There are already more than 100 major video game releases expected in 2023, highly anticipated RPGs like star field and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomto new mainline entries from 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 changing, Polygon’s guide to video games coming out in 2023 will be regularly updated with new games, new release dates, and the inevitable game delays. Here’s a look at what the year has in store for the games to come.
New video games in 2023
January
- One Piece Odyssey (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X) – January 13
- Persona 3 Portable (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X) – January 19
- persona 4 golden (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X) – January 19
- colossal cave (Mac, Meta Quest 2, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X) – January 19
- Fire Emblem Engage (Nintendo Switch) – January 20
- Speak (PlayStation 5, Windows PC) – January 24
- dead space (PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X) – January 27
- Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition (Xbox One, Xbox Series X) – January 31
Image: Avalanche Software/Portkey Games/Warner Bros. Games
February
- Deliver us Mars (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X) – February 2
- Hogwarts Legacy (PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X) – February 10
- Theatrical final measuring line (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4) – February 16
- wild hearts (PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X) – February 17
- atomic heart (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X) – February 21
- Like a dragon: Ishin! (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X) – February 21
- Launch of PlayStation VR2 (PlayStation 5) – February 22
- Horizon Call of the Mountain (PlayStation VR2) – February 22
- Bowl of Blood 3 (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X) – February 23
- Company of heroes 3 (Windows PC) – February 23
- Son of the Forest (Windows PC) – February 23
- Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Nintendo Switch) – February 24
- Kerbal Space Program 2 (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X) – February 24 (Early Access)
- Octopath Traveler 2 (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC) – February 24
- Destiny 2: Lightfall (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X) – February 28
Image: Ubisoft Singapore/Ubisoft
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: Lunar Eclipse Mask (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
- Origins of Bayonetta: 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
- SSystem shock remake (Linux, Mac, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X) – TBA
Picture: Capcom
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) – TBD
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 Town (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X) – TBA
July
- Hogwarts Legacy (Nintendo Switch) – July 25
Image: Blizzard Entertainment
2023 video games with a launch window, but no date
Q1 (January-March)
- battlefield mobile (Android, iOS)
- Deceive Inc (PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
- Killer Klowns of 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 Story (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
Image: Phoenix Laboratories
Q2 (April-June)
- EA Sports PGA Tour (PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
- fairy farm (Nintendo Switch)
- Nine Floors (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)
- Type R Tactics I-II Cosmos (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC)
Image: Square Enix
Q4 (October-December)
- Final Fantasy 7 Revival (PlayStation 5)
- NHL 24 (PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
Image: Arkane Studios Austin/Bethesda Softworks
First half of 2023 (January 1-June 30)
- DNF Dueling (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)
- red fall (Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
- STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl (Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
- star field (Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
Mid-year (April 1 to September 30)
- Bomb Rush Cyberfunk (Nintendo Switch, Windows PC)
- The Expanse: a revealing 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 the 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
Picture: Ubisoft
Games expected in 2023 without 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)
- Assassin’s Creed Mirage (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Fallen Atlas (PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
- Avatar: Pandora’s Frontiers (PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
- Baldur’s Gate 3 (Windows PC)
- Dark Myth: Wukong (PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
- Bowl of Blood 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 (console)
- Disney Valley of Dreams (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Disney Speed Storm (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Dungeons 4 (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
- Eternal Space 2 (PlayStation 4, Windows PC, Xbox One)
- Everywhere (unannounced platforms)
- 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 Seat of Dawn (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- dark haven (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Hyper Lightbreaker (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 Blotted His Name (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Chainsaw Lollipop remake (unannounced platforms)
- The Lords of the Dead (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 digger (Linux, Mac, Windows PCs)
- Minecraft Legends (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Mortal Kombat: Assault (Android, iOS)
- move 2 (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X
- Palworld (CP)
- Payday 3 (unannounced platforms)
Image: Nintendo
- Pikmin 4 (Nintendo Switch)
- Pragmatic (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)
- Settlers: new allies (Amazon Luna, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
- Nunu’s Song: A League of Legends Story (Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- split head (unannounced platforms)
- SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Jerk (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 unlimited solar corona (PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Warhammer 40,000: Bolt (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)
