 2023 games

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Persona 3 Portable | January 19
Another treasured Persona RPG arrives at last on PC. Gather your fellow teens, grab your Evoker (which is not at all a gun), and face the terror of the Dark Hour.

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Forspoken | January 24
A Square Enix open-world RPG from a new studio of Final Fantasy veterans. As Frey Holland, displaced New Yorker and fledgling sorcerer, adventure across a fantasy world with the greatest magic of all: parkour.

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Dead Space | January 27
The Motive remake of the much-loved space horror shooter from 2008. A faithful recreation: severing alien limbs with a plasma cutter remains gruesomely enjoyable and the physics puzzles and no-HUD approach of the original both remain.

All January 2023 game release dates

  • January 6 — We Are The Caretakers - Afrofuturist strategy RPG (Steam)
  • January 12 — One Piece Odyssey - JRPG for the pirate anime (Steam)
  • January 12 — Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider - Ninja platformer (Steam)
  • January 19 — Persona 3 Portable - The PC port of the JRPG arrives (Steam)
  • January 19 — Tortuga: A Pirate's Tale - Turn-based piratical strategy (Epic)
  • January 24 — Forspoken - Magical parkour adventure (Steam)
  • January 24 — Mahokenshi - Samurai fantasy deckbuilder (Steam)
  • January 25 — Hi-Fi Rush - Rhythm-based action-adventure (Steam)
  • January 27 — Dead Space - Motive's space horror remake (Steam)
  • January 31 — Inkulinati (Early Access) - Medieval animal strategy (Steam)
  • January 31 — Warhammer AoS: Soul Arena - Wahammer autobattler (Steam)
  • January 31 — Season: A letter to the future - Bicycle roadtrip (Steam)
  • January 31 — Superfuse (Early Access) - Dystopian superhero ARPG (Steam)

2023 Games: February

Biggest February 2023 games

Company of Heroes 3</strong></a><strong> | February 23 </strong><br> Realtime strategy marches back to the battlefield with Relic's hallmark WWII series. Use army customization to fine-tune your forces with specialist units, while a Dynamic Campaign Map ensures you never fight the same war twice in the Mediterranean theatre.</p>" data-widget-type="deal" data-render-type="editorial">
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Company of Heroes 3 | February 23
Realtime strategy marches back to the battlefield with Relic's hallmark WWII series. Use army customization to fine-tune your forces with specialist units, while a Dynamic Campaign Map ensures you never fight the same war twice in the Mediterranean theatre.

Kerbal Space Program 2</strong></a><strong> | February 24 </strong><em>(Early Access)</em><br> Your favorite little green astronauts are back, and they've got their sights set on distant stars. Master new technologies to establish space colonies, orbital installations, and—eventually—achieve interstellar travel.</p>" data-widget-type="deal" data-render-type="editorial">
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Kerbal Space Program 2 | February 24 (Early Access)
Your favorite little green astronauts are back, and they've got their sights set on distant stars. Master new technologies to establish space colonies, orbital installations, and—eventually—achieve interstellar travel.

Destiny 2: Lightfall</strong></a><strong> | February 28</strong><br> Destiny tries cyberpunk on for size in its latest expansion. Master new Darkness abilities with Strand powers while exploring a futuristic city on Neptune's moons. But based on the name, keep your fingers crossed for our favorite big orb.</p>" data-widget-type="deal" data-render-type="editorial">
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Destiny 2: Lightfall | February 28
Destiny tries cyberpunk on for size in its latest expansion. Master new Darkness abilities with Strand powers while exploring a futuristic city on Neptune's moons. But based on the name, keep your fingers crossed for our favorite big orb.

