Welcome to the month of February and this month kicks off with a pretty packed week of new releases. This week's major release brings Command & Conquer to mind, but on an alien planet and turn-based. The week kicks off with a retro style 2D RPG, which is followed by a magical horror co-op game and an island full of cats. Next up we have a re-imagined version of a Square Enix game and we round off the week with some samurai vs. ninja action. There's also a bunch of other games launching this week, so check out those too.

Menace / This week's major release / Thursday 5 February / Early access
Command a strike force of marines, mercenaries, and criminals in a distant system, cut off from the Core Worlds. At the lawless frontier, the Wayback system is controlled by pirate warlords, questionable corporations, and fractured planetary governments who struggle for a new order. Though you initially lead your strike force of marines from aboard the strike cruiser TCRN Impetus, you'll quickly need to unite the disparate locals under your leadership to defeat an unknown threat. Fielding tanks, walkers, and infantry squads with a massive selection of equipment to choose from, you'll train your troops, plan out operations, and engage in deadly tactical battles. Steam link

Darkhaven is a new, upcoming dark fantasy ARPG developed by gaming veterans who previously worked on genre legends, such as Diablo and Torchlight. The game was officially announced on January 29, 2026, with a launch trailer that gave us a glimpse of what to expect from the new game. The main draw of Darkhaven is that it takes place in procedurally generated, fully destructible dynamic environments. The developer also promises dynamic exploration and a high degree of freedom in that exploration. As with classic ARPGs, it features an isometric view, and interactions are highly dependent on mouse clicks. There will also be online co-op and PvP game modes, and the trailer makes mention of "massive events that threaten your entire world," suggesting that the game borrows elements from the MORPG genre. Darkhaven's main premise is that you, and perhaps your party, must step up to save a "dying world" being preyed upon by malevolent forces, facing off against all manner of monsters and otherworldly horrors. The studio also touts its combat as being tactical, and its movement as "truly open," granting users the freedom to fly, swim, climb, and jump to get around, through, and over obstacles and even enhance combat.

Darkhaven is "coming soon" to Steam via Early Access, although an exact launch date is unclear, and it will seemingly be at least partially funded by a Kickstarter campaign. The developer and publisher, Moon Beast Productions, specifically calls itself an ARPG developer, so it seems as though the Darkhaven will be the newly formed studio's main focus for the time being. The studio was started by ex-Blizzard talent, Erich Schaefer, Philip Shenk, and Peter Hu, who worked, in various capacities, on Diablo 1 and 2, and it features artists, designers, and devs who worked on the likes of Diablo 4, Marvel Heroes Online, Torchlight 1 and 3, and Nox.

NVIDIA has released its latest GeForce Game Ready driver, version 591.86 WHQL, which includes day-one support for the ARC Raiders: Headwind Update. This driver also provides initial support for the newly launched PvP shooter, Highguard, and updates compatibility for the strategy RPG, Arknights: Endfield. Players of Arknights: Endfield can take advantage of DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation on RTX 50 series cards. NVIDIA claims that gamers can expect approximately triple the performance at 4K with maxed settings or reach the game's 480 FPS cap at lower resolutions. The game's developers, HYPERGRYPH, are also working to integrate native DLSS support in a future update. NVIDIA has resolved the issue of artifacts appearing during gameplay in Total War: Three Kingdoms. Additionally, this driver addresses problems with SDR content when Windows Automatic Color Management is enabled, ensuring accurate SDR color management, and ASUS G14 laptop freezes have been fixed.DOWNLOAD: NVIDIA GeForce 591.86 WHQL

Welcome to the last week of January and we're finally back to a more normal release schedule. We have a rather unique looking major release this week, which involves camping, climbing and trying not to die. First out this week we have a rather odd looking PvP raid shooter, which is followed by a WW2 aircraft carrier command simulator. The next game has you working as a convenience store clerk in a haunted store and this is followed by a slightly different take on a survival horror game. The week is finished off with a JRPG, although we're also finally back to covering a few extra games that didn't quite make the list.

