Video Game Release Dates: The Biggest Games of May 2024 and Beyond

Somehow it’s already May 2024, which means a new batch of games is going to be served up to PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC owners. We’re talking games like Senua’s Sacrifice: Hellblade 2, Ghost of Tsushima coming to PC, and many more besides. Below, you’ll find release dates for all the biggest games that have been announced so far for this year and beyond. Whether you have a PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and/or PC, you can find something worth playing in May 2024.

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Upcoming PS4 and PS5 Games

PlayStation owners can take their pick of new games in May, the biggest of which may just be a remake of System Shock. Also out this month is the cool-looking indie game Animal Well, and the 1.0 release of Multiversus, in which Warner Bros. characters duke it out Smash Bros-style.

May 2024 – PlayStation Game Release Dates

• Armed and Gelatinous: Couch Edition – May 2
• MotoGP 24 – May 2
• Indika – May 8
• Animal Well – May 9
• Crow Country – May 9
• Neptunia Game Maker R:Evolution – May 14
• Read Only Memories: Neurodiver – May 16
• Paper Trail – May 21
• System Shock – May 21 – Buy It
• Hauntii – May 23
• Songs of Silence – May 23
• Retropolis 2: Never Say Goodbye (PSVR 2) – May 24
• Multiversus – May 28
• Umbraclaw – May 30
• F1 24 – May 31 – Buy It

June 2024 – PlayStation Game Release Dates

• Destiny 2: The Final Shape – June 4
• Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game – June 4
• Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin – June 14
• Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance – June 14 – Buy It
• Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree – June 21
• SPYxANYA: Operation Memories – June 28

July 2024 – PlayStation Game Release Dates

• Final Fantasy 14 Online: Dawntrail – July 2
• The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak – July 5 – Buy It
• Darkest Dungeon 2 – July 15
• Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus – July 18

August 2024 – PlayStation Game Release Dates

• Black Myth: Wukong – August 20
• Dustborn – August 20
• Enotria: The Last Song – August 21
• Star Wars Outlaws – August 30 – Buy It

September 2024 – PlayStation Game Release Dates

• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 – September 9 – Buy It
• Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2 – September 26

October 2024 – PlayStation Game Release Dates

• Metaphor ReFantazio – October 11

Upcoming PS4 and PS5 Games – Release Date TBA

• American Arcadia – TBA
• Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth – TBA
• Blue Protocol – 2024
• Cat Quest: Pirates of the Purribean – 2024
• Concord – 2024
• Crime Boss – TBA
• Crimson Desert – TBA
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach – 2025
• Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed – 2024 – Buy It
• Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero – TBA
• Dune: Awakening – TBA
• Exodus – TBA
• Expeditions: A MudRunner Game – 2024
• The First Descendant – Summer 2024
• Gundam Breaker 4 – 2024 – Buy It
• John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando – 2024
• Judas – TBA
• Jurassic Park: Survival – TBA
• Killing Floor 3 – TBA
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 – 2024
• Little Devil Inside – TBA
• Little Nightmares 3 – 2024 – Buy It
• Lost Records: Bloom and Rage – 2024
• Marathon – TBA
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater Remake – TBA
• Metro Awakening VR – 2024
• Monster Hunter Wilds – 2025
• Neva – 2024
• Pacific Drive – 2024
• Phantom Blade – TBA
• Phantom Hellcat – TBA
• The Plucky Squire – 2024
• Post Trauma – TBA
• Pragmata – TBA
• Prison Architect 2 – 2024
• The Rise of the Golden Idol – TBA
• Resident Evil 4 Remake VR Mode – This winter
• Silent Hill 2 Remake – TBA
• Six Days in Fallujah – TBA
• Sonic X Shadow Generations – Autumn 2024
• Star Wars: Dark Forces Remastered – TBA
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake – TBA
• Steelrising – TBA
• Still Wakes the Deep – Early 2024
• Synduality – TBA
• Thank Goodness You’re Here – 2024
• Tortuga: A Pirate’s Tale – TBA
• Until Dawn (PS5) – 2024
• V Rising – 2024
• Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 – TBA – Buy It
• Visions of Mana – Summer 2024 – Buy It
• The Wolf Among Us 2 – 2024
• Wolverine – TBA
• Zenless Zone Zero – TBA

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Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games

May brings a couple of big Nintendo exclusives, in the form of a remake of Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door and Endless Ocean: Luminious. The Paper Mario game is a remake of a bonafide classic from the GameCube era. Endless Ocean is a long-awaited sequel to a pair of Wii games, but buyer beware: our reviewer wasn’t impressed.

