New and upcoming Xbox Series games for 2026

2026 Xbox Video Game Calendar is starting to take shape, and it should be a pretty good year for the console. Microsoft's brand received a lot of criticism throughout 2025, but the Xbox Series X/S has never stopped receiving great games, even if none of them are exclusive to the system. 2026 will be no exception, with dozens of new releases coming each month across a spectrum of genres.

Since it can be tiring to keep up with everything, let's simplify the process and go through the big upcoming Xbox games that should define 2026. Hopefully, it will be a memorable year for all the right reasons.

Note that the focus is on North American release dates for Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One games. Expansions will also be listed. That said, this lineup is not exhaustive, as the focus is on big plays.

January 2026 Upcoming Xbox Series Games

2XKO, Final Fantasy, Code Vein, Cult of the Lamb and more

• January 8: I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
• January 9: Hero seeker
• January 9: The Owl and the Spirits of the Past
• January 9: Spear
• January 12: Bus Driving Simulator: EVO
• January 13: SimRail – The railway simulator
• January 14: The Last Case of John Morley
• January 16: Battle Puzzle 2048 – Queens of the Abyss
• January 16: Zumba – Marble Candy Rush
• January 20: 2XKO
• January 20: The Last Faith: Awakened Ancients
• January 20: MIO: Memories in Orbit
• January 22: Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven
• January 22: Dynasty Warriors: Origins – Visions of Four Heroes
• January 22: Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade
• January 22: Look mom No computer
• January 22: MAVRIX by Matt Jones
• 23 January: The Escape from Ever After
• 23 January: Horror Tale 1: 4k Remaster
• January 26: Highguard
• January 27: Speedball
• January 29: TWILIGHT INDEX: GION
• January 29: I hate this place
• January 29: Stable stories – Forest and meadow rides
• January 30: Code Vein II
• January 30: The 9th Charnel
• January 30: Front Mission 3: Remake

January 2026 is off to a pretty good start, although the releases are tracking in the second half of the month. The biggest new game coming to Xbox Series X is 2XKORiot's fighter that will be free to play. Tag-team combat is the main focus, and lol the developer knows a thing or two about creating a live service project that can be downright life-consuming.

If you're primarily into single-player games, the Xbox Series X lineup for January 2026 has something for you. Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade finally lands on Microsoft's console, years after being available on PS5 and PC. Code Vein II should be a decent Soulslike, and it could be good if it improves on its predecessor's foundation.

February 2026 Upcoming Xbox Series Games

Resident Evil, Yakuza, Dragon Quest and more

• February 3: NORWEGIAN: Blood custom
• February 5: Dragon Quest VII Reimagined
• February 5: Jimmy and the vibrant fair
• February 6: Bandit trap
• February 6: Carmageddon: Rogue Shift
• February 6: My Hero Academia: All's Justice
• February 11: Romeo is a dead man
• February 12: BlazBlue Entropy Effect X
• February 12: Cash Cleaner Simulator
• February 12: ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard
• February 12: Disciples: Dominance
• February 12: Lil Gator Game: In the Dark
• February 12: RIDE 6
• February 12: Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties
• February 13: High On Life 2
• February 13: Reborn animal
• February 13: Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma
• February 19: Death Howl
• February 19: Death Match Love Comedy!
• February 19: Showgunners
• February 19: Styx: Blades of Greed
• February 19: WiZman's World Re;Try
• February 20: Horror Tale 2: 4k Remaster
• February 24: Tomorrow's tide
• February 26: City Hunter
• February 26: No Sleep for Kaname Date – From AI: The Somnium Files
• February 27: Resident Evil Requiem
• February 27: Tales of Berseria remastered

On paper, February 2026 is almost frustratingly packed with games. How can we even keep up with all the major releases? Xbox Series users won't have to wait long for things to get going, either Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined launched on the fifth of the month. About a week later, Romeo is a dead man will arrive to hopefully satisfy people's cravings for hack and slash goodness, and it will be quickly followed by Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties, Reborn animaland High on Life 2. All of these games look amazing.

The second half of the month has Resident Evil Requiemwhich is (obviously) February 2026's biggest new Xbox game. It's been years since the last brand new chapter in Capcom's series, and Requiem can't come soon enough.

March 2026 Upcoming Xbox Series Games

Fatal Frame, Monster Hunter Stories, Crimson Desert and more

Continuing the momentum from its predecessor, March 2026 has all Xbox games. You can get Fatal Frame 2 if you still crave more nightmares, although you can also pick up John Carpenter's Toxic Commando if you just want to shoot hordes of zombies. Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection should be a rock solid creature collection JRPG, and Crimson Desert may be the most ambitious title of the month. Finally, Mouse: PI for rent looks incredible.

