The Best Upcoming Game Releases for 2024

After a 2023 full of firsts, will there still be something to play for in the coming months? Yes! Here is a list of promising games slated for release in 2024. It consists of “only” 132 elements.

The year 2023 has brought so many great games that there’s no reason to expect a similar eruption too soon. We “owe” this harvest – at least to some extent – to the pandemic, as many productions released in the last 12 months appear to have seen a post-lockdown decline (i.e., without remote work, they likely would have been released sooner). That’s why they accumulate so much.

So it might seem that in 2024 there will be a shortage of good games , especially since GTA VI won’t be released until 2025 and the Game Awards 2023 gala didn’t bring too many new announcements (the biggest one is Monster Hunter: Wilds). Fortunately, the reality looks much more pleasant. Unless we experience a wave of decline, there will be plenty of potentially good games coming out in 2024. The following list is proof of this claim.

I’ve placed in the second section the games and big add-ons that we only know for now that they will be released in 2024 (see the table of contents opposite). Since there are quite a few – 86 to be precise – I’ve divided them into three categories (first, early access start, and early access end). Here, the inclusion of a description (or lack thereof) results from the (non)recognizable nature of a given production and/or its popularity, and the order adopted is random.

I’ll also mention that in the list below, I’ve omitted the items that we think will be released in 2024. To explain this, I’ll use the example of the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion for Elden Ring. Until the FromSoftware studio announces the date or even the date of its debut, we can only assume that it will be released in 2024 (although it will probably happen, as this add-on has been in development for about 21 months).

The list below will be updated from time to time. If I missed a game that you think is worth keeping in mind, let me know in the comments.

2024 Games with Release Date or Date
January

1. January 11 – War Hospital (Polish strategy with RPG elements set in World War I atmosphere): PC, PS5, XSX/S
2. January 15 – Sovereign Syndicate (RPG inspired by titles such as Baldur’s Gate, Fallout, Divinity: Original Sin or Disco Elysium): PC
3. January 18 – Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (2.5D platformer with the iconic prince of Persia that we won’t control this time): PC, PS4, PS5, XOne, XSX/S, Switch
4. January 19 – The Last of Us: Part II Remastered (a refreshed version of the excellent 2020 action adventure game from Naughty Dog): PS5
5. January 26 – Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (the eighth main installment in the Yakuza series, featuring two playable heroes: Ichiban Kasuga and Kazuma Kiryu): PC, PS4, PS5, XOne, XSX/S
6. January 26 – Tekken 8 (another part of Bandai Namco’s flagship fighting game): PC, PS5, XSX/S

February

• February 1 – Granblue Fantasy: Relink (action RPG adapted from the popular mobile game Granblue Fantasy): PC, PS4, PS5
• February 2 – Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League (Rocksteady’s co-op action game, based on the DC comics): PC, PS5, XSX/S
• February 2 – Persona 3 Reload (remake of the great 2007 jRPG): PC, PS4, PS5, XOne, XSX/S
• February 8 – The Inquisitor (TPP action adventure game based on Jacek Piekara’s Cycle of the Inquisitor): PC, PS5, XSX/S
• February 8 – Helldivers 2 (sequel to the much-loved co-op TPP shooter that debuted as a Sony exclusive): PC, PS5
• February 13 – Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden (an action RPG set in the 17th century from the creators of Vampyr): PC, PS5, XSX/S
• February 14 – Tomb Raider I–III Remastered (remastered versions of the first three Lara Croft adventures): PC, PS4, PS5, XOne, XSX/S, Switch
• February 16 – Skull and Bones (Ubisoft’s pirate action game we’ve been waiting for since 2017): PC, PS5, XSX/S
• February 16 – Mario vs. Donkey Kong (remake of the 2004 cult platformer): Switch
• February 20 – The Thaumaturge (Polish turn-based RPG that will take us to Warsaw at the beginning of the 20th century): PC (later in 2024, the game will also be released on PS5 and XSX/S)
• February 21 – Last Epoch (a promising hack’n’slash): PC (the early access version has “very positive” reviews on Steam)
• February 28 – Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster (graphically refreshed version of the iconic 1995 FPS): PC, PS4, PS5, XOne, XSX/S, Switch
• February 28 – Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake (a remake of Josef Fares’ 2013 fairytale adventure): PC, PS5, XSX/S
• February 29 – Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (jRPG being the second part of the trilogy of remakes of the iconic Final Fantasy VII): PS5
• February – Plants vs. Zombies 3 (the third mainline installment in the hit tower defense game series): And, iOS
• February – Zero Hour (an online tactical FPS referencing the SWAT and Rainbow Six series): PC (the early access version of the game has been in development since 2020 and has “very positive” reviews on Steam)

