New games 2021: upcoming game release dates for console and PC

If you're searching for all the new games coming out in 2021 for console and PC, we've rounded up all the key dates you need to know.

While the beginning of 2021 was relatively quiet for new game releases, things have started to pick up more recently. We're starting to see more and more big hitters being confirmed for release this year, including the likes of Deathloop, Dying Light 2 and Halo Infinite.

It's certainly shaping up to be another exciting year for gaming as developers push the power of the PS5 and Xbox Series X, but it's not just next-gen console owners who are set to have all the fun. Nintendo Switch is set to have another strong year, with some highly anticipated releases on the way. Streaming services like Amazon Luna are also set to get better in 2021, and of course, there's PC, which continues to set the standard in hardware power and flexibility.

It can be hard to keep track of which upcoming games are releasing and when, though, so we've put together this regularly updated guide of all the new games coming out in 2021 and beyond, so you know what's on the horizon. Make sure you check out our dedicated release date lists for new PS5 games and new Xbox Series X games too.

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New games 2021: most-anticipated upcoming games at a glance

• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD – July 16 (Switch)
• The Sims 4 Cottage Living expansion - July 22 (PC, PS4, Xbox One) 
• Microsoft Flight Simulator - July 27 (XSX)
• The Ascent – July 29 (PC, XSX, Xbox One)
• Hades - August 13 (PS5, PS4, Xbox One, XSX)
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits - August 24 (PS5, PC, PS4)
• Psychonauts 2 - August 25 (XSX, Xbox One, PC, PS4)
• Sonic Colors: Ultimate â€“ September 7 (PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
• LiS: True Colors - September 10 (XSX, PS5, PS4, Xbox One, PC, Stadia, Switch)
• Deathloop - September 14 (PS5, PC)
• Rainbow Six Extraction â€“ September 16 (PC, PS4, Xbox One, PS5, XSX)
• Diablo 2 Resurrected - September 23 (PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, XSX)
• Far Cry 6 - October 7 (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, XSX, Stadia)
• Metroid Dread - October 8 (Switch)
• Back 4 Blood - October 12 (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, XSX, PC)
• Battlefield 2042 - October 22 - (XSX, PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox One)
• Guardians of the Galaxy - October 26 (PS5, PS4, XSX, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
• Age of Empires 4 â€“ October 28 (PC)
• Forza Horizon 5 - November 9 (XSX, Xbox One, PC)
• GTA 5 â€“ November 11 (PS5, XSX)
• GTA Online â€“ November 11 (PS5, XSX)
• Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl - November 19 (Switch)
• Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker â€“ November 23 (PS5, PS4, PC)
• Dying Light 2 - December 7 (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, XSX, PC)

New games coming out in June 2021

• Destroy All Humans! – June 29 (Switch)
• Curved Space – June 29 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, Xbox One)
• A Tale of Synapse: The Chaos Theories – June 30 (Switch, PC)
• Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual (VR) – June TBC (PC)
• Solar Ash – June TBC (PS4, PS5, PC)
• World Splitter – June TBC (Xbox One)

New games coming out in July 2021

• Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights – July 6 (PS5, PS4)
• Monster Harvest - July 8 (PC)
• Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin – July 9 (PC, Switch)
• Where the Heart Leads – July 13 (PS4, PS5)
• Curved Space - July 13 (Switch)
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD – July 16 (Switch)
• F1 2021 – July 16 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, Xbox One)
• Observer: System Redux – July 16 (Xbox One, PS4)
• Cris Tales – July 20 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, Stadia)
• The Sims 4 Cottage Living expansion - July 22 (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
• Monster Harvest - July 23 (PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
• Tribes of Midgaard - July 27 (PS4, PS5)
• Microsoft Flight Simulator - July 27 (Xbox Series X/S)
• The Ascent – July 29 (PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One)
• Little Devil Inside - July TBC (PS5, PC, PS4)
• Tour de France 2021 – July TBC (PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
• Chernobylite – July TBC (PS4, Xbox One)
• Last Stop – July TBC (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)

New games coming out in August 2021

• In Sound Mind – August 3 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch)
• The Falconeer: Warrior Edition – August 5 (PS5, PS4, Switch)
• Foreclosed – August 12 (PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, Stadia, PC)
• Hades - August 13 (PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)
• Humankind - August 17 (PC, Stadia)
• RiMS Racing – August 19 (PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, Xbox One Switch, PC)
• Twelve Minutes - August 19 (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC)
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits - August 24 (PS5, PC, PS4)
• Psychonauts 2 - August 25 (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC, PS4)
• Hotel Life – August 26 (PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, Xbox One, PC, Switch)
• No More Heroes 3 – August 27 (Switch)
• ExoMecha - August TBC (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC)
• Soup Pot - August TBC (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC)