All February 2023 game release dates

  • February 2 — Deliver Us Mars - Story driven space mystery (Steam)
  • February 2 — Perish - Grisly shooter in Classical Purgatory (Steam)
  • February 2 — Tails: The Backbone Preludes - Raccoon noir (Steam)
  • February 3 — SpellForce: Conquest of Eo - Fantasy strategy RPG (Steam)
  • February 10 — Hogwarts Legacy - Wizarding world RPG (Steam)
  • February 14 — Blanc - Cute monochrome co-op adventure (Steam)
  • February 14 — Wanted: Dead - Cyberpunk zombie hack and slash (Steam)
  • February 15 — Pharaoh: A New Era - Classic city-builder remake (Steam)
  • February 15 — Returnal - PlayStation roguelike shooter hits PC (Steam)
  • February 17 — Gigantosaurus: Dino Kart - Welcome... to Jurassic Kart (Steam)
  • February 17 — The Settlers: New Allies - Ubisoft's RTS city-builder
  • February 17 — Wild Hearts - A monster hunting game from EA (Steam)
  • February 20 — Atomic Heart - Sci-fi Soviet shooter (Steam)
  • February 20 — My Dream Setup - Better desk builder (Steam)
  • February 21 — Akka Arrh - Psychedelic arcade shooter (Steam)
  • February 21 — Like a Dragon: Ishin! - Yakuza samurai-era AU (Steam)
  • February 22 — Digimon World: Next Order - Digimon duo RPG (Steam)
  • February 22 — The Light Brigade - Roguelike VR with magic guns (Steam)
  • February 22 — Redemption Reapers - Dark fantasy tactics (Steam)
  • February 23 — Blood Bowl 3 - Fantasy football with goblins and gore (Steam)
  • February 23 — Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator - Restaurant sim (Steam)
  • February 23 — Company of Heroes 3 - WW2 Mediterranean RTS (Steam)
  • February 23 — Sons of the Forest (Early Access) - Horror survival (Steam)
  • February 24 — Kerbal Space Program 2 (Early Access) - NASA sim (Steam)
  • February 24 — Octopath Traveler 2 - Square Enix JRPG sequel (Steam)
  • February 24 — The Pale Beyond - Antarctic expedition survival sim (Steam)
  • February 28 — Destiny 2: Lightfall - Destiny does cyberpunk (Steam)
  • February 28 — Dungeons of Aether - Rivals of Aether cave crawler (Steam)
  • February 28 — Scars Above - Body horror space adventure (Steam)

2023 Games: March

Biggest March 2023 games

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Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty | March 3
The Nioh devs from Team Ninja bring some Three Kingdoms flavor to their action RPG craft. Wield weapons and wizardry in tense dark fantasy combat across demon-infested imperial China.

Resident Evil 4</strong></a><strong> | March 24</strong><br> Welcome, stranger: Leon Kennedy's European Vacation gets a modern reimagining. Track the President's daughter to solve a bioweapon mystery, and relive Resident Evil's finest hour of spin kicks and amateur harpooning.</p>" data-widget-type="deal" data-render-type="editorial">
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Resident Evil 4 | March 24
Welcome, stranger: Leon Kennedy's European Vacation gets a modern reimagining. Track the President's daughter to solve a bioweapon mystery, and relive Resident Evil's finest hour of spin kicks and amateur harpooning.

The Last of Us Part 1</strong></a><strong> | March 28</strong><br> The remake of a landmark Sad Dad Simulator finally arrives on PC. With the power of prestige storytelling, survive a country's worth of third-person shooting in your trek across an America ravaged by fungal zombie apocalypse. You'll have to supply your own Pedro Pascal, though.</p>" data-widget-type="deal" data-render-type="editorial">
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The Last of Us Part 1 | March 28
The remake of a landmark Sad Dad Simulator finally arrives on PC. With the power of prestige storytelling, survive a country's worth of third-person shooting in your trek across an America ravaged by fungal zombie apocalypse. You'll have to supply your own Pedro Pascal, though.

