Gamescom 2025 Announcements: All Reveals, Games, Trailers, and Dates

Gamescom 2025 is over. Cologne hosted a week of reveals, follow-ups, and playable builds. The schedule opened with Opening Night Live on Tuesday, August 19, then moved into daily streams and stage shows from August 20–24. Broadcasts carried most announcements; the show floor delivered the hands-on context.

Xbox @ gamescom did the heavy lifting with extended gameplay, booth demos, new trailers, and a handful of Game Pass updates and date confirmations. The Future Games Show took a curated approach, mixing AA and indie spotlights with a few surprise drops, developer segments, and interviews. Between them, we came away with fresh trailers, adjusted release windows, and clearer looks at what’s actually shipping on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and mobile platforms.

Notable announcements included:

• Surviving Mars: Relaunched
• LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
• Lords of the Fallen II
• Black Myth: Zhong Kui
• Shenmue 3 Enhanced
• Neo Berlin 2087
• Various Hollow Knight: Silksong news, including the release date
• Gods, Death & Reapers
• The Rogue Prince of Persia
• High on Life 2
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle DLC and port to Nintendo Switch 2
• Zero Parades
• Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II DLC
• Monster Hunter Wilds and Final Fantasy XIV collab
• Plenty of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 details
• Announcement from Nvidia
• And a lot more.

Xbox at Gamescom 2025: Complete Announcement Breakdown

Triangle Strategy

• Genre: RPG
• Developer: ArtDink
• Publisher: Square Enix
• Release date: Aug 20, 2025, on PS/Xbox (original release: Mar 4, 2022)
• Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, Nintendo Switch, Meta Quest 3

Triangle Strategy is a grid-based tactics game, newly ported to current consoles.

The Rogue Prince of Persia

• Genre: Action, Platformer, Roguelite
• Developer: Evil Empire
• Publisher: Ubisoft
• Release date: Aug 20, 2025 (was in early access since May 27, 2024)
• Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, will be ported to Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 later in 2025.

The Rogue Prince of Persia is the latest game in the famous franchise from the award-winning developers of Dead Cells. Surprise 1.0 launch dropped during Gamescom.

Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles

• Genre: RPG, Strategy
• Developer and publisher: Square Enix
• Release date: Sept 30, 2025
• Platforms: PS4 and PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, Nintendo Switch and Switch 2

Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles is a remake of the 1997 classic with voiced dialogues, visual upgrades, and gameplay and QoL changes.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: The Order of Giants

• Genre: Action, Adventure
• Developer: MachineGames
• Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
• Release date: Sept 4, 2025
• Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PS5, PC, will be ported to Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: The Order of Giants is a post-campaign DLC for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle that sends Indy to the forgotten catacombs of Rome.

Starsand Island

• Genre: RPG, Simulation
• Developer and publisher: Seed Lab
• Release date: Q4 2025
• Platforms: PS4 and PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, Nintendo Switch

Starsand Island is a serene island builder with farming, crafting, and exploration.

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024

• Genre: Simulation
• Developer: Asobo Studio
• Publisher: Xbox Game Studios
• Release date: Nov 19, 2024
• Platforms: PC, Xbox Series X|S

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is the current installment in the acclaimed flight sim series, introducing a new major update atop its stunning real-world aviation sandbox.

Tropico 7

• Genre: Strategy, Simulation
• Developer: Gaming Minds Studios
• Publisher: Kalypso Media
• Release date: 2026
• Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC

Tropico 7 lands dictator sim to consoles and PC, letting players rule their tropical archipelago with new features and the classic mix of city-building and political strategy.

Invincible VS

• Genre: Fighting
• Developer: Quarter Up
• Publisher: Skybound Games
• Release date: 2026
• Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC

Invincible VS is a brutal 3v3 tag-team fighting game set in the Invincible comic universe, featuring fan-favorite superheroes and villains with the original voice cast reprising their roles.

Ninja Gaiden 4

• Genre: Action, Adventure
• Developer: Team Ninja, PlatinumGames
• Publisher: Xbox Game Studios
• Release date: Oct 21, 2025
• Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC

Ninja Gaiden 4 revives the hack-and-slash franchise with a new near-future Tokyo setting.

