May is here, which means we have a whole new month's worth of PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC games to look forward to. This month has some heavy hitters like the Japan-set racing game Forza Horizon 6 and the James Bond origin story 007 First Light. Read on to see release dates for all the biggest games and expansions coming out this month and beyond. Let's have a look.
If you're the preordering type, you can click the links for the platform of your choice to see the game at Amazon (if available).
May 2026 - Video Game Release Dates
- Dark Pals: The 1st Floor - May 1 - (PC)
- The Devil of the Plague - May 1 - (PC)
- Soulquest - May 1 - (PC)
- Islantiles - May 4 - (PC)
- Wax Heads - May 5 - (PS5, Switch, Xbox, PC)
- Celestial Return - May 7 - (PC)
- Duck Side of the Moon - May 7 - (Switch, PC)
- Infinity Sweeper - May 7 - (PC)
- Mixtape - May 7 - (PS5, Switch 2, Xbox, PC)
- Akuma Rise - May 8 - PS5, Switch, Xbox, PC)
- Everything Is Crab: The Animal Evolution Roguelite - May 8 - (PC)
- Hydroneer - May 8 - (PS5, Xbox)
- Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes - May 11 - (PC)
- Burgle Supply Company - May 12 - (PC)
- Call of the Elder Gods - May 12 - (PS5, Switch 2, Xbox, PC)
- Directive 8020 - May 12 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle - May 12 - (Switch 2)
- Saint of Chains - May 12 - (PC)
- Feline Forensics and the Meowseum Mystery - May 12 - (PC)
- Subnautica 2 (early access) - May 14 - (Xbox, PC)
- Darksiders: Warmastered Edition - May 19 - (PS5)
- Farming Simulator '26 - May 19 - (Switch, iOS, Android)
- Forza Horizon 6 - May 19 - (Xbox, PC)
- Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core - May 20 - (PC)
- Thick as Thieves - May 20 - (PC)
- Coffee Talk Tokyo - May 21 - (Switch, PC)
- Helix: Descent N Ascent - May 21 - (Switch 2, PC)
- Starbites - May 21 - (PS5, Switch 1/2, PC)
- Table Flip Simulator - May 21 - (PS5, Switch, Xbox, PC)
- Yoshi and the Mysterious Book - May 21 - (Switch 2)
- Zero Parades: For Dead Spies - May 21 - (PC)
- Bubsy 4D - May 22 - (PS5, Switch, Switch 2, Xbox, PC)
- LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight - May 22 - (PS5, Switch 2, Xbox, PC)
- Tales of Arise: Beyond the Dawn Edition - May 22 - (Switch 2)
- Paralives - May 25 - (PC)
- LumenTale: Memories of Trey - May 25 - (Switch, PC)
- The Relic: The First Guardian - May 26 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Slime Rancher Mobile - May 26 - (iOS, Android)
- Yerba Buena - May 26 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- 007 First Light - May 27 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Blueberry - May 28 - (PS5, Switch, Xbox, PC)
- Nickelodeon Extreme Tennis: Next - May 28 - (PS5, Switch, Xbox, PC)
- My Little Puppy - May 29 - (PS5, Switch 2, PC)
June 2026 - Video Game Release Dates
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - June 3 - (Switch 2)
- Destiny 2: Shadow and Order (Expansion) - June 9 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Denshattack! - June 17 - (PS5, Switch 2, Xbox, PC)
- The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales - June 18 - (PS5, Switch 2, Xbox, PC)
- Destroy All Humans! - June 23 - (Switch 2)
- Dead or Alive 6 Last Round - June 25 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- NBA The Run - June 2026 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
July 2026 - Video Game Release Dates
- Rhythm Heaven Groove - July 2 - (Switch)
- Granblue Fantasy: Relink - Endless Ragnarok - July 9 - (PS5, PS4, Switch 2, PC)
- Digimon Story Time Stranger - July 10 - (Switch 2, Switch)
- D-topia - July 14 - (PS5, Switch 1/2, Xbox, PC)
- Culdcept Begins - July 16 - (Switch 2, PC)
- Disgaea Mayhem - July 23 - (PS5, Switch 1/2, PC)
- Splatoon Raiders - July 23 - (Switch 2)
August 2026 - Video Game Release Dates
- Beast of Reincarnation - August 4 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls - August 6 - (PS5, PC)
- Grave Seasons - August 14 - (PS5, Switch, Xbox, PC)
- Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 - August 27 - (PS5, Switch 2, Switch, Xbox, PC)
September 2026 - Video Game Release Dates