All March 2023 game release dates

  • March 2 — Patch Quest - Creature-catching roguelike bullet hell (Steam)
  • March 3 — Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty - Three Kingdoms ARPG (Steam)
  • March 7 — Outlanders - Pacifist city builder with cozy cel shading (Steam)
  • March 8 — Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse - Wii remaster (Steam)
  • March 9 — Clash: Artifacts of Chaos - Weirdpunk brawler (Steam)
  • March 9 — Hellscreen (Early Access) - Boomer shooter with rearview (Steam)
  • March 9 — The Last Spell - Tactical roguelike for wizard disarmament (Steam)
  • March 9 — Master Plan Tycoon - Resource management simulator (Steam)
  • March 14 — The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure - New Trails entry (Steam)
  • March 14 — Terminal Velocity: Boosted Edition - Classic shareware (Steam)
  • March 15 — Mortal Sin (Early Access) - Grungy horror roguelike (Steam)
  • March 21 — Deceive Inc. - Gadget-heavy spy-vs-spy PVP (Steam)
  • March 21 — Tchia - Open-world adventure with animal body-hopping (Epic)
  • March 22 — Have a Nice Death - 2D tiny grim reaper soulslike (Steam)
  • March 23 — Storyteller - Extremely interactive fiction (Steam)
  • March 24 — Resident Evil 4 - Mr. Kennedy's big day out, again (Steam)
  • March 28 — Crime Boss: Rockay City - FPS with celebrity crime cameos (Epic)
  • March 28 — Last of Us Part 1 - Remastered Naughty Dog hit (Steam)
  • March 28 — Terra Nil - Reverse city-builder (Steam)
  • March 29 — Gripper - Cyberpunk bullet hell on motorcycle (Steam)
  • March 30 — Dredge - Sinister fishing sim with sea horrors (Steam)
  • March 30 — The Great War: Western Front - WWI RTS (Steam)
  • March 30 — Ravenbound - Norse open-world reincarnation roguelike (Steam)

2023 Games: April

Biggest April 2023 games

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Minecraft Legends | April 18
Mojang and Blackbird Interactive have teamed up to create an action RTS game based on Minecraft lore. Go solo, co-op, or even PvP while directing armies of creepers, skeletons, and other new creatures.

Dead Island 2</strong></a><strong> | April 21<br> </strong>The long-in-the-works sequel to 2011's resort apocalypse is finally launching this spring. Deep Silver is bringing back zombie-slaying FPS action and apparently a bit more grim humor up its sleeve than the original.</p>" data-widget-type="deal" data-render-type="editorial">
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Dead Island 2 | April 21
The long-in-the-works sequel to 2011's resort apocalypse is finally launching this spring. Deep Silver is bringing back zombie-slaying FPS action and apparently a bit more grim humor up its sleeve than the original.

Honkai: Star Rail</strong></a><strong> | April 27<br> </strong>Genshin Impact's developers are headed to space with another gacha game, this time a turn-based sci-fi adventure. As with Genshin, expect elemental magic and lots of characters to optimize your party with.</p>" data-widget-type="deal" data-render-type="editorial">
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Honkai: Star Rail | April 27
Genshin Impact's developers are headed to space with another gacha game, this time a turn-based sci-fi adventure. As with Genshin, expect elemental magic and lots of characters to optimize your party with.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor</strong></a><strong> | April 28</strong><br> It's dark days for lone Jedi Cal Kestis. Hunted by the Empire across known space, Cal's got a bigger bag of tricks to help him Jedi: Survive—new fighting styles, new friends, and a newfound talent for taming lizards all feature in this Star Wars sequel.</p>" data-widget-type="deal" data-render-type="editorial">
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Star Wars Jedi: Survivor | April 28
It's dark days for lone Jedi Cal Kestis. Hunted by the Empire across known space, Cal's got a bigger bag of tricks to help him Jedi: Survive—new fighting styles, new friends, and a newfound talent for taming lizards all feature in this Star Wars sequel.