Outbound

• Genre: Adventure, Simulation
• Developer and publisher: Square Glade Games
• Release date: 2026
• Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC

Outbound is a cooperative open-world road-trip adventure where players start with an empty electric camper van and gradually craft a sustainable off-grid life, while exploring various biomes.

Project Bloomwalker

• Genre: Adventure
• Developer: Netmarble Neo
• Publisher: Netmarble
• Release date: TBA
• Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC

Project Bloomwalker is a gorgeous cooperative crafting adventure in which players travel a polluted world aboard a moving house.

Nice Day for Fishing

• Genre: Adventure, RPG
• Developer: FusionPlay
• Publisher: Team17
• Release date: May 29, 2025
• Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PC

Nice Day for Fishing is a humorous fishing-action RPG where you play as Baelin, a humble fisherman turned unlikely hero. The game will be ported to Xbox later in 2025.

Beastro

• Genre: Adventure, Deckbuilding, Simulation
• Developer and publisher: Timberline Studio
• Release date: 2026
• Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC

Beastro is a cozy-looking adventure that combines deckbuilding mechanics with a cooking simulator—available day one on Xbox Game Pass.

Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade

• Genre: Action, RPG
• Developer and publisher: Square Enix
• Release date: Winter 2025 on Xbox Series X|S and Switch 2 (original release: June 10, 2021, on PS5)
• Platforms: PS5, PC, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2

Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade is the enhanced edition of the beloved action-RPG remake. After years of PlayStation exclusivity, this definitive version is coming to Xbox and Switch 2.

Freestyle Football 2

• Genre: Sports
• Developer: WOORE
• Publisher: JoyCity
• Release date: Q2 2026
• Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC

FreeStyle Football 2 is a PvP team arcade soccer game. Each player controls a unique character with special moves, and the game offers deep customization, club management, and eSports-ready features—available day one on Xbox Game Pass.

World of Warcraft: Midnight

• Genre: MMORPG
• Developer and publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
• Release date: Early 2026
• Platforms: PC (Windows/Mac)

World of Warcraft: Midnight is the upcoming 11th expansion to Blizzard’s MMORPG and the second chapter in the Worldsoul Saga. It takes players back to Azeroth’s surface in a Void vs Light storyline.

Cronos: The New Dawn

• Genre: Survival Horror
• Developer and publisher: Bloober Team
• Release date: Sept 5, 2025
• Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, Nintendo Switch 2

Cronos: The New Dawn is a brutal third-person survival horror game set in a retro-futuristic world. Players fight grotesque creatures in a post-apocalyptic future and even travel in time, very reminiscent of Singularity.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7

• Genre: First-person Shooter
• Developer: Treyarch & Raven Software
• Publisher: Activision
• Release date: Nov 14, 2025
• Platforms: PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is the latest entry in the blockbuster FPS franchise, and the seventh main Black Ops chapter (or eighth, if you count Call of Duty: World at War as the prequel to the Black Ops saga). Set in the year 2035, it features a co-op/single-player campaign without difficulty settings, following David Mason’s team in the aftermath of Black Ops II, alongside PvP (18 maps at launch) and the signature Zombies mode. Notably, it’s launching across both current and last-gen consoles, and will be available Day 1 on Game Pass thanks to Microsoft’s Activision acquisition. It’s anti-cheat also requires Secure Boot to be enabled to play, which makes porting the game more difficult.

Future Games Show 2025: All Announcements, Trailers, and Game Details

Hell Let Loose: Vietnam

• Genre: First-Person Tactical Shooter
• Developer: Expression Games
• Publisher: Team17
• Release date: 2026
• Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S

Hell Let Loose: Vietnam is a large-scale multiplayer shooter set in the Vietnam War, bringing the 50v50 tactical warfare of the Hell Let Loose series into a new setting.

Edge of Memories

• Genre: Action RPG
• Developer: Midgar Studio
• Publisher: Nacon
• Release date: 2026 (delayed from Q4 2025)
• Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S

Edge of Memories is an anime-styled action RPG from the makers of Edge of Eternity, featuring a plague-ravaged setting and intense real-time combat in a journey to save a doomed world.

