Video Game Release Dates: Biggest Games of 2021 and Beyond

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2021 may not be as big as some years for video games (thanks, pandemic), but that doesn't mean you'll be starved for new games throughout the year. Lots of games have been delayed to 2022, but plenty are hitting their release dates as well. Whether you have a PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, or PC, you'll absolutely be able to find at least something to get excited about before year's end. There's a little something for everyone, no matter what genres you're into, or which console you own.

It's an exciting time to be a video game fan, so read on for a look at what's to come. And if you're the preordering sort, you can click the buy link if you want to lock in a preorder to make sure the games arrive on launch day. Click the shortcuts below to hop to your system of choice.

Upcoming PS4 and PS5 Games​

July 2021 - PS4 / PS5 Release Dates​

• Where the Heart Leads - July 13 - Buy It
• F1 2021 - July 16 - Buy It: PS4 | PS5
• Cotton Reboot - July 20 - Buy It
• Cris Tales - July 20 - Buy It: PS4 | PS5
• Monster Harvest - July 20 - Buy It
• Last Stop - July 22
• Orcs Must Die! 3 - July 23

• The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles - July 27
• NEO: The World Ends With You - July 27 - Buy It
• Samurai Warrior 5 - July 27 - Buy It

August 2021 - PS4 / PS5 Release Dates​

• Hunter's Arena: Legends - August 3
• The Falconeer: Warrior Edition - August 5
• Foreclosed - August 12 - Buy It
• Hades - August 13
• Rims Racing - August 19
• Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut - August 20 - Buy It: PS4 | PS5
• Madden NFL 22 - August 20 - Buy It: PS4 | PS5
• Monster Harvest - August 20 - Buy It
• Aliens: Fireteam Elite - August 24 - Buy It: PS4 | PS5
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits - August 24
• King's Bounty 2 - August 24 - Buy It
• Psychonauts 2 - August 25

September 2021 - PS4 / PS5 Release Dates​

• Sonic Colors Ultimate - September 7 - Buy It

• Life is Strange: True Colors - September 10 - Buy It: PS4 | PS5

• Tales of Arise - September 10 - Buy It
• Back 4 Blood - October 12 - Buy It: PS4 | PS5
• Deathloop - September 14 - Buy It

• Diablo 2 Resurrected - September 23
• Lemnis Gate - September 28

• Hot Wheels Unleashed - September 30 - Buy It: PS4 | PS5
• Life is Strange Remastered Collection - September 30

October 2021 - PS4 / PS5 Release Dates​

• Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania - October 5 - Buy It: PS4 | PS5
• Far Cry 6 - October 7 - Buy It
• Battlefield 2042 - October 22 - Buy It: PS4 | PS5
• Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy - October 26 - Buy It: PS4 | PS5
• Riders Republic - October 28 - Buy It: PS4 | PS5

• Stray - TBA October 2021

November 2021 - PS4 / PS5 Release Dates​

• Just Dance 2022 - November 4 - Buy It: PS4 | PS5
• Final Fantasy XIV Online: Endwalker - November 23

December 2021 - PS4 / PS5 Game Release Dates​

• Dying Light 2 - December 7 - Buy It: PS4 | PS5

January 2022 - PS4 / PS5 Release Dates​

• Elden Ring - January 21, 2022 - Buy It
• Forspoken - January 2022
• Rainbow Six Extraction - January 2022 - Buy It: PS4 | PS5

Upcoming PS4 and PS5 Games - Release Date TBA​

• Abandoned - Q4 2021
• Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - 2022
• Babylon's Fall - TBA
• Chorus - TBA
• eFootball - Fall 2021
• Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes - 2023

• Evil Dead: The Game - TBA

• Final Fantasy XVI - TBA
• Five Nights at Freddy's Security Breach - 2021
• Ghostwire: Tokyo - Early 2022
• God of War sequel - 2021
• Goodbye Volcano High - TBA
• Gotham Knights - 2022
• Gran Turismo 7 - TBA
• Grand Theft Auto 5 (PS5) - TBA
• Grid Legends - 2022
• Hogwarts Legacy - 2022
• Horizon: Forbidden West - 2021
• Jett: The Far Shore - TBA
• LEGO Star Wars: Skywalker Saga - TBA - Buy It
• The Lord of the Rings: Gollum - 2022
• Open Roads - 2021
• Pragmata - 2023
• Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake - TBA - Buy It
• Resident Evil Re:Verse - 2022

