We’re about halfway through 2020, and it’s already been a massive year for gaming. We kicked off the decade with Warcraft III: Reforged. Then, In February, anime fans everywhere rejoiced with the release of One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows. March brought us Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which pretty much took over the world as we all hunkered down in quarantine. Resident Evil 3 came out in April, and Minecraft: Dungeons dropped in May.
As the coronavirus crisis continues to keep us socially distanced from everything except our gaming consoles, video games are one of the few sources of entertainment we have to look forward to in the coming months. Enjoy this list of every single title we know about set to come out in 2020.
Upcoming video games 2020: July release dates
July is here, and so are over a dozen promising new video games. Buckle up, gamers, because there’s a lot to look forward to. We may not have been able to get a Marvel fix in theaters thanks to the quarantine, but fans can rejoice with the new Iron Man game coming to PlayStation VR.
Moreover, Death Stranding, Hideo Kojima’s absolute roller coaster ride of a walking sim, is finally landing on PC. And, fear not, Mario fans, there’s something here for you too—Paper Mario: The Origami King is coming soon to a Switch near you.
July’s definitely going to be a fun month for gaming enthusiasts. Without further ado, here’s every release date you should know about.
- July 1: Trackmania (PC)
- July 3: Marvel’s Iron Man VR (PlayStation VR)
- July 7: Catherine: Full Body (Switch)
- July 7: Skater XL (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
- July 10: Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise (Switch)
- July 10: F1 2020 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia, PC)
- July 10: NASCAR Heat 5 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
- July 14: Death Stranding (PC)
- July 16: Radical Rabbit Stew (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
- July 17: Drake Hollow (Xbox One, PC)
- July 17: Ghost of Tsushima (PlayStation 4)
- July 17: Paper Mario: The Origami King (Switch)
- July 21: Rock Of Ages 3: Make & Break (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, Stadia, PC)
- July 28: Ary And The Secret Of Seasons (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
- July 28: Destroy All Humans (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia, PC)
August 2020 video game release dates
- August 7: Inertial Drift (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
- August 14: Deliver Us The Moon (Switch)
- August 21: Aokana – Four Rhythms Across the Blue (PlayStation 4, Switch)
- August 21: PGA Tour 2K21 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, Stadia, PC)
- August 25: Insurgency: Sandstorm (PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
- August 25: New World (PC)
- August 28: Mafia: Definitive Edition (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
- August 28: Wasteland 3 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
- August 28: Windbound (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
September 2020 video game release dates
- September 1: Iron Harvest (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
- September 1: Crusader Kings 3 (PC)
- September 3: WRC 9 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
- September 4: Doraemon: Story of Seasons (PlayStation 4)
- September 4: Marvel’s Avengers (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia, PC)
- September 4: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 And 2 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
- September 17: Cyberpunk 2077 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
New video games: Release dates TBA
Several developers have announced hot titles that are dropping this year, but with only general time periods as the release dates. Some games were announced seasonally (summer, fall, holiday etc.), some were divided into quarters (Q2, Q3, etc.), and some even were locked down for specific months. Here’s a list of games whose release dates area little vaguer.
New game release dates: A ballpark
- Q2: Conan Chop Chop (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
- Q2: Nine Witches: Family Disruption (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
- Q2: The Vale (PC, Xbox One
- Q2: Hellpoint (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
- Summer: Torchlight 3 (PC)
- Summer: Madden NFL 21 (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Summer: Rogue Company (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
- Summer: The Dark Pictures – Little Hope (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
- Summer: Tears of Avia (PC, Xbox One)
- Summer: Planet Coaster (PS4, Xbox One)
- Summer: Othercide (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
- Summer: Remothered: Broken Porcelain (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
- Summer: Tell Me Why (PC, Xbox One)
- Q3: Spacebase Startopia (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
- Q3: Mortal Shell (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
- Fall: Dark Alliance (PC, consoles)
- Fall: Empire of Sin (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
- Fall: Pokemon Sword and Shield: The Crown Tundra expansion (Switch)
- Fall: Axiom Verge 2 (Switch)
- Fall: Cyber Shadow (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
- September: Going Under (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
- October: Dirt 5 (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Q4: Port Royale 4 (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
- Q4: Monstrum 2 (PC)
- Q4: Observer: System Redux (PS5, Xbox Series X)
- Holiday: Halo Infinite (PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Holiday: The Medium (PC, Xbox Series X)
- Holiday: Scorn (PC, Xbox Series X)
- Holiday: Outriders (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Holiday: Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Winter: The Forgotten City (PC, Xbox One)
- Late 2020: Dark Envoy (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
- Late 2020: Call of the Sea (PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Late 2020: Godfall (PC, PS5)
- Late 2020: Guilty Gear Strive (PS4)
- December: Everspace 2 – Steam Early Access (PC)
New games coming out anytime in 2020
Unfortunately, other developers were even less specific in their upcoming video game announcements. All we know about the following list of games is that they’re all reportedly coming out sometime this year.