Den of Wolves

• Genre: First-Person Shooter
• Developer and publisher: 10 Chambers
• Release date: TBA
• Platforms: PC (other platforms TBA)

Den of Wolves is a futuristic co-op heist/extraction shooter from the creators of GTFO in a cyberpunk setting.

Skate.

• Genre: Sandbox, Sports
• Developer: Full Circle
• Publisher: Electronic Arts
• Release date: Early Access in late 2025 (full release TBA)
• Platforms: PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Android, iOS

Skate. is the next evolution of the popular skateboarding franchise. This free-to-play reboot emphasizes sandbox-style multiplayer skating and is kickflipping its way into early access later this year.

1348 Ex Voto

• Genre: Action, Adventure
• Developer and publisher: Sedleo
• Release date: 2026
• Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S

1348 Ex Voto is a third-person action-adventure set in 14th-century Italy during the plague years in a historical yet fantastical journey.

Resident Evil: Requiem

• Genre: Survival Horror
• Developer and publisher: Capcom
• Release date: Feb 27, 2026
• Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S

Resident Evil: Requiem is the next installment in the horror franchise, following Grace Ashcroft in a terrifying survival horror adventure slated for early 2026.

Goddess of Victory: Nikke X Resident Evil (Crossover Event)

• Genre: Third-Person Shooter, Gacha RPG
• Developer: Shift Up
• Publisher: Level Infinite (Tencent)
• Release date: 2025 event (TBA)
• Platforms: Android, iOS, PC

Goddess of Victory: Nikke is teaming up with Resident Evil in an upcoming crossover event, as horror’s characters join the fight in this mobile shooter RPG’s special collaboration.

Hell is Us

• Genre: Action, Adventure
• Developer: Rogue Factor
• Publisher: Nacon
• Release date: Sep 4, 2025
• Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S

Hell is Us is a cryptic third-person action-adventure set in a war-torn country overrun by supernatural horrors, immersing players in melee combat and exploration in a mysterious, plague-ridden land. This game’s release date may be moved due to Hollow Knight: Silksong‘s release on the same day.

The Blood of Dawnwalker

• Genre: Action, Open-World, RPG
• Developer and publisher: Rebel Wolves
• Release date: 2026
• Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S

The Blood of Dawnwalker is a dark fantasy action RPG by a team of former Witcher developers, where the player takes the role of a vampire in an open-world 14th-century Europe.

Deer & Boy

• Genre: Adventure, Platformer
• Developer and publisher: Lifeline Games
• Release date: Early 2026
• Platforms: PC, other platforms TBA

Deer & Boy is a heartwarming cinematic platform adventure, guiding players through beautiful puzzles and emotional storytelling.

DarkSwitch

• Genre: City-Builder, Survival
• Developer and publisher: Cyber Temple Games
• Release date: TBA (demo available)
• Platforms: PC

DarkSwitch is an inventive vertical city-building game where you construct a city on a gigantic tree and fend off creeping fog, while managing limited resources. Reminiscent of Against the Storm and Frostpunk.

Lost Rift

• Genre: Extraction Shooter, Survival
• Developer and publisher: People Can Fly
• Release date: Sep 25, 2025 (Early Access)
• Platforms: PC

Lost Rift is a PvPvE shooter from developers mostly known for Bullestorm, blending base-building PvE with PvP expeditions, as players venture across islands to gather loot and escape before being overrun by threats. This game gives a lot of Rust vibes.

EverSiege: Untold Ages

• Genre: Action, Strategy, Roguelite
• Developer: Tindalos Interactive
• Publisher: Dear Villagers
• Release date: Fall 2025 (Early Access)
• Platforms: PC

EverSiege: Untold Ages is a co-op action strategy roguelite where players develop tactics and team up to break through endless hordes of enemies, combining top-down battle strategy with roguelike progression.

Monsters are Coming! Rock & Road

• Genre: Tower Defense, Roguelite
• Developer: Ludogram
• Publisher: Raw Fury
• Release date: Autumn 2025
• Platforms: PC

Monsters are Coming! Rock & Road is a genre-blending roguelite where you defend a constantly moving city from relentless monster hordes.

