Two months down, and plenty of 2023 games still ahead. In March, we're closing out the year's first quarter with eagerly awaited games like Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, while we're due for remakes of some cherished favorites later in the month with Resident Evil 4, Last of Us Part 1, and System Shock. We only pick up pace from here, with some fresh Star Wars adventures in April and plenty of vampire vanquishing when Redfall hits in May.
Best of the best
2023 games: Upcoming releases
Best PC games: All-time favorites
Free PC games: Freebie fest
Best FPSes: Finest gunplay
Best MMOs: Massive worlds
Best RPGs: Grand adventures
We're in an era of game delays, with the pandemic years seeing an increase in big games willing to push back their release dates to get a bit more development time. Not even just once, either. Some are still getting multiple delays before they finally hit our game libraries. Still, even if some of these dates are extremely tentative, 2023 is going to be a huge year—particularly for RPGs. A lot of major releases and long-in-the-works sequels are targeting this year: Starfield's delay has us waiting for launch until September, Baldur's Gate 3's early access is planned to end with a full release in August, and of course Diablo 4 is scheduled to turn up too.
Hit the ground running and fill up your schedule with all the new games of 2023:
Biggest games releasing this month
Here are some of the heavy hitters arriving this month: Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty takes RPG action to Imperial China, Leon Kennedy spin-kicks back into the spotlight in the Resident Evil 4 remake, and it's gruff surrogate dad season in Last of Us Part 1. Check out all the other games launching this month further down the page in the new games of March section.
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(opens in new tab)2023 Games: January
Biggest January 2023 games
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- January 6, 2023 — We Are The Caretakers - Afrofuturist strategy RPG
- January 12, 2023 — One Piece Odyssey - A JRPG for everyone's favorite pirate anime
- January 12, 2023 — Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider - Retro action platformer
- January 19, 2023 — Persona 3 Portable - The PC port of the JRPG arrives
- January 19, 2023 — Tortuga: A Pirate's Tale - Turn-based piratical strategy
- January 24, 2023 — Forspoken - Magical parkour adventure
- January 24, 2023 — Mahokenshi - Samurai fantasy deckbuilder
- January 25, 2023 — Hi-Fi Rush - Rhythm-based action-adventure
- January 27, 2023 — Dead Space remake - Motive's space horror remake
- January 31, 2023 — Inkulinati (Early Access) - Medieval animal strategy
- January 31, 2023 — Warhammer AoS: Soul Arena - Age of Sigmar auto-battler
- January 31, 2023 — Season: A letter to the future - Atmospheric bicycle adventure
- January 31, 2023 — Superfuse - Superhero Diablo-like with moddable abilities
2023 Games: February
Biggest February 2023 games
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- February 2, 2023 — Deliver Us Mars - Story driven space mystery
- February 2, 2023 — Perish - Grisly shooter in Classical Purgatory
- February 2, 2023 — Tails: The Backbone Preludes - Vancouver adventure with furry folk
- February 3, 2023 — SpellForce: Conquest of Eo - Fantasy turn-based strategy RPG
- February 10, 2023 — Hogwarts Legacy - Wizarding world RPG
- February 14, 2023 — Blanc - Cute monochrome co-op adventure
- February 14, 2023 — Wanted: Dead - Cyberpunk zombie hack and slash
- February 15, 2023 — Pharaoh: A New Era - Remake of the classic city-builder
- February 15, 2023 — Returnal - PlayStation roguelike shooter hits PC
- February 17, 2023 — Gigantosaurus: Dino Kart - Welcome... to Jurassic Kart
- February 17, 2023 — The Settlers: New Allies (opens in new tab) - Ubisoft's RTS city-builder
- February 17, 2023 — Wild Hearts - A monster hunting game from EA
- February 20, 2023 — Atomic Heart - Sci-fi Soviet shooter
- February 20, 2023 — My Dream Setup - Build a better desk from your worse desk
- February 21, 2023 — Akka Arrh - Psychedelic arcade shooter
- February 21, 2023 — Like a Dragon: Ishin! - Yakuza samurai-era AU
- February 22, 2023 — Digimon World: Next Order - Digimon RPG with duo battles.
