Xbox 2026 video game calendar is starting to take shape and it should be a pretty great year for the console. The Microsoft brand has taken quite a bit of criticism in 2025, but the Xbox Series X/S has never stopped receiving fantastic games, even if none of them are exclusive to the system. The year 2026 will not be an exception, each month will bring dozens of new releases across the spectrum of genres.
Since keeping up with everything can be tiring, let's simplify the process and go through the big upcoming Xbox games that should define 2026. Let's hope it's a year to remember for all the right reasons.
Please note that the emphasis is on Game release dates for Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One in North America. Extensions will also be listed. That said, this build isn't exhaustive as it focuses on the major games.
January 2026 upcoming Xbox series games
2XKO, Final Fantasy, Code Vein, Cult of the Lamb and more
- January 8th: I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
- January 9: Hero seekers
- January 9: Owlen and the ghosts of the past
- January 9: Spear
- January 12th: Bus Driving Simulator: EVO
- January 13th: SimRail – railway simulator
- January 14th: The Last Case of John Morley
- January 16: Battle Puzzle 2048 – Queens of the Abyss
- January 16: Zumba – Marble Candy Rush
- January 20th: 2XKO
- January 20th: The Last Faith: Awakened Ancients
- January 20th: MIO: Memories in Orbit
- January 22: Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven
- January 22: Dynasty Warriors: Origins – Vision of the Four Heroes
- January 22: Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade
- January 22: Look mom, no computer
- January 22: MAVRIX by Matt Jones
- January 23rd: Escape from Ever After
- January 23rd: Horror Tale 1: 4k Remaster
- January 26: High Guardian
- January 27th: Speedball
- January 29: DUSK INDEX: GION
- January 29: I hate this place
- January 29: Stable stories – Riding through the forest and meadow
- January 30th: Code vein II
- January 30th: 9. Charnel
- January 30th: Front Mission 3: The Remake
January starts 2026 off pretty decently, although releases aren't tracked until the second half of the month. The biggest new game coming to Xbox Series X is 2XKOa free-to-play Riot fighter. Tag and team combat is the main focus lol a developer knows a thing or two about creating a live service project, which can be downright life-threatening.
If you're primarily interested in single-player games, the January 2026 Xbox Series lineup has a few things for you. Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade is finally coming to a Microsoft console, years after it was available on PS5 and PC. Code vein II should be a decent Soulslike and could be great if it improved on the basics of its predecessor.
Upcoming role-playing games that people are excited about
While many RPGs have been announced for 2025 and beyond, these upcoming role-playing games are particularly exciting.
February 2026 upcoming Xbox series games
Resident Evil, Yakuza, Dragon Quest and more
- February 3rd: NORSE: Blood Oath
- February 5: Dragon Quest VII Reimagined
- February 5th: Jimmy and the Vibrant Mass
- February 6: Trap for bandits
- 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: Dominion
- 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: Reanimate
- February 13: Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma
- February 19: Death howls
- February 19: Death Match Love Comedy!
- February 19: Showgunners
- February 19: Styx: Blades of Greed
- February 19: WiZmans World Re; Try it
- February 20: Horror Tale 2: 4k Remaster
- February 24th: Tides of Tomorrow
- February 26: City Hunter
- February 26: No Sleep for Kaname Date – From AI: The Somnium Files
- February 27th: Resident Evil Requiem
- February 27th: Tales of Berseria Remastered
On paper, February 2026 is almost frustratingly packed with games. How can we keep up with all the major releases? Xbox Series users won't have to wait long to get things going Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined starts on the fifth of the month. About a week later, Romeo is a dead man hopefully it will arrive to satisfy people's desire for hack and slash goodness and will be quickly followed Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties, Reanimateand High on Life 2. All of these games look fantastic.
The second half of the month has Resident Evil Requiemwhich is (obviously) the biggest new Xbox game of February 2026. It's been years since the last all-new chapter in the Capcom franchise, 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 of its predecessor, March 2026 has all the Xbox games. You can get Fatal picture 2 if you still crave more nightmares though you can also pick up John Carpenter's Toxic Squad if you want to shoot hordes of zombies. Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection should be a rock solid collection of JRPG creatures and Crimson desert could be the most ambitious title of the month. Finally, Mouse: PI For Hire looks incredible.