Dreams of Another

• Genre: Action, Shooter
• Developer and publisher: Q-Games
• Release date: Oct 10, 2025
• Platforms: PC, PS5

Dreams of Another is a stylish shooter themed around creative destruction, plunging the player into a dream world of surreal action as they wield imaginative weapons to alter the environment and battle nightmares.

13Z: The Zodiac Trials

• Genre: Hack-and-Slash, Roguelike
• Developer and publisher: Mixed Realms
• Release date: TBA (demo available)
• Platforms: PC, Xbox Series X|S

13Z: The Zodiac Trials is a kinetic roguelike action game where players hack and slash through zodiac-themed trials, with a demo available ahead of release.

Pizza Bandit

• Genre: Shooter
• Developer and publisher: Jofsoft
• Release date: Aug 25, 2025 (Early Access)
• Platforms: PC

Pizza Bandit is a cooperative third-person shooter that mixes bounty hunting with pizza-making mayhem.

Recur

• Genre: Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle
• Developer: Kaleidoscube
• Publisher: Astra Logical
• Release date: 2026
• Platforms: PC

Recur is an innovative 2D puzzle adventure where moving left or right manipulates time itself, challenging players to solve time-bending puzzles as the world teeters on the edge of an apocalypse.

Servant of the Lake

• Genre: Adventure, Puzzle
• Developer and publisher: Rusty Lake
• Release date: 2026
• Platforms: PC, Mobile (Android/iOS)

Servant of the Lake is a new eerie odyssey from the creators of the Rusty Lake series, offering a surreal puzzle adventure experience coming to PC and mobile devices.

Hyper Light Breaker: Double Down Update

• Genre: Adventure, Action, Roguelite
• Developer: Heart Machine
• Publisher: Arc Games
• Release date: Jan 14, 2025 (Steam Early Access)
• Platforms: PC

Hyper Light Breaker is a vibrant open-world co-op roguelite from the creators of Hyper Light Drifter, thrusting players into a procedurally generated world where they battle foes and explore ever-changing landscapes (still in early access).

BPM: Bitcrushed

• Genre: Rhythm Shooter
• Developer: Awe Interactive
• Publisher: Kwalee
• Release date: 2026
• Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch

BPM: Bitcrushed is a retro-styled, rhythm roguelite top-down shooter where every action must sync to the beat.

Hotel Barcelona

• Genre: Roguelike, Slasher
• Developer: White Owls Inc.
• Publisher: CULT Games
• Release date: Sep 26, 2025
• Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S

Hotel Barcelona is a surreal horror roguelike, inviting players to check serial-killer-themed runs in a twisted hotel.

The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin

• Genre: Action, RPG
• Developer: Netmarble (FUNFLOW)
• Publisher: Netmarble
• Release date: 2025
• Platforms: PS5, PC, Android, iOS

The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin is an open-world adventure based on the hit anime, offering players an expansive 3D world of Britannia to explore.

Town to City

• Genre: City Builder, Simulation
• Developer: Galaxy Grove
• Publisher: Kwalee
• Release date: Sep 16, 2025 (Early Access)
• Platforms: PC

Town to City is a charming 19th-century Mediterranean city-building game from the developers of Station to Station, where players freely place buildings on a gridless map to grow a scenic town in a relaxing and creative way.

Fellowship

• Genre: Dungeon Crawler, RPG
• Developer: Chief Rebel
• Publisher: Arc Games
• Release date: Oct 9, 2025 (Early Access)
• Platforms: PC

Fellowship is a multiplayer online dungeon adventure that offers endlessly scaling co-op exploration, letting players form parties to tackle MMO-style boss fights and loot-driven quests.

Dome Keeper: Multiplayer Update

• Genre: Roguelike, Tower Defense
• Developer: Bippinbits
• Publisher: Raw Fury
• Release date: Sep 27, 2022, currently in Early Access
• Platforms: PC

Dome Keeper is a tactical digging roguelike in which players mine for resources beneath a dome and fend off waves of alien attackers. It’s expanding its content with a new multiplayer mode update later this year.

