2025 served us some of the best RPGs the industry has ever seen, including the record-breaking Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Elden Ring: Nightreign, Monster Hunter Wilds, The Outer Worlds 2, Dune: Awakening, and many more. Now, in 2026, we’ve already gotten off to a strong start with titles like Nioh 3, Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties. So it’s safe to say that RPG fans always have something exciting on the horizon. If you’re one too, keep an eye on these standout role-playing games coming this year to PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2. Let’s dive in!
RPG Games Releasing in 2026
If you are a true RPG games fan, 2026 is going to be a big year for you. From Blood of the Dawnwalker to Fable, here are all of the biggest upcoming RPG games coming in 2026 that one shouldn’t miss at all.
Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection
Developed by Capcom, Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection is the third major RPG entry in the Stories sub-series within the Monster Hunter franchise. The game takes you back to the turn-based RPG battle system like prior entries in the subseries. Monster Hunter fans already know the deal: explore and tame new creatures and progress through a grand story. This one will immerse you in a story involving a kingdom at war between two kingdoms of Azuria and Vermeil as they struggle to survive against an environmental disaster known as Crystal Encroachment.
- Release Date: March 13, 2026
- Platforms: PC, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2
Crimson Desert
Started as a prequel to Black Desert Online, Crimson Desert turned into its own standalone single-player title. Developed on BlackSpace Engine by Pearl Abyss, Crimson Desert is emerging as the next big fantasy RPG game. Set in the open world of Pywel, players step into the shoes of Kliff. A member of the Greymanes, whose friends get attacked and scattered by the evil Black Bears after a big battle. However, you get to travel across huge maps with deserts, forests, snowy mountains, and towns to find his lost comrades, rebuild his team, and fight back against strong foes. Furthermore, the game features a dynamic combat system where you use swords, magic, and special moves. Beyond fighting, you can fish, cook, hunt, mine, and craft items to survive. It mixes deep story, big exploration, and lots of action in a dark medieval world full of danger and choices.
- Release Date: March 19, 2026
- Platforms: PC, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5
Phantom Blade Zero
In development since 2022, Phantom Blade Zero is one of the most anticipated RPG games for 2026. It is a wuxia RPG game where you play as Soul, a skilled assassin in a dark world mixing Chinese kung fu, steampunk machines, and tough enemies. Soul works for a secret group called The Order. But he is blamed for killing their leader, gets badly hurt, and has only 66 days to live after a mystic healer saves him. After that, he embarks on a journey to unravel the mystery behind those who betrayed him. Explore a big semi-open world with connected areas, side quests that change the story’s eight endings, skill trees to upgrade, and tough bosses.
- Release Date: September 9, 2026
- Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5
Gothic 1 Remake
Returning after 25 years, Gothic 1 Remake is a fresh take on the classic 2001 action RPG, where you play as a nameless prisoner. Who is thrown into a huge magical barrier around a mining colony in the land of Myrtana. Developed by Alkimia Interactive, this RPG is rebuilt from the ground up for modern players. You start weak with no skills, but you talk to people, pick a camp to join, do quests, steal or earn stuff, fight, and slowly get stronger by learning from masters in each camp. The combat is tough and timing-based like the old game, but smoother now, with new moves and a bigger map that’s 10-30% larger, with more quests, and cool new areas.
- Release Date: TBA 2026
- Platforms: PC, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5
Fable
Published by Xbox Games Studios and developed by Playground Games (the developers of the Forza Horizon series), comes Fable. In this fun role-playing game, you play as a young boy who grows up to become a powerful Hero in a magical land called Albion. A wise Hero named Maze saves you and takes you to the Heroes’ Guild to train. There, you learn to fight with swords, bows, and magic spells, while making choices that can make you good, like helping people, or evil, like stealing or scaring folks. With easy customization options, combat, and quests, it’s already shaping up to be one of the best RPG games coming our way in 2026.
- Release Date: TBA 2026
- Platforms: PC, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5
Lords of the Fallen 2
Lords of the Fallen 2 is an upcoming action-RPG game set in a dark fantasy world called Mournstead, where you play as a brave Dark Crusader fighting to stop evil gods and save a broken kingdom. Announced during Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025, it serves as a standalone sequel to Lords of the Fallen. Furthermore, it takes place 100 years after its predecessor, bringing back the brutal combat, set in a dark fantasy world. However, currently, not much is out about the game. But it will be released sometime in 2026.
- Release Date: TBC 2026
- Platforms: PC, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is another RPG game developed and published by Capcom. It was revealed at The Game Awards in December 2024. And serves as the first mainline installment in the Onimusha series since Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams (2006). You play as a strong samurai named Musashi in old Japan, during the Edo period, in a spooky version of Kyoto city. Moreover, you get a magic Oni Gauntlet on your arm that lets you suck up souls from dead enemies, yellow ones heal you, red ones buy better skills or weapons, and blue ones power up special Levels mix straight paths with open spots for side jobs, puzzles, and boss fights against tough sword guys like Sasaki Kojiro. Combat mixes samurai duels with demon hacking, and you explore dark streets full of traps and secrets while finding why you fight.
- Release Date: TBA 2026
- Platforms: PC, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5
The Blood of Dawnwalker
Ever since the release of the first trailer on January 14, 2025, The Blood of Dawnwalker has been one of the most anticipated RPG games on the horizon for 2026. It is set in a brutal 14th‑century Europe, where you play as Coen. A young man who becomes a Dawnwalker (part human, part vampire). The game uses time as one of the main elements, as you only have 30 days and 30 nights to save your sister. You can live in two very different worlds depending on whether it is day or night.
Moreover, during the day, you fight more like a normal human, using swords and magic, while at night you turn into a powerful vampire who can climb walls, teleport, and drain enemies’ blood. You have a limited amount of time to complete key quests, and every choice you make really affects the story and the people around you, so you must plan carefully how you spend your days and nights in this dangerous, open‑world setting.
- Release Date: TBA 2026
- Platforms: PC, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5
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