May 2024 – Nintendo Switch Game Release Dates

• Armed and Gelatinous: Couch Edition – May 2
• Endless Ocean: Luminous – May 2 – Buy It
• MotoGP 24 – May 2
• Animal Well – May 9
• Little Kitty, Big City – May 9
• BioMutant – May 14
• Neptunia Game Maker R:Evolution – May 14
• Lorelei and the Laser Eyes – May 16
• Read Only Memories: Neurodiver – May 16
• Paper Trail – May 21
• Hauntii – May 23
• Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door – May 23 – Buy It
• World of Goo 2 – May 23
• Umbraclaw – May 30

June 2024 – Nintendo Switch Game Release Dates

• Monster Hunter Stories Collection – June 14 – Buy It
• Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance – June 14 – Buy It
• Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble – June 25 – Buy It
• Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD – June 27 – Buy It
• SPYxANYA: Operation Memories – June 28

July 2024 – Nintendo Switch Game Release Dates

• The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak – July 5 – Buy It
• Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus – July 18
• One Piece Odyssey Deluxe Edition – July 26
• TMNT: Twisted Fate – July 2024

August 2024 – Nintendo Switch Game Release Dates

• SteamWorld Heist II – August 8

September 2024 – Nintendo Switch Game Release Dates

• Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2 – September 26

October 2024 – Nintendo Switch Game Release Dates

• Fantasy Life i: the Girl Who Steals Time – October 10

November 2024 – Nintendo Switch Game Release Dates

• Antonblast – November 12

Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games – Release Date TBA

• Animal Well – Early 2024
• Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure – Summer 2024
• Bandle Tale: A League of Legends Story – 2024
• Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed – 2024 – Buy It
• Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist – 2024
• Expeditions: A MudRunner Game – 2024
• Front Mission 3 Remake – TBA
• Gundam Breaker 4 – 2024 – Buy It
• Little Devil Inside – TBA
• Little Nightmares 3 – 2024 – Buy It
• The Lord of the Rings: Gollum – 2024 – Buy It
• Lorelei and the Laser Eyes – TBA
• Metal Slug Tactics – 2024
• Monster Hunter Stories: 2 Wings of Ruin – Summer 2024
• Professor Layton and the New World of Steam – 2025
• Quilts and Cats of Calico – TBA
• Rift of the Necrodancer – 2024
• The Rise of the Golden Idol – TBA
• Skul: The Hero Slayer – TBA
• Sonic X Shadow Generations – Autumn 2024
• Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream – 2024 – Buy It
• Star Wars: Hunters – 2024
• Suikoden I&II HD Remaster Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars – TBA
• Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream – 2024 – Buy It
• Thank Goodness You’re Here – 2024
• Yars Rising – 2024
• Yes, Your Grace: Snowfall – 2024

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Upcoming Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One Games

One of the year’s bigger Xbox exclusives is out this month in the form of Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II. Also out is the System Shock remake and the final actual 1.0 release of Multiversus.

May 2024 – Xbox Game Release Dates

• Armed and Gelatinous: Couch Edition – May 2
• MotoGP 24 – May 2
• Indika – May 8
• Little Kitty, Big City – May 9
• Read Only Memories: Neurodiver – May 16
• Paper Trail – May 21
• Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II – May 21
• System Shock – May 21 – Buy It
• Hauntii – May 23
• Songs of Silence – May 23
• Multiversus – May 28
• Umbraclaw – May 30
• F1 24 – May 31 – Buy It

June 2024 – Xbox Game Release Dates

• Destiny 2: The Final Shape – June 4
• Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game – June 4
• Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance – June 14 – Buy It
• Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree – June 21

