If you're looking for some upcoming RPGs for 2026 (beyond) to watch out for, I've brought together this roundup to help you build up your wishlists and mark your calendars for what's ahead.
As a lifelong fan of RPGs, I'm always looking for new games in the genre that promise to deliver some role-playing goodness. From action RPGs to cozy adventures that let you get swept up in open worlds and create your own characters, there's all kinds of upcoming RPGs to keep on your radar, and I've brought them all here in release date order to make life easier for my fellow fans.
2026 has been a major year for RPGs, not only thanks to releases like The Blood of Dawnwalker, Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, and The Witcher 3 Remastered, but because there's also been lots of announcements. We've finally gotten a release date for the likes of Witchbrook, and in sadder news, this year has also heartbreakingly seen the cancellation of RPGs like Mass Effect 5 and the closure of the legendary BioWare studio. But there's still a strong line-up of upcoming RPGs for 2026 (and beyond) ahead across all platforms, from developers big and small, which you can explore below.
Upcoming RPGs in 2026
Spirit Crossing
Release date: November 16, 2026
Platform(s): PC, Switch, Switch 2
Cozy MMORPG Spirit Crossing is coming from the same developer behind the delightful camping, crafting adventure, Cozy Grove. Taking you to a "storm-swept" world above the clouds, you create your own customizable character, build your very own home, collect resources and get crafting, and help out the spirits of the Crosslands with daily quests to complete. You can also join other players around bonfires, work and explore together, or go it solo.
Gothic 3 Classic
Release date: November 24, 2026
Platform(s): PS5, Switch 2, Xbox Series X
After Gothic and Gothic 2 landed on consoles this year, Gothic 3 Classic is completing the set with a November release. The 2006 open world RPG, which earned itself something of a cult following, has been overhauled and optimized for modern platforms, with enhanced controls and various improvements. You play as a nameless hero in the fantasy setting of Myrtana that's overrun by orcs. It's up to you to decide if you sow the seeds of chaos, or try to bring hope back to the land.
Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World
Release date: December 3, 2026
Platforms: PC, Switch, Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X
Dragon Quest Monsters is officially returning in Dragon Quest Monsters: Withered World. The spin-off RPG series is all about finding and raising your own critters, synthesizing (breeding) new ones, and pitting them against other monsters in battle to make them stronger. Think Pokemon, but make it Dragon Quest. In the new entry you'll be doing much the same as you follow monster wranglers Bianca and Nera in a new adventure.
Edge of Memories
Release date: December 3, 2026
Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X
Edge of Memories is a new RPG from Edge of Eternity developer, Midgar Studio. With an anime-like style, the adventure sees you step in the fantasy world of Avaris, which is being affected by an mutative affliction known as the Corrosion. As a young nomad called Eline, you'll venture out to try and save the world from extinction with the help of a cast of companions.
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Emberville
Release date: January 7, 2027 [Early Access]
Platform(s): PC
Pixelated Action RPG Emberville is set to release in Early Access, and it look set to blend farming sim ingredients with quests, unlockable mechanics, and a very curious setting. Awakening with no memories, you find yourself in Vitromotus, an underground magical dungeon that serves as a prison. As you venture to find your way out, you come across a town you'll help to try and restore and encounter others in need of aid with their own stories to tell.
Ananta
Release date: January 15, 2027
Platform(s): PC, PS5
Ananta is a new free-to-play urban RPG with an anime art style that will put you in the role of an influencer. As you start making a name for yourself in the city, you'll meet a host of playable characters you can switch between as you assemble a team and get up to all sorts of shenanigans to go viral. With different storylines to explore, approaches to take, and wild weapons to play with, it certainly doesn't sound like your run-of-the-mill RPG.
Stranger Than Heaven
Release date: January 15, 2027
Platform(s): PC, PS5, Xbox Series X
Stranger Than Heaven is a new action RPG from Yakuza developer, Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio. Following the journey of Makoto Daito across five different cities and eras, you'll have to fight for survival in the streets as you navigate the different time periods - meaning you can expect fights in a similar vein to Yakuza. With a talent for music, you'll also explore Makoto's life as a showman as he performs and goes from rags to riches.
Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy
Release date: January 28, 2027
Platform(s): PC, PS5, Xbox Series X
Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy is on the way from Owlcat Games, the developer behind one of the best CRPGs in Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader. Taking on the role of an acolyte of the Inquisition, you're thrown into the grim dark universe and tasked with leading investigations in the name of the Emperor. With party-based tactical combat, the story-driven CRPG already shows a lot of promise.
Witchbrook
Release date: January 28, 2027
Platform(s): PC, PS5, Switch, Switch 2, Xbox Series X/S
It's been years in the making, but the cozy witch RPG Witchbrook is set to release sometime in 2027. Taking place in a delightful seaside town called Mossport, you'll become a magical student who attends the local Witchbrook college. There you attend class to learn spells, concoct potions, fly on a broom, and more. With a cottage that's yours to customize, you can even find love as you get to know the locals.
Romancing Saga 3: Destinies United
Release date: February 16, 2027
Platform(s): PC, PS5, Switch, Switch 2, Xbox Series X
The 1995 JPRG Romancing Saga 3 is making a comeback with a full 3D remake in Destinies United. With the option to choose from one of eight different protagonists who all have their own stories to explore, you'll set out to try and save the world, with your choices shaping the story as you go. As you engage in turn-based combat, this new reimagining also includes different difficulty settings to suit your playstyle.
Persona 4 Revival
Release date: February 18, 2027
Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X
One of the best Persona games is making a big comeback in 2027 with Persona 4 Revival. Following in the footsteps of Persona 3 Reloaded, Revival is a remake packed with enhanced visuals, modernized aesthetics, and gameplay improvements. The RPG follows a group of highschoolers in Japan who get caught up in a series of bizarre murders that happen each time the mysterious Midnight Channel airs. After awakening to powers, you'll step into the channel and fight back against shadows in dungeons to uncover the chilling truth behind it.
Fable
Release date: February 23, 2027
Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X
In terms of iconic RPGs, few series are as well-known as Fable, so knowing we have a Fable reboot is coming our way in 2027 is very exciting. Coming to us from Forza Horizon 6 developer, Playground Games, Fable promises to bring us into a sprawling open-world Albion as we decide what kind of hero we want to be. Complete with over 1,000 unique NPCs, more character customization, and a nuanced, refreshed take on the morality system, we now have an official release date set to mark our calendars for.
Eternal Anima
Release date: March 4, 2027
Platform(s): PC, PS5, Switch 2, Xbox Series X
Eternal Anima is a new RPG that's said to be inspired by the golden era of JRPGs from a veteran team at Marvelous Inc. With a retro aesthetic, the new game will see you journey through the past and present in a time-travelling adventure as peacekeeper protagonist Wade. Through his power of "Psychometry", Wade can see memories within objects that allow him to inherit skills and classes in turn-based combat, and his Future sight ability will allow you to strategically predict foes moves and use that to your advantage.
Petal Runner
Release date: March 8, 2027
Platform(s): PC, Switch 2
Petal Runner is a new pixelated RPG that harkens back to the Game Boy Color era with its charming art style. Taking place in the "solarpunk" setting of Sapphire Valley, you follow protagonist Cali and their fox sidekick Kira as they become couriers known as Petal Runners who deliver and install the latest digital pets across the town. With side jobs to discover, locals to meet, and districts to explore, it looks like one nostalgic RPG to keep on your radar.
Shadow of the Road
Release date: March 10, 2027
Platform(s): PC
Shadow of the Road is a new story-driven turn-based RPG that's set in a reimagined Japan. Blending tradition with technology in the year 1868, you'll face machines and magical yokai as take on the role of a master strategist. Not only will you command warriors in combat, but you'll also acts as a guide for their conscience. Every member of your team brings something unique to the battlefield, and all of your choices will matter as you shape who they'll ultimately become. Sounds like some tactical RPG goodness is in store.
