These probably mostly are the consensus most anticipated games of 2026, but I'll throw a few of the ones I'm most excited for in here.

If you like fighting games, this is looking to be a great year. We've got Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game (which may still be a working title?), and the one I'm personally most excited for, Invincible Vs.

I love Batman Arkham combat, and if you do too, you should keep your eye on Dead as Disco.

The FPS genre has largely disappointed me in the past decade, but despite the absence of any multiplayer modes, Mouse: P.I. for Hire looks to be delivering what I haven't been getting from this genre for years. We should also, finally, presumably, maybe, see a release for Judas.

Similar disappointment has followed racing games, but the indie scene has been trying to pick up the slack, and we've got a AA endeavor from racing game veterans that looks cool, complete with a story mode, called Screamer.

In the survival space, both Palworld and Enshrouded are set to leave early access in 2026.

For metroidvanias, I've got Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement and the beautifully animated The Eternal Life of Goldman on my radar.

And in the RPG space, I've got my eye on Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy and The Expanse: Osiris Reborn coming up, both from Owlcat. Like The Expanse, Exodus is also planning to fill the Mass Effect void, because it's unlikely that a new game called "Mass Effect" will do so.

Sucks that the ONLY game on that list I'm looking forward to is a PS5 exclusive that won't come to PC for years. I mean, I'll probably also have to wait for GTA6, but I'm looking forward to that less and less as time passes.

Genuinely stoked for Cairn and Witchbrook.

Maybe it's just me, but 2026 looks pretty dull for PC gaming.

IO making a bond game is intriguing. No idea what to expect there, having played and loved hitman 1 and 2

Wow, not one of these looks worth my time. Maybe it's the year of the Steam backlog.

The only games i am stoked for is that spiritual sequel for SOMA and the new game by the cruelty squad guy.

Only one I'm really looking forward to is the new Lego Batman game. Besides that, I'm just waiting to see what new indie stuff does well.

Gta6 hl3 es6 LET'S GOOOOOO

Edit also maybe the new d4 expansion will fix the game. Maybe. If they fuck up that one too it'll be a fail 3/3 and blizz is dead to me

The only thing in this list I have even heard of is GTA6.

If this was all we are looking forward to, it would seem pretty bleak tbh.