Cairn / This week's major release / Thursday 29 January
Reach a summit never climbed before in this survival-climber from the creators of Furi and Haven. Climb anywhere and plan your route carefully, managing pitons and resources to survive unforgiving Mount Kami. Discover what Aava is willing to sacrifice to achieve the ascent of a lifetime. Steam link

Seismic Squirrel is thrilled to announce that Aether & Iron will launch on PC (Steam) in Spring 2026. This narrative-driven RPG invites players to step into the shoes of Gia, a smuggler navigating the dangerous underworld of an alternate 1930s New York City, featuring turn-based vehicular combat and storytelling from writers with credits on Mass Effect, Far Cry, and Sovereign Syndicate.

Aether & Iron takes place in an alternate 1930s New York transformed into a vertical city after the discovery of "aether" - a key component to newfound anti-gravitational technology. Customize and upgrade your fleet of aether-powered vehicles with weapons and armor, and recruit unique companions to watch your back, each armed with talents that can make all the difference. Your choices shape not just your path, but the city's fate as well.

We already saw some nifty announcements come out of the latest Xbox Developer_Direct, including a deep dive into Fable's open world and writing, but the event also gave us a look at Beast of Reincarnation, which is an upcoming Souls-like RPG in development at Game Freak and being published by Fictions. The game will be Game Freak's first AAA game other than the Pokémon series, and it is being developed in Unreal Engine 5. According to the announcement and gameplay overview video, Beast of Reincarnation is slated to launch in "summer 2026," suggesting a launch date sometime between June and August.

Beast of Reincarnation is a Souls-like RPG set in a futuristic post-apocalyptic Japan that follows the story of an exiled woman, Emma, and her wolf companion, Koo, as they try to survive and find their place as outcasts in a blight-stricken ruins of human civilization. It is an exclusively single-player experience, and Game Freak says it will be built around "demanding, technical combat," that sees players use both Emma's fast-paced swordplay and Koo's abilities that players can call on in order to fend off monstrous beasts and robotic foes. Game Freak also showed off some of the traversal and the synergy between traversal and Emma's powers, which are rooted in her ability to absorb the blight and lock it away inside her body, also teasing a close relationship between the protagonist and the natural world. Beast of Reincarnation will launch simultaneously on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam. The game already has a Steam page where you can wishlist it, but pre-orders are not yet available, and there is no other information to be gleaned from it than has already been revealed in the Developer_Direct.

Hi Pilots, We're Turtle Juice, a small indie studio based in the interior of Brazil. Being far from the industry hubs has its challenges, but it's also our advantage; it drives us to innovate, work harder, and prove that great games can come from anywhere. As a tight-knit team of 23 developers we believe we've managed to achieve that with our newest game—Mechborn.

Mechborn is a roguelike deckbuilder inspired by classic '90s mech anime and Greek mythology. Earth and its colonies are under siege by Kaiju, and humanity's last hope lies with the Mechborn: elite pilots capable of surviving Mech-Synchronization. But there's more to Mechborn than just the pilots and mech you take into battle. I want to briefly showcase the systems and mechanics that define every run, every decision and every moment of tension you'll face each run.

Hey PC and console players! With Escape from Ever After launching fairly soon, we thought now's the perfect time to dive into what makes this game tick. So, if you've ever wondered what happens when classic storybook heroes get stuck in a soul-crushing office job, you're about to find out. Escape from Ever After is a Paper Mario-inspired RPG that takes the hero's journey and tosses it straight into corporate bureaucracy. It's equal parts adventure game, turn-based combat, and workplace satire—and it's weirder than it sounds.

Meet Flynt Buckler, your typical storybook hero out to settle the score with his nemesis, Tinder the dragon. But when he finally reaches her castle, things get weird. The fire-breathing villain he expected? Nowhere to be found. Instead, her once-majestic fortress has been gutted and rebuilt as a soulless office complex, complete with fluorescent lighting, mandatory coffee breaks, and employees trapped in the worst kind of grind.

Welcome to yet another week of new game releases and things are finally starting to warm up a little bit in the new year, even if there are a lot of early access games this week. This week's major release is a different take on the metroidvania genre with some rather unique graphics. This is followed by a kingdom-builder set in medieval times, a large-scale real-time tactics wargame set in antiquity, an RPG with an MMO feel that has a co-op mode, a sword making simulator and finally a fairytale inspired RPG where you have to beat a megacorporation.

