If you're wondering what games to expect in 2021, we've put them all here in one convenient location. This list will be updated over time as new games are announced, revealed, or delayed. Given all the delays we've seen over the past year, we'd recommend bookmarking this page, so you can see the latest and greatest as you plan out your gaming budget!
You can jump to your platform of choice here:
Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One
April 2021
- Outriders (April 1) - Pre-order Physical, Digital
- Borderlands 3: Director's Cut (April 8)
- MLB The Show 21 (April 20) - Pre-order Digital
- MotoGP 21 (April 22)
- Nier Replicant (April 22) - Pre-order Physical, Digital
- R-Type Final 2 (April 30) - Pre-order Digital
- Eternal Threads (April TBD)
May 2021
- Skate City (May 6)
- Resident Evil Village (May 7)
- Hood: Outlaws & Legends (May 7) - Pre-order Digital
- Trash Sailors (May 10)
- Hood: Outlaws and Legends (May 10)
- Mass Effect: Legendary Edition (May 14)
- Subnautica: Below Zero (May 14)
- Knockout City (May 21)
- Biomutant (May 25) - Pre-order Physical, Digital
June 2021
- Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance (June 22)
October 2021
Fall 2021
Release Date TBD
- Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
- As Dusk Falls
- The Ascent
- Avowed
- Bright Memory Infinite
- Chorus
- Control Ultimate Edition
- Crossfire X
- Dying Light 2
- Echo Generation
- Elden Ring
- Everwild
- Evil West
- Exomecha
- Fable
- Far Cry 6 - Pre-order Physical, Digital
- Forza Motorsport
- Grounded
- The Gunk
- Hello Neighbor 2
- Hogwarts Legacy
- LEGO Star Wars: Skywalker Saga (Spring 2021) - Pre-order Physical, Digital
- The Medium
- Outriders
- Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis
- Pragmata
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake - Pre-order Physical, Digital
- Psychonauts 2
- Rainbow Six: Quarantine
- Resident Evil Village
- Riders Republic - Pre-order Physical, Digital
- Scarlet Nexus
- Scorn
- Second Extinction
- Senua's Saga: Hellblade II
- Shovel Knight Showdown
- STALKER 2
- State of Decay 3
- Super Meat Boy Forever
- System Shock Remastered
- Tales of Arise
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Quarantine
- Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2
- Warhammer 40,000: Dark Tide
PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4
April 2021
- Outriders (April 1) - Pre-order Physical, Digital
- Oddworld: Soul Storm (April 6) - Pre-order Digital
- Star Wars Republic Commando (April 6)
- Borderlands 3: Director's Cut (April 8)
- Poison Control (April 13)
- SaGa Frontier Remastered (April 15)
- MLB The Show 21 (April 20) - Pre-order Digital
- Atelier Mysterious (April 22)
- MotoGP 21 (April 22)
- Nier Replicant (April 23) - Pre-order Physical, Digital
- Star Wars Pinball VR (April 29)
- Returnal (April 30)
- R-Type Final 2 (April 30)
- Eternal Threads (April TBD)
May 2021
- Skate City (May 6)
- Hood: Outlaws & Legends (May 7) - Pre-order Digital
- Resident Evil Village (May 7)
- Mass Effect: Legendary Edition (May 14)
- Subnautica: Below Zero (May 14)
- Knockout City (May 21)
- Biomutant (May 25) - Pre-order Physical
June 2021
- Guilty Gear Strive (June 11) - Pre-order Physical, Digital
- Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance (June 22)
- Solar Ash (June TBD)
July 2021
- Little Devil Inside (July TBD)
September 2021
October 2021
- Back 4 Blood (October 12) - Pre-order Physical, Digital
- Stray (October TBD)
- Ghostwire: Tokyo (October TBD)
Fall 2021
- Elite Dangerous: Odyssey (Fall 2021)
January 2022
- Project Athia (January TBD)
Release Date TBD
- Dying Light
- Elden Ring
- Evil West
- Far Cry 6 - Pre-order Physical
- Final Fantasy XVI
- Five Nights at Freddy's Security Breach
- God of War: Ragnarok
- Goodbye Volcano High
- Gran Turismo 7
- Grand Theft Auto 5 (PS5)
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Horizon: Forbidden West
- Jett: The Far Shore
- LEGO Star Wars: Skywalker Saga (Spring 2021) - Pre-order Physical
- No Straight Roads
- Oddworld: Soulstorm
- Pragmata
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake - Pre-order Physical, Digital
- Psychonauts 2
- Rainbow Six: Quarantine
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Remothered: Broken Porcelain
- Resident Evil Village
- Riders Republic - Pre-order Physical, Digital
- Scarlet Nexus
- System Shock Remastered
- Tales of Arise
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Quarantine
- Twin Mirror
- Vader Imortal - Summer 2020
- Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2
Nintendo Switch
April 2021
- Star Wars Republic (April 6)
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV (April 9)
- Poison Control (April 13)
- SaGa Frontier Remastered (April 15)
- Atelier Firis (April 22)
- Atelier Mysterious (April 22)
- Atelier Sophie (April 22)
- MotoGP 21 (April 22)
- Hoa (April TBD)
May 2021
- Skate City (May 6)
- The Missing Heir (May 14)
- The Girl Who Stands Behind (May 14)
- World’s End Club (May 28)
June 2021
- DC Super Hero Girls: Teen Power (June 4)
- Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection (June 10)
- Knockout City (June 21)
- The Legend of Mana (June 24)
- Mario Golf: Super Rush (June 25) - Pre-order Physical, Digital
July 2021
- Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin (July 9)
