2023 upcoming games: PC video game release dates schedule

What upcoming games are releasing on PC in 2023? 2023 is well underway now, and as we push beyond the first few months it seems like PC gamers are about to have more top-tier games than there are hours in the day to play them.

From Starfield to Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, from Redfall to Final Fantasy 16, there's an awful lot to be excited about as a PC gamer in 2023. With numerous delays pushing games from the past two years into 2023, we've got a lot of games to talk about in the coming months.

If you're struggling to keep track of all the delays and release dates for the dozens upon dozens of games you're excited to try out this year, fear not. Below we'll walk you through the current release schedule for well over 200 upcoming PC games releasing in 2023, with short descriptions for each one. So have a scroll through and see what catches your eye!

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2023 upcoming PC games release schedule

January

• Aquatico - January 12th (Build your own underwater cities)
• One Piece Odyssey - January 13th (Colourful anime RPG set in the One Piece universe)
• SimRail: The Railway Simulator - January 13th (The latest, most advanced train sim)
• Surviving The Abyss - January 17th (Manage an underwater cloning facility)
• Farlanders - January 17th (Satisfying turn-based Mars-terraforming sim)
• Persona 3 Portable - January 19th (The 2006 Persona game comes to PC)
• Tortuga: A Pirate's Tale - January 19th (Sail the seas in this turn-based strategy sim)
• Rain World: Downpour - January 19th (Expanding gaming's greatest ecosystem)
• A Space For The Unbound - January 19th (A pixel art adventure game set in Indonesia)
• Colossal Cave - January 19th (Reimagining the old text adventure game from 1976)
• Forspoken - January 24th (Big magical action-RPG with a focus on traversal)
• Mahokenshi - January 24th (Samurai turn-based tactics game on a lovely hex map)
• Warlander - January 24th (Cartoon-esque third-person Chivalry)
• Hitman: World Of Assassination - January 26th (Combining all 3 games into 1)
• Dead Space Remake - January 27th (The classic sci-fi horror story returns)
• Atone: Heart Of The Elder Tree - January 27th (Hand-drawn adventure in Norse myth)
• Industries Of Titan - January 31st (Off-world industrial city-builder)
• Inkulinati - January 31st (Medieval ink-based Darkest Dungeon)
• Superfuse - January 31st (Bright and gory sci-fi Diablo-like)
• Warhammer Age Of Sigmar: Soul Arena - January 31st (Warhammer autobattler)

February

• Deliver Us Mars - February 2nd (Atmospheric story-driven Mars adventure)
• Clash: Artifacts Of Chaos - February 9th (Martial arts game in the Zeno Clash universe)
• Hogwarts Legacy - February 10th (Open-world Harry Potter RPG set in the 1800s)
• Wanted: Dead - February 14th (Cyberpunk slasher/shooter from Ninja Gaiden devs)
• Pharaoh: A New Era - February 15th (Remake of the beloved 1999 city-builder)
• Elderand - February 16th (Demonic metroidvania)
• Wild West Dynasty - February 16th (Build your own wild west ranch)
• Wild Hearts - February 16th (Dynasty Warriors devs take on Monster Hunter)
• Birth - February 17th (Collect bones and organs in this weird lonely puzzle game)
• The Settlers: New Allies - February 17th (Reboot of the city-builder series)
• Atomic Heart - February 21st (Bright, baffling, chaotic robot-filled FPS)
• Like A Dragon: Ishin! - February 21st (Samurai slash-em-up set in the Yakuza universe)
• Redemption Reapers - February 22nd (Dark fantasy sim with tactical battles)
• Aces & Adventures - February 23rd (Fully voiced poker-esque deckbuilder)
• Company Of Heroes 3 - February 23rd (WW2 real-time tactics sequel)
• Blood Bowl 3 - February 23rd (The latest iteration of OrcBall)
• Sons Of The Forest - February 23rd (Crafting survival sequel, with added cannibals)
• Atelier Ryza 3 - February 24th (Rounding off the Japanese RPG trilogy)
• Kerbal Space Program 2 - February 24th (Try and fail to send Kerbals into space)
• Octopath Traveler 2 - February 24th (Sequel to the 2018 turn-based JRPG)
• The Pale Beyond - February 24th (Choice-driven management survival set on the ice)
• Destiny 2: Lightfall - February 28th (The newest expansion approach-eth)
• Scars Above - February 28th (Explore an alien world in this 3rd person shooter)

