As Evan pointed out (opens in new tab) the other day, PC gaming has been a little quiet here at the start 2021. While the year's engine warms up, I've been tooling around in our GOTY from last year, Death Stranding, and waiting for whichever Cyberpunk 2077 update people tell me fixes enough stuff that I should give it a go. (I did check out one new game recently, The Medium, and it's cool, but perhaps not my style.)
Over the next couple months, things are going to speed up a little. I'm very interested in Valheim. The Viking theme isn't super exciting to me, but I do very much want to build longships with my friends. Nuts, a game about squirrels, is a must for me as a squirrel enthusiast (I was very sad last year when a ground squirrel moved out of a hole in my back yard). Hellish Quart (pictured above) also caught my eye as a Bushido Blade fan, and further along in March, Yakuza 6 and Evil Genius 2 are standouts.
Below are the games still to come this winter, and at the bottom, a few that are further out. For a more complete view, see our full 2021 PC game release date calendar.
February
More February games to check out:
- February 4: Blue Fire (opens in new tab)
- February 8: Becastled (opens in new tab) (Early Access)
- February 17: Nebuchadnezzar (opens in new tab)
- February 18: Rustler (opens in new tab) (Early Access)
- February 21: Rogue Invader (opens in new tab)
- February 25: Imagine Earth (opens in new tab) (Early Access)
March
More March games to check out:
- March 1: Foregone (opens in new tab)
- March 9: Stronghold Warlords (opens in new tab)
- March 16: Mundaun (opens in new tab)
- March 23: Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (opens in new tab)
- March 25: Lords of Exile (opens in new tab)
- TBD March: Disco Elysium: The Final Cut (opens in new tab)
Further ahead
Here are a few of the big games scheduled to release this spring. We'll put together a clearer picture of the April and May release calendar near the end of March.
- April 1: Outriders (opens in new tab)
- April 21: Nier Replicant (opens in new tab)
- April 22: Humankind (opens in new tab)
- May 7: Resident Evil Village (opens in new tab)
- May 21: Deathloop (opens in new tab)
- May 25: Biomutant (opens in new tab)