Exodus
Release date: April 7, 2027
Platform(s): PC, PS5, Xbox Series X
Exodus is a new sci-fi RPG from developer Archetype Entertainment. With talent working on the project who were previously at BioWare, Exodus is something of a spiritual successor to Mass Effect which promises to deliver its own unique choice-driven experience by exploring time dilation. Taking on role of a Traveler by the name of Jun Aslan (who can be customized to your liking) in the far future, you'll lead a fight for survival against advanced beings known as Celestials by setting out on interstellar missions, and making decisions that are said to shape humanity's future.
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation
Release date: April 8, 2027
Platform(s): PC, PS5, Switch 2, Xbox Series X
Set to launch simultaneously across all platforms at launch for the first time, Final Fantasy 7 Revelation is the third and final part of the Remake series. Following Cloud and his loyal companions as they set out to put a stop to Sephiroth and a meteor that threatens to destroy the planet, it promises to feature a perfected combat system and an even bigger open world map.
TBC 2027
Blighted
Release date: TBC 2027
Platform(s): PC
Blighted is an action RPG from Guacamelee developer, Drinkbox Studios. Infused with Metroidvania and Souls-like elements, you'll get drawn into a unique, Western nightmare popping with color. With a psychedelic edge, you'll set out to reclaim memories after an evil being known as Sorcisto consumed your village and infected the world with a blight. As the sole survivor, you have to fight through many dangers and take on bosses before the Blight takes hold.
Clockwork Revolution
Release date: TBC 2027
Platform(s): PC, Xbox Series X
Set to be a console Xbox exclusive, Clockwork Revolution from developer inXile Entertainment is a first-person action RPG. Played in first-person and set in a steampunk metropolis known as Avalon, you find yourself wrapped up in a time-bending adventure after you come across an invention that allows you travel into the past. As an experience that promises your choices will matter, whenever you travel back to key moments, your interactions and decisions can impact the world around you.
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn
Release date: TBC 2027
Platform(s): PC, PS5, Xbox Series X
From Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader developer Owlcat Games comes The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, a new third-person sci-fi action RPG that promises to deliver some story-driven goodness. Playing as a Pinkwater Security mercenary, you find yourself caught up in an unexpected and dangerous lockdown during a short spell of shore leave on the asteroid, Eros. In a bid for survival, you'll command a ship as your own customizable captain, take charge of a crew, and make choices that will have consequences as you try to stay alive.
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 - Royal Edition
Release date: TBC 2027
Platform(s): Switch 2
The September 2026 Nintendo Direct confirmed War Horse's sprawling medieval RPG Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 is officially coming to Switch 2. With a Royal Edition that includes all of the free add-ons and expansions, you can become Henry of Skalitz as you get swept up in a memorable adventure across 15th century Europe.
Kingdom Hearts 4
Release date: TBC 2027
Platform(s): PC, PS5, Switch 2, Xbox Series X
Kingdom Hearts 4 has been in the pipeline for a long time now, with Square Enix officially announcing our reunion with Sora back in 2022. Happily, we at long last got to see more of the upcoming RPG during the Nintendo Direct June 2026 showcase, which showed off a more realistic-looking art style, and Sora leaping off of cars with a keyblade in hand. The D23 2026 event also revealed that Pixar's Coco will one of the worlds featured, and Goofy and Donald will be playable characters for the first time.
Lords of the Fallen 2
Release date: TBC 2027
Platform(s): PC, PS5, Xbox Series X
Lords of the Fallen 2 is a standalone sequel to Lords of the Fallen that takes place 100 years after its predecessor. The follow-up will throw us into ruinous fantasy world of Axiom and pit us against fresh foes,. With refined combat, boss battles will be a major focus of the upcoming soulslike RPG, which promises to be darker and more demanding.