March

• Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty - March 3rd (Defeat giant bosses from Chinese myth)
• Dead Cells: Return To Castlevania - March 6th (Castlevania-inspired Dead Cells DLC)
• Romancelvania - March 7th (Quirky vampire dating sim)
• Lakeburg Legacies - March 9th (Turn-based tactics They Are Billions)
• Tchia - March 21st (Gorgeous open-world game inspired by New Caledonia)
• Have A Nice Death - March 22nd (Hades-y roguelite platformer exits Early Access)
• Storyteller - March 23rd (Cute puzzle game about creating stories from panels)
• Resident Evil 4 - March 24th (A modern reimagining of the original)
• Crime Boss: Rockay City - March 28th (FPS crime game with a Hollywood cast)
• Terra Nil - March 28th ("Reverse city-builder" about turning ruined land lush again)
• The Last Of Us Part 1 - March 28th (The story of Joel and Ellie comes to PC)
• Smalland - March 29th (Grounded-esque multiplayer survival game)
• Dredge - March 30th (Eldritch fishing adventure game)
• The Great War: Western Front - March 30th (Ambitious, complex WW1 RTS)

April

• Meet Your Maker - April 4th (FPS raiding game with huge focus on building)
• Everspace 2 - April 6th (Slick space pilot looter shooter sequel)
• Oxygen - April 7th (City builder set in a post-apocalypse with no oxygen)
• PGA Tour - April 7th (EA's newest major golf sim)
• Ghostware: Arena Of The Dead - April 12th (A wizard trapped you in a retro FPS)
• God Of Rock - April 18th (Over-the-top competitive rhythm-based fighting game)
• Minecraft Legends - April 18th (Minecraft, but it's a tactical strategy game)
• Stray Blade - April 20th (Action-adventure game with fast melee combat)
• Dead Island 2 - April 21st (Sequel to the bombastic zombie-fighting RPG)
• Roots Of Pacha - April 25th (Charming Stone Age Stardew Valley-like)
• Afterimage - April 26th (Striking hand-drawn metroidvania)
• Honkai: Star Rail - April 26th (Sci-fi tactics RPG from the creators of Genshin Impact)
• Bramble: The Mountain King - April 27th (Horror-tinted Norse-inspired adventure game)
• The Last Case Of Benedict Fox - April 27th (Metroidvania set in a Lovecraftian world)
• Star Wars Jedi: Survivor - April 28th (Continuing the tale of Jedi Cal Kestis and BD-1)
• Lichenvale - April (90s-style fast-paced hack-n-slash)
• Shardpunk: Verminfall - April (Bunker-set XCOM-like with steampunk weapons)
• Star Trek: Resurgence - April (Cinematic story game in the Star Trek universe)
• Tron: Identity - April (Mystery visual novel set in the TRON universe)

May

• Age Of Wonders 4 - May 2nd (Triumph's latest high fantasy 4X game)
• Redfall - May 2nd (Far Cry-esque co-op FPS from Dishonored devs)
• Hometopia - May 5th (Build, decorate, and share your perfect home)
• Darkest Dungeon 2 - May 8th (Grim stress simulator comes out of Early Access)
• Midautumn - May 9th (Stylish dungeon-crawler set in Grandma's basement)
• Amnesia: The Bunker - May 16th (FPS horror game set in a WW1 bunker)
• Endless Dungeon - May 18th (Amplitude's reimagining of Dungeon Of The Endless)
• The Outlast Trials - May 18th (Cold War-era horror prequel to Outlast 2)
• Inkbound - May 22nd (Vibrant turn-based roguelite from Monster Train devs)
• Miasma Chronicles - May 23rd (Action-adventure RPG by Mutant Year Zero devs)
• Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League - May 26th (Rocksteady. Nuff said.)
• System Shock Remastered - May 30th (Remake of the iconic 1994 sci-fi horror)
• Arran: The Book Of Heroes - May (Stylish Diablo-like in dark fantasy setting)
• WrestleQuest - May (Pixel art wrestling RPG, reminiscent of Punch Club)