All April 2023 game release dates

  • April 1 — Crab Champions (Early Access) - Crab-person shooter (Steam)
  • April 4 — Meet Your Maker - Post-apocalyptic PvP base-builder (Steam)
  • April 4 — Road 96: Mile 0 - Prequel to the procgen roadtrip (Steam)
  • April 6 — Everspace 2 - Open-world exploration-heavy space shooter (Steam)
  • April 6 — Ravenswatch (Early Access) - Folk heroes action roguelike (Steam)
  • April 11 — Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened - Holmes cracks Cthulhu (Steam)
  • April 11 — Tron: Identity - Grid-based visual novel (Steam)
  • April 12 — Ghostware: Arena of the Dead (Early Access) - Arena FPS (Steam)
  • April 12 — Wartales - Turn-based Mount & Blade (Steam)
  • April 13 — Boundary (Early Access) - Zero-g astronaut deathmatch (Steam)
  • April 13 — Fabledom (Early Access) - Cozy fantasy management sim (Steam)
  • April 13 — Shardpunk: Verminfall - Steampunk turn-based tactics (Steam)
  • April 18 — Desktop Dungeons: Rewind - Browser roguelike remaster (Steam)
  • April 18 — God of Rock - Rhythm-based 2D fighter (Steam)
  • April 18 — The Mageseeker: A League of Legends story - Sylas ARPG (Steam)
  • April 18 — Minecraft Legends - An action strategy spinoff (Steam)
  • April 19 — Moons of Darsalon - Lemmings-like rescue platformer (Steam)
  • April 19 — Teslagrad 2 - Electrifying puzzle platformer sequel (Steam)
  • April 20 — Otxo - Hotline Miami meets a monochrome roguelike (Steam)
  • April 20 — Stray Blade - Soulslike with El Dorado flavor (Steam)
  • April 21 — Dead Island 2 - Zombie survival RPG infects California (Epic)
  • April 24 — Shadows of Doubt (Early Access) - Voxel noir sandbox (Steam)
  • April 25 — Afterimage - Colorful dreamlike metroidvania (Steam)
  • April 25 — Roots of Pacha - Stone Age Stardew Valley (Steam)
  • April 25 — Stranded: Alien Dawn - Space settlement survival sim (Steam)
  • April 25 — Strayed Lights - Gorgeous glowy Souls-like adventure (Steam)
  • April 26 — Cassette Beasts - Pokemon-like with monster fusion (Steam)
  • April 26 — Desta: The Memories Between - Dreamy sport roguelike (Steam)
  • April 26 — Honkai: Star Rail - Turn-based sci fi gacha (Epic)
  • April 27 — ArcRunner - incredibly neon cyberpunk co-op roguelite (Steam)
  • April 27 — Ash of Gods: The Way - Story-driven fantasy card-battler (Steam)
  • April 27 — Bramble: the Mountain King - Nordic horror platformer (Steam)
  • April 27 — The Last Case of Benedict Fox - Eldritch metroidvania (Steam)
  • April 27 — Live A Live - Remake of classic SquareEnix RPG (Steam)
  • April 27 — Mail Time - A cozy platforming adventure (Steam)
  • April 27 — Omega Strikers - 3v3 hero-based Windjammers (Steam)
  • April 28 — Star Wars Jedi: Survivor - Cal Lightsaber's middle chapter (Steam)

2023 Games: May

Biggest May 2023 release dates

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Redfall | May 2
An open world, vampire-slaying co-op shooter from the devs behind Dishonored. Battle cultists, fight vampire gods on the psychic plane, and rid Redfall of its blood-sucker infestation.

Darkest Dungeon 2</strong></a><strong> </strong>| <strong>May 8</strong><br> Everyone's favorite doomed dungeon-crawlers return in a roguelike roadtrip through a worldwide eldritch apocalypse. New 3D graphics, battle mechanics, and hero affinities bring all kinds of new joys and plenty more new horrors.</p>" data-widget-type="deal" data-render-type="editorial">
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Darkest Dungeon 2 | May 8
Everyone's favorite doomed dungeon-crawlers return in a roguelike roadtrip through a worldwide eldritch apocalypse. New 3D graphics, battle mechanics, and hero affinities bring all kinds of new joys and plenty more new horrors.

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System Shock | May 30
Return to Citadel Station in the modern reimagining of the 1994 classic, and relive the FPS that helped cement the immersive sim as one of the most-loved, worst-named genres.

