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
September 2021
- Life is Strange: True Colors (September 10)
October 2021
Fall 2021
- Elite Dangerous: Odyssey (Fall 2021)
- Eternal Threads (Fall 2021)
- Halo Infinite (Fall 2021) - Pre-order Physical, Digital
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
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)
- Eternal Threads (Fall 2021)
December 2021
- Dying Light 2 (December 7)
January 2022
- Project Athia (January TBD)
Release Date TBD
- 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
- Pragmata
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake - Pre-order Physical, Digital
- Psychonauts 2
- Rainbow Six: Quarantine
- Remothered: Broken Porcelain
- Riders Republic - Pre-order Physical, Digital
- Scarlet Nexus
- System Shock Remastered
- Tales of Arise
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Quarantine
- Twin Mirror
- Vader Immortal
- Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2
Nintendo Switch
August 2021
- RiMS Racing (August 19)
- King's Bounty II (August 24)
- No More Heroes 3 (August 27) - Pre-order Physical, Digital
- Blood Bowl 3 (August TBD)
Summer 2021
- Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny
- Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
- Samurai Warriors 5
- Spelunky
- Spelunky 2
- The Outer Wilds
November 2021
- Pokémon Brilliant Diamond (November 19)
- Pokémon Shining Pearl (November 19)
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
- 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
- Surviving the Aftermath
- The Good Life
- Vigor
- WRC 9
- Youropa
PC
August 2021
- In Sound Mind (August 3)
- Humankind (August 17)
- RiMS Racing (August 19)
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits (August 24)
- King's Bounty II (August 24)
- New World (August 31)
- Blood Bowl 3 (August TBD)
- ExoMecha (August TBD)
- Soup Pot (August TBD)
September 2021
- Life is Strange: True Colors (September 10)
- 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
- Destiny 2: The Witch Queen
- Digimon Survive
- Drive Buy
- Dual Universe
- Dustborn
- Eastward
- Echo Generation
- Elden Ring
- Elite Dangerous: Odyssey
- Endling
- Epic Chef
- Eternal Threads
- 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
- 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
- Metal: Hellsinger
- Mineko's Night Market
- No Place For Bravery
- 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
- Rogue Lords
- Roller Champions
- Sable
- Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual
- Scavengers
- Seed of Life
- Session
- Shadow Warrior 3
- She Dreams Elsewhere
- Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One
- SkateBIRD
- Skull & Bones
- Smash Ball
- STALKER 2
- Surviving The Aftermath
- System Shock Remastered
- The Artful Escape
- The Good Life
- The Gunk
- The Invincible
- The Lord of the Rings – Gollum
- The Outlast Trials
- 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