- February 22, 2023 — The Light Brigade - Roguelike VR shooter with magic WWII guns
- February 22, 2023 — Redemption Reapers - Dark fantasy tactics
- February 23, 2023 — Blood Bowl 3 - Fantasy football with goblins and gore
- February 23, 2023 — Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator - Restaurant management sim
- February 23, 2023 — Company of Heroes 3 - WW2 Mediterranean RTS
- February 23, 2023 — Sons of the Forest (Early Access) - Woodsy horror survival
- February 24, 2023 — Kerbal Space Program 2 (Early Access) - Physics disaster in space
- February 24, 2023 — Octopath Traveler 2 - Square Enix JRPG sequel
- February 24, 2023 — The Pale Beyond - Antarctic sailing expedition survival sim
- February 28, 2023 — Destiny 2: Lightfall - Destiny does cyberpunk
- February 28, 2023 — Dungeons of Aether- Dungeon crawler in Rivals of Aether setting
- February 28, 2023 — Scars Above - Body horror space adventure
2023 Games: March
Biggest March 2023 games
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- March 2, 2023 — Patch Quest - Creature-catching roguelike bullet hell
- March 3, 2023 — Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty - Three Kingdoms ARPG from Nioh devs
- March 7, 2023 — Outlanders - Pacifist city builder with cozy cel shading
- March 8, 2023 — Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse - Wii horror remaster
- March 9, 2023 — Clash: Artifacts of Chaos - "Weirdpunk" third-person brawler
- March 9, 2023 — Hellscreen (Early Access) - Boomer shooter with rearview
- March 9, 2023 — The Last Spell - Tactical roguelike for wizard disarmament
- March 9, 2023 — Master Plan Tycoon - Resource management simulator
- March 14, 2023 — The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure - New Trails universe entry
- March 14, 2023 — Terminal Velocity: Boosted Edition - Classic shareware shooter
- March 15, 2023 — Mortal Sin (Early Access) - Grungy horror action roguelike
- March 21, 2023 — Deceive Inc. - Gadget-heavy spy-vs-spy PVP
- March 21, 2023 — Tchia - Open-world adventure with animal body-hopping
- March 22, 2023 — Have a Nice Death - 2D tiny grim reaper soulslike
- March 23, 2023 — Storyteller - Extremely interactive fiction
- March 24, 2023 — Resident Evil 4 remake - Mr. Kennedy's big day out, again
- March 28, 2023 — Crime Boss: Rockay City - FPS with celebrity crime cameos
- March 28, 2023 — Last of Us Part 1 - Remastered Naughty Dog hit
- March 28, 2023 — Terra Nil - Reverse city-builder
- March 29, 2023 — Gripper - Cyberpunk bullet hell on motorcycle
- March 30, 2023 — Dredge - Sinister fishing sim with sea horrors
- March 30, 2023 — The Great War: Western Front - WWI RTS
- March 30, 2023 — Ravenbound - Norse open-world reincarnation roguelike
2023 Games: April
Biggest April 2023 games
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- April 1, 2023 — Crab Champions (Early Access) - Crab-person shooter
- April 4, 2023 — Meet Your Maker - Post-apocalyptic PvP base-builder
- April 4, 2023 — Road 96: Mile 0 - Prequel to the procgen roadtrip adventure
- April 6, 2023 — Everspace 2 - Open-world exploration-heavy starship shooter
- April 6, 2023 — Ravenswatch (Early Access) - Isometric action roguelike with folk heroes
- April 11, 2023 — Sherlock Holmes The Awakened - Holmes consults with the eldritch
- April 11, 2023 — Tron: Identity - Grid-based visual novel
- April 12, 2023 — Ghostware: Arena of the Dead (Early Access) - Arena FPS purgatory
- April 18, 2023 — God of Rock - Rhythm-based 2D fighter
- April 18, 2023 — The Mageseeker: A League of Legends story - Sylas top-down ARPG
- April 18, 2023 — Minecraft Legends - An action strategy spinoff
