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

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It’s officially April 2024, a month that’s uncharacteristically slow in terms of huge game releases — at least compared to the previous months this year. I mean, we’ve already seen mega-releases like Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Persona 3 Reload, Rise of the Ronin, and more. April is no slouch, though, with new releases like Sand Land and Stellar Blade. 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 April 2024.

The following list is divided by platform; you can jump to any one using the shortcuts below. And if you’re someone who likes to preorder, you can click the buy link to make sure it arrives on launch day.

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The Biggest Game Releases of April 2024

Here’s a list of some of the biggest titles launching in April this year 🙂

Upcoming PS4 and PS5 Games

PlayStation owners are perhaps the best-served of the platforms in April. Not only do they get the previously Xbox-only Sea of Thieves, but also big releases like Sand Land and the PS5-exclusive Stellar Blade.

April 2024 – PlayStation Game Release Dates

  • Withering Rooms – April 2
  • Turbo Golf Racing 1.0 – April 4
  • Gigantic: Rampage Edition – April 9
  • House Flipper 2 – April 10
  • Dave the Diver – April 16
  • ArcRunner – April 18
  • Final Fantasy XVI: The Rising Tide (DLC) – April 18
  • Sker Ritual – April 18
  • Umurangi Generation – April 18
  • Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes – April 23 – Buy It
  • Tales of Kenzera: Zau – April 23
  • TMNT Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants – April 23 – Buy It
  • Another Crab’s Treasure – April 25
  • SaGa: Emerald Beyond – April 25
  • Sand Land – April 26 – Buy It
  • Stellar Blade – April 26 – Buy It
  • Braid: Anniversary Edition – April 30
  • Sea of Thieves – April 30

May 2024 – PlayStation Game Release Dates

  • Prison Architect 2 – May 7
  • Crow Country – May 9
  • Read Only Memories: Neurodiver – May 16
  • Paper Trail – May 21
  • System Shock – May 21 – Buy It
  • Multiversus – May 28

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

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
  • Metaphor ReFantazio – 2024
  • 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
  • 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

This month doesn’t have any major Switch exclusive releases, but there’s plenty to play in the third-party realm. The previous Xbox exclusive survival game Grounded lands on the hybrid platform this month, as does a souped-up version of the indie gem Braid, as well as a new Ninja Turtles arcade port.

April 2024 – Nintendo Switch Game Release Dates

  • Grounded – April 16
  • Reigns Beyond – April 17
  • Sticky Business – April 17
  • ArcRunner – April 18
  • Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes – April 23 – Buy It (physical copies out in May)
  • Tales of Kenzera: Zau – April 23
  • TMNT Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants – April 23 – Buy It
  • Another Crab’s Treasure – April 25
  • SaGa: Emerald Beyond – April 25
  • Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- Sweep the Board! – April 26
  • Tell Me Your Story – April 26
  • Braid: Anniversary Edition – April 30

May 2024 – Nintendo Switch Game Release Dates

  • Endless Ocean: Luminous – May 2 – Buy It
  • Little Kitty, Big City – May 9
  • Lorelei and the Laser Eyes – May 16
  • Read Only Memories: Neurodiver – May 16
  • Paper Trail – May 21
  • Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door – May 23 – Buy It
  • World of Goo 2 – May 23

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

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

While other consoles are getting access to games that were previously Xbox- and PC-only, Xbox isn’t seeing any big first-party exclusives this month. That said, Xbox owners can pick up cross-platform releases like Sand Land, Tales of Kenzera: Zau, and more.

April 2024 – Xbox Game Release Dates

  • Withering Rooms – April 2
  • Turbo Golf Racing 1.0 – April 4
  • Gigantic: Rampage Edition – April 9
  • House Flipper 2 – April 10
  • ArcRunner – April 18
  • Sker Ritual – April 18
  • Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes – April 23
  • Tales of Kenzera: Zau – April 23
  • TMNT Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants – April 23 – Buy It
  • Another Crab’s Treasure – April 25
  • Sand Land – April 26 – Buy It
  • Braid: Anniversary Edition – April 30

May 2024 – Xbox Game Release Dates

  • Prison Architect 2 – May 7
  • Read Only Memories: Neurodiver – May 16
  • Paper Trail – May 21
  • Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II – May 21
  • System Shock – May 21 – Buy It
  • Multiversus – May 28

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

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
  • Metaphor ReFantazio – 2024
  • 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
  • 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 plenty to play this month. Probably the biggest release is a re-release, though, in the form of Fallout S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Anthlogy, which gets you the whole series, plus art cards stored in a mini-nuke case. Pretty nifty.

April 2024 – PC Game Release Dates

  • Withering Rooms – April 2
  • Beat Slayer – April 4
  • Pathfinder: Gallowspire Survivors 1.0 – April 4
  • Turbo Golf Racing 1.0 – April 4
  • Sons of Valhalla – April 5
  • Children of the Sun – April 9
  • Final Factory – April 9 – Buy It
  • Gigantic: Rampage Edition – April 9
  • Ereban: Shadow Legacy – April 10
  • Yet Another Fantasy Title – April 10
  • Fallout S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Anthology – April 11 – Buy It
  • Infection Free Zone – April 11
  • Europa – April 16
  • Reigns Beyond – April 17
  • Artificer’s Tower – April 18 – Buy It
  • No Rest for the Wicked – April 18
  • Sker Ritual – April 18
  • Dead Island 2 – April 22
  • Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes – April 23
  • Tales of Kenzera: Zau – April 23
  • TMNT Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants – April 23
  • SaGa: Emerald Beyond – April 25
  • Another Crab’s Treasure – April 25
  • Manor Lords – April 26
  • Tell Me Your Story – April 26
  • Braid: Anniversary Edition – April 30

May 2024 – PC Game Release Dates

  • Prison Architect 2 – May 7
  • V Rising – May 8
  • Crow Country – May 9
  • Homeworld 3 – May 13
  • The Rogue Prince of Persia (early access) – May 14
  • Read Only Memories: Neurodiver – May 16
  • Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II – May 21
  • Paper Trail – May 21
  • Reus 2 – May 23
  • World of Goo 2 – May 23
  • Multiversus – May 28

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

Upcoming PC Games – Release Date TBA

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For more release date fun, check out our ongoing list of 4K UHD and Blu-ray release dates.

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