July 2024 – Xbox Game Release Dates

• Final Fantasy 14 Online: Dawntrail – July 2
• Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus – July 18

August 2024 – Xbox Game Release Dates

• Black Myth: Wukong – August 20
• Dustborn – August 20
• Star Wars: Outlaws – August 30 – Buy It

September 2024 – Xbox Game Release Dates

• STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl – September 5 – Buy It
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 – September 9 – Buy It

October 2024 – Xbox Game Release Dates

• Metaphor ReFantazio – October 11

Upcoming Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One Games – Release Date TBA

• 33 Immortals – 2024
• The Alters – TBA
• American Arcadia – TBA
• Ark 2 – 2024
• Avowed – Fall 2024
• Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth – TBA
• Bright Memory Infinite – TBA
• Cat Quest: Pirates of the Purribean – 2024
• Clockwork Revolution – TBA
• Contraband – TBA
• Creatures of Ava – 2024
• Crime Boss – TBA
• Crimson Desert – TBA
• Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed – 2024 – Buy It
• Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero – TBA
• Dune: Awakening – TBA
• Dungeons of Hinterberg – 2024
• Ereban: Shadow Legacy – TBA
• Everwild – TBA
• Exodus – TBA
• ExoMecha – TBA
• Expeditions: A MudRunner Game – 2024
• Fable – TBA
• The First Descendant – Summer 2024
• Hollow Knight: Silksong – TBA
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle – 2024
• John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando – 2024
• Judas – TBA
• Jurassic Park: Survival – TBA
• Killing Floor 3 – TBA
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 – 2024
• Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess – 2024
• Little Devil Inside – TBA
• Little Nightmares 3 – 2024 – Buy It
• Lost Records: Bloom and Rage – 2024
• Marathon – TBA
• Marvel’s Blade – TBA
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater Remake – TBA
• Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 – 2024
• Monster Hunter Wilds – 2025
• Neva – 2024
• OD – TBA
• The Outer Worlds 2 – TBA
• Path of the Godess – TBA
• Perfect Dark – TBA
• Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis – TBA
• Phantom Hellcat – TBA
• The Plucky Squire – 2024
• Post Trauma – TBA
• Pragmata – TBA
• Prison Architect 2 – 2024
• The Rise of the Golden Idol – TBA
• Routine – TBA
• Scars Above – TBA
• Second Extinction – TBA
• The Sinking City 2 – 2025
• Six Days in Fallujah – TBA
• Sleight of Hand – 2025
• Sonic X Shadow Generations – Autumn 2024
• South of Midnight – TBA
• State of Decay 3 – TBA
• Steelrising – TBA
• Still Wakes the Deep – Early 2024
• Suikoden I&II HD Remaster Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars – TBA
• Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream – 2024 – Buy It
• Synduality – TBA
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre – TBA
• Tortuga: A Pirate’s Tale – TBA
• Towerborne – 2024
• Unknown 9: Awakening – Summer 2024
• Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 – TBA – Buy It
• Visions of Mana – Summer 2024 – Buy It
• The Wolf Among Us 2 – 2024
• Yes, Your Grace: Snowfall – 2024

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Upcoming PC Games

PC owners (including owners of handheld PCs like Steam Deck) have lots of options this month. One of the biggest releases is the previously PlayStation-exclusive open-world samurai game Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut. Also out this month is a long overdue sequel to World of Goo, plus early access for a Prince of Persia game made by the Dead Cells folks.

May 2024 – PC Game Release Dates

• Abiotic Factor (early access) – May 2
• Foundry (early access) – May 2
• MotoGP 24 – May 2
• Cozy Space Survivors – May 3
• Heading Out – May 7
• Venture to the Vile – May 7
• Gift – May 8
• Indika – May 8
• V Rising (leaving early access) – May 8
• Animal Well – May 9
• Crow Country – May 9
• Little Kitty, Big City – May 9
• Spectral Scream (leaving early access) – May 9
• Homeworld 3 – May 10
• The Rogue Prince of Persia (early access) – May 14
• Die by the Blade – May 16
• Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut – May 16
• Read Only Memories: Neurodiver – May 16
• Robobeat – May 16
• Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II – May 21
• Paper Trail – May 21
• Hauntii – May 23
• Reus 2 – May 23
• Songs of Silence – May 23
• World of Goo 2 – May 23
• Retropolis 2: Never Say Goodbye – May 24
• Multiversus – May 28
• Selaco (early access) – May 30
• Nightmare Kart – May 30
• Umbraclaw – May 30
• F1 24 – May 31