- April 19, 2023 — Moons of Darsalon - Lemmings-like astronaut rescue platformer
- April 20, 2023 — Greedventory - Grisly pixel art RPG with mouse-centric action
- April 20, 2023 — Otxo - Hotline Miami meets a monochrome roguelike
- April 20, 2023 — Stray Blade - Soulslike with El Dorado flavor
- April 21, 2023 — Dead Island 2 - Zombie survival RPG infects California
- April 25, 2023 — Afterimage - Colorful dreamlike metroidvania
- April 25, 2023 — Roots of Pacha - Stone Age Stardew Valley
- April 25, 2023 — Strayed Lights - Gorgeous glowy Souls-like adventure
- April 26, 2023 — Desta: The Memories Between - Dreamspace sport roguelike
- April 27, 2023 — Ash of Gods: The Way - Story-driven fantasy card-battler
- April 27, 2023 — Bramble: the Mountain King - Nordic horror platformer
- April 27, 2023 — The Last Case of Benedict Fox - Eldritch murder mystery metroidvania
- April 27, 2023 — Omega Strikers - 3v3 hero-based Windjammers
- April 27, 2023 — Zoria: Age of Shattering (Early Access) - Fantasy tactics RPG
- April 28, 2023 — Star Wars Jedi: Survivor - Cal Lightsaber's dark middle chapter
- April ??, 2023 — Shardpunk: Verminfall - A turn-based tactics take on Vermintide
- April ??, 2023 — Star Trek: Resurgence - Star Trek treks into adventure game land
- April ??, 2023 — Untamed Tactics - Tactics RPG with anthropoid animals
2023 Games: May
(opens in new tab)- May 2, 2023 — Age of Wonders 4 - Fantasy 4X with tactical battles
- May 2, 2023 — Redfall - Co-op open-world vampire shooter
- May 4, 2023 — Bare Butt Boxing (Early Access) - Physics-based butt punching
- May 8, 2023 — Darkest Dungeon 2 - Grueling eldritch roguelike sequel
- May 15, 2023 — Amnesia: The Bunker - Hallmark horror series in WW1 hallways
- May 16, 2023 — Atlas Fallen - Monster Hunter by way of righteous deicide
- May 18, 2023 — Endless Dungeon - Tactical action-RPG in Endless universe
- May 18, 2023 — I Am Future (Early Access) - Rooftop post-apoc base-builder
- May 22, 2023 — Inkbound (Early Access) - Co-op tactics roguelike in storybook worlds
- May 23, 2023 — Miasma Chronicles - post-apocalyptic tactics RPG
- May 30, 2023 — System Shock - Remake of the classic immersive sim
- May 31, 2023 — Etrian Odyssey Origins Collection - DS dungeon crawler ports
2023 Games: June
(opens in new tab)- June 1, 2023 — Street Fighter 6 - Ryu Ryu Ryu Ryu Ryu Ryu
- June 2, 2023 — We Love Katamari Reroll - Remaster of the rollemup sequel
- June 6, 2023 — Diablo 4 - The long-awaited action RPG sequel
- June 8, 2023 — Mask of the Rose - Fallen London's 'sort-of' dating sim
- June 9, 2023 — Greyhill Incident - LGM-shootin' horror FPS
- June 20, 2023 — Aliens: Dark Descent - Xenomorph-slaying squad RTS
- June 27, 2023 — Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life - A farm life remake
- June 30, 2023 — Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective - PC port of poltergeist puzzler
- June ??, 2023 — Harmony: The Fall of Reverie - Choice-driven visual novel
- June ??, 2023 — Layers of Fear - More horror from Bloober Team
2023 Games: July
- July 14, 2023 — Exoprimal - Co-op mechsuit dino shooter
2023 Games: August
- August 29, 2023 — Sea of Stars - Classic-style turn-based RPG
- August 31, 2023 — Baldur's Gate 3 - Larian's take on the classic RPG series
- August ??, 2023 — Lies of P - Bloodborne, but you play Pinocchio
2023 Games: September
- September 5, 2023 — Rune Factory 3 Special - Fantasy Harvest Moon hits PC
- September 6, 2023 — Starfield - Bethesda's new original space RPG
- September ??, 2023 — Felvidek - Monochrome medieval RPG in alt-history Hungary
- September ??, 2023 — RoboCop: Rogue City - Part man. Part machine. All FPS.
