The August PC game releases and updates you should know about

Hearthstone: Murder at Castle Nathria | August 2

In Hearthstone's second expansion of the year, expect exploding skeletons, demonic imps and a new keyword that sees cards in your hand grow stronger as minions die. It's a fun and flavourful set, even if there's nothing quite as cool as the Colossal creatures from Voyage to the Sunken City.

Thymesia | August 18

Thymesia blends FromSoftware games into a plague-ridden action RPG with the one-on-one aggression of Sekiro's duels and the grim setting of Bloodborne. If Elden Ring wasn't your aesthetic, this might be it. 

Farthest Frontier | August 9 (early access)

Farming is no picnic in this survival city builder. Your settlers will struggle against wild animals and human pillagers, icy blizzards and heat waves, and diseases that infect them and even their crops as you try to build and manage a booming medieval town.

Cult of the Lamb | August 11

Dive into dungeons, collect resources, and grow your base as a fluffy cult leader in this action roguelike. It's a bit RimWorld and a bit The Binding of Isaac, as we observed last year.

Gloomwood | August 16  (Update: the early access release was delayed to September 6.)

Gloomwood has been among our most anticipated games since its demo arrived on Steam in 2020. This is only the first chunk of the game, which the developers describe as "Thief with guns."

Rollerdrome | August 16

The folks who made excellent arcade skating games OllieOllie are going 3D and shooter. Rollerdome looks like what'd happen if Tony Hawk Pro Skater had guns, and that alone is enough to get our attention.

Saints Row | August 23

After a decade in cryostasis, Saints Row is back in a rebooted world and a brand new city: It's fantasy Las Vegas' turn to be blown up by create-a-character psychos with an unlimited supply or rocket launchers.

Total War: Warhammer 3 Immortal Empires | August 23 (beta)

The Warhammer 3 update everyone's waiting for, which will link up all three Warhammer campaigns into one massive battle map. We pray to Sigmar our CPUs can handle the strain.

Destiny 2: Season 19 | August 23

The still unnamed 19th season of Destiny 2 kicks off on Tuesday immediately after a video showcase in which Bungie will reveal Lightfall, the next major expansion. As usual, everything's under wraps for now, but guardians can look forward to Arc 3.0—the final rework of the game's original 'Light' subclasses.

Immortality | August 30

Like Her Story, Immortality will have you dissecting archival video footage to reassemble a mysterious story, But this one's going Hollywood (and likely much more meta) with three fictional "lost" movies that span an actor's career.