We’re well on our way through the first chunk of new games in 2024, and hey, is it just me, or are there already too many games to keep up with?

Best of the best

2024 games: Upcoming releases
Best PC games: All-time favorites
Free PC games: Freebie fest
Best FPS games: Finest gunplay
Best MMOs: Massive worlds
Best RPGs: Grand adventures

After an inarguably huge year for games, it’s possible that the 2024 schedule will wind up feeling a little quieter—but the first couple months have already been stacked with celebrated releases. January saw the all-encompassing arrival of Palworld, while February brought a pile of surprise hits like Helldivers 2, Balatro, and Pacific Drive

We’re in store for some anticipated sequels like Dragon’s Dogma 2, Homeworld 3, and World of Goo 2. There are still-to-come indies definitely worth watching as well, such as little builder Tiny Glade, witchy adventure Reka, and magical-girl inspired life sim Field of Mistria. And Hollow Knight: Silksong has to make it out in 2024. Right?

Keep up with the launch calendar for the year here as new release dates land, inevitable delays crop up, and new announcements hit the books.

New games in January 2024

January

January 17 — Dominions 6 – Rise of the Pantokrator – God war 4X (Steam)January 18 — New Cycle (Early Access) – Post-solar flare city builder (Steam)January 18 — Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown – PoP platformer spinoff (Epic)January 19 — Palworld (Early Access) – Open-world gun Pokemon (Steam)January 23 — Lil’ Guardsman – If Papers, Please was Adventure Time (Steam)January 24 — Anomaly Agent – 2D timewarp cyberpunk brawler (Steam)January 24 — Enshrouded (Early Access) – Valheim plus polygons (Steam)January 25 — Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth – Yakuza new and old (Steam)January 25 — Unforetold: Witchstone (Early Access) – Freeform CRPG (Steam)January 25 — Phantom Abyss – Asynchronous multiplayer tomb raids (Steam)January 26 — Tekken 8 – next installment of the fighting series (Steam)

New games in February 2024

February

February 1 — Granblue Fantasy: Relink – Spinoff ARPG (Steam)February 2 — Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League – Cape killing (Steam)February 2 — Persona 3 Reload – a P3 remake (Steam)February 8 — Helldivers 2 – Third-person starship troopin’ (Steam)February 12 — SpellRogue (Early Access) – Wizard deck-building (Steam)February 13 — Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden – 1600s RPG (Steam)February 13 — Islands of Insight – Open world online puzzles (Steam)February 13 — Lysfanga – Time clone action tactics (Steam)February 13 — Ultros – Psychedelic Metroidvania (Steam)February 14 — Solium Infernum – Grand strategy in Hell (Steam)February 16 — Skull and Bones – Ubisoft’s pirate game (Epic Store)February 19 — Nemire – Undead army tactics RPG (Steam)February 20 — Balatro – Poker hand deckbuilding roguelike (Steam)February 20 — Nightingale (early access) – Fae realm crafting survival (Steam)February 21 — Last Epoch – ARPG dense with skill trees (Steam)February 21 — Penny’s Big Breakaway – 3D yoyo platformer (Steam)February 21 — Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance – RTS against Skynet (Steam)February 22 — Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator – Green-thumbing (Steam)February 22 — Pacific Drive – Road trip survival sim (Steam)February 23 — Promenade– Cute cartoon platformer(Steam)February 27 — Wrath: Aeon of Ruin – Quake-like retro shooter (Steam)February 28 — Brothers A Tale of Two Sons Remake – Lads redux (Steam)February 28 — Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster – Katarn++ (Steam)February 29 — Ad Infernum – Demonic gas station immersive horror (Steam)

New games in March 2024

March

March 4 — The Thaumaturge – Occult CRPG in 1905 Warsaw (Steam)March 5 — Expeditions: A MudRunner Game – Dirty trucks! (Steam)March 5 — Quilts and Cats of Calico – Sewing, puzzles, felines (Steam)March 6 — Reveil – First-person puzzle thriller (Steam)March 7 — Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley – Cozy Moomin game (Steam)March 7 — Zoria: Age of Shattering– Fantasy tactics RPG (Steam)March 8 — Summerhouse – Casual building designer (Steam)March 12 — Tribes 3: Rivals (Early Access) – Tribes returns (Steam)March 19 — Lightyear Frontier (Early Access) – Chill mech farming (Steam)March 20 — Alone in the Dark – 90s horror classic reboot (Steam)March 21 — BattleJuice Alchemist (Early Access) – Strongest potions (Steam)March 21 — Dragon’s Dogma 2 – Capcom’s open world fantasy (Steam)March 21 — Horizon Forbidden West – Another Aloy adventure (Steam)March 22 — TerraTech Worlds (Early Access) – Rover-centric survival (Steam)March 25 — Acolyte of the Altar – Monster-hunting deckbuilder (Steam)March 25 — Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the mist (Early Access – Steam)March 26 — Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles – Falconeer city building (Steam)March 26 — Outpost: Infinity Siege – FPS RTS with mechs (Steam)March 26 — South Park: Snow Day – The next South Park RPG (Steam)March 27 — Distant Bloom – Cozy alien planet restoration (Steam)March 28 — Omega Crafter (Early Access) – Programmable Palworld (Steam)March 28 — Pepper Grinder – 2D drill-based platformer (Steam)March 29 — Felvidek – Monochrome medieval RPG (Steam)

