New & Upcoming Xbox Series Games For 2026

2026’s Xbox video game calendar is starting to take shape, and it should be a pretty great year for the console. Microsoft’s brand garnered quite a bit of criticism throughout 2025, but the Xbox Series X/S has never stopped receiving fantastic games, even if none of them are exclusive to the system. 2026 will not be an exception, with each month bringing forth dozens of new releases across a spectrum of genres.

As keeping up with everything can be tiring, 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.

January 2026 Upcoming Xbox Series Games

2XKO, Final Fantasy, Code Vein, Cult of the Lamb, & More

• January 8: I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
• January 9: Hero Seekers
• January 9: Owlen 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 Mum No Computer
• January 22: MAVRIX by Matt Jones
• January 23: Escape from Ever After
• January 23: Horror Tale 1: 4k Remaster
• January 26: Highguard
• January 27: Speedball
• January 29: DUSK INDEX: GION
• January 29: I Hate This Place
• January 29: Stable Stories – Forest and Meadow Ride
• January 30: Code Vein II
• January 30: The 9th Charnel
• January 30: Front Mission 3: Remake

January is getting 2026 off to a pretty decent start, although the releases are tracked into the second half of the month. The biggest new game coming to the Xbox Series X is 2XKO, Riot’s fighter that will be free to play. Tag-team combat is the main focus, and the LoL developer knows a thing or two about creating a live-service project that can be straight-up life-consuming.

If you are primarily into single-player games, January 2026’s Xbox Series lineup has a few things for you. Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade is finally landing on Microsoft’s console, years after being available on PS5 and PC. Code Vein II should be a decent Soulslike, and it might be great if it improves upon its predecessor’s foundation.

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February 2026 Upcoming Xbox Series Games

Resident Evil, Yakuza, Dragon Quest, & More

• February 3: NORSE: Oath of Blood
• February 5: Dragon Quest VII Reimagined
• February 5: Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass
• 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: Domination
• 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: Reanimal
• 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: WiZmans World Re;Try
• February 20: Horror Tale 2: 4k Remaster
• February 24: Tides of Tomorrow
• 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 possibly keep up with all the major releases? Xbox Series users won’t have to wait long for things to get started, as Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined launches on the fifth of the month. Roughly 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, Reanimal, and High on Life 2. All these games look fantastic.

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

March 2026 Upcoming Xbox Series Games

Fatal Frame, Monster Hunter Stories, Crimson Desert, & More

Continuing the momentum from its predecessor, March 2026 has all the Xbox games. You can get Fatal Frame 2 if you are still yearning for 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 could be the month’s most ambitious title. Finally, Mouse: PI For Hire looks incredible.

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April 2026 Upcoming Xbox Series Games

Pragmata, Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred, & More

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

Currently, April 2026 does not have too many confirmed games, but it already has a couple of juggernauts. Pragmata looks primed and ready to be one of Capcom’s weirdest projects, and that is certainly a compliment. The unorthodox combat should rock, just because Capcom knows what it is doing. Invincible VS should be a bloody superhero fighting game, while Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred is the RPG’s next expansion.

Other New Xbox Games Coming In 2026 Or Beyond

GTA 6, Elder Scrolls, Gears of War, & 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
• Aniimo
• Aphelion
• Archeage Chronicles
• Ark 2
• Assassin’s Creed Infinity (Platforms TBA)
• At Fate’s End
• Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game
• Beast of Reincarnation
• Beyond Good and Evil 2 (Platforms TBA)
• New BioShock Game (Platforms TBA)
• 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
• Codename: Final Form (Platforms TBA)
• Contraband
• Control Resonant
• Danganronpa 2×2
• Darwin’s Paradox!
• Denshattack
• Disaster Report 5
• Dragon Quest 12: Flames of Fate
• Dreamhouse: The Game
• Dumb Ways to Party
• EA’s Iron Man Game (Platforms TBA)
• The Elder Scrolls 6 (Platforms TBA)
• The Eternal Life of Goldman
• 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 Chocolatier (Platforms TBA)
• Hellreaper
• Hela
• He-Man and Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction
• Holdfast: Nations At War
• Hunting Simulator 3
• Instinction
• Lethal Honor: Order of the Apocalypse
• Judas
• Jurassic Park Survival
• Kage: Shadow of The Ninja
• Kemuri
• 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
• Mistfall Hunter
• Montezuma’s Revenge – 40th Anniversary Edition
• Mudang: Two Hearts
• My Hero Academia: All’s Justice
• My Time at Evershine
• New Crazy Taxi Game (Platforms TBA)
• Darksiders 4
• New Golden Axe 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)
• Okami Sequel (Platforms TBA)
• Once Human
• Onimusha: Way 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: Section 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
• Swords of Legends
• There Are No Ghosts at 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: Origins
• Valor Mortis
• Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from 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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