It's a new year, meaning there's a fresh crop of video games ripe for the picking! 2023 is looking to be an epic year for gamers, with a ton of highly anticipated titles set to release.
Get ready to jump into the action with new entries in fan-favorite franchises like The Legend of Zelda, Final Fantasy, Tekken, and Resident Evil. And don't forget about the highly anticipated Elden Ring DLC, where you'll return to the beautiful world of the Lands Between.
But that's not all! Gamers are also hyped to dive into the next chapter of Hideo Kojima's mind-bending masterpiece, Death Stranding (DS2), and experience the magic of Hogwarts Legacy from Portkey Games. With so many amazing games on the horizon, 2023 will surely be a banner year for gamers. Okay, enough faffing around. Let's jump right in!
Updated on 23 March: We checked for new video game releases and updated this list.
Which Video Games Are Releasing In 2023?
Note: This list will be regularly updated as more games are announced. We will also include dedicated hub pages for some of these video games, which you can follow for more information, including their release dates, platforms, trailers, pre-orders, gameplay, and PC system requirements.
- January 9: Scrap Riders (PC, Switch)
- January 9: Fears to Fathom (PC)
- January 10: Glimmer in Mirror (PC)
- January 11: Children of Silentown (PC)
- January 11: Drago Noka (PC)
- January 11: GROSS (PC)
- January 13: Dragon Ball Z Kakarot (PS5, Xbox Series X|S)
- January 13: One Piece Odyssey (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC)
- January 19: A Space for the Unbound (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC)
- January 19: Colossal Cave (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC, Quest)
- January 19: Persona 4 Golden (PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
- January 19: Persona 3 Portable (PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
- January 20: Fire Emblem Engage (Switch)
- January 20: Monster Hunter Rise (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S)
- January 24: Forspoken (PS5, PC)
- January 24: Warlander (PC)
- January 26: OddBallers (PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
- January 26: Hi-Fi Rush (Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- January 26: Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC)
- January 27: Dead Space (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- January 31: Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition (Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One)
- January 31: Inkulinati (Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC, Mac)
- January 31: Raiden 4 x Mikado Remix (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- January 31: Season: A Letter to the Future (PS4, PS5, PC)
- January 31: SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake (PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
- January 31: Superfuse (PC)
- February 2: Deliver Us Mars (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- February 2: Cuddly Forest Friends (Switch)
- February 9: Clash: Artifacts of Chaos (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- February 10: Hogwarts Legacy (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- February 10: Wanted: Dead (PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- February 14: Blanc (Switch, PC)
- February 14: Wanted: Dead (PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- February 16: Theatrhythm Final Bar Line (PS4, Switch)
- February 17: Birth (PC)
- February 17: Tales of Symphonia Remastered (PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch)
- February 17: Wild Hearts (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- February 17: A Weekend in Puzzleburg (PC)
- February 21: Atomic Heart (PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- February 21: Like a Dragon: Ishin! (PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- February 22: Digimon World: Next Order (Switch, PC)
- February 22: Fantavision 202X (PS5)
- February 22: Horizon Call of the Mountain (PSVR2)
- February 22: Resident Evil Village (PSVR2)
- February 23: Blood Bowl 3 (PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC)
- February 23: Company of Heroes 3 (PC)
- February 23: Sons of the Forest (PC)
- February 24: Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & The Secret Key (PS5, PS4, Switch, PC)
- February 24: Kerbal Space Program 2 (PC)
- February 24: Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Switch)
- February 24: Octopath Traveler II (PS4, PS5, Switch, PC)
- February 28: Destiny 2: Lightfall (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- February 28: Scars Above (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- March 1: The Day Before (PS5, Xbox Series X|S)
- March 3: The Last of Us Part 1 (PC)
- March 3: Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC)
- March 7: Melon Journey: Bittersweet Memories (PC)
- March 9: Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
- March 9: Ib (Switch)
- March 9: ONI: Road to be the Mightiest Oni (PS5, PS4, Switch, PC)
- March 9: Skull and Bones (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- March 9: Volley Pals (Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S)
- March 10: DC's Justice League: Cosmic Chaos (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC)
- March 14: The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure (PS4, Switch, PC)
- March 17: Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon (Switch)
- March 17: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- March 17: WWE 2K23 (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- March 22: Have a Nice Death (Switch)
- March 23: Storyteller (Switch, PC)
- March 24: Resident Evil 4 (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- March 28: Crime Boss: Rockay City (PC)
- April 4: GrimGrimoire OnceMore (PS4, PS5, Switch)
- April 4: Creed Rise to Glory: Championship Edition (PSVR2)
- April 4: Hogwarts Legacy (PS4, Xbox One)
