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Mina the Hollower is an incredible action adventure game that manages to offer a lot to explore and significant depth in its combat and exploration mechanics. Every single time you try to see just a little more, and you can open up many new possibilities with new items and game-changing features. The end result is a fantastically crafted experience that should be on the top of the lists of new indie titles to give a try in 2026.
Japanese developer Acrobatic Chirimenjako and publisher Shueisha Games have released a bold narrative adventure in Schrödinger's Call.
Bubsy 4D is exactly what a new Bubsy game should be: a full 3D level-based platformer featuring the wise-cracking (but no longer insufferable) bobcat.
Luna Abyss is half bullet-hell FPS, half platformer and all Heavy Metal Euro-sci-fi weirdness.
Birushana: Winds of Fate is a visual novel that tells the story of Shanao, a young woman who was raised like a man at a temple in the mountains.
Zero Parades: For Dead Spies brings a new take from studio ZA/UM on the narrative RPG format, now digging into espionage drama.
Whirlight: No Time to Trip is a new point-and-click from developer imaginarylab and showcases their love for the genre's qualities.
Forza Horizon 6 is magnificent. It’s everything we could have hoped for, finally bringing the open world racing experience of Forza Horizon to the Asian setting.
NIS America's new RPG Starbites is the debut of their partnership with Korean developer IKINAGAMES and a take on sci-fi adventures.
Nitro Gen Omega combines turn-based mech combat and resources management in a postapocalyptic sandbox.
Call of the Elder Gods is a new adventure game from Out of the Blue Games. Following up on Call of the Sea, the game dives once again in its universe.
Mixtape takes players through a journey to a rebel adolescence and the last day enjoying it with friends.
Midnight is a solid WoW expansion, coming with a number of pros and cons that balance into an experience that's still a step in the right direction.
Wait until you see the shocking changes in MotoGP 26's Career Mode - it's a game-changer for the series. But is it too much of a good thing?
Hyper Games explores the world of the Moomin again in Moomintroll: Winter's Warmth.
Shapez 2 is an automation game with almost all the rough edges sanded off, built to make creating incredibly complicated layouts as simple as possible
Opus: Prism Peak, the latest adventure experience from SIGONO, takes players to a journey of reflection climbing a mountain.
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream brings back Nintendo's unique silly simulator now in a customizable island.
Ys Memoire: Revelations in Celceta expands the action RPG options on Nintendo Switch with the revised rendition of Adol Christin's fourth adventure.
Max and Chloe's final chapter is a satisfying one for Life is Strange stalwarts.