2023 Games: October
- So far, there are no games with announced release dates in October. Check back soon—announced dates will be added as the year progresses.
2023 Games: November
- November 10, 2023 —The Day Before - Open world zombie survival MMO
- November ??, 2023 — Corpus Edax - Immersive sim with punchy melee physics
2023 Games: December
- December ??, 2023 - Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Radiation-soaked FPS sequel
2023 Games: Dates to be announced
2023 games with dates to be announced
- A Highland Song - Scottish side-scrolling survival rhythm
- After Us - Surreal post-human puzzler
- AK-xolotl - Bullet hell roguelike with AR amphibians
- Alan Wake 2 - The survival horror sequel
- Alien Hominid Invasion - Co-op take on the Behemoth classic
- Alliance of the Sacred Suns - 4X Space Strategy
- Anger Foot - Kick-heavy FPS
- Arcadian Atlas - Isometric turn-based tactics
- Ark 2 - More dinosaurs, plus Vin Diesel
- Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon - FromSoft's return to robot roots
- Assassin's Creed: Mirage - Assassin's Creed goes back to its stealth roots
- Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (opens in new tab) - Open-world Avatar
- Banchou Tactics - High school delinquent tactics RPG
- Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden - 17th century ghost-hunting RPG
- Beyond These Stars - City builder on a space whale
- Blue Protocol - Online anime action RPG
- Bomb Rush Cyberfunk - Jet Set Successor
- Botany Manor - Plant-tending walking simulator
- Boundary - Zero-g astronaut deathmatch shooter
- Bounty Star - Mech combat meets farmsteading
- Broken Roads - turn-based RPG in post-apoc Australia
- Capes - turn-based superhero tactics
- Chants of Sennaar - Language deciphering puzzle adventure
- Chrono Odyssey - Fantasy MMO
- Cities: Skylines 2 - City sim sequel of Sim City spiritual scion
- Cocoon - World-hopping puzzle adventure
- Convergence: A League of Legends Story - Riot's platformer spinoff
- Creature Keeper - Real-time combat creature collector
- The Crew: Motorfest (opens in new tab) - Ubisoft's open-world racer hits Hawaii
- Crimson Desert - Singleplayer RPG from Black Desert devs
- Crimson Tactics (early access) - Final Fantasy Tactics with pony options
- Cyber Knights: Flashpoint - Cyberpunk heist tactics RPG
- Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - Expansion to the CDPR RPG
- Dark Envoy - Realtime "guns and sorcery" tactics RPG
- Demonschool - High school demon-fighting tactics RPG
- Depersonalization - Eldritch anime RPG
- Desktop Dungeons: Rewind - Browser roguelike remaster
- Dungeons 4 - Dungeon Keeper-inspired simulation RTS
- Earth from Another Sun - scifi MMO/FPS claiming useful blockchain presence
- Echo Generation - 80s voxel adventure with turn-based combat
- Edge of Sanity - 2D lovecraftian survival horror
- El Paso, Elsewhere - Third-person shooter
- Everywhere - A vague metaverse dream from GTA producers
- The Expanse: A Telltale Series - Telltale storytelling for best Belter bosmang
- Fabledom - Cozy fantasy village management sim
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth - The next chapter of the FF7 remake
- Final Fantasy 16 - The RPG series returns to medieval magic
- Flashback 2 - Remake of a classic scifi side-scroller
- Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn - Soulslike for musket fans
- Flock - Co-op sky-shepherding and bird-shearing
- Forever Skies - Airship-based FPS survival on doomed earth
- For The King 2 - Turn-based tabletop-ish RPG sequel
- Frostpunk 2 - Grim, snowy city management
- Galacticare - "Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor" simulator
- The Gap - Psychological walking sim
- Gravity Circuit - Legally non-actionable Mega Man-like
- Gunbrella - Gritty metroidvania with lead-pumping parasol
- Harold Halibut - Claymation space story
- Homeworld 3 - Sci-fi RTS classic returns