June 2024 – PC Game Release Dates

• Destiny 2: The Final Shape – June 4
• Life By You – June 4
• Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game – June 4
• Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance – June 14
• Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree – June 21
• SPYxANYA: Operation Memories – June 28

July 2024 – PC Game Release Dates

• Final Fantasy 14 Online: Dawntrail – July 2
• The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak – July 5
• Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus – July 18
• Frostpunk 2 – July 25

August 2024 – PC Game Release Dates

• Black Myth: Wukong – August 20
• Dustborn – August 20
• Enotria: The Last Song – August 21
• Star Wars: Outlaws – August 30

September 2024 – PC Game Release Dates

• STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl – September 5 – Buy It
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 – September 9

October 2024 – PC Game Release Dates

• Metaphor ReFantazio – October 11

Upcoming PC Games – Release Date TBA

• 33 Immortals – 2024
• Age of Mythology: Retold – TBA
• American Arcadia – TBA
• Among Us VR – TBA
• Ara: History Untold – Fall 2024
• ARC Raiders – TBA
• Ark 2 – 2024
• Avowed – Fall 2024
• Blacktail – “This Winter”
• Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth – TBA
• Blue Protocol – 2024
• Clockwork Revolution – TBA
• Contraband – TBA
• Creatures of Ava – 2024
• Crimson Desert – TBA
• Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed – 2024 – Buy It
• Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero – TBA
• Dune: Awakening – TBA
• Dungeons of Hinterberg – 2024
• Ereban: Shadow Legacy – TBA
• Everwild – TBA
• Exodus – TBA
• ExoMecha – TBA
• Expeditions: A MudRunner Game – 2024
• Fable – TBA
• The Finals – TBA
• The First Descendant – Summer 2024
• Fort Solis – TBA
• Gundam Breaker 4 – 2024
• Hollow Knight: Silksong – TBA
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle – 2024
• John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando – 2024
• Judas – TBA
• Jurassic Park: Survival – TBA
• Killing Floor 3 – TBA
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 – 2024
• Little Nightmares 3 – 2024
• Lost Records: Bloom and Rage – 2024
• Marathon – TBA
• Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 – 2024
• Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin – Summer 2024
• Monster Hunter Wilds – 2025
• The Outer Worlds 2 – TBA
• Perfect Dark – TBA
• Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis – TBA
• Phantom Hellcat – TBA
• Post Trauma – TBA
• Pragmata – TBA
• Prison Architect 2 – 2024
• Replaced – 2023
• The Rise of the Golden Idol – TBA
• Routine – TBA
• Sand Land – TBA
• Scars Above – TBA
• Season – TBA
• Second Extinction – TBA
• Shovel Knight Showdown – TBA
• Silent Hill 2 Remake – TBA
• The Sinking City 2 – 2025
• Slay the Spire 2 – early access in 2025
• Sleight of Hand – 2025
• Sonic X Shadow Generations – Autumn 2024
• South of Midnight – TBA
• State of Decay 3 – TBA
• Steelrising – TBA
• Stormgate – TBA
• Star Trek: Resurgence – TBA
• Still Wakes the Deep – Early 2024
• Suikoden I&II HD Remaster Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars – TBA
• Synduality – TBA
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre – TBA
• Thank Goodness You’re Here – 2024
• Thrasher – 2024
• Tortuga: A Pirate’s Tale – TBA
• Towerborne – 2024
• Ultra Mega Cats – 2024 – Buy It
• Until Dawn – 2024
• Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 – 2024 – Buy It
• Visions of Mana – Summer 2024
• Wayfinder – TBA
• Where Winds Meet – TBA
• Windblown – TBA
• Witchfire – TBA
• The Wolf Among Us 2 – 2024
• Yes, Your Grace: Snowfall – 2024
• Zenless Zone Zero – 2024

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