March

• March 5 – The Outlast Trials (the third part of Red Barrels’ successful series of survival horror games): PC, PS4, PS5, XOne, XSX/S
• March 5 (Early Access) – Life by You (Paradox’s life simulator, which aims to challenge The Sims series): PC
• March 7 – Crown Wars: The Black Prince (a turn-based strategy with RPG elements set during the Hundred Years’ War): PC, PS5, XSX/S (later in 2024, the game will also be released on Switch)
• March 8 – Homeworld 3 (20 years awaited, the third full-fledged part of the popular RTS series): PC (Early Access begins March 5)
• March 15 – Outcast: A New Beginning (sequel to the 1999 cult action-adventure game): PC, PS5, XSX/S
• March 20 – Alone in the Dark (reboot of the cult horror series): PC, PS5, XSX/S
• March 22 – Rise of the Ronin (an RPG set in 19th-century Japan with an arcade combat system from Team Ninja Studio): PS5
• March 26 – South Park: Snow Day! (an online action game set in the titular city, with the well-known humor of the original series): PC, PS5, XSX/S, Switch
• March – Indika (an adventure game created in cooperation between Polish studio 11 bit and Russian team Odd Meter based in Kazakhstan, where we will accompany a young nun on a journey alongside the devil through 19th-century Russia): PC, PS5, XSX/S
  March – Contra: Operation Galuga (remake of the famous 1987 shoot ’em up): PC, PS4, PS5, XOne, XSX/S, Switch
• • March – Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars – Reforged (remaster of the acclaimed 2002 point-and-click adventure) : PC
• • March – Still Wakes the Deep (a horror-themed FPP action-adventure game in which we play as an oil rig employee stuck on it during a storm): PC, PS5, XSX/S
• • March – Lysfanga: The Time Shift Warrior (an isometric hack N slash enriched with an RPG element, whose protagonist can go back in time): PC
• March (Early Access) – The Planet Crafter (action-adventure game with a focus on survival elements) : PC
• • March – Two Falls (a charming FPP adventure that takes us straight into the Canadian wilderness straight from the 17th century): PC
•  March – Inkulinati (Polish turn-based strategy in which battles take place on the pages of a medieval manuscript and are led by drawn anthropomorphic animals): PC, PS5, XSX/S (production has been developed as part of Early Access since January 2023 and has been very well received on Steam; you can check it out on the PC/Xbox Game Pass service)
• March – STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl (the highly anticipated second installment of the cult post-apocalyptic shooter series): PC, XSX/S

April

• April 23 – Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes (which is the spiritual successor to the Suikoden jRPG series with a turn-based combat system): PC, PS4, PS5, XOne, XSX/S, Switch
• April 26 – Manor Lords (an extremely realistic Polish economic strategy in which we will have to build a medieval city: PC (at launch, the game will be available on PC Game Pass; at a later and unspecified date, it will also be released on XSX/S)
• April – Soulstone Survivors (an action game based on the hugely popular Vampire Survivors, combining characteristic elements of the RPG and roguelike genres): PC (the title is being developed as part of Early Access and has over 15,000 reviews on Steam, 90% of which are positive)

May

• • May – Warhaven (a free-to-play online TPP action game in which teams of 16 people fight on fantasy battlefields): PC, PS5, XSX/S (the production entered Early Access in September 2023, on Steam it received a “mixed reception”)
• • May – Songs of Silence (a fantasy strategy combining elements typical of the 4X and RTS subgenres, as well as RPGs and card games): PC (later in 2024, the title will also be available on PS5 and XSX/S)

August

August 20 – Black Myth: Wukong (third-person action RPG in which the player will play as the chosen character who must embark on a difficult journey through a dark fantasy world inspired by Chinese mythology): PC, PS5, XSX/S