- The Blood of Dawnwalker - September 3 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Halloween: The Game - September 8 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Phantom Blade 0 - September 9 - (PS5, PC)
- Destroy All Humans! 2: Reprobed - September 15 - (Switch 2)
- Marvel's Wolverine - September 15 - (PS5)
- Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter - September 17 - (PS5, Switch, Switch 2, PC)
October 2026 - Video Game Release Dates
- Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed - October 6 - (Switch 2)
- Star Wars: Galactic Racer - October 6 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide - October 13 - (Switch)
November 2026 - Video Game Release Dates
- Grand Theft Auto 6 - November 19, 2026 - (PS5, Xbox)
Upcoming Video Games - Release Date TBA
- 007: First Light - Summer 2026 - (Switch 2)
- 4:Loop - TBA - (PS5, PC)
- Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve - 2026 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Alien Deathstorm - 2027 - (Xbox)
- Alien: Isolation 2 - TBA
- Animo - 2026 - (Xbox, PC)
- Another Eden Begins - Summer 2026 - (Switch 1/2)
- Aphelion - 2026 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- ArcheAge Chronicles - 2026 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Ark 2 - TBA - (PC)
- Artificial Detective - 2027 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced - TBA
- At Fate’s End - 2026 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Atomic Heart 2 - TBA - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Beast of Reincarnation - Summer 2026 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Black Myth: Jhong Kui - TBA
- Blackfrost: The Long Dark II - TBA
- Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth - TBA - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Blighted - Fall 2026 - (Switch 2, PC)
- Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement - 2026 - (PS5)
- Bluey's Happy Snaps - Fall 2026 - (PS5, Switch 1/2, Xbox, PC)
- Borderlands 4 - TBA - (Switch 2)
- Bradley the Badger - 2026 - (PC)
- Brigandine: Abyss - 2026 - (PS5, Switch 2, Xbox, PC)
- Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters - 2026 - (Switch)
- Castlevania: Belmont's Curse - 2026 - (PS5, Switch, Xbox, PC)
- Chronicles: Medieval - 2026 - (PC)
- Chronoscript: The Endless End - 2026 - (PS5, PC)
- Clockwork Revolution - TBA - (Xbox, PC)
- Contraband - TBA - (Xbox, PC)
- Control Resonant - 2026 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Coven of the Chicken Foot - TBA - (PC)
- Crimson Moon - 2026 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Danganronpa 2x2 - 2026 - (Switch, Switch 2)
- Deus Ex Remastered - TBA - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Directive 8020: A Dark Pictures Game - H1 2026 - (PS5)
- Divinity - TBA
- Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 - 2027 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- The Duskbloods - 2026 - (Switch 2)
- Dynasty Warriors 3 Complete Edition Remastered - TBA - (PS5, Switch, Switch 2, Xbox, PC)
- Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition - 2026 - (Switch 2)
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered - 2026 - (Switch 2)
- The Eternal Life of Goldman - Holiday 2025 - (PS5, Switch, Xbox, PC)
- Exodus - early 2027 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- The Expanse: Osiris Reborn - Spring 2027 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Fable - Fall 2026 - (Xbox, PS5, PC)
- Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave - 2026 - (Switch 2)
- Forever Ago - Fall 2026 - (PS5, Switch 2, Xbox, PC)
- The Free Shepherd - 2027 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Frostpunk 1886 - 2027 - (PC)
- Game of Thrones: War for Westeros - 2026 - (PC)
- Gang of Dragon - TBA
- Gears of War: E-Day - TBA - (Xbox, PC)
- God of War Trilogy Remake - TBA - (PS5)
- Hail Macbeth - Q1 2026 - (PC)
- Heave Ho 2 - Summer 2026 - (Switch 2)
- Hela - 2026 - (Switch 2)
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction - Summer 2026 - (PS5, Switch, Xbox, PC)
- Horizon Hunter's Gathering - TBA - (PS5, PC)
- Hunter: The Reckoning - Deathwish - Summer 2027 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- ILL - TBA - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle - 2026 - (Switch 2)
- Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet - TBA - (PS5)
- Invincible Vs - 2026 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- John Wick - TBA - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Judas - TBA - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Jurassic Park: Survival - TBA - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Kena: Scars of Kosmora - 2026 - (PS5, PC)
- Kyoto Xanadu - Summer 2026 - (Switch 1/2)
- Little Devil Inside - TBA - (PS5, Switch, Xbox)
- Lord of the Fallen 2 - 2026 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra - TBA
- Marvel's Blade - TBA - (Xbox, PC)
- Mega Man: Dual Override - 2027
- Metro 2039 - Winter 2026-27 (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Minecraft Dungeons 2 - 2026 - (PS5, Switch 1/2, Xbox, PC)
- Mio: Memories in Orbit - 2025 - (Switch)
- Moonlighter 2 - 2026 - (Switch 2)
- Moosa Dirty Fate - 2027 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Mortal Shell 2 - 2026 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Mudang: Two Hearts - 2026 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- No Law - TBA - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- OD - TBA - (Xbox)
- Okami 2 - TBA
- Onimusha: Way of the Sword - 2026 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Ontos - 2026 - (Xbox, PC)
- Orbitals - Summer 2026 - (Switch 2)
- Order of the Sinking Star - 2026 - (PC)
- Persona 4 Revival - TBA - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Phantom Hellcat - TBA - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Phasmophobia - 2026 - (Switch 2)
- Professor Layton and the New World of Steam - 2026 - (PS5, Switch 1/2, PC)
- Project Windless - TBA - (PS5)
- PVKK - Summer 2026 - (PC)
- RAEV: Kingdom on the Distant Shores (early access) - 2026 - (PC)
- Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy - 2026 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Rev. Noir - TBA - (PS5)
- Road Kings - 2026 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Romeo Is a Dead Man - 2026 (PS5)
- Sea of Remnants - 2026 - (PS5)
- Serious Sam: SHatterverse - 2026 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- The Sinking City 2 - 2026 - (Xbox, PC)
- Solo Leveling Arise Overdrive - 2026 - (Xbox, PC)
- South of Midnight - Spring 2026 - (PS5, Switch 2)
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope (DLC) - Summer 2026 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic - TBA - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake - TBA - (PS5)
- State of Decay 3 - TBA (Xbox, PC)
- STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT - 2026 - (PC)
- Stranger Than Heaven - TBA - (Xbox)
- Terminator: Survivors - TBA - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- There Are No Ghosts at the Grand - 2026 - (Xbox, PC)
- Tides of Annihilation - TBA - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Tomb Raider: Catalyst - 2027 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis - 2026 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Total War: Warhammer 40,000 - TBA - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Turok Origins - Fall 2026 - (PS5, Switch 2, Xbox, PC)
- Valheim - 2026 - (Switch 2)
- Valor Mortis - TBA - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Village in the Shade - Fall 2026 - (PS5, Switch 1/2, PC)
- Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 - 2026 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy - TBA (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 - 2026 (PC)
- Warhammer Survivor - 2026 (PC)
- Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons - 2027
- Witchbrook - 2026 - (Switch, Xbox, PC)
- The Witcher 4 - TBA
- The Wolf Among Us 2 - TBA - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Woodo - Summer 2026 - (Switch 1/2, PC)
- Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver - TBA - (PC)
- Yakoh Shinobi Ops - 2027 - (PS5, PC)
For more release dates, check out our ongoing list of 4K UHD and Blu-ray release dates as well as all of the upcoming LEGO release dates.
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