New games coming out in September 2021

• WRC 10 – September 2 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, Xbox One)
• Kitaria Fables – September 3 (PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
• Bus Simulator 21 – September 7 (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
• FIST: Forget In Shadow Torch – September 7 (PS4, PS5)
• Sonic Colors: Ultimate – September 7 (PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
• Life is Strange: True Colors - September 10 (Xbox Series X/S, PS5, PS4, Xbox One, PC, Stadia, Switch)
• Tales of Arise – September 10 (PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC PS4, Xbox One)
• WarioWare: Get It Together! - September 10 (Nintendo Switch)
• Deathloop - September 14 (PS5, PC)
• Rainbow Six Extraction – September 16 (PC, PS4, Xbox One, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
• Ni no Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom Prince's Edition – September 17 (Switch)
• Aragami 2 – September 17 (PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, Xbox One, PC)
• Sable - September 23 (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC)
• Diablo 2 Resurrected - September 23 (PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)
• Lost Judgment – September 24 (PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
• Death Stranding: Director's Cut – September 24 (PS5)
• Ghostrunner – September 28 (PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
• Hot Wheels Unleashed – September 30 (PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
• Astria Ascending - September 30 (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC, Switch, PS4, PS5)
• Life is Strange Remastered Collection - September 30 (Xbox Series X/S, PS5, PS4, Xbox One, PC, Stadia, Switch)
• Blood Bowl 3 – September TBC (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)

New games coming out in October 2021

• Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania - October 5 (Nintendo Switch)
• Far Cry 6 - October 7 (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Stadia)
• Metroid Dread - October 8 (Nintendo Switch)
• Back 4 Blood - October 12 (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC)
• Demon Slayer - Kimetsu No Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles - October 15 (PS4, PS5)
• Battlefield 2042 - October 22 - (Xbox Series X, PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox One)
• Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy - October 26 (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
• Age of Empires 4 – October 28 (PC)
• Mario Party Superstars - October 29 (Nintendo Switch)
• Stray - October TBC 2021 (PS5, PC)
• Ghostwire: Tokyo - October TBC (PS5, PC)

New games coming out in November 2021

• Just Dance 2022 - November 4 (PS4, Xbox One, Switch, Stadia)
• Forza Horizon 5 - November 9 (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC)
• GTA 5 – November 11 (PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
• GTA Online – November 11 (PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
• Shin Megami Tensei V - November 12 (Nintendo Switch)
• Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl - November 19 (Switch)
• Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker – November 23 (PS5, PS4, PC)
• Venba - November TBC (PC)

New games coming out in December 2021

• Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp - December 3 (Nintendo Switch)
• Dying Light 2 - December 7 (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC)