More Games (and Expansions) in 2024
Planned Premieres

Frostpunk 2 (the sequel to the much-loved survival strategy of Polish 11-bit studios): PC
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II (the sequel to the 2017 action game about a mentally ill heroine): PC, XSX/S
Gothic Remake (remake of Piranha Bytes’ cult RPG): PC, PS5, XSX/S
Avowed (a first-person RPG from veterans of the genre at Obsidian Entertainment): PC, XSX/S
Men of War II (the sequel to the 2007 cult RTS): PC
Star Wars: Outlaws (an open-world action game created by Ubisoft in the Star Wars universe): PC, PS5, XSX/S
World of Warcraft: The War Within (the tenth expansion for the MMORPG World of Warcraft, starting the Heart of the World Saga): PC
Sand Land (an action RPG based on the manga of the same title by Akira Toriyama – the creator of Dragon Ball ): PC, PS4, PS5, XOne, XSX/S
Little Nightmares III (the third part of Supermassive Games’ successful platformer series, which will enable co-op play): PC, PS4, PS5, XOne, XSX/S, Switch
GreedFall 2: The Dying World (the sequel to the good RPG from the French studio Spiders): PC
Replaced (a beautiful 2.5D action adventure game that takes us to an alternate and dystopian version of the United States of the 1980s): PC, XOne, XSX/S
UFL (a free-to-play sports game whose creators want to challenge EA Sports FC 24): PS4, PS5, XOne, XSX/S
Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown (an open-world racing game that is the third part of the eponymous subseries): PC, PS5, XSX/S, Switch
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024: PC, XSX/S
Dune: Awakening (online action game with survival elements): PC, PS5, XSX/S
The Alters: PC, PS5, XSX/S
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2: PC, PS5, XSX/S
The Wolf Among Us 2: PC, PS4, PS5, XOne, XSX/S
Grim Dawn: Fangs of Asterkarn : PC
Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred: PC, PS4, PS5, XOne, XSX/S
World of Goo 2: PC
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Classic: PC
EA Sports FC Tactical: Android, iOS
Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD: Switch
Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail (fifth expansion for the titular MMORPG): PC, PS4, PS5, XSX/S
Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP: PC
Holstin (survival horror action-adventure game) : PC
Fear Effect Reinvented: PC, PS4, XOne, Switch
Leshy (Polish TPP action game with RPG elements, in which we play the titular forest monster): PC
Reus 2: PC
John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando: PC, PS5, XSX/S
Broken Sword: Parzival’s Stone (the sixth main installment in the cult series of point-and-click adventure games): PC
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Mobile: Android, iOS
Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake: PS4
Broken Arrow (real-time strategy game reminiscent of World in Conflict or Wargame): PC
Tom Clancy’s The Division: Heartland: PC, PS4, PS5, XOne, XSX/S
Frostpunk: Beyond the Ice: Android, iOS
Metal Slug Tactics: PC, Switch
ARK II: PC, XSX/S
Builders of Greece: PC
Stellar Blade: PC, PS5
Dark Moon: PC
Builders of Egypt : PC
The Last Night: PC, PS4, XOne
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door: Switch
Tormented Souls 2 (sequel to Chilean studio Dual Effect’s much-loved TPP adventure game): PC, PS5, XSX/S
New Arc Line (a turn-based role-playing game from Czech-Ukrainian studio Dreamate Games, which takes us to a steampunk world dominated by magic and technology): PC, PS5, XSX/S
Delta Force: Hawk Ops: PC, PS4, PS5, XOne, XSX/S, Android, iOS
The Casting of Frank Stone: PC, PS5, XSX/S
Visions of Mana (the first “big” new game set in the Mana universe since 2007): PC, PS4, PS5, XOne, XSX/S

Planned start of Early Access

• Farathan (Polish third-person RPG in the spirit of the Gothic series): PC (Unusual Early Access will start soon)
• Hades II: PC (Early Access)
• Windblown (isometric action game with RPG and crescent elements by the creators of Dead Cells): PC (Early Access; the actual release of this production is scheduled for 2025)