MIO: Memories in Orbit / This week's major release / Tuesday 20 January
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion. Steam link

Greetings, Terranoids! The lasers have been aligned, the coordinates triangulated, and all the go buttons are finally flashing and ready for the INCREDIBLE INVASION OF PLANET EARTH. We will be (crash) landing on Steam—JANUARY 27th, 2026. The whole team—at Size Five Games—has been hard at work making sure jokes land in all our languages, setting up bars for small blue aliens and looping the orgy room (just to make sure it works!), and we're now ready to invite you on the biggest space adventure this side of planet Tyryth.

Want an early peek at what's in store? We have a BRAND-NEW DEMO you can play RIGHT NOW. This is EARTH MUST DIE. These moronic Terranoids think they can just roll in here and take over my beautiful Tyrythian kingdom? The kingdom that I built from the ground up with my bare hands, and only sort of inherited from my dear, sweet, extremely dead father? This is complete bullsh*t, and I'm going to make them very dead.

Ready yourself for war and pre-order Disciples: Domination now! Kalypso Media and Artefacts Studio invite fans to claim their place on the battlefield by securing their digital copy of the dark-fantasy strategy RPG with turn-based combat ahead of the official release on 12th February 2026.

Disciples: Domination will be available as both a Standard Edition (€49.99 / $49.99 / £44.99) and a Deluxe Edition (€59.99 / $59.99 / £54.99). Rulers who pre-order either edition will unlock the Corruption Skins Pack, a set of cosmetics imbued with the corrupted mana surging through Nevendaar.

Hello, friends. Pathologic 3 is out! We've wanted to say these words for so long—and you've wanted to hear them. So here it is. Welcome to the Town-on-Gorkhon. In this psychological horror game, you are a doctor with only 12 days to save a town from a mysterious plague. Make ruthless decisions and diagnose with precision. Shape the town's future and rewrite the past. Hold yourself together while it all falls apart.

Release discount
As we mentioned before, a 20% launch discount is available for the next two weeks. And if you own Pathologic 2 or Pathologic Classic, you can get an additional 15% off by purchasing the game via one of the bundles below.

It'll still be another week until we start seeing some bigger game releases, which means we have another fairly slow week of new games ahead of use. This week's biggest release involves you working as a TSA agent of sorts, except you'll be screening for zombies. If that's not your thing, how about a game about getting turned green and using your tongue to get around? Still not it? What about an RPG with Minecraft style graphics? Maybe being a train conductor is more your style? How about an action JRPG? Regardless, we're ending this week with a psychological horror game, for those of you that are into that kind of thing.

Quarantine Zone: The Last Check / This week's major release / Monday 12 January
Armed with advanced screening tools and your own instincts, you must decide who gets through and who stays behind. One wrong choice could let the infection slip past your post. But holding the line is only the beginning. You'll need to manage scarce resources, reinforce defenses, and keep your camp alive as chaos intensifies with each passing day. Steam link

The January full moon, also known as the Full Wolf Moon, is the ideal time for Rebel Wolves, together with Bandai Namco Entertainment, to share a special video, giving players another taste of what awaits them when the game launches in 2026 on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.

The latest teaser shows new characters who will play a key role in the adventure, as well as previously unseen locations from Vale Sangora - a mysterious region of the Carpathian Mountains that hides many secrets, waiting to be discovered by players. This video features gameplay captured from the current PC beta version of the game.

Welcome to the first full week of 2026 and we kick off the week with a survival horror game where you have to save a town from a plague as this week's major release. If that's not your thing, then we have a co-op game in a desert world, an alien world base building game, an MMORPG set in an alternative Viking age, some old time farming back in the days of Egypt and finally a team based shooter where you can cloak. Not the worst start we've had to the new year when it comes to game releases, but keep in mind that CES kicks off next week as well, so you might be too busy reading news here on TPU to have time for games.