June

• Street Fighter 6 - June 2nd (The latest in Capcom's venerable fighting series)
• Diablo 4 - June 6th (Lilith, Daughter Of Hatred, is up to no good)
• Mask Of The Rose - June 8th (Fancy dating sim by the Sunless Sea/Skies devs)
• Aliens: Dark Descent - June 20th (Squad-based tactics RTS in the Alien universe)
• Final Fantasy 16 - June 22nd (The latest in probably the world's best-known RPG series)
• Assassin's Creed: Mirage - June 30th (A return to Assassin's Creed roots)
• Book Of Hours - June (A no-combat occult RPG by Cultist Simulator devs)
• Dead Matter - June (Open-world zombie survival with hints of Tarkov)
• Layers Of Fears - June (Exploration horror sequel to Layers Of Fear 1/2)

July

• The Legend Of Heroes: Trails Into Reverie - July 7th (The 2020 JRPG's English release)
• Atelier Marie Remake - July 13th (Remake of the very first Atelier game)

August

• Atlas Fallen - August 10th (Desert-based action RPG with sand-based magic)
• City Of Murals - August 16th (A crazy colourful roguelite with giant fuzzy spiders)
• Sea Of Stars - August 29th (Pretty retro turn-based RPG)
• Baldur's Gate 3 - August 31st (Larian's massive RPG exits Early Access)
• Lies Of P - August (Soulslike with Pinocchio)

September

• War Of Dragnorox - September 1st (Free fantasy MMO controlled by live DMs)
• Starfield - September 6th (Bethesda's new space epic RPG)
• Mall Craze - September 19th (A bright and busy mall management sim)
• Ad Infinitum - September (WW1-set psychological horror game)
• RoboCop: Rogue City - September (Protect the innocent and uphold the law)

October

There are currently no games of note scheduled for an October release. But check back soon and it may be a different story!

November

• Twilight Wars - November 9th (Darkest Dungeon-esque cyberpunk dungeon crawler)
• The Day Before - November 10th (MMO survival game set in zombie-overrun USA)

December

• Call Of Myth - December 11th (Lovecraftian CCG where sanity is a key resource)
• Castle Manager - December (Fallout Shelter-y medieval castle management sim)
• Paradize Project - December (Project Zomboid but with zombie mind-control)
• Stalker 2: Heart Of Chornobyl - December (Atmospheric FPS set in Chernobyl)