The biggest upcoming zombie games
New zombie games are always on the horizon and 2026 will be no exception as several major titles have already been announced.
April 2026 upcoming Xbox series games
Pragmata, Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred, and more
- April 16: Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss
- April 23rd: Kingdom's Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster
- April 24th: Pragmatics
- April 28: Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred
- April 30: Invincible VS
Currently, April 2026 doesn't have many confirmed games, but it already has a few juggernauts. Pragmatics it's looking good and poised to be one of Capcom's weirdest projects, and that's certainly a compliment. The unorthodox combat should be a blast because Capcom knows what it's doing. Invincible VS should be a damn superhero fighting game Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred is another RPG expansion.
More 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
- Nope
- Aphelion
- Archeage Chronicles
- ark 2
- Assassin's Creed Infinity (Platforms TBA)
- At the end of fate
- Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game
- Beast from Reincarnation
- Beyond Good and Evil 2 (Platforms TBA)
- New BioShock game (Platforms TBA)
- Black Myth: Zhong Kui
- Blizzard's Survival Game (Console and PC)
- Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement
- Dawnwalker blood
- Bluey's Quest for the Golden Pen
- Bubsy 4D
- Buramato
- Bus simulator 27
- Cities: Skylines 2
- Clock revolution
- Code Name: Final Form (Platforms TBA)
- Contraband
- Resonant control
- Danganronpa 2×2
- Darwin's Paradox!
- Denshattack
- Disaster Report 5
- Dragon Quest 12: Flames of Fate
- Dreamhouse: The Game
- Stupid party manners
- EA's Iron Man game (Platforms TBA)
- The Elder Scrolls 6 (Platforms TBA)
- Eternal Life of Goldman
- Exoborne (PC, console 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 Chocolatier (Platforms TBA)
- Hellreaper
- Hello
- He-Man and Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction
- Holdfast: Nations at War
- Hunting simulator 3
- Instinct
- Deadly Honor: The Order of the Apocalypse
- Judas
- Survival in Jurassic Park
- Kage: Shadow of The Ninja
- Kemuri
- Kingdom Hearts 4
- Kitsune Tails
- A laboratory rat
- The Last Sentinel
- Lords of the Fallen 2
- Maseylia: Echoes of the Past
- Marathon
- Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra
- Marvel's Blade
- Mecha Break
- Mistfall Hunter
- Montezuma's Revenge – 40th Anniversary Edition
- Mudang: Two hearts
- My Hero Academia: All's Justice
- My time in Evershine
- New Crazy Taxi game (Platforms TBA)
- Darksiders 4
- New Golden Ax game (Platforms TBA)
- New Jet Set Radio Game (Platforms TBA)
- New Just Cause game (Platforms TBA)
- New Mass Effect game (Platforms TBA)
- New Metro game (Platforms TBA)
- New Streets Of Rage game (Platforms TBA)
- No rest for the wicked
- OD (overdose)
- Sequel to Okami (Platforms TBA)
- Once a Man
- Onimusha: Path of the Sword
- Orphan machine
- Panzer Dragoon 2 Zwei: Remake
- Paraside: Duality Unbound
- Persona 4 Revival
- Planet Lana II: Children of the Leaf
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake
- Prison architect 2
- Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy
- Road Kings
- Dimensions of type R III
- SacriFire
- Shadow of Conspiracy: Section 2
- 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 decomposition 3
- Subnautica 2
- Super Meat Boy 3D
- Swords of legend
- There are no ghosts in the Grand
- Thick as thieves
- Tides of Annihilation
- Tomb Raider: Catalyst
- Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis
- Towerborne (XBX/S, PC)
- New TimeSplitters game (Platforms TBA)
- Turok: Origin
- Valor Mortis
- Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard by Vampire Survivors
- Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus 2
- The Witcher 4 (Platforms TBA)
- The Witcher Remake (TBA)
- The Wolf Among Us 2 (XBX/S, XBO)
- Wreckfest 2
- Wyrdsong (Platforms TBA)
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