The only thing in this list I have even heard of is GTA6.
Gta6 hl3 es6 LET’S GOOOOOO
Edit also maybe the new d4 expansion will fix the game. Maybe. If they fuck up that one too it’ll be a fail 3/3 and blizz is dead to me
Wow, not one of these looks worth my time. Maybe it’s the year of the Steam backlog.
I am interested in zero of these. Now granted, The Guardian is already on my nerves because of how devoid of actual intellectual writing for their articles are. There is obviously going to be way more games out there that are worth playing.
guardian is on the right way to become a tabloid. so many pointless sourceless bs articles.
The only games i am stoked for is that spiritual sequel for SOMA and the new game by the cruelty squad guy.
Maybe it’s just me, but 2026 looks pretty dull for PC gaming.
If this is the only games you look at, yeah. Looking forward to another year of loads of indie games.
These probably mostly are the consensus most anticipated games of 2026, but I’ll throw a few of the ones I’m most excited for in here.
If you like fighting games, this is looking to be a great year. We’ve got Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game (which may still be a working title?), and the one I’m personally most excited for, Invincible Vs.
I love Batman Arkham combat, and if you do too, you should keep your eye on Dead as Disco.
The FPS genre has largely disappointed me in the past decade, but despite the absence of any multiplayer modes, Mouse: P.I. for Hire looks to be delivering what I haven’t been getting from this genre for years. We should also, finally, presumably, maybe, see a release for Judas.
Similar disappointment has followed racing games, but the indie scene has been trying to pick up the slack, and we’ve got a AA endeavor from racing game veterans that looks cool, complete with a story mode, called Screamer.
In the survival space, both Palworld and Enshrouded are set to leave early access in 2026.
For metroidvanias, I’ve got Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement and the beautifully animated The Eternal Life of Goldman on my radar.
And in the RPG space, I’ve got my eye on Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy and The Expanse: Osiris Reborn coming up, both from Owlcat. Like The Expanse, Exodus is also planning to fill the Mass Effect void, because it’s unlikely that a new game called “Mass Effect” will do so.
For arcade racing games, keep an eye on iRacing Arcade. It is a small roster of licensed cars and tracks, but seems to have a good single player mode(need to see more), and should have good online racing as well. Demo was excellent and I believe it is still available.
That might be a solid recommendation for others, but speaking for myself, licensed cars and tracks do nothing for me and in most cases will probably put some drag on my enjoyment, because real racing asks you to do things like “not checking the car next to you” that would put real people in harm’s way; and damaging licensed cars in video games is generally frowned upon by the licensors. And also speaking for myself, the store page says it has no local multiplayer, which is my primary use case for a racing game, so its omission is a deal-breaker. Most of the genre has gone this way in recent years, catering to the crowd that likes licensed cars and real tracks, and that’s why I haven’t had as many racing games to play of late. There’s still some stuff for me, though.
With all of that in mind then, I would also suggest keeping an eye on Super Woden: Rally Edge. Big list of cars to collect and upgrade, local multiplayer and the previous games are well received. There is also a Demo for Super Woden GP2 which should give you an idea for what to expect.
Thanks. A lot of rally games have come up over the years, but to my eye, surprisingly few of them have any multiplayer to speak of, let alone local, so I have yet to try one.
Sucks that the ONLY game on that list I’m looking forward to is a PS5 exclusive that won’t come to PC for years. I mean, I’ll probably also have to wait for GTA6, but I’m looking forward to that less and less as time passes.
Genuinely stoked for Cairn and Witchbrook.
Can’t say I’m “stoked,” but those two looked the most interesting in a list full of AAA licensed franchise garbage.
I feel the same. I am so tired of AAA games that I barely even look at them any more and I play a lot of games.
I played the demo for Cairn and genuinely can’t remember the last time I had a sense of accomplishment in a game that compared to teaching the top of the demo climb… And then the reveal of how much farther you’d go in the full game. It was very exciting for me. A very novel, interesting experience for me.
As for Witchbrook, I love Stardew Valley and magical fantasy, so that is looking like a no brainer.
I have been waiting for Witchbrook as well. It looks really fun. Never heard of Cairn but dam does it look really interesting as well.
Cairn looks like a prettier Jusant
It’s quite different from Jusant. I found Jusant to be to arcade racers what Cairn is to simulation racers. Jusant was like a puzzle game with a climbing aesthetic, whereas I found Cairn to be truly about the climbing.
IO making a bond game is intriguing. No idea what to expect there, having played and loved hitman 1 and 2
Unfortunately IO gave Conor McGregor, a grade-A asshole, a big bag of money for some dumb DLC appearance. So they never gonna get my money ever again. Who knows which asshole they are going to give it to next.
Only one I’m really looking forward to is the new Lego Batman game. Besides that, I’m just waiting to see what new indie stuff does well.
