Every Major RPG Announced for 2026

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Published Feb 25, 2026, 10:27 AM EST

Adam is a lifelong gamer who enjoys RPGs, action adventure games and a healthy helping of VR to boot. He has written for countless sites in the gaming medium, and you can find him playing the newest souls-like or JRPG.

2026 is a year that is packed with big-name titles everywhere you look, and it seems like RPGs are going to see a year for the storybooks. From sci-fi to fantasy, this year is loaded with titles in the genre that are firmly on our radar. Whether they hit their release dates or not, these games are all due out in 2026 at the moment.

The graphics look mind-blowing, the combat is outstanding, and the open worlds in which they take place appear to take the genre to the next level as well.

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We don't have long to wait as the deluge of these titles starts shortly, so let's check out all the RPGs on deck for us in 2026.

10 Gothic 1 Remake

June 5th

Gothic 1 Remake is coming in June, and it hits a certain niche of the RPG world that most in the genre don't go for. You are truly a zero at the beginning of the game, and that's not just in your stats, but also in your combat abilities and animations. You will basically look like an idiot trying to swing a sword until you actually learn how to fight in a game. Kingdom Come: Deliverance did this pretty masterfully as well, but it took that idea from a game released in 2001.

Gothic 1 Remake is going to have massively upgraded visuals, better voice acting, and hopefully better combat than the original game had, and with enough polish and care, this cult classic RPG may finally get the mainstream recognition that it deserves.

9 Solasta 2

March 12th

Blink twice, and that image above may look a little bit like Baldur's Gate 3. But it isn't, it's Solasta 2, and it's clear what spot in the RPG world it's trying to fill. Based on the same tabletop-style system that Baldur's Gate 3 used, Solasta is looking to capitalize on the resurgence of the CRPG genre. It's got some incredibly beautiful graphics, and a combat system that's as deep as you want it to be, but for me, it's about whether the writing is as compelling as Larian's magnum opus.

After playing the demo, I'm a bit unsure about that. While everything looks and plays great, the characters feel a bit too normal for me, and the story isn't nearly as compelling as what Baldur's Gate 3 starts you off with. It's got a ton of potential, though, and in a year that is so far barren of CRPG games to contend with, when it comes out in March, it might just make the impact it's looking to make.

8 Mewgenics

February 10th

Mewgenics is one of the strangest games ever made. That's a hell of a task, but hey, Edmund McMillen did it. The purpose of the game is to breed increasingly disturbing cats and take them on a journey full of horrors to fight. After each run, you breed more cats and retire the ones you fought with. The babies inherit different traits, and it gets weirder and weirder the more you play.

The graphics are modest, but charming and, of course, beyond disturbing. Within the first few minute a cat is dropped into a blender, so animal enthusiasts may want to turn away. Regardless, it's a tremendously fun RPG that has some of the most bizarre gameplay out there. The permutations of these cats go into the hundreds plus. It's a crazy amount of variety that this relatively simple-looking game provides, and it's easily one of the top games of the year thus far in 2026.

7 Deus Ex: Remastered

2026

Deus Ex: Remastered looks to reinvigorate a series that deserves far more than it's gotten over the years. I'm hoping to all the gods that this one gets the name Deus Ex back in the good graces of the gaming world. The remastered edition is supposedly going to significantly upgrade the graphics, add quality of life enhancements, and hopefully, it will feel a lot more modern, as it's a game that released over 20 years ago.

The original game stars you as J.C. Denton, an appropriately 2000s-named character complete with a black leather jacket and sunglasses to boot. He's in the midst of political turmoil, overbearing AI's, and a plague that's slowly taking over the world. So, it's not all that different than the 2020s. The game was terrifyingly real-feeling, and it's an awesome story with some of the best twists in gaming. If they do this right, maybe, just maybe, we can get this amazing Cyberpunk series back on track.

6 Sovereign Syndicate

2026

Developer

Release Date

Platforms

Crimson Herring

February 2026

PC, PlayStation, Xbox

Sovereign Syndicate is a respectable successor to the fantastic Disco Elysium in 2019. It's got the same spirit behind it as an RPG that is very story-focused and is full of strange and nefarious characters throughout. There are a handful of characters to play with, and they all have their own unique story that ends up interacting with each other in interesting ways.

Instead of the typical dice rolls, your fate in this game is determined by tarot cards. It's a very cool kind of idea, and while it works the same as dice, it's still a cool twist that more games should look into. It has pretty solid reviews from its PC release, and I imagine that console players might welcome it with open arms, as the CRPG world is pretty barren there these days.