New games in April 2024

April

April 9 — Botany Manor– Plant-tending walking simulator(Steam)April 9 — Children of the Sun – Bullet-bending sniper puzzles (Steam)April 10 — Space Prison (Early Access) – Alien prison tactics RPG (Steam)April 16 — Europa– Ghibli-inspired platforming adventure (Steam)April 16 — Harold Halibut– Claymation space story (Steam)April 18 — No Rest for the Wicked (Early Access) – Ori devs’ ARPG (Steam)April 23 — Rumble Club – Fall Guys with punching (Steam)April 23 — Tales of Kenzera: Zau – Bantu-inspired metroidvania (Steam)April 24 — Oddsparks (Early Access) – Pikmin meets Factorio (Steam)April 25 — Sand Land – Vehicle ARPG based on Toriyama manga (Steam)April 29 — Echoes of the Plum Grove – A Georgian-era life sim (Steam)April ?? — Gatekeeper – Top-down Risk-of-Rain-like (Steam)

New games in May 2024

May

May 2 — Abiotic Factor – Survival crafting a la Half-Life (Steam)May 8 — Indika – Psychological adventure as Russian nun (Steam)May 9 — Animal Well – Surreal neon cave Metroidvania (Steam)May 9 — Crow Country – 90s nostalgia survival horror (Steam)May 13 — Homeworld 3 – Sci-fi space RTS classic revival (Steam)May 16 — Robobeat – Robot bounty hunter rhythm shooter (Steam)May 21 — Paper Trail – Puzzles in a foldable world (Steam)May 21 — Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2– Psychological action sequel (Steam)May 23 — Crown Wars: The Black Prince – Medieval tactics (Steam)May 23 — Hauntii – Gorgeous twin-stick afterlife adventure (Steam)May 23 — Songs of Silence – RTS with turn-based management (Steam)May 23 — World of Goo 2 – Slimy physics puzzle sequel (Epic)

New games in June 2024

June

June 4 — Destiny 2: The Final Shape – The year’s D2 expansion (Site)June 4 — Killer Klowns from Outer Space– Horror throwback(Steam)June 4 — Life By You – Life and building sim (Steam)June 6 — Blockbuster Inc. – Movie studio sim (Steam)June 18 — #BLUD – ’90s cartoon vampire dungeon crawler (Steam)June 18 — Still Wakes the Deep – Oil rig horror from Chinese Room (Steam)June 20 — Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree – Tarnished DLC (Steam)June 21 — Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance – Bring a fusing FAQ (Site)

New games in July 2024

July

July 16 — Cataclismo – Hand-built tower defense (Steam)July 18 — Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus – Okami aesthetic Metroidvania (Steam)July 25 — Frostpunk 2 – Grim, snowy city management (Steam)July ?? — Breachway – Space dogfight deckbuilder (Steam)

New games in August 2024

August

August 15 — Farewell North – Do you want to cry about dogs? (Steam)August 19 — Black Myth: Wukong – ARPG from controversial dev (Steam)August 20 — Dustborn – Future dystopian American roadtrip (Steam)August 21 — Enotria: The Last Song – Italian folklore Soulslike (Steam)

New games in September 2024

September

September 5 — Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl – The Zone awaits (Steam)September 9 — Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 – Astartes sequel (Steam)