All May 2023 release dates

  • May 2 — Age of Wonders 4 - Fantasy 4X with tactical battles (Steam)
  • May 2 — Redfall - Co-op open-world vampire shooter (Steam)
  • May 3 — Ravenlok - Action adventure fairytale (Epic)
  • May 4 — Bare Butt Boxing (Early Access) - Physics-y butt punching (Steam)
  • May 8 — Cook Serve Forever (Early Access) - Frantic chef adventure (Steam)
  • May 8 — Darkest Dungeon 2 - Grueling eldritch roguelike sequel (Steam)
  • May 9 — Torchlight: Infinite - Action RPG leaving early access (Steam)
  • May 9 — Voidtrain (Early Access) - Survival on interdimensional trains (Steam)
  • May 16 — Humanity - Spectral shiba crowd control puzzler (Steam)
  • May 16 HROT - Soviet-era boomer shooter (Steam (opens in new tab))
  • May 17 — Greedventory - Grisly mouse-centric pixel art RPG (Steam)
  • May 22 — Inkbound (Early Access) - Storybook tactics roguelike  (Steam)
  • May 23 — After Us - Surreal post-human puzzler (Steam)
  • May 23 — Miasma Chronicles - post-apocalyptic tactics RPG (Steam)
  • May 23 — Planet of Lana - Sci-fi puzzle adventure (Steam)
  • May 23 — Star Trek: Resurgence - Adventure games: the final frontier (Epic)
  • May 23 — Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun - Astartes boomer shooter (Steam)
  • May 25 — Dynopunk - Tech repair sim in cyberpunk dino-city (Steam)
  • May 25 — Lord of the Rings: Gollum - Sneaky jewelry collection sim (Steam)
  • May 25 — Landlord's Super - 1980s construction sim satire (Steam)
  • May 30 — System Shock - Remake of the classic immersive sim (Steam)
  • May 31 — Decarnation - phantasmagorical 2D horror (Steam)
  • May 31 — Etrian Odyssey Origins Collection - DS RPG ports (Steam)

2023 Games: June

Biggest June 2023 release dates

Street Fighter 6</strong></a><strong> | June 2</strong><br> It's a new age for Street Fighter: new approachable control styles, new custom fighter singleplayer experiences, new dive gauge mechanics. And most importantly, for Ryu, a new beard.</p>" data-widget-type="deal" data-render-type="editorial">
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Street Fighter 6 | June 2
It's a new age for Street Fighter: new approachable control styles, new custom fighter singleplayer experiences, new dive gauge mechanics. And most importantly, for Ryu, a new beard.

Diablo 4</strong></a><strong> | June 6</strong><br> All aboard the Hell train, folks: we've got loot to hoard. Return to the legendary ARPG series and mulch mounds of demons across an open world as one of five classic classes. Maybe as a bear, if you're a druid.</p>" data-widget-type="deal" data-render-type="editorial">
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Diablo 4 | June 6
All aboard the Hell train, folks: we've got loot to hoard. Return to the legendary ARPG series and mulch mounds of demons across an open world as one of five classic classes. Maybe as a bear, if you're a druid.

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Mask of the Rose | June 8
Descend once more into the chthonic metropolis of Fallen London—and maybe find romance? In Failbetter's dating sim/murder mystery/census-taking simulator, meet a gothic undercity's worth of colorful characters: some cloaked, some tentacled. Some, assuredly both.

All June 2023 release dates

  • June 1 — Killer Frequency - First-person '80s slasher adventure (Steam)
  • June 2 — Street Fighter 6 - Ryu Ryu Ryu Ryu Ryu Ryu (Steam)
  • June 2 — We Love Katamari Reroll+ - Rollemup remaster (Steam)
  • June 6 — Amnesia: The Bunker - WWI sequel to hallmark horror (Steam)
  • June 6 — Diablo 4 - The long-awaited action RPG sequel (Battle.net)
  • June 8 — Harmony: The Fall of Reverie - Choice-driven visual novel (Steam)
  • June 8 — Mask of the Rose - Fallen London's 'sort-of' dating sim (Steam)
  • June 9 — Greyhill Incident - LGM-shootin' horror FPS (Steam)
  • June 13 — Dordogne - Gorgeous watercolor childhood adventure (Steam)
  • June 16 — Park Beyond - Tycoon simulator of the rollercoaster type (Steam)
  • June 20 — Aliens: Dark Descent - Xenomorph-slaying squad RTS (Steam)
  • June 27 — Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life - Harvest Moon redux (Steam)
  • June 30 — Crime O'Clock - Hidden object crime-busting (Steam)
  • June 30 — Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective - Poltergeist puzzler port (Steam)
  • June ?? — Layers of Fear - More horror from Bloober Team (Steam)