April 2026 Upcoming Xbox Series Games

Pragmata, Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred, and more

• April 16: Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss
• April 23: Kingdom's Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster
• April 24: Pragmatics
• April 28: Diablo IV: Lord of the Hat
• April 30: Invincible VS

Currently, April 2026 doesn't have too many confirmed games, but it already has a couple of juggernauts. Pragmatics looks poised to become one of Capcom's weirdest projects, and that's a compliment indeed. The unorthodox combat should rock, just because Capcom knows what it's doing. Invincible VS should be a bloody superhero fighting game, while Diablo IV: Lord of the Hat is the RPG's next expansion.

Other new Xbox games coming in 2026 or later

GTA 6, Elder Scrolls, Gears of War and more

• May 26: The Relic: First Guardian
• May 27: 007 First light
• May 29: Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
• September 8: Halloween
• November 19: Grand Theft Auto 6
• The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales
• Yes
• Aphelion
• Archeage Chronicles
• Sheet 2
• Assassin's Creed Infinity (TBA for platforms)
• At the end of fate
• Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game
• The Beast of Reincarnation
• Beyond Good and Evil 2 (TBA for platforms)
• New BioShock game (TBA for platforms)
• Black Myth: Zhong Kui
• Blizzard's Survival Game (Consoles & PC)
• Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement
• The Blood of Dawnwalker
• Bluey's Quest for the Gold Pen
• Bubsy 4D
• Buramato
• Bus simulator 27
• Cities: Skylines 2
• ClockWork Revolution
• Code Name: Final Form (TBA for platforms)
• Contraband
• Control resonant
• Danganronpa 2×2
• Darwin's Paradox!
• Densh attack
• Disaster report 5
• Dragon Quest 12: Flames of Fate
• Dreamhouse: The Game
• Stupid ways to party
• EA's Iron Man game (TBA for platforms)
• The Elder Scrolls 6 (TBA for platforms)
• Goldman's Eternal Life
• Exoborne (PC, consoles TBA)
• Exodus
• The Expanse: Osiris Reborn
• Fable
• Fallen Tear: The Ascension
• Forza Horizon 6
• Gears of War: E-Day
• GreedFall 2: The Dying World
• Gothic
• Halo: Campaign Evolved
• Harmonium: The Musical
• Haunted Chocolates (TBA for platforms)
• Hellreaper
• Whole
• He-Man and Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction
• Holdfast: Nations At War
• Hunting simulator 3
• Instinct
• Lethal Honor: The Order of the Apocalypse
• Judas
• Jurassic Park Survival
• Kage: Shadow of the Ninja
• Chemistry
• Kingdom Hearts 4
• Kitsune Tails
• Lab rat
• Last Sentinel
• Lords of the Fallen 2
• Maseylia: Echoes of the Past
• Marathon
• Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra
• Marvel's Blade
• Mecha Break
• Mishap Hunter
• Montezuma's Revenge – 40th Anniversary Edition
• Mudang: Two hearts
• My Hero Academia: All's Justice
• My time at Evershine
• New crazy taxi game (TBA for platforms)
• Darksiders 4
• New Golden Ax game (TBA for platforms)
• New Jet Set radio play (TBA for platforms)
• New Just Cause game (TBA for platforms)
• New Mass Effect game (TBA for platforms)
• New Metro Game (TBA for platforms)
• New Streets Of Rage Game (TBA for platforms)
• No rest for the wicked
• OD (overdose)
• Okami sequel (TBA for platforms)
• Once human
• Onimusha: Path of the Sword
• Orphan of the Machine
• Panzer Dragoon 2 Zwei: Remake
• Paraside: Duality Unbound
• Persona 4 Revival
• Planet of Lana II: Children of the Leaf
• Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake
• Prison Architect 2
• Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy
• Road Kings
• R-type Dimensions III
• SacriFire
• Shadow of Conspiracy: Episode 2
• The signal
• Silent Hill: Townfall
• Simon The Sorcerer Origins
• Six days in Fallujah
• Spine
• Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions
• Star Wars: Eclipse
• Star Wars: Zero Company
• State of decay 3
• Subnautica 2
• Super Meat Boy 3D
• Sword of Legend
• There are no ghosts at The Grand
• Thick as thieves
• Tide of annihilation
• Tomb Raider: Catalyst
• Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis
• Towerborne (XBX/S, PC)
• New TimeSplitters game (TBA for platforms)
• Turok: Origin
• Valor Mortis
• Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors
• Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus 2
• The Witcher 4 (TBA for platforms)
• The Witcher Remake (TBA)
• The Wolf Among Us 2 (XBX/S, XBO)
• Wreck party 2
• Wyrd song (TBA for platforms)