New games in 2024 with unannounced release dates

New PC games 2024 with dates to be announced

33 Immortals – Co-op roguelike with up to 32 friends (Epic)Alliance of the Sacred Suns– 4X Space Strategy (Steam)Aloft – Crafting survival in the sky (Steam)The Alters – What if Fallout Shelter had a story (Steam)Ambulance Life: A Paramedic Simulator – life-saving sim (Steam)Anger Foot – Kick-heavy FPS (Steam)Ara: History Untold – Civ-like 4X strategy (Steam)Ark 2 – More dinosaurs, plus Vin Diesel (Steam)Ascent of Ashes (Early Access) – dystopic colony sim (Steam)Avowed – Obsidian’s first-person fantasy RPG (Steam)Awaken: Astral Blade – Bionic girl Metroidvania (Steam)Baby Steps – Bennett Foddy’s next torture engine (Steam)Baladins – Bardic co-op RPG (Steam)Beastieball – Pokemon but volleyball (Steam)Bellwright (Early Access) – Medieval management and survival (Steam)Beyond These Stars – City builder on a space whale (Steam)Blue Protocol – Online anime action RPG (Steam)Bounty Star– Mech combat meets farmsteading(Steam)Brighter Shores – New MMO from Runescape creator (Steam)Broken Arrow – Real-time modern warfare tactics game (Steam)Broken Roads – Post-apoc Australia RPG (Steam)Bugaboo Pocket – Entomology life-sim (Steam)Capes– turn-based superhero tactics(Steam)The Casting of Frank Stone – Until Dawn devs do Dead by Daylight (Steam)The Constructors – Construction company sim (Steam)Corpus Edax– Immersive sim with punchy physics(Steam)Crab God – Crustacean strategy (Steam)Crashlands 2 – Open world crafting RPG (Steam)Creature Keeper – Real-time combat creature collector (Steam)Creatures of Ava – A gentler creature collector (Steam)Critter Cove(Early Access)– Castaway Animal Crossing(Steam)Crypt Custodian – Top-down afterlife Metroidvania (Steam)Deathbound – Character-swapping soulslike (Steam)Demonschool – High school demon-fighting tactics RPG (Steam)Diesel Legacy: The Brazen Age – Steampunk 2v2 2D fighter (Steam)Duck Detective: The Secret Salami – Waterfowl fact-finding (Steam)Dungeons of Hinterberg – Cel-shaded Alps action RPG (Steam)Dystopika – Cyberpunk city-building sandbox (Steam)Earthblade – Action-platformer from Celese devs (Steam)Earth Defense Force 6 – EDF! EDF! EDF! (Steam)Earth from Another Sun – Open world galactic scifi sandbox (Steam)Empire of the Ants – Photorealistic ant strategy (Steam)Fields of Mistria – Magical girl life sim (Steam)The First Descendant – Nexon looter shooter (Steam)Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn – Soulslike for musket fans (Steam)Follow the meaning – Hand-drawn point & click mystery (Steam)Galacticare – “Dammit Jim, I’m a doctor” simulator (Steam)GI Joe: Wrath of Cobra – Throwback beatemup (Steam)Go-Go Town – 3D Stardew with town management (Steam)Gray Zone Warfare – an Arma-like FPS (Steam)Greedfall 2: The Dying World – Fantasy flintlock RPG (Steam)Gundam Breaker 4 – Build-your-own gunpla brawler (Steam)Hyper Light Breaker (Early Access) – Hyper Light Drifter co-op sequel (Steam)Indiana Jones and the Great Circle – First-person Nazi whipping (Steam)Iron Meat – Gnarly Contra-like side-scroller (Steam)Kingmakers – Change medieval history with machine guns (Steam)Light Odyssey – Top-down boss rush Souls-like (Steam)Little Nightmares 3 – Frightening platforming (Steam)Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP – Remake of the zombie hack-n-slashLost Isle – Procgen fantasy survival (Steam)Lost Records: Bloom and Rage – Life is Strange meets Yellowjackets (Steam)The Lost Wild – Dinosaur survival horror (Steam)Magical Delicacy – Cozy, culinary, magical Metroidvania (Stream)MechWarrior 5: Clans – Bad guys of Battletech (Steam)Men of War 2– WWII RTS with co-op(Steam)Metaphor: ReFantazio – Fantasy RPG from Atlus (Steam)Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 – Next iteration of Flight Sim (Site)Mika and The Witch’s Mountain – Zelda meets Kiki’s Delivery Service (Steam)Mirthwood – Sandbox fantasy life sim RPG (Steam)Multiversus – WB’s platform fighter relaunch (Site)Nivalis – Cyberpunk slice-of-life (Steam)The Operator – Forensic analyst sim with bonus conspiracy (Steam)The Plucky Squire – Colorful storybook escape adventure (Steam)Pragmata – Outerspace action adventure (Site)Pyrene – Deckbuilding dungeon crawler (Steam)Reka – Witchy woods crafting (Steam)Replaced– Sci-fi action platformer (Steam)Republic of Pirates – City builder for freebooters (Steam)The Rise of the Golden Idol– Detective adventure set in the ’70s (Steam)Simon the Sorcerer Origins – Point & click prequel (Steam)Skate Story – Surreal skateboarding (Steam)Songs of Conquest– Turn-based fantasy strategy RPG(Steam)Star Trucker – Trucking, but in the stars (Steam)Star Wars Outlaws – Open world scum and villainy (Site)Stormgate – New RTS from ex-Blizzard devs (Steam)Streets of Rogue 2 – Immersive roguelike sandbox (Steam)Sulfur – Cel-shaded goblin-blasting FPS roguelike (Steam)Surviving Deponia – More Deponia, now a colony sim (Steam)Synergy – Weird scifi city builder (Steam)Tales of the Shire – A wholesome Hobbit life sim (Site)Tempest Rising – Archetypal base-building RTS (Steam)Thank Goodness You’re Here! – Delightful English “slapformer” (Steam)Thrasher – Rhythm game follow-up to Thumper (Steam)Tiny Glade – Medieval building toy (Steam)Trash Goblin – Casual trinket upcycling (Steam)Unrailed 2: Back on Track (Early Access) – Chaotic railroad co-op (Steam)Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 – Revamped RPG (Steam)Visions of Mana – A new RPG in the Mana series (Steam)Voidwrought – Hollow Knight with more cosmic horror (Steam)Voyagers of Nera (Early Access) – Ocean-going survival (Steam)Wild Bastards – Space western roguelike FPS (Steam)Windblown (Early Access) – New roguelike from Dead Cells devs (Steam)Worshippers of Cthulhu (Early Access) – Cultist settlement sim (Steam)Zenless Zone Zero – Genshin dev dungeon crawler (Site)