• Season - TBA
• SIFU - 2021
• Solar Ash - 2021
• Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin - 2022
• System Shock Remastered - TBA

• Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 - TBA - Buy It

Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games​

July 2021 - Nintendo Switch Game Releases​

• Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin - July 9 - Buy It
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD - July 16 - Buy It
• Cotton Reboot - July 20 - Buy It
• Cris Tales - July 20 - Buy It
• Monster Harvest - July 20 - Buy It
• Last Stop - July 22

• The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles - July 27 - Buy It
• NEO: The World Ends With You - July 27 - Buy It
• Samurai Warrior 5 - July 27 - Buy It
• Last Stop - TBA July

August 2021 - Nintendo Switch Game Releases​

• The Falconeer: Warrior Edition - August 5
• Godfall (PS4) - August 10
• Shadowverse: Champion's Battle - August 10 - Buy It
• Foreclosed - August 12 - Buy It
• Rims Racing - August 19
• Monster Harvest - August 20 - Buy It
• King's Bounty 2 - August 24 - Buy It
• No More Heroes 3 - August 27 - Buy It

September 2021 - Nintendo Switch Game Releases​

• Sonic Colors Ultimate - September 7 - Buy It
• Life is Strange: True Colors - September 10
• WarioWare: Get it Together! - September 10 - Buy It
• Diablo 2 Resurrected - September 23
• Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot - September 24 - Buy It
• Hot Wheels Unleashed - September 30 - Buy It

October 2021 - Nintendo Switch Game Releases​

• Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania - October 5 - Buy It
• Metroid Dread - October 8 - Buy It
• Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (Cloud Version) - October 26
• Mario Party Superstars - October 29 - Buy It

November 2021 - Nintendo Switch Game Releases​

• Just Dance 2022 - November 4 - Buy It
• Nintendo Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda - November 12
• Shin Megami Tensei V - November 12 - Buy It

December 2021 - Nintendo Switch Game Releases​

• Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp - December 3 - Buy It
• Danganronpa Decadence - December 3 - Buy It

Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games - Release Date TBA​

• Aztech: Forgotten Gods - Fall 2021
• Cruis'n Blast - Fall 2021
• Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny - Summer 2021 - Buy I

• Evil Dead: The Game - TBA
• Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout - Summer 2021
• Fatal Fram: Maiden of Blackwater - 2021
• GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon - 2022
• Hindsight - 2021
• The House of the Dead Remake - TBA

• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 - Buy It
• LEGO Star Wars: Skywalker Saga - TBA - Buy It
• Life is Strange: Remastered Collection - 2021

• The Lord of the Rings: Gollum - 2022
• Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope - 2022 - Buy It
• Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin - Summer 2021
• Neon White - Winter 2021
• OlliOlli World - Winter 2021
• Open Roads - 2021
• The Outer Wilds - Summer 2021
• Oxenfree 2 - 2021
• Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - TBA - Buy It
• Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl - Late 2021
• Pokemon Legends Arceus - Early 2022
• Project Triangle Strategy (working title) - 2022 - Download Demo
• Road 96 - 2021
• Rune Factory 5 - 2022
• Samurai Warriors 5 - Summer 2021
• Skul: The Hero Slayer - Summer 2021
• Splatoon 3 - 2022
• Star Wars: Hunters - 2021

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge - 2021

Upcoming Xbox One and Series X Games​

July 2021 - Xbox Series X|S Release Dates​

• F1 2021 - July 16 - Buy It
• Cris Tales - July 20 - Buy It
• Death's Door - July 20
• Monster Harvest - July 20
• Last Stop - July 22
• Orcs Must Die! 3 - July 23
• Flight Simulator - July 27 - Buy It
• Samurai Warrior 5 - July 27 - Buy It
• The Ascent - July 29