- April 4: Meet Your Maker (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- April 4: Road 96: Mile 0 (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- April 5: Moviehouse (PC)
- April 6: Curse of the Sea Rats (PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
- April 6: Volley Pals (Switch)
- April 6: Batora: Lost Haven (Switch)
- April 6: Ravenswatch (PC)
- April 11: Process of Elimination (PS4, Switch)
- April 14: Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection (PS4, PS5, Switch, PC)
- April 15: Star Trek: Resurgence (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- April 18: God of Rock (PC)
- April 18: Minecraft Legends (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC)
- April 19: Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores DLC (PS5)
- April 20: Ad Infinitum (PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC)
- April 25: Afterimage (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC)
- April 25: Roots of Pacha (PC)
- April 27: Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak (PSN)
- April 28: Dead Island 2 (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- TBA: Mail Time (Switch, PC)
- May 2: Redfall (Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- May 9: Midautumn (PC)
- May 12: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Switch)
- May 16: Amnesia: The Bunker (PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- May 26: Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- June 1: Esophaguys (PC)
- June 2: Street Fighter VI (PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- June 6: Diablo IV (PC)
- June 22: Final Fantasy XVI (PS5)
- July 14: The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie (PC, PS4, PS5, Switch)
- July 21: Pikmin 4 (Switch)
- July 25: Hogwarts Legacy (Switch)
- July 25: Hogwarts Legacy (Switch)
- TBA: Disney Illusion Island (Switch)
- TBA: Baldur’s Gate 3 (PC)
- August 29: Sea of Stars (PS4, PS5, PC)
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- Alan Wake II (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- Aliens: Dark Descent (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- Amnesia: The Bunker (PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- Ark 2 (Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- Assassin’s Creed Mirage (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC, Amazon Luna)
- Atlas Fallen (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- Blazing Strike (PS4, PS5, Switch, PC)
- Blue Protocol (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- BOSSGAME: The Final Boss Is My Heart (PC)
- Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly (PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
- Company of Heroes 3 (PS5, Xbox Series X|S)
- Crash Team Rumble (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S)
- Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- Death Stranding 2 | DS2 (PS5)
- Decarnation (PC)
- Disney Speedstorm (Switch, PC)
- Destiny 2: The Final Shape
- Dune: Awakening (PC)
- Earthblade (PC, TBA)
- Eiyuden Chronicles: Hundred Heroes (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC)
- Exoprimal (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters (PS4, PS5, Switch)
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (PS5)
- Forza Motorsport (Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- Gord (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
- Gunbrella (Switch, PC)
- Hades II (PC, TBA)
- Hellboy: Web of Wyrd (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
- Hollow Knight: Silksong (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC)
- Homeworld 3 (PC)
- Hyenas (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- Hyper Light Breaker (PC)
- Immortals of Aveum (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S)
- Infinity Nikki (PS4, PS5, PC, iOS, Android)
- The Invincible (PC)
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game (PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
- The Last Case of Benedict Fox (PC)
- The Last Spell (PC)
- The Last Worker (PC)
- Layers of Fear (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
- Lies of P (PC)
- Lightyear Frontier (PC)
- Like a Dragon: The Man Who Erased His Name (PC)
- Lollipop Chainsaw Remake (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
- The Lords of the Fallen (PC)
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (PS5)
- Metal Slug Tactics (PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
- Mina the Hollower (PC)
- Monster Menu: The Scavenger's Cookbook (Switch, PC)
- Moving Out 2 (PC)
- My Time at Sandrock (PC)
- Nine Sols (Switch, PC)
- Nightingale (PC)
- Palworld (PC)
- Payday 3 (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- Planet of Lana (PC)
- Pragmata (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S)
- Pupperazzi (Switch)
- The Plucky Squire (PC)
- Ravenlok (PC)
- Redemption Reapers (PC)
- Risk of Rain Returns (Switch, PC)
- Remnant II (PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC)
- Risk of Rain Returns (Switch, PC)
- RoboCop: Rogue City (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, PC)
- SCHiM (PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC, Mac, Linux)
- Suikoden I & Suikoden II Remaster (PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
- Starfield (Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- Star Wars: Hunters (Switch)
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl (Xbox Series X/S, PC)
- Tekken 8 (PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC)
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC)
- Thirsty Suitors (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, PC)
- Tron Identity (PC)
- V Rising (PC)
- Valheim (Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC)
- Venba (Switch, PC)
- Witchfire (PC)
- Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC)
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- Wayfinder (PC)
- Where Winds Meet (PC)
- The Wolf Among Us 2 (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
That concludes our 2023 Video Games Calendar. For more coverage, check out our dedicated hub for more video game news and updates.