5 Greedfall 2: The Dying World

March 12th

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GreedFall II: The Dying World

Greedfall 2: The Dying World is a fascinating game. I say that because the first game was like an experiment. How hungry was the gaming world for a choice-based, BioWare-style RPG that merges Witcher-like aesthetics with Dragon Age-style world-building and character development? The answer was very positive, as this game was immediately popular during a somewhat dead year of gaming, and although it was far from the greats of the genre, it was palatable enough.

But in reality, the game just pandered to what the devs thought the game world was missing. Now, they have a chance to complete their vision with a second game that took the Baldur's Gate 3 approach of cooking in early access until it's ready. This time around, the combat is real-time with pause, which is a stark difference from the first game, which was a full-on action RPG. That gives some trepidation for players, of course, but its developers, Spiders, have said it's being heavily influenced by Dragon Age: Origins. With a game like that as your template, it's very hard to go wrong, and we'll get to see the results in less than a month from now.

4 The Blood of Dawnwalker

2026

The Blood of Dawnwalker has a hell of a task, because since its debut trailer, everyone has been yelling, "It's the Vampire version of the Witcher." Which, yeah, it just might be, but that's because it's got CD Projekt Red veterans working on it. It looks incredibly unique, though, with a focus on a day-night cycle that determines what missions are available at any given time. It's an interesting idea at least, but using a time limit of sorts for many of the missions is pretty ambitious.

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The story seems wildly intriguing, though, about vampires who show up not to destroy, but to rule. It's an approach we really don't see often, and, honestly, vampire games are struggling right now. Vampir:e The Masquerade: Bloodlines 2 certainly did not live up to the hype, and the genre feels like it needs something, anything to give it a boost. The Blood of Dawnwalker might just be that boost, and it has the right people behind it and the right approach to create something pretty special.

3 Fable

2026

I grew up with Fable, and while it was a game series I liked, I never loved it. The reason is that it always made promises that it simply could not deliver. There was cut content, lies from the developers about features that never came, and things like having it be basically impossible to lose in the second game that made the experience always feel a little bit surface-level to me. But that was 20 years ago. This is a new team behind the game.

With that new team comes new promises, and in this gaming age, you don't make promises you can't deliver on. This could be the time where the Fable name fulfills its destiny and becomes THE game in the RPG world that it once was supposed to be. Everything is looking great here so far, from graphics to combat to the world itself. I'm as wary as can be with this one, but I'm cautiously optimistic that this fall, we're going to get the game that we were always promised.

2 The Expanse: Osiris Reborn

2026

The Expanse: Osiris Reborn

The Expanse is an incredible sci-fi series, but it never hit that big despite multiple runs on various networks. It's a shame because it's a world that is both fascinating and full of great characters. Much in the same way The Witcher wasn't really a well-known commodity until the games came along, The Expanse: Osiris Reborn might manage that same feat. Coming from Owlcat Games, a studio that's been red-hot in recent years, this game is looking to fill the big-budget, sci-fi RPG hole that Mass Effect left behind a long time ago.

The gameplay looks especially reminiscent, with a mix of third-person cover shooting and likely a useful set of abilities/powers as well. The series has countless great storylines to pursue, though it's unclear whether this is a sequel or an original story in the universe. Regardless, The Expanse is a series ripe with political conflict, tons of locations to explore, both human and alien, and some interesting themes at work like identity and the price of power. Owlcat Studios is my prediction for the next Larian, and this is the game that just might cement that spot.

1 Crimson Desert

3/19/2026

It's been a long, long time since any game has attempted to take the throne from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Yes, games here and there have used their quest system, maybe stolen some plot points and character designs, but nothing has really gone for the "next big thing in RPGs" feeling until now. Enter Crimson Desert, the first big, single experience from Pearl Abyss, who are famous for their hugely successful MMO, Black Desert Online.

What we've seen at the Crimson Desert is just staggering. It looks like one of the most expansive open worlds ever made, with countless combat options, enemy types to fight, mounts to ride, and overall, just an absurd amount of things to do in the game. We've got 3 protagonists, a story that seems like only a small slice of the pie on offer here, and the vision for this is as ambitious as it gets. Will it live up to everythingit'ss trying to be? I'm not sure, but we only have another month until we can get our hands on the game, so that answer will come sooner than later. It's the dark horse for Game of the Year right now, and in a year that has GTA 6 looming in the fall, that's saying something.