- House Flipper 2 - More gentrification simulation
- Hyenas - Sega's multiplayer FPS
- Hyper Light Breaker (Early Access) - Action adventure sequel to Hyper Light Drifter
- I Am Jesus Christ - New Testament FPS (First Person Savior)
- Immortals of Aveum - EA-published magic FPS
- The Invincible - Retro-future space thriller
- The Iron Oath - Turn-based tactics with dark fantasy mercs
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space - Asymmetrical horror throwback
- The Lamplighters League - Pulpy '30s XCOM-like
- Lightyear Frontier - Chill farming sim with mechs
- Lollipop Chainsaw - A remake of the zombie hack-n-slash
- The Lords of the Fallen - Similarly-named soulslike sequel
- The Lord of the Rings: Gollum - a very Smeagol skulking game
- Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria - A middle earth crafting game
- Mars First Logistics - Physics-based Mars rover deliveries
- Men of War 2 - WW2 RTS with co-op
- Metal Slug Tactics - classic run-n-gun goes tactics RPG
- Mika and The Witch's Mountain - Zelda meets Kiki's Delivery Service
- Moonlight in Garland - Stardew in the big city
- Moving Out 2 - Packing party game sequel
- N1RV-ANN-A - Cyberpunk bartending visual novel
- NAIAD - Vibrant underwater exploration as a sea nymph
- Nemire - Undead army tactics RPG
- Nighthawks - A vampire RPG from adventure game veterans
- Nightingale - Crafting survival RPG in the Fae Realms
- Off the Grid - Blomkamp Battle Royale
- Pacific Drive - Driving survival roguelite in paranormal PNW
- Palworld - Open-world survival with gun-toting Pokemon
- Park Beyond - Tycoon simulator of the rollercoaster variety
- Party Animals - Cuddly physics brawler
- Pepper Grinder - 2D drill-based burrowing platformer
- Payday 3 - Long-awaited co-op heist sequel
- Pixel Tactics Online - Turn-based tactics
- Planet of Lana - Sci-fi puzzle adventure
- The Plucky Squire - Colorful storybook escape adventure
- Pragmata - Outerspace action adventure
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake (opens in new tab) - Action adventure
- Punch Club 2: Fast Forward - Fighter management sim
- Railroads & Catacombs - Darkest Dungeon, but trains
- Ravenlok - An action adventure fairytale
- Remnant 2 - Sequel to celebrated Dark-Souls-with-guns
- Replaced - Sci-fi action platformer
- R-Type Tactics I - II Cosmos - Tactics spinoff of side-scroll shooter
- Shadows of Doubt - Neon noir detective sim
- She Dreams Elsewhere - Retro-surreal adventure RPG
- Skate Story - Chill skateboarding through the atmospheric underworld
- Skull & Bones (opens in new tab) - Ubisoft Pirating RPG
- SlavicPunk: Oldtimer - Polish cyberpunk isometric shooter
- Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley - A story adventure game
- Solium Infernum - Grand strategy in Hell
- Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story - Riot's yeti adventure spinoff
- Songs of Conquest - Turn-based fantasy strategy RPG
- Stellar Blade - Flashy scifi hack-and-slash
- Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League - Co-op cape killing
- Tempest Rising - Archetypal base-building RTS
- Teslagrad 2 - Electrifying puzzle platformer sequel
- Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown - Open world driving in Hong Kong
- Toxic Crusaders - Troma homage beat 'em up
- Under the Waves - Subaquatic psychological story
- Voidtrain - Open-world survival FPS
- Wandering Sword - Wuxia tactics RPG
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 - Sequel to the 2011 action game
- Wargroove 2 - Advance Wars-like tactics sequel
- Wartales - Turn-based Mount & Blade
- Whisker Squadron: Survivor - Star Fox-inspired dogfight roguelite
- Witchbrook - Wizarding school life sim
- Witchfire - A roguelite shooter from Bulletstorm's developer
- Wizard With A Gun - Co-op sandbox survival
- Wrath: Aeon of Ruin - Quake-like retro shooter
- WrestleQuest - 80's pro wrestling meets retro-styled RPG