- 2020: Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
- 2020: World of Warcraft: Shadowlands (PC)
- 2020: A Total War Saga: Troy (PC)
- 2020: Touch Type Tale (PC)
- 2020: KungFu Kickball (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
- 2020: Watch Dogs: Legion (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Stadia)
- 2020: Gods & Monsters (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, Stadia)
- 2020: Rainbow Six Quarantine (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
- 2020: The Waylanders (PC)
- 2020: Babylon’s Fall (PS4)
- 2020: Omno (PC, PS4, Switch)
- 2020: Cake Bash (PC)
- 2020: Spellbreak (PC, PS4)
- 2020: Colt Canyon (PC)
- 2020: Relic Hunters Legend – Steam Early Access (PC)
- 2020: Boundary (PC, PS4)
- 2020: Dying Light 2 (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
- 2020: Bake ‘n Switch – Steam Early Access (PC)
- 2020: Yakuza Kiwami 2 (Xbox One)
- 2020: 13 Remake (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
- 2020: Raji: An Ancient Epic (PC, Xbox One)
- 2020: Evil Genius 2: World Domination (PC)
- 2020: Spiritfarer (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
- 2020: Encodya (PC)
- 2020: Chicken Police (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
- 2020: Bravely Default 2 (Switch)
- 2020: Ultra Age (PS4)
- 2020: Partisans (PC)
- 2020: Uragun – Steam Early Access (PC)
- 2020: West of Dead (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
- 2020: Sports Story (Switch)
- 2020: The End of the Sun (PC)
- 2020: Airborne Kingdom (PC)
- 2020: Prodeus (PC)
- 2020: Craftlands Workshoppe (PC)
- 2020: Doom Eternal (Switch)
- 2020: Metamorphosis (PC)
- 2020: Humanity (PS4, PS VR)
- 2020: The Settlers (PC)
- 2020: Gearshifters (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
- 2020: Art of Rally (PC)
- 2020: League of Legends: Wild Rift (Mobile)
- 2020: Knights of Honor 2: Sovereign (PC)
- 2020: My Beautiful Paper Smile (PC)
- 2020: Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer’s Legacy (PC)
- 2020: Per Aspera (PC)
- 2020: The Good Life (PC)
- 2020: Gamedec (PC)
- 2020: After the Fall (PS VR, PC VR)
- 2020: Humankind (PC)
- 2020: Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Yakuza 7) (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- 2020: Cris Tales (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, Stadia)
- 2020: Roller Champions (PC)
- 2020: Way to the Woods (PC, Xbox One)
- 2020: RPG Time: The Legend of Wright (PC, Xbox One)
- 2020: Ghostrunner (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
- 2020: No More Heroes 3 (Switch)
- 2020: Star Renegades (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
- 2020: Twin Mirror (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
- 2020: Chivalry 2 (PC)
- 2020: The Ascent (PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- 2020: Mars Horizon (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
- 2020: Tales of Arise (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
- 2020: Microsoft Flight Simulator (PC, Xbox One)
- 2020: Crossfire X (Xbox One)
- 2020: N1RV ANN-A (PC, PS4, Switch)
- 2020: Creaks (PC)
- 2020: Tails of Iron
- 2020: Recompile (PC)
- 2020: Little Nightmares 2 (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
- 2020: The Eternal Cylinder (PC, consoles)
- 2020: Transient (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
- 2020: Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
- 2020: Sable (PC, Xbox One)
- 2020: Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions (PC, PS4, Switch)
- 2020: Digimon Survive (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
- 2020: Stronghold: Warlords (PC)
- 2020: Read Only Memories: Neurodiver (PC)
- 2020: The Riftbreaker (PC)
- 2020: Jump Force (Switch)
- 2020: Harvest Moon: One World (Switch)
- 2020: Surgeon Simulator 2 (PC)
- 2020: Minute of Islands (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
- 2020: Psychonauts 2 (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
- 2020: Tribes of Midgard (PC)
- 2020: Carrion (PC, Consoles)
- 2020: Distant Kingdoms (PC)
- 2020: Windjammers 2 (PC, Switch, Stadia)
- 2020: Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (PC, PS4)
- 2020: Shelter 3 (PC)
- 2020: Kingpin: Reloaded (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
- 2020: Skatebird (PC, Switch)
- 2020: Ready or Not (PC)
- 2020: Lunacy: Saint Rhodes (PC)
- 2020: Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
- 2020: Mineko’s Night Market (PC, Switch)
- 2020: Haven (PC, PS4, Switch)
- 2020: HyperBrawl Tournament – Steam Early Access (PC)
- 2020: Naraka: Bladepoint (PC)
- 2020: Summer in Mara (PC, PS4, Switch)
- 2020: Blood Bowl 3 (PC)
- 2020: Crimson Desert (PC)
Editor’s note: This article is regularly updated for relevance.