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1. Enshrouded
2026-10-15 · IGDB rating 78
You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls…
2. Gears of War: E-Day
2026-10-06 · IGDB rating 83
Experience the brutal horror of Emergence Day through the eyes of Marcus Fenix in the origin story of one of gaming's most acclaimed sagas. Fourteen years before Gears of War, war heroes Marcus Fenix and Dom Santiago…
3. Wardogs
2026-09-10 · IGDB rating 80
Wardogs is a first-person tactical multiplayer shooter built around large-scale combined-arms battles for up to 100 players. Three teams compete to control randomized objective zones across destructible battlefields,…
4. Dressmaker
2026-09-21
Dressmaker is a cozy game inspired by real dressmaking. Become a dressmaker, choose dress designs, cut out fabric and sew them all together to satisfy (or sabotage!) customers.
5. Castlevania: Belmont's Curse
2026-10-15
1499. Paris is engulfed in flames as monstrous creatures suddenly emerge from the shadows. Trevor Belmont, the hero who defeated Dracula, ventures into the burning streets with his daughter, Rose Belmont. Armed with the…
6. Silver Pines
2026-10-08
Silver Pines is a Survival Horror set in small town America. Fight nightmarish terrors and solve puzzles, while carefully managing your scarce resources as you uncover the mysteries that could hold the key to redemption.
7. Planet Zoo 2
2026-10-13
Build a wilder world in Planet Zoo 2. Create distinctive zoos around the globe filled with awe-inspiring animals, including fully aquatic and flying species, before taking your experience beyond the zoo to release your…
8. Aion 2
2025-11-18 · IGDB rating 89
Aion 2 is the only MMORPG built around a world where the sky is the battlefield. Choose your faction, ascend as a Daeva, and fight a faction war across a world 36 times larger than the original.
9. Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival
2026-10-08 · IGDB rating 89
Experience a new chapter in the legendary horror series like never before. Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival takes first-person action horror survival to the next level. Wield the powers of the Genesis Configuration…
10. Marvel's Wolverine
2026-09-15 · IGDB rating 75
Marvel's Wolverine is a single-player action-adventure game and a standalone entry in the Marvel's Spider-Man series, sharing continuity with those titles while telling its own self-contained story. Players control…
11. Palworld
2026-07-10 · IGDB rating 73
Palworld is a multiplayer open-world survival game that combines creature-collecting with crafting, base-building, and combat. Set on the Palpagos Islands, players capture and tame animal-like creatures called Pals,…
12. Star Wars: Galactic Racer
2026-10-06
STAR WARS: Galactic Racer is a runs-based, high-stakes reinvention of racing born in the lawless Outer Rim. With the Empire gone and the galaxy rebuilding, The Galactic League is created: an underground, unsanctioned…
13. Control Resonant
2026-09-24 · IGDB rating 78
Explore a warped Manhattan on the brink of paranatural annihilation in this thrilling action-adventure RPG. Unleash the extraordinary powers of Dylan Faden as he fights for his humanity and survival against a…
14. Battlefield 6
2025-10-10 · IGDB rating 72
Battlefield 6 is a first-person shooter featuring a single-player campaign and team-based online multiplayer. Players fight as infantry or operate military vehicles across large-scale battlefields, using class-based…
15. Valheim
2026-09-09 · IGDB rating 84
Valheim is an open-world survival and exploration game set in a procedurally generated world inspired by Norse mythology. Playing alone or with up to nine other players, you explore dangerous biomes, gather resources,…
16. 007 First Light
2026-05-27 · IGDB rating 81
007 First Light is a thrilling espionage action-adventure game from IO Interactive. Players follow James Bond as a young, resourceful, and sometimes reckless recruit in MI6's training program and discover an origin…
17. Minecraft Dungeons II
2026-09-29 · IGDB rating 72
Drop the pickaxe, grab a sword, and charge into a thrilling new adventure in Minecraft Dungeons II. Journey through unexplored lands and mysterious locations, in a quest to stop a new evil from causing chaos in not one,…
18. Silent Hill: Townfall
2026-09-24 · IGDB rating 73
Silent Hill: Townfall is a full-length, self-contained psychological horror set against the cold, isolated backdrop of Scotland, 1996. Players can explore St. Amelia, where fog-soaked streets, abandoned communities,…
19. ARC Raiders
2025-10-30 · IGDB rating 82
ARC Raiders is a multiplayer extraction adventure, set in a lethal future earth, ravaged by a mysterious mechanized threat known as ARC. Enlist as a Raider and scavenge the surface to thrive in a desolate world. But…
20. Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve
2026-10-02
Soar through the skies and rise above every challenge to earn your place among the elite. Engage in intense aerial combat to dominate the battlefield with powerful weapons. Experience a breathtaking campaign filled with…
21. RuneScape: Dragonwilds
2026-09-15 · IGDB rating 80
On RuneScape’s forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft to survive in this co-operative (1-4) survival crafting game. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient…
22. Halloween: The Game
2026-09-08 · IGDB rating 56
On Halloween night, 1978, no one is safe from Michael Myers. Become the Boogeyman or fight back against the face of evil itself in Halloween.
23. Pokémon Champions
2026-04-08 · IGDB rating 61
Get ready to experience everything you love about Pokémon battles all in one place—in Pokémon Champions. This new, battle-focused game will feature familiar mechanics such as Pokémon types, Abilities, and moves,…
24. The Blood of Dawnwalker
2026-09-03 · IGDB rating 73
The Blood of Dawnwalker is an open-world dark fantasy action RPG set in 14th-century Europe. You play as Coen, human by day and vampire by night, fighting to save your family in a story shaped by your actions and the…
25. Slay the Spire II
2026-03-05 · IGDB rating 85
The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns! Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay the Spire 2 - featuring new characters, cards, events, alternate acts, and more!