TBA

• Killer Klowns From Outer Space - Early 2023 (Asymmetrical clown horror game)
• Ravenlok - Early 2023 (Fairytale-esque action RPG)
• After Us - Spring 2023 (Journey-esque adventure in a post-human world)
• Lightyear Frontier - Spring 2023 (Tranquil off-world farming game... with mechs)
• Lord Of The Rings: Return To Moria - Spring 2023 (LOTR dwarven survival crafting game)
• Teslagrad 2 - Spring 2023 (2D adventure platformer with electricity-based puzzles)
• Banchou Tactics - Q1 2023 (Isometric turn-based RPG set in gangster high school)
• Wildfrost - Q1 2023 (Deckbuilding roguelite set on a frozen tundra)
• Arcadian Atlas - Summer 2023 (Isometric pixel-art tactics RPG)
• Counter-Strike 2 - Summer 2023 (Valve's Source 2 follow-up to the legendary FPS)
• Nimoyd - Summer 2023 (Pretty isometric crafting survival sandbox)
• Remnant 2 - Summer 2023 (Soulslike sequel to Remnant: From The Ashes)
• The Expanse: A Telltale Series - Summer 2023 (It's all in the title)
• Crimson Tactics - Q2 2023 (Turn-based tactics in a medieval high fantasy world)
• Nemire - Q2 2023 (Turn-based tactics RPG where you're the villain)
• Untamed Tactics - Q2 2023 (Turn-based RPG set in Untamed Feral Factions universe)
• Lakeburg Legacies - Q2 2023 (Village management and lineage sim by The Last Spell devs)
• Planet Of Lana - Q2 2023 (Beautiful adventure platformer in a world of machines)
• The Lord Of The Rings: Gollum - Q2-Q3 2023 (Play as Gollum!)
• Hyper Light Breaker - Autumn 2023 (Fully 3D sequel to Hyper Light Drifter)
• Bomb Rush Cyberfunk - Q3 2023 (Musical skateboarding graffiti-painting)
• Cyber Knights: Flashpoint - Q3 2023 (Cyberpunk CRPG commanding a group of mercs)
• Rin: The Last Child - Q3 2023 (Eerie metroidvania set in a dark fairytale-esque world)
• Crimson Desert - Q2 2023 (Open-world action game set in Black Desert universe)
• House Flipper 2 - Q3 2023 (Renovate even more houses)
• Outpost: Infinity Siege - Q3 2023 (Ambitious first-person wave defence with TD elements)
• Songs Of Conquest - Q3 2023 (Turn-based strategy and kingdom management)
• Forza Motorsport - Q3-Q4 2023 (The first non-Horizon Forza game in 6 years)
• Dark And Darker - Q4 2023 (Dungeon-crawling Tarkov-like with melee combat and traps)
• Ghostrunner 2 - Q4 2023 (Sequel to the wall-running sci-fi slash-em-up)
• A Highland Song - 2023 (Adventure platformer with lovely watercolour-like visuals)
• Alan Wake 2 - 2023 (Sequel to Remedy's 2010 psychological horror game)
• Alliance Of The Sacred Suns - 2023 (Crusader Kings, but in space)
• Anger Foot - 2023 (Loud angry FPS where your main weapon is your kick)
• ARK 2 - 2023 (Long-awaited sequel to everyone's favourite dino-em-up)
• Armored Core 6: Fires Of Rubicon - 2023 (FromSoft returns to their pre-Souls mech series)
• Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora - 2023 (Ubisoft's first-person Avatar open-world RPG)
• Banishers: Ghosts Of New Eden - 2023 (Story-focused action RPG with ghosts)
• Blue Protocol - 2023 (Bandai Namco and Amazon's answer to Genshin Impact)
• Boundary - 2023 (A PvP FPS set in outer space with no gravity)
• Broken Roads - 2023 (Disco Elysium-esque RPG set in post-apocalyptic Australia)
• Capes - 2023 (XCOM-like about superheroes in a world where villains won)
• Chrono Odyssey - 2023 (Ambitious fantasy MMORPG by South Korean studio NPIXEL)
• Cocoon - 2023 (World-hopping puzzle game by ex-Limbo/Inside dev)
• Creature Keeper - 2023 (Cute old-school Pokemon-like)
• Crown Wars: The Black Prince - 2023 (Turn-based strategy set in the 100 Years' War)
• Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - 2023 (Cyberpunk expansion starring Idris Elba)
• Demonschool - 2023 (University-set tactics RPG with demons)
• Desktop Dungeons: Rewind - 2023 (Modern remake of the old tower defence game)