Pathologic 3 / This week's major release / Friday 9 January
In this psychological horror game, you are a doctor with only 12 days to save a town from a mysterious plague. Make ruthless decisions and diagnose with precision. Shape the town's future and rewrite the past. Hold yourself together while it all falls apart. Steam link

Happy New Year, even though technically almost half of this coming week is still part of the current year. This week we have a very meagre lineup of games for you, but it's still a smidgen better than last year's. We kick off with some carnival fun, then we go modern retro, followed by some sword fighting, some turn based retro JRPG-style and end the week with a 2D/3D adventure.

Carnival Massacre / Monday 29 December
Drawing heavily from classic survival horror tropes, Carnival Massacre takes players on a haunting quest in a cursed theme park. Explore your surroundings, manage your messy inventory, solve puzzles and kill the four ringleaders of the park. Steam link

Notorious Studios is excited to announce that its debut title, extraction-RPG Eldegarde, will be launching in 1.0 on 21 January 2026 on Steam. Originally titled Legacy: Steel & Sorcery, the PvEvE game launched into Steam Early Access in February 2025, garnering plenty of positive feedback and building a dedicated community. Picking from iconic fantasy classes including Warrior, Rogue or Wizard, Eldegarde players can dive into a world of magic and steel, battling monsters and knights, as well as other players, through verdant fields, deep woods, and sinister crypts in order to find incredible loot and extract safely.

Developer Notorious Studios, formed by Blizzard veteran Chris Kaleiki (World of Warcraft, Wrath of the Lich King, Mists of Pandaria), has worked closely with the game's community over the past eleven months, shaping and improving the core multiplayer experience, adding in brand new maps and new classes such as Paladin and Wizard. Eldegarde's 1.0 launch also introduces a PvE mode, allowing more casual players to jump into the classic pulp fantasy-inspired world of Eldegarde, learning its combat mechanics and map intricacies without the threat of other players.

Welcome to the last full week of 2025 and for once there are actually a few game releases this time of the year, even though there's nothing that really stands out. We kick off the week with an Asian ARPG, which is followed by some space pirate cleansing, some taxi driving, a prison break, some disco and finally a trip to Colombia. Have a great holiday week, although we'll be back before the new year, since week one starts this side of the new year.

Duet Night Abyss / This week's major release / Tuesday 23 December
Duet Night Abyss is a fantasy adventure RPG with a high degree of freedom developed by Hero Games' Pan Studio. The game features "Multiple Weapon Loadouts x 3D Combat" at its core, and tells the story of "Demons" from dual perspectives. Steam link

Hunted Cow Games, the Scottish indie studio behind one of the longest-running browser MMORPGs in gaming history, today announced Fallen Sword II, a cross-platform RPG inspired by their cult classic that has captivated millions of players since 2006. The game is set for release in Q3 2026 on PC and mobile platforms, and is available to wishlist now on Steam.

A Legacy Forged in Scotland
When Hunted Cow launched Fallen Sword from their tiny Elgin office in December 2006, the team could never have predicted its meteoric rise, gaining over 250,000 players in just three months. By the end of its first year, over one million adventurers had signed up to explore the world of Erildath.

The unveiling of Divinity at this year's edition of The Game Awards was widely celebrated. Since releasing Baldur's Gate 3 back in 2023, Larian Studios has moved on from working within the constraints of Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) license. RPG enthusiasts have long-pondered over the prospect of revisiting the Divinity universe. Last week, the Belgian-headquartered development house did not reveal many details regarding their next flagship project. Their pagan ritual-filled cinematic trailer did not contain any gameplay footage. Online gaming communities have debated about Divinity's gameplay systems; will it be a real-time action experience, or a turn-based affair? Recently, Larian head honcho—Swen Vincke—sat down with Bloomberg's Jason Schreier.

In a Q&A session, the company's founder acknowledged that his team will try to build on the success of Baldur's Gate 3. This will be a big challenge, Vincke elaborated: "it's more. It's more pressure. The weight of the expectations weighs high. We're trying not to think about it, because we have to make our own thing." Larian's last in-house fantasy IP—Divinity: Original Sin II—was released back in 2017. Continuing his train of thought he opined: "Baldur's Gate 3 was a good game, and I'm proud of it, but I think this one (Divinity) is going to be way better...This is going to be us unleashed, I think. It's a turn-based RPG featuring everything you've seen from us in the past, but it's brought to the next level." Additionally, Vincke confirmed that Divinity will be released via an early access model; likely following a similar trail pioneered by BG3's staggered release roadmap.