Neverway
Release date: TBC 2027
Platform(s): PC, Switch
Part life sim, part horror, Neverway is a new pixelated action RPG from developer Coldblood Inc that puts a unique spin on the classic set-up we so often see in games like Stardew Valley. Taking on the role of Fiona, you'll leave your dead-end job to begin your life over on a farm, only to soon find yourself indebted and becoming the immortal herald of a dead god. With lots of familiar ingredients such as customization, farming, cooking (and even dateable residents), the horror twist brings its own fresh spin.
No Law
Release date: TBC 2027
Platform(s): PC, PS5, Xbox Series X
No Law is a new action RPG from developer Neon Giant, the studio behind 2021's The Ascent. Set in a cyber-noire, lawless city known as Port Desire, you'll be role-playing as Grey Harker who was formerly a member of the military. Now seeking to settle down for some peace and quiet after suffering injuries, you'll soon get caught up in the chaos of Port Desire. It promises to let you shape your experience through the choices and approach you want to take.
Pokemon Winds and Waves
Release date: TBC 2027
Platform(s): Switch 2
Pokemon Winds and Waves are officially the new versions coming to Game Freak's beloved RPG series. Set across a vast ocean made up of islands, we're still awaiting the name of the fresh region we'll be venturing to, along with more details since its initial reveal during the Pokemon Day 30th anniversary celebrations, but with a look at the adorable Pokemon Winds and Waves starters, trainers can get ready to be the very best, like no one ever was in 2027.
The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past
Release date: TBC 2027
Platform(s): PC, PS5, Xbox Series X
CD Projekt Red announced that The Witcher 3 is getting a third expansion in Songs of the Past in 2027. While we're still light on the details, the studio has teased that it will be a "major release" with lots of hours of gameplay" in store. As one of the best story-driven RPGs with some of the best DLCs and expansions, it's certainly exciting to know that Geralt is getting another adventure while we wait it out for the likes of The Witcher 4 and the Witcher 1 Remake.
Xenoblade Chronicles Genesis
Release date: TBC 2027
Platform(s): Switch 2
Promising to be a "new beginning" for the Xenoblade series, Xenoblade Chronicles Genesis is a new RPG coming exclusively to the Switch 2. The initial trailer, which debuted at the Nintendo Direct June 2026 showcase, looked like something of a departure from the sci-fi feel of the JRPG trilogy, and while we're still waiting on more details, it looks like it's dialing into the fantasy a lot more this time.
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Guild Wars 3
Release date: TBC
Platform(s): PC, PS5
Guild Wars 3 is set to be the third entry in the long-running MMORPG series from ArenaNet. Set a thousand years before the events of the original Guild Wars, the new game will take place in a vast wilderness frontier known as Tyrian, where Vael spirits who have deep connection to the land dwell. With guilds in conflict over the region, you'll play as a Vaelwarden who's dedicated to protecting the land and its spirits.
Persona 6
Release date: TBC
Platform(s): PC, PS5, Xbox Series X
After plenty of rumors started to circulate about a new Persona game, Persona 6 was officially unveiled as part of the Xbox Games Showcase 2026 stream. With only a very brief teaser shown, so far we know that the next entry will be a standalone adventure with a fresh cast of characters that will once again blend the experience of daily life with the supernatural.
Signet City
Release date: TBC
Platform(s): PC
From Citizen Sleeper creator Gareth Damian Martin comes Signet City, a new narrative RPG that takes place in a post-punk inspired Britain in the 1980s. With a striking monochrome art style, you actually play as a parasite who has to find hosts and "feed on their emotions". As you do, you can guide or manipulate them what looks set to be a very strange and decaying world.
The Cube
Release date: TBC
Platform(s): PC
The Cube is set to be an MMO RPG shooter from Atomic Heart developer, Mundfish. Promising to bring to life a living open world, you'll be drawn into a sci-fi setting where a giant levitating Cube hangs in the sky. From what's been revealed so far, it seems like you'll be part of expedition groups who are trying to uncover more about this mysterious object... that's said to hold an equation that can alter reality. How curious. You can expect to take on lots of enemies and tough bosses along the way.
For more future releases, head over to our lists of all the upcoming Switch 2 games, upcoming PS5 games, and new PC games.