26. Valor Mortis
2026-10-13
Valor Mortis is a first-person action soulslike from the creators of Ghostrunner. Rise from death as a former soldier of Napoleon’s army. Wield supernatural powers, battle horrifying monsters, and unravel a conspiracy…
27. Big Walk
2026-08-04 · IGDB rating 81
Hang out and get lost with close friends in a big world. A cooperative online walker-talker from the creators of Untitled Goose Game.
28. Forza Horizon 6
2026-05-19 · IGDB rating 82
Discover the breathtaking landscapes of Japan in over 550 real-world cars and become a racing Legend at the Horizon Festival. Start your journey as a tourist and explore a world full of hit music and Japanese culture.…
29. Active Matter
2026-09-15 · IGDB rating 90
You’re an operative stuck in a time loop, always brought back from the dead to the same point. Choose your loadout and enter quantum unstable zones rich with active matter — a substance capable of warping and ripping…
30. Shift at Midnight
2026-07-22 · IGDB rating 70
An online co-op horror for 1–3 players. Be wary: some of your customers are only pretending to be human. Question them. Check their paperwork. Don’t let them trick you; make one mistake, and you’d better board up, set…
31. TCG Card Shop Simulator
2026-09-15 · IGDB rating 78
Open your own local game store. Stock shelves with the latest booster packs, or crack them and collect the cards for yourself. Set your own prices, hire staff, host events, and expand your card shop. TCG Card Shop…
32. Meccha Chameleon
2026-06-09 · IGDB rating 68
Paint yourself to blend in! "Meccha Chameleon" is a new-sensation hide-and-seek game where you paint your white body to mimic the stage. Spot, pose, and "artistic skill" are keys to survival. Deceive Seekers with…
33. DayZ
2018-12-13 · IGDB rating 52
DayZ is a hardcore open-world survival game with only one rule: stay alive, no matter what. How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with…
34. NBA 2K27
2026-09-04
The hustle doesn’t stop and the run never ends in NBA 2K27. Chase greatness around the clock in MyCAREER, MyTEAM, and MyNBA, and make your hoop dreams a reality.
35. NTE: Neverness to Everness
2026-04-29 · IGDB rating 56
NTE: Neverness to Everness is a supernatural open-world RPG developed by Hotta Studio. The story begins in the city of Hethereau, where you play as its first "unlicensed" Anomaly Hunter. You'll join the crew at Eibon, a…
36. Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era
2026-04-30 · IGDB rating 79
Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era is the official prequel hailing back to the origins of the genre-defining, critically acclaimed series of turn-based strategy games. Explore the map solo or in multiplayer, triumph in…
37. Aniimo
2026-09-16 · IGDB rating 88
Aniimo is a free-to-play, next-gen creature-catching open-world RPG. Explore the vast continent of Idyll, Twine with unique Aniimo, unlock new abilities. Travel to a sky-floating metropolis, meet other Pathfinders, and…
38. LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
2026-05-22 · IGDB rating 80
Rise as the Dark Knight and experience the essential Batman story in a bold, action-packed adventure with hard-hitting combat, an open-world Gotham City, and the signature LEGO charm that fans know and love.
39. Arena Breakout: Infinite
2025-09-15 · IGDB rating 80
Arena Breakout: Infinite is a tactical extraction shooter featuring PvPvE combat. Players enter raids where they fight both AI enemies and other players, collect loot, and attempt to escape the map alive. Failing to…
40. Hogwarts Legacy
2023-02-10 · IGDB rating 79
Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world action RPG set in the world first introduced in the Harry Potter books. Now you can take control of the action and be at the center of your own adventure in the wizarding…
41. Madden NFL 27
2026-08-13
Run the league one decision at a time in EA Sports Madden NFL 27, powered by the all-new Persona Engine.
42. Escape from Tarkov
2025-11-15 · IGDB rating 72
Escape from Tarkov is a hardcore and realistic online first-person action RPG/Simulator with MMO features and story-driven walkthrough.
43. Order of the Sinking Star
2026-10-08
From director Jonathan Blow (Braid, The Witness), Order of the Sinking Star is a narrative adventure set in a realm of magic and enigma. Solve over 1000 interconnected, hand-crafted puzzles, discover unique playable…
44. R.E.P.O.
2025-02-26 · IGDB rating 72
R.E.P.O. (Retrieve, Extract and Profit Operation) is an online cooperative survival horror game for up to six players, developed by Swedish studio Semiwork using the Unity engine. Players are tasked with locating…
45. IdleOn
2020-10-09 · IGDB rating 68
IdleOn is RPG where your characters keep leveling up when you're gone! Create unique class combos, and spend loot on powerful upgrades, all while cooking, mining, fishing, breeding, farming, and slaying bosses!
46. How to Fish
2026-08-20 · IGDB rating 69
A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
47. End of Abyss
2026-10-01
Play as the young combat technician, Cel, as she uncovers the truth behind the facility's derelict areas and confronts the monstrous creatures that roam them.
48. Hytale
2026-01-13 · IGDB rating 89
Hytale combines the scope of a sandbox with the depth of a roleplaying game, immersing players in a procedurally generated world where teetering towers and deep dungeons promise rich rewards throughout their adventures.…
49. F1 25
2025-05-30 · IGDB rating 72
Leave your mark on the world of racing in F1 25, the official video game of the 2025 FIA Formula One World Championship, featuring a revamped My Team mode, the thrilling third chapter of Braking Point, and more!
50. World of Tanks
2011-04-12 · IGDB rating 76
Jump into the free-to-play team-based shooter with an ever-expanding roster of historical vehicles, stunning graphics, spectacular locales, and orchestral scores. Battle it out in the company of other players in…
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