• Dune: Spice Wars - 2023 (Excellent Dune RTS by Northgard devs leaves Early Access)
• Dungeons 4 - 2023 (Make and maintain giant dungeons in this city-builder)
• Earth From Another Sun - 2023 (FPS RPG sandbox about galactic domination)
• Edge Of Sanity - 2023 (2D survival game with Darkest Dungeon vibes)
• El Paso, Elsewhere - 2023 (Retro neo-noir 3rd-person shooter about vampires)
• Flashback 2 - 2023 (30-years-later sequel to the 1992 platformer)
• Flintlock: The Siege Of Dawn - 2023 (Soulslike where you fight gods with guns)
• For The King 2 - 2023 (Sequel to the popular turn-based co-op roguelite RPG)
• Forever Skies - 2023 (Subnautica, but high up in post-apocalypse clouds)
• Gord - 2023 (Challenging real-time survival colony sim)
• Hollow Knight: Silksong - 2023 (Much-awaited sequel to the beloved soulslike platformer)
• Homeworld 3 - 2023 (Modern sequel to the highly regarded 00's sci-fi RTS)
• Howl - 2023 (Into The Breach-esque turn-based tactics)
• HYENAS - 2023 (Sci-fi multiplayer FPS by Creative Assembly)
• Immortals Of Aveum - 2023 (Flashy FPS with magic instead of guns )
• Jumplight Odyssey - 2023 (Roguelite starship colony sim)
• Kaku: Ancient Seal - 2023 (Cute and colourful open-world action adventure)
• Laysara: Summit Kingdom - 2023 (Gorgeous mountain-side city-builder)
• Lollipop Chainsaw - 2023 (Remake of the original hack-n-slasher)
• Lorn's Lure - 2023 (Parkour through an abandoned megastructure)
• Manor Lords - 2023 (Grand strategy city-builder with Total War-style battles)
• Mars First Logistics - 2023 (Drone-building game about ferrying items across Mars)
• Men Of War 2 - 2023 (WW2 RTS sequel to the 2009 original)
• Metal Slug Tactics - 2023 (Isometric roguelite tactics game in the Metal Slug series)
• Moving Out 2 - 2023 (Sequel to the hectic physics-based furniture moving sim)
• Nightingale - 2023 (Steampunk fantasy survival game by ex-Bioware devs)
• Off The Grid - 2023 (NFT cyberpunk battle royale by Neill Blomkamp)
• Oxenfree 2 - 2023 (Equally eerie sequel to the beloved exploration game)
• Palworld - 2023 (Open-world Pokemon-like with survival crafting elements)
• Paper Trail - 2023 (Ingenious puzzle game about folding paper)
• Park Beyond - 2023 (Ambitious park management sim)
• Party Animals - 2023 (Cute physics-based party game where you play as pets)
• Payday 3 - 2023 (Highly anticipated co-op shooter sequel)
• Pepper Grinder - 2023 (2D platformer about dolphin-diving through the earth)
• Railroads & Catacombs - 2023 (Roguelite deckbuilder, with trains)
• Replaced - 2023 (2D side-on action adventure set in a grimy sci-fi world)
• Risk Of Rain Returns - 2023 (Remaster of the original 2D Risk Of Rain)
• Rōnin Trail - 2023 (Atmospheric voxel soulslike set in Japan)
• SCHiM - 2023 (Puzzle game about jumping between shadows)
• Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew - 2023 (Mimimi's new magical stealth-em-up)
• Shadows Of Doubt - 2023 (Detective stealth game set in fully simulated city)
• Skate Story - 2023 (Stylised skateboarding exploration, with demons)
• Snufkin: Melody Of Moominvalley - 2023 (Hand-drawn musical adventure game)
• Solium Infernum - 2023 (Hellish turn-based grand strategy)
• Songs Of Glimmerwick - 2023 (Witch-y RPG where magic is performed through song)
• SteamWorld Build - 2023 (SteamWorld city-builder with literal depth)
• Tape To Tape - 2023 (Ice hockey roguelite with surprisingly solid mechanics)
• Techtonica - 2023 (3D first-person factory-builder set underground)
• Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown - 2023 (Vroom vroom across 1:1 scale Hong Kong)
• The Division Heartland - 2023 (New free-to-play third-person looter shooter)
• The Invincible - 2023 (Atompunk first-person adventure game)
• The Lamplighters League - 2023 (1930s strategy by the BattleTech & Shadowrun devs)
• The Lords Of The Fallen - 2023 (Fight demons in the dark fantasy soulslike sequel)
