Every Big PC Game Still Coming in 2026 — and What to Wait For

The back half of 2026 is doing something the back half of a year almost never does: it front-loads the good stuff and then drops the biggest game in the industry's history into the middle of November.

Below is what's actually dated between now and 31 December, what looks worth paying full price for, and — since that's rather the point of this site — what to put on a price alert instead.

September: the month that refuses to breathe

Seven notable releases in four weeks, and they barely overlap in genre.

• 2 September — The Blood of Dawnwalker. The vampire RPG from ex-Witcher 3 leads. The pedigree is the pitch.
• 4 September — Onimusha: Way of the Sword. Capcom reviving a series that has been dormant for two decades.
• 17 September — Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV. The one the RTS crowd has been waiting on since Dawn of War III went badly.
• 24 September — CONTROL Resonant and Silent Hill: Townfall land on the same day, which is a scheduling decision somebody should explain.
• 25 September — EA Sports FC 27. You already know whether you're buying this.
• 29 September — Nivalis, the cyberpunk life sim from the Cloudpunk team, and Minecraft Dungeons II.

If you only buy one at launch, the interesting bet is Dawn of War IV. Strategy games historically hold their price longer than anything else on this list, and a bad launch discount is a worse outcome than a good day-one game.

Dawn of War IV, 17 September — the return the RTS crowd has been waiting nine years for. (Official screenshot)

October: the actual busiest month

• 1 October — Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve, plus Dynasty Warriors 3 Remastered and Rayman Legends Retold.
• 6 October — Gears of War: E-Day. The prequel, and the biggest Xbox-published game of the year.
• 13 October — Planet Zoo 2. Frontier following up the sim that quietly sold for years.
• 15 October — Enshrouded leaves early access with its 1.0. If you already own it, that's a free upgrade, which is the best kind.
• 23 October — Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4.
• 29 October — Phantom Blade Zero, after one of the longest hype runways in recent memory.

Gears of War: E-Day, 6 October. The prequel, and the biggest Xbox-published game of the year. (Official screenshot)

November: everything stops

GTA 6 arrives on 19 November for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Not PC — there is still no PC version announced, no window, no system requirements. We wrote about everything Rockstar actually showed in its 27-minute gameplay reveal, including the four things it pointedly didn't.

For PC players the practical effect of November is indirect but real: a GTA launch reliably drags the rest of Rockstar's catalogue into the discount season with it.

December: one date that matters

Path of Exile 2 hits 1.0 on 11 December after a long early access. Free-to-play, so the only question is whether your December is free.

What to buy now and what to wait for

A rough rule that has held up well: single-player games with a definite ending discount fastest. Story games routinely see 30-50% within four to six months. Live-service, annual sports and multiplayer titles hold their price far longer, because the value is in playing while everyone else is.

So: EA Sports FC 27 and Modern Warfare 4 at launch if you want them at all; the story-driven ones on a price alert. Enshrouded's 1.0 is free if you already own it, and Path of Exile 2 is free regardless.

Set an alert on the pages above and you'll be told when each one hits a genuine low rather than a launch-week "discount". See also our guide to what a historical low actually means and the current deals.