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD (July 16) - Pre-order Physical, Digital
August 2021
- No More Heroes 3 (August 27) - Pre-order Physical, Digital
Early 2021
- Blue Fire
- Subnautica: Below Zero
Spring 2021
- Surviving the Aftermath
Summer 2021
- Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny
- Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
- Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin
- Samurai Warriors 5
- Spelunky
- Spelunky 2
- The Outer Wilds
Release Date TBD
- Baldo The Guardian Owls
- Bear and Breakfast
- Boyfriend Dungeon
- Bullet Age
- Cris tales
- Dungeon Defenders: Awakened
- Eastward
- Eldest Souls
- Garden Story
- Griftlands
- Haven
- Hitman 3
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- King's Bounty II
- King of the Hat
- LEGO Star Wars: Skywalker Saga - Pre-order Physical
- Miitopia
- Mineko's Night Market
- Neon White
- New Pokemon Snap
- Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
- Project Tingle Strategy
- Quantum League
- Rune Factory 5
- Sail Forth
- Samurai Gunn 2
- Skater XL
- Sniper Elite 4 (Holiday 2020)
- Splatoon 3
- Sports Story
- Star Wars Hunters
- Stray
- Super Meat Boy Forever
- The Good Life
- Vigor
- WRC 9
- Youropa
PC
April 2021
- Outriders (April 1)
- Carrier Command 2 (April 1)
- Oddworld: Soulstorm (April 6)
- Borderlands 3: Director's Cut (April 8)
- Scarlet Hood and the Wicked (April 8)
- SaGa Frontier Remastered (April 15)
- Humankind (April 22)
- Nier Replicant ver. 1.22474487139 (April 23)
- MotoGP 21 (April 22)
- Atelier Mysterious Trilogy (April 22)
- Star Wars Pinball VR (April 22)
- R-Type FInal 2 (April 30)
- Hoa (April TBD)
- Ashwalkers (April TBD)
- Eternal Threads (April TBD)
May 2021
- Sayri: The Beginning (May 4)
- Skate City (May 6)
- Resident Evil Village (May 7)
- Trash Sailors (May 10)
- Hood: Outlaws and Legends (May 10)
- Mass Effect: Legendary Edition (May 14)
- Subnautica: Below Zero (May 14)
- Days Gone (May 18)
- Knockout city (May 21)
- Biomutant (May 25)
- Aerial Knight's Never Yield (May TBD)
June 2021
- Guilty Gear Strive (June 11)
- Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance (June 22)
Spring 2021
- Elite Dangerous: Odyssey (Spring 2021)
July 2021
- Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin (July 9)
September 2021
- Deathloop (September 14)
October 2021
- Back 4 Blood (October 12)
Release Date TBD
- 12 Minutes
- Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX
- ANNO: Mutationem
- Aragami 2
- As Dusk Falls
- Away: The Survival Series
- Babylon's Fall
- Backbone
- Baldo
- Balsa Model Flight Simulator
- Black Book
- Black Legend
- Blood Bowl 3
- Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
- Boyfriend Dungeon
- Braid: Anniversary Edition
- Bright Memory: Infinite
- Bullet Age
- Card Shark
- Cartel Tycoon
- Chivalry 2
- Chorus
- Circuit Superstars
- Crimson Desert
- Cris Tales
- Cyber Knights: Flashpoint
- Dangerous Driving 2
- Dark Alliance
- Destiny 2: The Witch Queen
- Digimon Survive
- Drive Buy
- Dual Universe
- Dustborn
- Eastward
- Echo Generation
- Elden Ring
- Elite Dangerous: Odyssey
- Endling
- Epic Chef
- Evil Genius 2: World Domination
- Evil West
- Exo One
- Far Cry 6
- Foreclosed
- Frozen Flame
- Garden Story
- GhostWire: Tokyo
- Goodbye Volcano High
- Gotham Knights
- Greak: Memories Of Azur
- Halo Infinite
- Heavenly Bodies
- Hello Neighbor 2
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Hood: Outlaws And Legends
- Hytale
- I Am Jesus Christ
- Imposter Factory
- In Sound Mind
- Industries Of Titan
- Jack Move
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits
- Kerbal Space Program 2
- Know By Heart
- Last Days of Lazarus
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
- Little Witch in the Woods
- Loop Hero
- Lost At Sea
- Lost in Random
- Lost Words: Beyond the Page
- Magic: Legends
- Main Assembly
- Maquette
- Mass Effect Legendary Edition
- Metal: Hellsinger
- Mineko's Night Market
- New World
- No Place For Bravery
- Oddworld: Soulstorm
- Operation: Tango
- Paradise Lost
- Paranoia: Happiness Is Mandatory
- Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis
- Phantom Breaker: Omnia
- Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time Remake
- ProtoCorgi
- Psychonauts 2
- Rainbow Six Quarantine
- Rawmen
- Read Only Memories: Neurodiver
- Recompile
- Resident Evil Village
- Riders Republic
- Rogue Lords
- Roguebook
- Roller Champions
- Sable
- SaGa Frontier Remastered
- Scavengers
- Seed of Life
- Session
- Shadow Warrior 3
- She Dreams Elsewhere
- Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One
- SkateBIRD
- Skull & Bones
- Smash Ball
- Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2
- STALKER 2
- Surviving The Aftermath
- System Shock Remastered
- The Artful Escape
- The Ascent
- The Good Life
- The Gunk
- The Invincible
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV
- The Lord of the Rings – Gollum
- The Outlast Trials
- The Settlers
- The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
- The Waylanders
- Tribes Of Midgard
- Tunche
- Ultimate Fishing Simulator 2
- UnDungeon
- Unknown 9: Awakening
- Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong
- Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2
- Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
- Way to the Woods
- We Are The Caretakers
- Weird West
- Where Cards Fall
- White Shadows
- Ys IX: Monstrum Nox