New games 2021: TBC 2021 and beyond

• Outer Wilds - Summer 2021 (Switch)
• Maneater: Truth Quest – Summer 2021 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X, PS4, Xbox One)
• Fracked - Summer 2021 (PSVR)
• The Big Con - Summer 2021 (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC)
• Death's Door - Summer 2021 (Xbox X/S, Xbox One, PC)
• After the Fall (VR) - Summer 2021 (PSVR, PC)
• Omno - Summer 2021 (Xbox One, PS4, PC, Switch)
• Halo Infinite – Fall 2021 (PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X)
• Cruis’n Blast - Fall 2021 (Nintendo Switch)
• Anacrusis - Fall 2021 (Xbox Series X/S, PC, Xbox One)
• Oxenfree 2: Lost Signals – Fall 2021 (PC, Switch)
• Shredders - December 2021 (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC)
• New Call of Duty 2021 - Late 2021
• Abandoned – Q4 2021 (PS5)
• Jett: The Far Shore – TBC 2021 (PC, PS5, PS4)
• Among Us - TBC 2021 (PS4, Xbox One)
• Adios - TBC 2021 (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One) 
• The Artful Escape - TBC 2021 (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One)
• Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course DLC – TBC 2021 (PC, Xbox One and Switch)
• Scorn – TBC 2021 (Xbox Series X)
• Call of Duty: Warzone – TBC 2021 (PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
• Fall Guys - TBC 2021 (Xbox One, Switch)
• SIFU - TBC 2022 (PS4, PS5)
• Demon Turf - TBC 2021 (Xbox One, PC, Xbox Series X/S)
• Song in the Smoke - TBC 2021 (PSVR)
• Deadly Premonition 2 – TBC 2021 (PC)
• I Expect You To Die 2: The Spy And The Liar - TBC 2021(PCVR)
• Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach - TBC 2021 (PS5, PS4, PC)
• Riders Republic - TBC 2021 (PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)
• The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe – TBC 2021 (PC)
• Horizon Forbidden West - TBC 2021 (PS5)
• Chorus - TBC 2021 (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Stadia)
• Dustborn - TBC 2021 (PS5, PS4, PC)
• CrossfireX - TBC 2021 (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One)
• Little Witch in the Woods - TBC 2021 (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One)
• Dead Static Drive - TBC 2021 (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One)
• Echo Generation - TBC 2021 (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One)
• Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer's Legacy - TBC 2021 (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One)
• Exo One - TBC 2021 (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC)
• FATAL FRAME: Maiden of Black Water - TBC 2021 (Nintendo Switch)
• She Dreams Elsewhere - TBC 2021 (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One)
• Warhammer 40K: Darktide - TBC 2021 (Xbox Series X/S)
• Song of Iron - TBC 2021 (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One)
• RPG Time - TBC 2021 (Xbox Series X/S)
• Lake - TBC 2021 (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One)
• Danganronpa Decadence - TBC 2021 (Nintendo Switch)
• Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp - TBC 2021 (Nintendo Switch)
• Art of Rally - TBC 2021 (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One)
• Tunic - TBC 2021 (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One)
• Total Warhammer 3 - TBC 2021 (PC)
• Moonglow Bay - TBC 2021 (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC)
• Way to the Woods - TBC 2021 (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One)
• FIFA 22 - TBC 2021
• Madden 22 - TBC 2021
• Hello Neighbor 2 - TBC 2021 ( Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC)
• The Gunk - TBC 2021 (Xbox Series X/S)
• Arcadegeddon - TBC 2022 (PS5, PC)
• Moss: Book II - TBC 2022
• Forspoken - January 2022 (PS5, PC)
• Elden Ring - January 21, 2022 (PS4, Xbox One, PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
• Pokémon Legends: Arceus - January 28, 2022 (Switch)
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl - April 28 2022 (Xbox Series X/S, PC)
• Starfield - November 11, 2022 (Xbox Series X/S, PC)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 - TBC 2022 (Nintendo Switch)
• Hogwarts Legacy - TBC 2022 (PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PC)
• Gran Turismo 7 - TBC 2022 (PS5)
• Gotham Knights - TBC 2022 (PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PC)
• Voidtrain - TBC 2022 (PC)
• Two Point Campus - TBC 2022 (PC, Switch, Xbox One, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
• God of War: Ragnarok - TBC 2022 (PS5, PS4)
• The Lord of the Rings: Gollum - TBC 2022 (PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
• Kerbal Space Program 2 – TBC 2022 (PC, PS4 and Xbox One)
• Lost Eidolons - TBC 2022 (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC)
• Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice - TBC 2022 (PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC)
• Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope - TBC 2022 (Nintendo Switch)
• Lawn Mowing Simulator - TBC 2022 (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC)
• Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - TBC 2022 ( PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC, Stadia and Amazon Luna)
• Pragmata - 2023 TBC (PS5)
• Hellblade 2: Senua's Saga – TBC (Xbox Series X/S, PC)
• Skull & Bones – TBC
• Everwild - TBC (Xbox Series X, PC)
• State of Decay 3 - TBC (Xbox Series X, PC)
• Zenith (VR) - TBC (PSVR)
• Forza Motorsport 8 - TBC (PC, Xbox Series X/S)
• Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga – TBC (PC, PS4, Xbox One, PS5, Xbox Series X and Switch)
• Diablo Immortal - TBC (Android and iOS devices confirmed so far)
• Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake - TBC (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC) 
• The Elder Scrolls 6 - TBC
• Loot River - TBC (PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)
• Dragon Age 4 - TBC
• Indiana Jones - TBC
• Overwatch 2 - TBC
• Nobody Saves the World - TBC (Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC)
• Diablo 4 - TBC (Xbox One, PS4, PC)
• Fable - TBC (Xbox Series X/S, PC)
• Final Fantasy 16 - TBC (PS5)
• BioShock 4 - TBC 
• Beyond Good and Evil 2 -  TBC
• Avowed - TBC (Xbox Series X/S, PC)
• The Sims 5 - TBC 

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