Most Anticipated Upcoming Games January 2026

Discover the upcoming PC games that have the gaming community most excited. These highly anticipated titles are generating massive hype based on wishlist activity, pre-release coverage, and community engagement.

Our hype scoring system weighs wishlist rankings, pre-order activity, and media coverage to predict breakout hits.

Sorted by hype score•Coming soon to Steam

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The Murder Of My Winter Crush

The Murder Of My Winter Crush Is an upcoming Retro Survival Horror experience that takes inspiration from iconic staples of the genre with the charming narrative intrigue of a Sound Novel. Atmospheric exploration, Challenging Puzzles, and Horrifying Combat encounters await!

Price: TBA

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Age of Empires Mobile: PC Edition

A Medieval War Strategy Game of Age of Empires lineage — built for mobile, optimized for PC. Advance your civilization in a new way with iconic heroes, story quests, and massive multiplayer warfare with PC-friendly UI, precise mouse-and-keyboard play, 4K graphical fidelity, and seamless crossplay.

Free

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Auroria

AdventureCasualMassively Multiplayer

Welcome to Auroria, an open-world, multiplayer, and cooperative sandbox game. Design the Base, survive with your pals, and start your own interstellar travel in a relaxed and fun way.

Free

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Isle Goblin

AdventureIndieRPG

Isle Goblin has been invaded by destructive humans, and complete hostile takeover is all but complete. Armed with only your monster friends and the resources available, do you have what it takes to revert the island to its former glory?

Price: TBA

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Human Farm

ActionAdventureCasual

Welcome to Human Farm🐽 – an alternate, Orwellian world where Pigs became the dominant species. Humans are degraded to farmed meat. Create and develop your own slaughterhouse. Your goal: conquer and dominate the human meat industry. Millions of hungry snouts are waiting to be fed!

Price: TBA

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Wind Runners

ActionAdventureIndie

Wind Runners is a roguelike side-scroller with intense aerial combat. Take on the role of a rebellious Ishma pilot, battling against the oppressive forces of the Realm in the Zerah Igna System. With challenging bosses, ever-changing maps, and fast-paced gameplay, every run is a fight for freedom.

Price: TBA

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Bird Game 3

ActionAdventure

Bird Game 3 is an immersive Multiplayer BvB (Bird vs. Bird) game, now finally coming to Steam! Select your favorite bird and fight other birds for domination over the bird realm!

Price: TBA

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Prelude Dark Pain

ActionAdventureIndie

Prelude Dark Pain is a Tactical RPG set in a dark fantasy world. Assume the role of a local blacksmith named Soren, lead an uprising against the Order of the Ashen Crusade and save a world ravaged by war.

Price: TBA

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Tenet of the Spark

ActionAdventure

Tenet of the Spark is a cinematic action game where you seamlessly switch between 3 timelines — modern day, Viking age, and Aztec world — to get the edge in battle. Crush enemies, solve time-bending puzzles, and explore 3 distinct worlds full of rich history and unique characters.

Price: TBA

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Primitive

AdventureSimulation

Welcome to the brutal reality of the Stone Age. Fight, conquer, dominate! An open world full of traps and unexpected events, breathtaking views, dynamic changes in weather conditions, deadly beasts, and hostile tribes - welcome to "Primitive" and dare to survive.

Price: TBA

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Gurei

ActionIndie

An unforgiving game with precise combat. Fight challenging bosses in any order, acquire their unique powers and succeed in your own terms.

Price: TBA

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Negative Atmosphere

ActionAdventureIndie

Explore the depths of the Rusanov, pull whatever resources you can out of its guts, and run.

Price: TBA

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Schrödinger's Call

AdventureIndie

Hello, this is Mary. The last voice you'll talk to. Schrodinger's Call" is an adventure game that uses a mysterious phone to connect with souls who cannot die. The main character, Mary, wakes up in a strange room with no memory. The player, along with the bewildered Mary, will save souls.

Price: TBA

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ONE WAY HOME

AdventureIndie

Take on the role of a twelve-year-old boy in this puzzle platformer about the journey home through the most terrifying of nightmares. Each playthrough is unique: the choices you make affect the types of skills and locations, the story's progression, and its ending.

Price: TBA

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Bunker Builder Simulator

CasualIndieSimulation

Plan your work, dig a hole and build a bunker, that will survive anything! Manage safety, needs and moods of your clients, so you can become the best architect and earn a fortune. Will you be able to meet the expectations?

Price: TBA

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Art of the Rail

Early AccessIndieSimulation

Spiritual remake of the classic transport tycoon games. Build a profitable transport network and grow your worlds economy, either on your own in singleplayer or in multiplayer whether cooperatively or competitively.

Price: TBA

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Stormrite

ActionAdventureIndie

Embark on an epic journey in Stormrite, an upcoming open-world RPG set in the dark, fantasy-medieval kingdom of Redreach. Unleash the power of ancient magic as a young squire, or become a fearsome warrior forging your destiny amidst a world brimming with chaos and conflict.

Price: TBA

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Amarillo's Desktop Pets

CasualEarly AccessIndie

Load up any character and have it messing around your desktop with full ragdoll physics. Supports VRM and includes its own character creator.

Price: TBA

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Pirates Republic

AdventureRPGSimulation

Conquer the Caribbean like never before. Fight dangerous battles on the high seas or on land. Grab your friends to collect valuable booty in multiplayer mode. Build a stronghold and rule the procedurally generated world as you see fit. Become the most notorious buccaneer of the Pirates Republic.

Price: TBA

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Crescent County

AdventureIndieRacing

Crash headfirst into this witch-tech open world, drifting and driving on the back of your new motorbroom. Make deliveries, trick out your broom, and race your new friends (and crushes) as the sun sets. Get into gossip, sort your life out, and discover what it means to find home.

Price: TBA

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Paper Sky

ActionAdventureCasual

Fold, Glide, and deliver your message in this semi-open world Paper Plane adventure. Uncover heartfelt notes left by other players, upgrade your paper, and transform into a plane, a ball, a boat and more. Paper Sky is easy to pick up and a joy to return to.

Price: TBA

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March of Giants

ActionFree To PlaySimulation

Free-to-play 4v4 War MOBA where you play as a Giant, lead an army of soldiers and deploy tactical structures known as "Battleworks" on a ravaged urban battlefield. Request access below for a chance to join future playtests

Price: TBA

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DEEPEST FEAR™

ActionRPG

DEEPEST FEARTM is a sci-fi horror FPS with a retro-future aesthetic. Deep beneath the ocean, a secret has been unearthed which throws mankind’s future into jeopardy. Fight your way to the heart of a sinister project and uncover a mystery both deeply personal and terrifying in its implications.

Price: TBA

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Vexlands

AdventureCasualIndie

Vexlands is a realm of surprises. Every newly opened space brings a surprise: loot, resources, dungeons, monsters and disasters! Build your village where you craft new equipment before you explore uncharted areas, and find relics that explain who came before and why these lands are cursed.

Price: TBA

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