Planned end of Early Access

• Witchfire (a first-person shooter set in a dark fantasy universe, which is the second work of Polish studio The Astronauts, creators of The Vanishing of Ethan Carter): PC (Early Access began in September 2023, exclusively on the Epic Games Store platform; the game was warmly received)
• Forgive Me Father 2 (sequel to the Polish “boomer shooter” inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythology): PC (the game has been in development in Early Access since October 2023; it receives “very positive” reviews on Steam)
• Gloomwood (a stealth-oriented FPP action game set in a steampunk atmosphere): PC (Early Access began in 2022; production is very well received on Steam)
• Xenonauts 2 (sequel to highly-rated sci-fi turn-based strategy): PC (Early Access began in July 2023; the game’s reception on Steam is positive)
• Dark and Darker (online FPP dungeon crawler): PC (the game has been in development in Early Access since August 2023 and is receiving very good reviews)
• Songs of Conquest: PC (Early Access since May 2022; production was very well received on Steam)
• Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon (Polish dark fantasy RPG based on the board game of the same title): PC, PS5, XSX/S (the game is available in Early Access on “tin” devices; it receives a lot of praise on both Steam and GOG)
• ZERO Sievert (top-down shooter set in a post-apocalyptic Eastern European version): PC (game available in Early Access since 2022; it has “very positive” reviews on Steam)
  Glitchpunk (Polish Cyberpunk Action Game): PC (the game launched in Early Access in August 2021)
• Door Kickers 2: Task Force North: PC, And, iOS (on desktop, the game has been available in Early Access since 2020; it has very good reviews)
• Stalker Online: PC (production has been in Early Access since 2015)
• Ravenswatch (action game with roguelike elements from the creators of Curse of the Dead Gods): PC, PS5, XSX/S (early access on PC started in April 2023; positive opinions on the production predominate)
• Marauders (sci-fi online shooter): PC (Early Access begins in 2022; reception of the game is positive)
• Wayfinder (free-to-play action game from the creators of Darksiders Genesis, Ruined King: A League of Legends Story, and Battle Chasers: Nightwar): PC, PS4, PS5, XOne, XSX/S (production entered Early Access in August 2023; collects “mixed” opinions)
• Fabledom (fairytale economic strategy): PC (the title debuted in Early Access; received “very positively” on Steam)
• Lethal Company: PC (this shooter entered Early Access a few days ago and became very popular in no time)
• Terra Invicta (an extended sci-fi strategy from mod creators for the XCOM series): PC (Early Access starting in 2022 resulted in “very positive” reviews on Steam)
• Last Oasis: PC, XOne, XSX/S (since 2020, this survival action game has been available in Early Access on PC, and since 2021 on consoles)
• Death Trash: PC (Early Access began in 2021)
  Stellaris Nexus: PC (Early Access started a few days ago; early reviews on Steam are “very positive”)
• ARK: Survival Ascended: PC, PS5, XSX/S (Early Access began on PC in October 2023, consoles in November; reception of the game is “mixed”)
• Forever Skies (Polish-produced post-apocalyptic survival game): PC, PS5, XSX/S (Early Access is underway on PC; production receives “very positive” reviews on Steam)
• Warno (RTS in the context of the Cold War): PC (the early access version of the game is highly rated)
• Sengoku Dynasty (life simulator in medieval Japan): PC (the game launched in Early Access in 2022; it is generally highly rated)
• Ultimate General: American Revolution (RTS strategy game recreating the American War of Independence): PC (the early access version of the game can only be purchased from its website)
• Hidden Deep (Polish 2D horror game inspired by the Alien, The Thing, and Half-Life game series): PC (the game has been available in Early Access since 2022; it receives pretty good reviews on Steam)
• Timberborn (city-building game featuring beavers): PC (the early access version of the game has “overwhelmingly positive” reviews on Steam)
• Project Warlock II (Polish Retro FPS): PC (Early Access started in June 2022; the game was very well received)
• Phasmophobia (unusual survival horror, focused on fun in 4-player co-op mode): PC, PS5, XSX/S (developed on “plates”, the early access version of the game has more than 635.5 thousand reviews on Steam, 96% of which are positive)
• Farthest Frontier (extended RTS from the creators of Grim Dawn): PC (Early Access began in 2022; the game was very positively received)
• Eco (simulation game with an advanced ecosystem): PC (production launched in Early Access in 2018; it is highly rated)
• Foundation (economic strategy in the style of The Settlers series): PC (Early Access began in 2019; since then, the game has garnered nearly 14,000 reviews on Steam, 87% of which are positive)
• Beast (turn-based RPG inspired by the legends of the Carpathians): PC (early opinions on the early access version of the game are “very positive”)

 

2023 has been full of headlines, which might suggest that it will be difficult to repeat such success in the short term. This is largely due to the pandemic – many of these games would likely have launched earlier if it weren’t for the remote work and associated delays. Nevertheless, there will be no shortage of good games in 2024. Although the biggest announcements, such as GTA VI, are scheduled for 2025, and The Game Awards 2023 ceremony didn’t bring much new stuff, the reality looks much better. If we don’t suffer a wave of delays, we have a lot of potentially good games ahead of us.

The Best Upcoming Game Releases for 2024