The 15 Best Video Games of 2026

Racers, roguelikes, horror returns and a cat-breeding oddity: the year's releases that critics and players kept talking about.

1. 1
   Forza Horizon 6

   Playground Games' May 2026 open-world racer set in Japan.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Mewgenics

   Edmund McMillen's February 2026 cat-breeding tactics roguelike.
   745pts
3. 3
   007 First Light

   IO Interactive's 2026 origin story for a young James Bond.
   597pts
4. 4
   Saros

   Housemarque's 2026 third-person roguelike shooter for PlayStation 5.
   546pts
5. 5
   Nioh 3

   Team Ninja's 2026 samurai action RPG set across Japanese eras.
   546pts
6. 6
   Cairn

   The Game Bakers' 2026 survival climbing game about scaling one mountain.
   488pts
7. 7
   Pokémon Pokopia

   The Pokémon Company's March 2026 life-sim spin-off on Nintendo Switch 2.
   423pts
8. 8
   Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection

   Capcom's 2026 turn-based Monster Hunter RPG.
   423pts
9. 9
   Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter

   Falcom's 2026 remake of the second Trails in the Sky.
   423pts
10. 10
    Silent Hill: Townfall

    Screen Burn's September 2026 Silent Hill set in a Scottish island town, co-published by Annapurna and Konami.
    349pts
11. 11
    Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave

    Intelligent Systems' September 2026 tactics RPG for Switch 2.
    349pts
12. 12
    Resident Evil Requiem

    Capcom's February 2026 ninth mainline Resident Evil, starring Grace Ashcroft and a returning Leon Kennedy.
    349pts
13. 13
    Pragmata

    Capcom's 2026 sci-fi action game about an astronaut and an android girl on the Moon.
    263pts
14. 14
    Mina the Hollower

    Yacht Club Games' 2026 Game Boy Color-style action adventure.
    163pts
15. 15
    Mixtape

    Beethoven & Dinosaur's 2026 coming-of-age road trip set to a licensed soundtrack.
    163pts

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