2023 Games: July

  • July 12 — Oxenfree 2: Lost Signals - indie horror sequel (Steam)
  • July 14 — Exoprimal - Co-op mechsuit dino shooter (Steam)
  • July 20 — Immortals of Aveum - EA-published magic FPS (Steam)
  • July ?? — Tales & Tactics - Roguelike by Slay the Spire modders (Steam)

2023 Games: August

  • August 3 — Stray Gods - RPG musical about modern Greek gods (Steam)
  • August 8 — I Am Future (Early Access) - Ruined rooftop base-builder (Steam)
  • August 10 — Atlas Fallen - Monster Hunter meets righteous deicide (Steam)
  • August 18 — Bomb Rush Cyberfunk - Jet Set Successor (Steam)
  • August 25 — Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon - From's robot return (Steam)
  • August 29 — Sea of Stars - Classic-style turn-based RPG (Steam)
  • August 31 — Baldur's Gate 3 - Larian's take on the classic RPG series (Steam)
  • August ?? — Lies of P - Bloodborne, but you play Pinocchio (Steam)

2023 Games: September

  • September 5 — Chants of Sennaar - Linguistic puzzle adventure (Steam)
  • September 5 — Rune Factory 3 Special - Fantasy Harvest Moon port (Steam)
  • September 6 — Starfield - Bethesda's new original space RPG (Steam)
  • September 19 — Zoria: Age of Shattering - Fantasy tactics RPG (Steam)
  • September ?? — Felvidek - Monochrome medieval RPG (Steam)
  • September ?? — RoboCop: Rogue City - Your FPS, creep. (Steam)

2023 Games: October

  • October 19 — Endless Dungeon - Tactical ARPG in Endless universe (Steam)

2023 Games: November

  • November 10 —The Day Before - Open world zombie survival MMO
  • November ?? — Corpus Edax - Immersive sim with punchy physics (Steam)