• Townseek - 2023 (Cheerful airship exploration and management game )
• Viewfinder - 2023 (Mind-bending first-person puzzle game about photos)
• Voidtrain - 2023 (Survival crafting game set on an interdimensional train)
• Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun - 2023 (90s-style FPS set in the Warhammer universe)
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 - 2023 (Sequel to the WH hack-n-slash game)
• Wartales - 2023 (Open-world tactics RPG by Northgard devs)
• Wayfinder - 2023 (Fantasy MMO from the Battle Chasers: Nightwar devs)
• Wizard With A Gun - 2023 (Co-op sandbox survival with Don't Starve vibes)
• Zephon - 2023 (Apocalyptic 4X strategy by the 40k Gladius creators)
• Zoria: Age Of Shattering - 2023 (Classic dungeon-crawling CRPG)
• Age Of Water - TBA (MMO set in a flooded Earth)
• AK-xolotl - TBA (Play as an axolotl in this colourful Isaac-like roguelite)
• Blight: Survival - TBA (3rd person medieval action-horror roguelite)
• Cities: Skylines II - TBA (Bigger and badder city-building sequel)
• Crysis 4 - TBA (Crytek's latest nanosuit FPS)
• Dreamsettler - TBA (Surreal internet simulator by Hypnospace Outlaw devs)
• Everywhere - TBA (Insanely ambitious GTA-like by former GTA devs)
• Frostpunk 2 - TBA (City-builder sequel set on an iced over Earth)
• Hades 2 - TBA (Supergiant's first ever sequel!)
• Harold Halibut - TBA (Indie walking sim set on a city-sized colony spaceship)
• Haunted Chocolatier - TBA (Life sim-esque Action-RPG by Stardew Valley developer)
• Hytale - TBA (Long-awaited Minecraft-like by the Hypixel devs)
• Little Kitty, Big City - TBA (Feline walking simulator)
• Moonlight In Garland - TBA (Cosy sandbox life sim)
• My Time At Sandrock - TBA (Wholesome life sim set in the wild west)
• N1RV Ann-A - TBA (Cyberpunk bartending visual novel)
• NAIAD - TBA (Relaxing puzzle adventure about floating downriver)
• Nighthawks - TBA (Dark visual novel about being a vampire)
• OPUS: Prism Peak - TBA (Take photos while lost in a dreamlike world)
• Pixel Tactics Online - TBA (Grid-based pixel art turn-based tactics)
• Prince Of Persia: Sands Of Time Remake - TBA (Bringing the original to a modern audience)
• Rift of the Necrodancer - TBA (Rhythm roguelite spinoff of Crypt Of The Necrodancer)
• Rogue North - TBA (Top-down survival shooter set in frozen Canadian warzone)
• Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 - TBA (A gorgeous sequel to 2017's Senua's Sacrifice)
• Shapez 2 - TBA (3D sequel to the minimalist factory-builder)
• She Dreams Elsewhere - TBA (Surreal monochrome RPG about dreams)
• Silent Hill 2 - TBA (Remake of the 2001 survival horror game)
• Silent Hill: Townfall - TBA (Mysterious new Silent Hill game)
• Skull And Bones - TBA (Ubisoft's new yo-ho-yo-ho simulator)
• State Of Decay 3 - TBA (The 3rd instalment of the zombie survival RPG series)
• Tempest Rising - TBA (Old-school RTS set on Earth after a nuclear apocalypse)
• The Elder Scrolls VI - TBA (One can dream, right?)
• The First Descendant - TBA (Sci-fi third-person co-op shooter made in UE5)
• The Front - TBA (Open-world survival game set in both future and (zombie) past)
• The Gap - TBA (Sombre family-oriented walking sim)
• The Wandering Village - TBA (City-builder set on the back of a giant creature)
• Thirsty Suitors - TBA (Fight your exes in turn-based battles)
• Under The Waves - TBA (Story-driven underwater exploration game)
• Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 - TBA (Vampires!)
• Witchbrook - TBA (Witchcraft life sim RPG by Chucklefish)
• Witchfire - TBA (Fantasy roguelite shooter with guns and magic)
• Wood And Weather - TBA (Cute god simulator with fantastic god hand animations)
• XDefiant - TBA (6v6 team-based hero FPS by Ubisoft)
• Zenless Zone Zero - TBA (Urban fantasy RPG by Genshin Impact devs)