Discounty

• Genre: Simulation, Strategy
• Developer: Crinkle Cut Games
• Publisher: PQube
• Release date: Aug 21, 2025
• Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4 and PS5, Xbox Series X|S

Discounty is a cozy supermarket management sim where you run and expand a small-town discount store, unfolding a charming slice-of-life story as you build your grocery empire.

Tormented Souls 2

• Genre: Survival Horror
• Developer: Dual Effect
• Publisher: PQube
• Release date: Oct 23, 2025
• Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S

Tormented Souls 2 is the sequel to the classic survival horror, once again challenging players with puzzles and spine-chilling combat as Caroline Walker returns to face new nightmares on next-gen platforms.

Gods, Death & Reapers

• Genre: Extraction, Hack-and-Slash, RPG
• Developer and publisher: Wolcen Studio
• Release date: TBA
• Platforms: PC

Gods, Death & Reapers is a dark fantasy PvPvE RPG from the creators of Wolcen, blending top-down hack-and-slash combat with high-risk, high-reward extraction mechanics as players serve Death in mythic realms.

Styx: Blades of Greed

• Genre: Action, Adventure, Stealth
• Developer: Cyanide Studio
• Publisher: Nacon
• Release date: Fall 2025
• Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S

Styx: Blades of Greed marks the return of the goblin assassin in a new stealth adventure, taking players to the city of Iserian.

ANNO 117: Pax Romana

• Genre: City-Builder, Simulation, Strategy
• Developer: Ubisoft Mainz
• Publisher: Ubisoft
• Release date: Nov 13, 2025
• Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S

ANNO 117: Pax Romana is the latest entry in Ubisoft’s city-building franchise, taking players to the Roman Empire epoch.

Ones to Play Montage

• Genre: Compilation of Demos
• Developer: Various Indie Developers
• Release date: Steam demos available now
• Platforms: PC (Steam)

Ones to Play Montage is a curated Future Games Show segment spotlighting several indie games with playable demos. This year’s selection included Aethermancer, Twinkleby, and Morsels & Woodo, all available for players to try on Steam.

Euro Truck Simulator 2 & American Truck Simulator on Consoles

• Genre: Driving, Simulation
• Developer and publisher: SCS Software
• Release date: originally 2012 and 2016 on PC, TBA on consoles
• Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC

Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator are realistic truck-driving sim games. For the first time, these long-running PC favorites are officially trucking their way onto consoles, with PS5 and Xbox versions in development.

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord – War Sails

• Genre: Action, Strategy, RPG
• Developer and publisher: TaleWorlds Entertainment
• Release date: Oct 25, 2022; DLC 2025
• Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord – War Sails expands the medieval sandbox with new Viking-themed content later this year.

Wild Blue

• Genre: Shooter
• Developer: Chuhai Labs
• Publisher: Humble Games
• Release date: TBA
• Platforms: PC

Wild Blue is a modern take on classic ’90s on-rails aerial combat (from a team led by a former Star Fox developer), sending players soaring through stylish skies in fighter jets in a nostalgic yet fresh arcade shooter experience.

Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori

• Genre: Adventure, Simulation
• Developer: Aesir Interactive
• Publisher: Mindscape
• Release date: Nov 4, 2025 (Early Access)
• Platforms: PC, consoles TBA

Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori is an open-world horse-riding adventure set in 13th-century Mongolia; it gallops into Steam Early Access in late 2025, with console releases (including next-gen) to follow later.

Bounty Star

• Genre: Action, Base-Builder, Mecha
• Developer: Dinogod
• Publisher: Annapurna Interactive
• Release date: Oct 23, 2025
• Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S

Bounty Star is a mash-up of mech combat and farming sim in a post-apocalyptic Wild West, letting players pilot a battle mech, cultivate their homestead, and take down outlaws when it launches on Game Pass this October.

Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree

• Genre: Action, Roguelite
• Developer: Brownies Inc.
• Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment
• Release date: Sep 19, 2025
• Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch

Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree is an anime-style action roguelite where players control dual characters in fast-paced combat; a new demo-backed trailer revealed its gameplay loop, and the full game is arriving on all major platforms this September.