August 2021 - Xbox One / Series X|S Release Dates​

• Lawn Mowing Simulator - August 10
• Foreclosed - August 12 - Buy It
• Hades - August 13
• 12 Minutes - August 19
• Rims Racing - August 19
• Madden NFL 22 - August 20 - Buy It: Series X | Xbox One
• Aliens: Fireteam Elite - August 24 - Buy It
• King's Bounty 2 - August 24 - Buy It
• Psychonauts 2 - August 25 - Buy It

September 2021 - Xbox One / Series X|S Release Date​

• Sonic Colors Ultimate - September 7 - Buy It
• Life is Strange: True Colors - September 10 - Buy It
• Tales of Arise - September 10 - Buy It

• Diablo 2 Resurrected - September 23
• Lemnis Gate - September 28

• Hot Wheels Unleashed - September 30 - Xbox One | Series X
• Life is Strange Remastered Collection - September 30

October 2021 - Xbox One / Series X|S Release Dates​

• Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania - October 5 - Buy It
• Far Cry 6 - October 7 - Buy It
• Back 4 Blood - October 12 - Buy It
• Battlefield 2042 - October 22 - Buy It
• Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy - October 26 - Buy It
• Riders Republic - October 28 - Buy It

November 2021 - Xbox One / Series X|S Release Dates​

• Just Dance 2022 - November 4 - Buy It
• Forza Horizon 5 - November 9 - Buy It

December 2021 - Xbox One / Series X|S Release Dates​

• Dying Light 2 - December 7 - Buy It
• Shredders - December 2021

January 2022 - Xbox One / Series X|S Release Dates​

• Elden Ring - January 21, 2022 - Buy It
• Rainbow Six Extraction - January 2022 - Buy It

April 2022 - Xbox One / Series X|S Release Dates​

• STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl - April 28, 2022 - Buy It

November 2022 - Xbox One / Series X|S Release Dates​

• Starfield - November 11, 2022

Upcoming Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S Games - Release Date TBA​

• Age of Empires IV - Fall 2021
• Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey - TBA
• Ark 2 - TBA
• As Dusk Falls - TBA

• Atomic Heart - TBA
• Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - 2022
• Avowed - TBA
• Bright Memory Infinite - TBA
• Chorus - TBA
• Contraband - TBA
• Crossfire X - TBA
• Dying Light 2 - TBA - Buy It
• Echo Generation - 2021
• eFootball - Fall 2021
• Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes - 2023
• Eiyuden Chronicle Rising - 2022

• Everwild - TBA
• Evil Dead: The Game - TBA
• ExoMecha - TBA
• Fable - TBA
• Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout - 2021

• Forza Motorsport - TBA
• Gotham Knights - 2022
• Grid Legends - 2022

• The Gunk - Fall 2021
• Halo Infinite - Holiday 2021 - Buy It
• Hello Neighbor 2 - TBA
• Hogwarts Legacy - 2022
• LEGO Star Wars: Skywalker Saga - TBA - Buy It
• The Lord of the Rings: Gollum - 202

• Open Roads - 2021
• The Outer Worlds 2 - TBA
• Party Animals - 2022
• Perfect Dark - TBA
• Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis - TBA
• A Plague Tale 2: Requiem - 2022
• Pragmata - 2023
• Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake - TBA - Buy It

• Redfall - Summer 2022
• Replaced - TBA
• Resident Evil Re:Verse - 2022
• Scorn - TBA

• Second Extinction - TBA
• Senua's Saga: Hellblade II - TBA

• Slime Rancher 2 - 2022
• Somerville - 2022

• State of Decay 3 - TBA
• Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin - 2022
• System Shock Remastered - TBA

• Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 - TBA - Buy It
• Warhammer 40,000: Dark Tide - TBA

