Already we can count more than 100 major video game releases expected in 2023, from highly anticipated RPGs like Starfield and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, to new, mainline entries in series like Final Fantasy and Street Fighter, and the long-awaited return of franchises like Diablo and Pikmin.
While video game release dates are constantly in flux, Polygon’s guide to the video games coming out in 2023 will be regularly updated with new games, new release dates, and games’ inevitable delays. Here’s a look at what the year has in store for upcoming games.
New video games in 2023
January
- One Piece Odyssey (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X) — Jan. 13
- Persona 3 Portable (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X) — Jan. 19
- Persona 4 Golden (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X) — Jan. 19
- Colossal Cave (Mac, Meta Quest 2, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X) — Jan. 19
- Fire Emblem Engage (Nintendo Switch) — Jan. 20
- Forspoken (PlayStation 5, Windows PC) — Jan. 24
- NBA All-World (Android, iOS) — Jan. 24
- Dead Space (PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X) — Jan. 27
- Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition (Xbox One, Xbox Series X) — Jan. 31
February
- Deliver Us Mars (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X) — Feb. 2
- Hogwarts Legacy (PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X) — Feb. 10
- Theatrhythm Final Bar Line (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4) — Feb. 16
- Wild Hearts (PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X) — Feb. 17
- Atomic Heart (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X) — Feb. 21
- Like a Dragon: Ishin! (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X) — Feb. 21
- PlayStation VR2 launches (PlayStation 5) — Feb. 22
- Horizon Call of the Mountain (PlayStation VR2) — Feb. 22
- Blood Bowl 3 (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X) — Feb. 23
- Company of Heroes 3 (Windows PC) — Feb. 23
- Sons of the Forest (Windows PC) — Feb. 23
- Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Nintendo Switch) — Feb. 24
- Kerbal Space Program 2 (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X) — Feb. 24 (early access)
- Octopath Traveler 2 (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC) — Feb. 24
- Destiny 2: Lightfall (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X) — Feb. 28
March
- The Day Before (Windows PC) — March 1
- Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X) — March 3
- The Last of Us Part I (PC) — March 3
- Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X) — March 9
- Skull and Bones (Amazon Luna, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X) — March 9
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X) — March 17
- Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon (Nintendo Switch) — March 17
- Resident Evil 4 Remake (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X) — March 24
- Crime Boss: Rockay City (Windows PC) — March 28
- System Shock remake (Linux, Mac, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X) — TBA
April
- Hogwarts Legacy (PlayStation 4, Xbox One) — April 4
- Meet Your Maker (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X) — April 4
- Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows PC) — April 14
- Dead Island 2 (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X) — April 28
- Star Trek: Resurgence (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X) — TBA
May
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo Switch) — May 12
- Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X) — May 28
June
- Street Fighter 6 (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X) — June 2
- Diablo 4 (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X) — June 6
- Final Fantasy 16 (PlayStation 5) — June 22
- RoboCop: Rogue City (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X) — TBA
July
- Hogwarts Legacy (Nintendo Switch) — July 25
August
- Baldur’s Gate 3 (Windows PC) — TBA
2023 video games with a launch window, but no date
Q1 (January-March)
- AEW Fight Forever (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Battlefield Mobile (Android, iOS)
- Deceive Inc (PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
- Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- MLB The Show 23 (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X)
- Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Tortuga: A Pirate’s Tale (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
Q2 (April-June)
- EA Sports PGA Tour (PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
- Fae Farm (Nintendo Switch)
- Nine Sols (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC)
- Valheim (Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
Q3 (July-September)
- EA Sports FC (PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
- F1 23 (PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Madden NFL 24 (PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
- NBA 2K24 (PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
- R-Type Tactics I-II Cosmos (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC)
Q4 (October-December)
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (PlayStation 5)
- NHL 24 (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X)
First half of 2023 (Jan. 1-June 30)
- DNF Duel (Nintendo Switch)
- Forza Motorsport (Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
- Hollow Knight: Silksong (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Homeworld 3 (Windows PC)
- Layers of Fears (PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
- Redfall (Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
- STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl (Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
- Starfield (Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
Midyear (April 1-Sept. 30)
- Bomb Rush Cyberfunk (Nintendo Switch, Windows PC)
- The Expanse: A Telltale Series (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Freedom Planet 2 (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Goodbye Volcano High (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC)
- Rune Factory 3 Special (Nintendo Switch)
- Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
Second half of 2023
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (PlayStation 5) – “Fall 2023” release
Games expected in 2023 with no launch date
- Age of Empires 4 (Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Alan Wake 2 (PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
- Aliens: Dark Descent (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Ark 2 (Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
- Armored Core 6 (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Assassin’s Creed Mirage (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Atlas Fallen (PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
- Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
- Black Myth: Wukong (PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
- Blood Bowl 3 (Nintendo Switch)
- Blue Protocol (PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
- Convergence: A League of Legends Story (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Crash Team Rumble (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Crime Boss: Rockay City (consoles)
- Disney Dreamlight Valley (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Disney Speedstorm (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Dungeons 4 (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
- Everspace 2 (PlayStation 4, Windows PC, Xbox One)
- Everywhere (platforms not announced)
- Exoprimal (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X)
- Fallout 4 (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X)
- Flashback 2 (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Gloomhaven (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Hyper Light Breaker (Windows PC) early access
- Immortals of Aveum (PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
- Lies of P (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Lollipop Chainsaw remake (platforms not announced)
- The Lords of the Fallen (PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
- Marvel’s Midnight Suns (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
- Metal Slug Tactics (Nintendo Switch, Windows PC)
- Mina the Hollower (Linux, Mac, Windows PC)
- Minecraft Legends (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Mortal Kombat: Onslaught (Android, iOS)
- Moving Out 2 (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X
- Palworld (PC)
- Party Animals (Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Payday 3 (platforms not announced)
- Pikmin 4 (Nintendo Switch)
- Pragmata (PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
- Remnant 2 (PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
- Replaced (Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Sea of Stars (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC)
- The Settlers: New Allies (Amazon Luna, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
- Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story (Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Slitterhead (platforms not announced)
- SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows PC, Xbox One)
- Star Wars: Hunters (Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch)
- Suikoden 1 & 2 HD Remaster Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows PC, Xbox One)
- Super Bomberman R 2 (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Syberia: The World Before (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
- Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown (PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine 2 (PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
- The Wolf Among Us 2 (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- WWE 2K23 (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)