Shape of Dreams

• Genre: Action, MOBA, Roguelite
• Developer: Lizard Smoothie
• Publisher: Neowiz
• Release date: Sep 11, 2025
• Platforms: PC

Shape of Dreams is a frenetic fusion of MOBA-style combat and roguelike action, offering 1-4 players an ever-changing dream world to battle through; this co-op title launches on PC in September.

Reach

• Genre: Action, Adventure, VR
• Developer: nDreams Elevation
• Publisher: nDreams
• Release date: Oct 16, 2025
• Platforms: Meta Quest (Quest 3), PC VR, PlayStation VR2

Reach is a groundbreaking cinematic VR adventure where you embody a reluctant hero armed with a bow in a reality-hopping quest, featuring full-body immersion and gesture-based combat as it arrives on Quest 3, PC VR, and PS VR2 headsets this October.

Little Nightmares III

• Genre: Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle
• Developer: Supermassive Games
• Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment
• Release date: Oct 10, 2025
• Platforms: PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch

Little Nightmares III is the next chapter in the acclaimed horror platformer series, developed by Supermassive Games, taking players through The Carnevale in co-op or solo as it launches across current and last-gen platforms.

Lost Hellden

• Genre: Action, JRPG
• Developer: Artisan Studios
• Publisher: Kwalee
• Release date: 2026
• Platforms: PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S

Lost Hellden is a hand-painted, story-rich action JRPG from Artisan Studios (Astria Ascending), drawing on legendary JRPG talent to deliver a visually striking adventure about resisting one’s fate, slated to arrive in 2026 on PC and consoles.

Serial World

• Genre: Deckbuilder, Roguelike, RPG
• Developer: Serial Project
• Publisher: Serial Project with Kakehashi Games
• Release date: 2025
• Platforms: PC

Serial World is a whimsical deck-building RPG where you collect adorable creatures and battle through a mysterious world; this newcomer-friendly roguelite is aiming for a 2025 release after its world-premiere trailer at Gamescom.

Phantom Blade Zero

• Genre: Action, RPG, Soulslike
• Developer and publisher: S-Game
• Release date: TBA
• Platforms: PS5, PC

Phantom Blade Zero is a fast-paced wuxia-inspired action RPG with souls-like elements in which you play as an elite assassin cursed with only 66 days to live, featuring impressive swordplay and a striking art style as showcased in its reveal during Gamescom.

Witchspire

• Genre: Adventure, Survival
• Developer and publisher: Envar Games
• Release date: 2026 (Early Access)
• Platforms: PC

Witchspire is a magic-infused co-op survival adventure where you and your friends play as novice witches and wizards trapped in a mystical spire, crafting, taming familiars, and building and safeguarding a comfy residence against an ancient darkness (planned to launch in Early Access in 2026).

Active Matter

• Genre: Extraction Shooter
• Developer and publisher: Gaijin Network
• Release date: 2026
• Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S

Active Matter is a mind-bending PvPvE first-person extraction shooter set in a shattered multiverse, combining Escape from Tarkov-style high-stakes raids with reality-warping anomalies and time-loop twists as players battle and loot across parallel worlds. A lot of similarities with The CUBE from Mundfish, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series, and, surprisingly, Prey (look at these mimic-like creatures in a trailer).

Pragmata

• Genre: Action, Adventure
• Developer and publisher: Capcom
• Release date: 2026
• Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S

Pragmata is Capcom’s enigmatic sci-fi action-adventure set on a futuristic space station (the moon orbit), blending puzzles and combat in a mysterious story; after multiple delays, this ambitious title is now targeting a 2026 release. It’s interesting to see the cross between Dead Space/The Callisto Protocol and Death Stranding.

Halloween: The Game

• Genre: Horror, Stealth
• Developer: Illfonic
• Publisher: Gun Interactive
• Release date: 2026
• Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S

Halloween: The Game is an immersive horror experience based on John Carpenter’s classic 1978 film, putting players in a terrifying scenario as they attempt to survive against Michael Myers in a stealth-driven frightfest coming in 2026. One more attempt to repeat the success of Dead by Daylight (previous would be Friday the 13th: The Game and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), but this game will also feature single player.