More upcoming games

More upcoming games

While these aren’t committed to 2024, they’re headed our way and could easily settle into a 2024 release date in the future.

Arknights: Endfield – Action RPG spinoff of the mobile gacha game (Site)Battle Crush – Top down mythological brawler (Steam)Big Boy Boxing – PunchOut with progression (Steam)Blade – Third-person Marvel action game from Arkane (Site)Blue Prince – Surreal architectural puzzle adventure (Steam)Cart Life – Street vendor life sim (Steam)Chrono Odyssey – Fantasy MMO (Site)Crimson Desert– Singleplayer RPG from Black Desert devs (Site)DeathSprint 66 – Fall Guys, but cyberpunk-dystopian (Steam)Den of Wolves – Co-op fururistic heist game from Payday devs (Steam)Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero – Dragon Ball-series fighting game (Steam)Echo Generation – 80s voxel adventure with turn-based combat (Steam)Edge of Sanity – 2D lovecraftian survival horror (Steam)Everywhere – A vague metaverse dream from GTA producers (Site)Exoborne – Extraction shooter with a sci-fi apocalypse vibe (Steam)Exodus – Time-traveling sci-fi action RPG with Mass Effect vibes (Site)The First Berserker: Khazan – ARPG based on Dungeon & Fighter (Steam)Flock – Co-op sky-shepherding and bird-shearing (Steam)Harmonium: The Musical World – Musical adventure with deaf protag (Site)Hordes of Hunger – 3D “survivorslike” (Steam)I Am Jesus Christ – First Person Savior (Steam)Industria 2 – Narrative FPS in AI infested otherworld (Steam)Jurassic Park: Survival – Action-adventure set right after original film (Site)Kemuri – Urban fantasy parkour from Ikumi Nakamura’s new studio (Site)Knights in Tight Spaces – Tight fights go fantasy (Steam)Last Sentinel – Dystopian action game by Lightspeed Studios (Site)Light No Fire – Survival exploration on Earth-sized map (Steam)Mecha Break – Multiplayer mech combat (Steam)Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater – What a thrill (Steam)Metal Slug Tactics – classic run-n-gun goes tactics RPG (Steam)NAIAD– Vibrant underwater exploration as a sea nymph (Steam)Nighthawks– A vampire RPG from adventure game veterans (Steam)Nine Sols – Hand-drawn 2D Sekiro (Steam)OD – Hideo Kojima’s latest, collaboration with Jordan Peele (Site)Off the Grid – Blomkamp Battle Royale (Site)Outward 2 – FAFO RPG sequel (Steam)QubiQuest: Castle Craft – Voxel-based castle building and defense (Steam)R-Type Tactics I – II Cosmos – Tactics spinoff of side-scroll shooter (Steam)Realm of Ink – Ukiyo-e-ish action roguelike (Steam)Ruffy and the Riverside – Colorful character platformer (Steam)She Dreams Elsewhere– Retro-surreal adventure RPG (Steam)Stellar Blade – Flashy scifi hack-and-slash (Site)Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter – Rat soulslike sequel (Steam)Tenebris Somnia – 8-bit horror with FMV cutscenesTest Drive Unlimited Solar Crown – Open world driving in Hong Kong (Steam)Towers of Aghasba – Open world ecosystem sandbox (Steam)Witchbrook– Wizarding school life sim (Steam)Wrestle Story – turn-based pro wrestling RPG (Steam)Zoochosis – Mutant zoo animal body horror (Steam)

Games delayed to 2025

Delayed to 2025

Falling Frontier– Logistics-heavy space grand strategy(Steam)