The first half of 2026 already delivered a ludicrous RPG run, and somehow the calendar from August to December looks even better: a brand new mainline Final Fantasy, the ex-Witcher crowd doing vampires, and Capcom shipping two heavy hitters a month apart. Here are the ten upcoming RPGs we care about most, ranked by anticipation, with dates as they stand in mid-July.
10. Castlevania: Belmont's Curse (15 October)
Konami's action-RPG revival of its most-missed series puts a whip back in a Belmont's hand on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. Konami's recent run of revivals has been better than anyone expected, and the bar for whip-based excellence was set high this year. Cautious excitement is still excitement.
Links: Steam page
9. No Rest for the Wicked 1.0 (October)
Moon Studios' brutal isometric ARPG finally leaves early access in October on PS5 and PC. The bones have been excellent since day one: weighty combat, a painterly nightmare of a world, and loot that matters. If the 1.0 sticks the endgame, this becomes the genre conversation for the rest of the year.
Links: Steam page · official site
8. Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave (17 September)
Intelligent Systems' first built-for-Switch-2 Fire Emblem brings the series' grid tactics and optional permadeath to the new hardware. Fire Emblem does not miss often, and a new entry (not a remake, not a port) is automatically one of the tactical events of the year.
Links: official Nintendo page
7. Mortal Shell II (20 August)
Cold Symmetry's possession-based souls-like sequel lands on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. The original was the best budget FromSoftware homage going, and the sequel's hardened-shell combat looks meaner and stranger. Its collector edition also just became an accidental argument for physical media, selling out a month before launch.
Links: Steam page · official site
6. Beast of Reincarnation (4 August)
Game Freak, yes that Game Freak, goes post-apocalyptic action RPG on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. A studio synonymous with one franchise swinging at something dark and new is fascinating on its own; that it arrives first among the big late-2026 RPGs makes it the litmus test for the whole season.
Links: Steam page
5. Phantom Blade Zero (29 October)
S-Game's kung-fu action RPG has looked absurd in every showing: wuxia choreography at a speed souls-likes usually cannot afford, wrapped in a grim, gorgeous world. PS5 and PC, late October. The one on this list most likely to melt a boss-fight compilation channel.
Links: Steam page · official site
4. Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen (9 October)
Capcom revives its favourite expansion name for Dragon's Dogma 2 across PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2 and PC, with new quests, vocations and enemies. The original Dark Arisen turned a flawed cult classic into a legend; if this one does for DD2 what Bitterblack Isle did for DD1, October belongs to the Arisen.
Links: Steam page
3. Onimusha: Way of the Sword (4 September)
Capcom's other September samurai: the first new Onimusha in two decades, blending soul-absorbing supernatural combat with the studio's current golden-age production values, on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2 and PC. Everything shown so far suggests Capcom remembers exactly what made this series sing.
Links: Steam page · free demo · Capcom site
2. The Blood of Dawnwalker (3 September)
Rebel Wolves, founded by veterans of The Witcher 3, debuts with a dark-fantasy vampire RPG on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. A day-night structure where your options change with the sun, a fourteenth-century setting, and that pedigree: this is the most intriguing new RPG universe of the year, and it is not far away.
Links: Steam page · official site
1. Final Fantasy Resonance (22 October)
A brand new mainline-scale Final Fantasy with an original story and cast, and for the first time in the series' modern history it launches day one on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, Switch and PC. Square Enix putting Final Fantasy everywhere at once is a platform-strategy earthquake in itself; the game underneath looks like a stunner. Nothing else this year carries this much weight.
Links: Steam page
Honourable Mentions
Falcom's Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter remake (17 September) is essential for series fans, Gothic II's remake (29 September) could be the sleeper of the season, Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World (3 December) closes the year, and Deltarune Chapter 5 is pencilled for late 2026 if Toby Fox's calendar holds. Dates move; we will keep this list updated.
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