Upcoming PC Games​

July 2021 - PC Game Release Dates​

• F1 2021 - July 16 - Buy It
• Death's Door - July 20

• Orcs Must Die! 3 - July 23

• The Great Ace Attorney - July 27
• Final Fantasy [Pixel Remasters] - July 28
• Final Fantasy II [Pixel Remasters] - July 28
• Final Fantasy III [Pixel Remasters] - July 28
• Grounded - July 28 (early access)

August 2021 - PC Game Release Dates​

• Lawn Mowing Simulator - August 10
• Foreclosed - August 12 - Buy It
• Naraka: Bladepoint - August 12 - Buy It
• Humankind - August 17 - Buy It
• 12 Minutes - August 19 - Buy It
• Monster Harvest - August 19
• Rims Racing - August 19
• Madden NFL 22 - August 20 - Buy It
• Aliens: Fireteam Elite - August 24 - Buy It
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits - August 24
• King's Bounty 2 - August 24 - Buy It
• Psychonauts 2 - August 25 - Buy It

September 2021 - PC Game Release Date​

• Sonic Colors Ultimate - September 7
• Life is Strange: True Colors - September 10 - Buy It
• Tales of Arise - September 10

• Deathloop - September 14 - Buy It

• Diablo 2 Resurrected - September 23
• Lemnis Gate - September 28
• Life is Strange Remastered Collection - September 30

October 2021 - PC Game Release Dates​

• Far Cry 6 - October 7 - Buy It
• Back 4 Blood - October 12 - Buy It
• Battlefield 2042 - October 23 - Buy It
• Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy - October 26 - Buy It

• Age of Empires 4 - October 28 - Buy It
• Riders Republic - October 28 - Buy It

November 2021 - PC Game Release Dates​

• Forza Horizon 5 - November 9 - Buy It
• Final Fantasy XIV Online: Endwalker - November 23

December 2021 - PC Game Release Dates​

• Dying Light 2 - December 7 - Buy It

January 2022 - PC Game Release Dates​

• Elden Ring - January 21, 2022
• Forspoken - January 2022
• Rainbow Six Extraction - January 2022 - Buy It

April 2022 - PC Game Release Dates​

• STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl - April 28, 2022 - Buy It

November 2022 - PC Game Release Dates​

• Starfield - November 11, 2022

Upcoming PC Games - Release Date TBA​

• Age of Empires IV - Fall 2021
• As Dusk Falls - TBA
• Atomic Heart - TBA
• Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - 2022
• Avowed - TBA
• Babylon's Fall - TBA
• Bright Memory Infinite - TBA
• Chorus - TBA
• Contraband - TBA

• Echo Generation - 2021
• eFootball - Fall 2021
• Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes - 2023

• Eiyuden Chronicle Rising - 2022
• Everwild - TBA
• Evil Dead: The Game - TBA
• ExoMecha - TBA
• Fable - TBA

• Forza Motorsport - TBA
• Ghostwire: Tokyo - Early 2022
• Goodbye Volcano High - TBA
• Gotham Knights - 2022
• Grid Legends - 2022
• The Gunk - Fall 2021
• Halo Infinite - Holiday 2021 - Buy It
• Hello Neighbor 2 - TBA
• Hogwarts Legacy - 2022
• Jett: The Far Shore - TBA
• LEGO Star Wars: Skywalker Saga - TBA - Buy It
• The Lord of the Rings: Gollum - 2022
• Open Roads - 2021
• The Outer Worlds 2 - TBA
• Perfect Dark - TBA
• Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis - TBA
• Pragmata - 2023
• Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake - TBA - Buy It

• Redfall - Summer 2022
• Resident Evil Re:Verse - 2022

• Scorn - TBA

• Season - TBA
• Second Extinction - TBA
• Senua's Saga: Hellblade II - TBA
• Shovel Knight Showdown - TBA
• SIFU - 2021
• Solar Ash - 2021

• State of Decay 3 - TBA
• Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin - 2022
• System Shock Remastered - TBA - Buy It
• Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 - TBA - Buy It
• Warhammer 40,000: Dark Tide - TBA

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[poilib element="accentDivider"]Chris Reed is IGN's shopping and commerce editor. You can follow him on Twitter @_chrislreed.

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