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.
Please note that the focus is on the North American release dates of 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 major games.
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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