Welcome to the second to last full week of 2025 and most likely the last week of any kind of interesting new game releases. This week's major release is a first person MMO set in a post Soviet-era universe. If that's not your ginger bread flavour, how about a top-down mix between a MOBA and an RPG, or a tactics-JRPG from the PS4, since we're apparently blending several different styles of game styles this week. Next up we have a retro FPS, which is followed by a retro 2D platformer remaster and finally we end the week with some pro bowling of all things.

Pioner / This week's major release / Tuesday 16 December
Pioner is an open-world MMO first-person shooter set in a haunting, alternative-reality world where Soviet-era structures lie abandoned on a desolate, post-apocalyptic island. In this immersive environment, the gameplay experience is defined by dynamic PvE and PvP elements, where realism takes priority over traditional health bars or character levels. Steam link

Independent developer and publisher CI Games has revealed the very first look at gameplay of the highly anticipated action-RPG Lords of the Fallen II as part of The Game Awards (TGA). The hard-hitting new trailer, featuring a cover of "It's a Sin" by chart-topping rock band Ghost, illustrates the game's brutal soulslike combat against an array of fearsome, towering creatures amid an expansive world characterized by its trademark dual realms. Built on Unreal Engine 5, Lords of the Fallen II launches in 2026 on the PlayStation 5 system, the Xbox Series X|S console systems, PC via the Epic Games Store, and is available to wishlist now.

Lords of the Fallen II, currently in active development, is a new soulslike action-RPG set in a human realm besieged by eons of malevolent gods, visceral magic, and unflinching defenders. 1,000 years after the fall of the dark god Adyr, a lone kingdom stands against the forces of the dead realm known as Umbral and its eldritch master.

Larian Studios is proud to announce Divinity, a brand-new game set in the world of Rivellon. Revealed with a trailer shown live during The Game Awards 2025, Divinity is Larian's most ambitious title yet. The gods are silent. Rivellon bleeds. New powers stir.

Built by the team who brought you Baldur's Gate 3, Larian Studios unchains its ambitions to bring you an RPG with greater breadth and depth than ever before. While Divinity is a brand-new game that doesn't require experience with previous Larian titles, those who've played Divinity: Original Sin and Divinity: Original Sin 2 will be able to enjoy greater understanding and continuity.

During The Game Awards 2025, KOEI TECMO America and developer Team NINJA announced that the new demo for their upcoming dark samurai action RPG, Nioh 3, will be released Jan. 29, 2026 on PlayStation 5 and Windows PC via Steam. In addition, as showcased in the action-packed trailer, new exclusive early purchase bonuses have also been revealed ahead of the game's release on Feb. 6, 2026.

Before transcending through time to save Japan, players will be able to sharpen their blades in the new demo in solo or online multiplayer for up to three players. After completing the demo, fans will be able to carry over their save data to the final game and continue their journey to become Shogun. More details about the new demo will be released at a later date.

When we founded Archetype Entertainment, we wanted to push the boundaries of what RPGs could be. With EXODUS, our sci-fi action-adventure RPG, we had a clear vision: create a protagonist whose journey from nobody to hero mirrors your own growth as a player. In Jun, the game's main character, we hope to have created someone players can immerse themselves in as they confront humanity's greatest threats 40,000 years in the future. Today, I'm thrilled to announce that EXODUS launches Early 2027, and we're celebrating by unveiling our latest trailer: "The Rise of Jun Aslan."

From Salvager to Savior: Jun's Impossible Journey
You are Jun Aslan. When your story begins, you're not humanity's last hope. Not yet. You're a lowly salvager on Lidon, a dying moon forgotten by a galaxy that's moved on. Each day, you scrape through forty thousand years of wreckage: the bones of dead ships and failed dreams left behind by voyagers who came before. That's intentional. We want you, like Jun, to feel that sense of insignificance before the stars finally call to you.