2023 Games: December

2023 Games: Dates to be announced

2023 games with dates to be announced

  • A Highland Song - Scottish side-scrolling survival rhythm (Steam)
  • Ad Infernum - Immersive sim horror in demonic gas station (Steam)
  • AK-xolotl - Bullet hell roguelike with AR amphibians (Steam)
  • Alan Wake 2 - The survival horror sequel
  • Alien Hominid Invasion - Co-op take on the Behemoth classic (Steam)
  • Alliance of the Sacred Suns - 4X Space Strategy (Steam)
  • Anger Foot - Kick-heavy FPS (Steam)
  • Arcadian Atlas - Isometric turn-based tactics (Steam)
  • Assassin's Creed: Mirage - Assassin's Creed goes back to its stealth roots
  • Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - Open-world Avatar
  • Banchou Tactics - High school delinquent tactics RPG (Steam)
  • Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden - 1600s ghost-hunting RPG (Steam)
  • Battle Shapers - robot-shooting arena roguelike FPS (Steam)
  • Blasphemous 2 - Penitent One returns in brutal Metroidvania (Steam)
  • Blue Protocol - Online anime action RPG (Steam)
  • Botany Manor - Plant-tending walking simulator (Steam)
  • Bounty Star - Mech combat meets farmsteading (Steam)
  • Broken Roads - turn-based RPG in post-apoc Australia (Steam)
  • Capes - turn-based superhero tactics (Steam)
  • Chrono Odyssey - Fantasy MMO
  • Cities: Skylines 2 - Sequel of Sim City spiritual scion (Steam)
  • Cocoon - World-hopping puzzle adventure (Steam)
  • Convergence: A League of Legends Story - Riot's platformer spinoff (Steam)
  • Creature Keeper - Real-time combat creature collector (Steam)
  • The Crew: Motorfest - Ubisoft's open-world racer hits Hawaii
  • Crimson Desert - Singleplayer RPG from Black Desert devs
  • Crimson Tactics (Early Access) - Final Fantasy Tactics plus ponies (Steam)
  • Cyber Knights: Flashpoint - Cyberpunk heist tactics RPG (Steam)
  • Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - Expansion to the CDPR RPG
  • Dark Envoy - Realtime "guns and sorcery" tactics RPG (Steam)
  • Demonschool - High school demon-fighting tactics RPG (Steam)
  • Depersonalization - Eldritch anime RPG (Steam)
  • Distant Bloom - cozy alien planet exploration and restoration (Steam)
  • Dr. Fetus' Mean Meat Machine - Meat Boy match game (Steam)
  • Dungeons 4 - Dungeon Keeper-inspired simulation RTS (Steam)
  • Earth from Another Sun - scifi MMO/FPS claiming useful blockchain presence (Steam)
  • Echo Generation - 80s voxel adventure with turn-based combat (Steam)
  • Edge of Sanity - 2D lovecraftian survival horror (Steam)
  • El Paso, Elsewhere - Third-person shooter (Steam)
  • Europa - A Studio Ghibli-inspired platforming adventure (Steam)
  • Everywhere - A vague metaverse dream from GTA producers
  • The Expanse: A Telltale Series - Telltale take on best Belter bosmang (Epic)
  • Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth - The next chapter of the FF7 remake
  • Final Fantasy 16 - The RPG series returns to medieval magic
  • Flashback 2 - Remake of a classic scifi side-scroller (Steam)
  • Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn - Soulslike for musket fans (Steam)
  • Flock - Co-op sky-shepherding and bird-shearing (Steam)
  • Forever Skies - Airship-based FPS survival on doomed earth (Steam)
  • For The King 2 - Turn-based tabletop-ish RPG sequel (Steam)
  • Fort Solis - Mars scifi thriller story (Steam)
  • Frostpunk 2 - Grim, snowy city management (Steam)
  • Galacticare - "Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor" simulator (Steam)
  • The Gap - Psychological walking sim (Steam)
  • Goblin Stone - Turn-based roguelike RPG, but as goblins (Steam)
  • Gravity Circuit - Legally non-actionable Mega Man-like (Steam)
  • Gunbrella - Gritty metroidvania with lead-pumping parasol (Steam)
  • Harold Halibut - Claymation space story (Steam)
  • Homeworld 3 - Sci-fi RTS classic returns (Steam)
  • House Flipper 2 - More gentrification simulation (Steam)
  • Hyenas - Sega's extraction shooter (Steam) 
  • Hyper Light Breaker (Early Access) - Hyper Light Drifter co-op sequel (Steam)
  • I Am Jesus Christ - First Person Savior (Steam)
  • The Invincible - Retro-future space thriller (Steam)
  • The Iron Oath - Turn-based tactics with dark fantasy mercs (Steam)
  • Killer Klowns from Outer Space - Asymmetrical horror throwback (Steam)
  • The Lamplighters League - Pulpy '30s XCOM-like (Steam)
  • Lightyear Frontier - Chill farming sim with mechs (Steam)
  • Lollipop Chainsaw - A remake of the zombie hack-n-slash
  • The Lords of the Fallen - Similarly-named soulslike sequel (Steam)
  • Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria - A middle earth crafting game (Epic)
  • Mars First Logistics - Physics-based Mars rover deliveries (Steam)
  • Men of War 2 - WW2 RTS with co-op (Steam)
  • Metal Slug Tactics - classic run-n-gun goes tactics RPG (Steam)
  • Mika and The Witch's Mountain - Zelda meets Kiki's Delivery Service (Steam)
  • Moonlight in Garland - Stardew in the big city (Steam)
  • Moving Out 2 - Packing party game sequel (Steam)
  • N1RV-ANN-A - Cyberpunk bartending visual novel (Steam)
  • NAIAD - Vibrant underwater exploration as a sea nymph (Steam)
  • Nemire - Undead army tactics RPG (Steam)
  • Nighthawks - A vampire RPG from adventure game veterans (Steam)
  • Nightingale - Crafting survival RPG in the Fae Realms (Steam)
  • Off the Grid - Blomkamp Battle Royale
  • Pacific Drive - Driving survival roguelite in paranormal PNW (Steam)
  • Palworld - Open-world survival with gun-toting Pokemon (Steam)
  • Party Animals - Cuddly physics brawler (Steam)
  • Pepper Grinder - 2D drill-based burrowing platformer (Steam)
  • Payday 3 - Long-awaited co-op heist sequel (Steam)
  • Pixel Tactics Online - Turn-based tactics (Steam)
  • The Plucky Squire - Colorful storybook escape adventure (Steam)
  • Pragmata - Outerspace action adventure (Steam)
  • Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake - Ubisoft redux
  • Punch Club 2: Fast Forward - Fighter management sim (Steam)
  • QubiQuest: Castle Craft - Voxel-based castle building and defense (Steam)
  • Railroads & Catacombs - Darkest Dungeon, but trains (Steam)
  • Remnant 2 - Sequel to celebrated Dark-Souls-with-guns (Steam)
  • Replaced - Sci-fi action platformer (Steam)
  • R-Type Tactics I - II Cosmos - Tactics spinoff of side-scroll shooter (Steam)
  • Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew - Cursed pirate stealth strategy (Steam)
  • She Dreams Elsewhere - Retro-surreal adventure RPG (Steam)
  • Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out - Procedural text-based clan survival sim (Steam)
  • Skate Story - Chill skateboarding through the atmospheric underworld (Steam)
  • Skull & Bones - Ubisoft Pirating RPG
  • SlavicPunk: Oldtimer - Polish cyberpunk isometric shooter (Steam)
  • Sludge Life 2 - First-person vandalism sim continued (Steam)
  • Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley - Moominverse adventure game (Steam)
  • Solium Infernum - Grand strategy in Hell (Steam)
  • Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story - Spinoff yeti adventure (Steam)
  • Songs of Conquest - Turn-based fantasy strategy RPG (Steam)
  • Stellar Blade - Flashy scifi hack-and-slash
  • Synced - match-based roguelike looter shooter (Steam)
  • Tempest Rising - Archetypal base-building RTS (Steam)
  • Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown - Open world driving in Hong Kong (Steam)
  • Toxic Crusaders - Troma homage beat 'em up (Steam)
  • Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy - fantasy puzzle-platformer (Steam)
  • Under the Waves - Subaquatic psychological story (Steam)
  • Untamed Tactics - Tactics RPG with anthropoid animals (Steam)
  • Viewfinder - trippy perspectve-based puzzles (Steam)
  • Wandering Sword - Wuxia tactics RPG (Steam)
  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 - Sequel to the 2011 action game (Steam)
  • Wargroove 2 - Advance Wars-like tactics sequel (Steam)
  • Whisker Squadron: Survivor - Star Fox-inspired dogfight roguelite (Steam)
  • Witchbrook - Wizarding school life sim (Steam)
  • Witchfire - A roguelite shooter from Bulletstorm's developer (Epic)
  • Wizard With A Gun - Co-op sandbox survival (Steam)
  • Wrath: Aeon of Ruin - Quake-like retro shooter (Steam)
  • Wrestle Story - turn-based pro wrestling RPG (Steam)
  • WrestleQuest - 80's pro wrestling meets retro-styled RPG (Steam)

2023 Games: Delayed to 2024

Games delayed to 2024

  • 2024 — Ark 2 - More dinosaurs, plus Vin Diesel (Steam)
  • 2024 — Beyond These Stars - City builder on a space whale (Steam)
  • 2024 — Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League - Co-op cape killing (Steam)
Lauren Morton
Associate Editor

Lauren started writing for PC Gamer as a freelancer in 2017 while chasing the Dark Souls fashion police and accepted her role as Associate Editor and Chief Minecraft Liker in 2021. She originally started her career in game development and is still fascinated by how games tick in the modding and speedrunning scenes. She likes long books, longer RPGs, multiplayer cryptids, and can't stop playing co-op crafting games.

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