Despite not releasing a single-player game in the series since Fallout 4 in 2015, the franchise is in as good a place as it has been for years. Much of that is thanks to the excellent adaptation on Prime Video, so it would be little surprise if games of a similar ilk manage to put their heads above the parapet over the next year or two.
Whether it's in the design of the environment, the minute-to-minute gameplay or the creatures you'll be taking on along the way, there are plenty of great options out there if you're looking for a fix of that type.
At the same time, 2026 is looking like a big year for new releases in the genre, and one in particular is free to try right now, before a full release further down the road.
Over on Steam, you should be able to find the store page for Shadow Project, an upcoming narrative-focused, horror FPS that's set during the fall of the Soviet Union.
The narrative premise of the game is that large scale human experimentation has been taking place in the USSR. Players step into the shoes of an American team...
