Video Game Release Dates: The Biggest Games of December 2024 and Beyond
An updated list of release dates for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC games.
December has arrived, which means we're reaching the end of the year's releases. While most of the biggest PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC games of the year are already out, December has some promising releases in store. We're talking games like Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, the non-free-to-play version of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, and more. Below, you'll find release dates for all the biggest games and expansions that have been announced for the rest of the year and beyond. Here's what's worth playing in December 2024.
If you're someone who likes to preorder your games, you can click the links on the platform of your choice to make sure it arrives on launch day.
December 2024 - Video Game Release Dates
The biggest game coming in December is Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. It's only on Xbox and PC, but PS5 owners only have to wait until Spring 2025 to pick it up. In the meantime, they can play games like the early access build of the Diablo-like Path of Exile 2, plus some Legacy of Kain remasteres, a Power Rangers beat-'em-up, and more.
- Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete - December 3 - (iOS, Android)
- Antonblast - December 3 - (Switch, PC)
- Go Home Annie - December 3 - (PC)
- Warhammer 40,000: Darktide - December 3 - (PS5)
- Deltaforce (open beta) - December 5 - (PC)
- Entropy Survivors - December 5 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Fantasian Neo Dimension - December 5 - (PS5, Switch, Xbox, PC)
- Fitness Boxing 3 - December 5 - (Switch)
- Infinity Nikki - December 5 - (PS5, PC, iOS, Android)
- Skydance's Behemoth - December 5 - (PSVR 2, Meta Quest)
- Stranger Things VR - December 5 - (PSVR 2, Steam VR)
- Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop - December 5 - (PS5, Xbox, Switch, PC)
- Dogman: Mission Impawsible - December 6 - (PS5, Xbox, Switch, PC)
- Marvel Rivals - December 6 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Path of Exile 2 (early access) - December 6 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Aiko's Choice - December 6 - (PS5, Xbox)
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle - December 9 - (Xbox, PC)
- Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered - December 10 - (PS5, Switch, Xbox, PC)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind - December 10 - (PS5, Xbox, Switch, PC)
- Monument Valley 3 - December 10 - (Netflix)
- The Spirit of the Samurai - December 12 - (PC)
- Bronana - December 13 - (PC)
- Fairy Tale 2 - December 13 - (Switch)
- M.E.A.T. II: Absolute Zero - December 13 - (PC)
- Botany Manor - December 17 - (PS5)
- Squid Game Unleashed - December 17 - (Netflix)
- Alien: Rogue Incursion - December 19 - (PSVR 2, Meta Quest, PC VR)
- On Air - December 20 - (PC)
January 2025 - Video Game Release Dates
- Freedom Wars Remastered - January 10 - (PS5, Switch, PC)
- Donkey Kong Country Returns HD - January 16 - (Switch)
- Dynasty Warrior: Origins - January 17 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Tales of Graces f Remastered - January 17 - (PS5, Switch, Xbox, PC)
- Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles - January 23 - (PS5, Switch, Xbox, PC)
- Cuisineer - January 28 - (Switch)
February 2025 - Video Game Release Dates
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 - February 4 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Civilization VII - February 11 - (PS5, Switch, Xbox, PC)
- Assassin's Creed Shadows - February 14 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Avowed - February 18 - (Xbox, PC)
- Lost Records: Bloom and Rage Tape 1 - February 18 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Monster Hunter Wilds - February 28 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Morsels - February 2025 - (Switch)
March 2024 - Video Game Release Dates
- Suikoden I & II HD Remaster Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars - March 6 - (PS5, Switch, Xbox, PC)
- Lost Records: Bloom and Rage Tape 2 - March 18 - (PS5)
- Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition - March 20 - (Switch)
- Football Manager 25 - March 2025 (PS5, Xbox, PC)
April 2024 - Video Game Release Dates
- Fatal Fury: City Of The Wolves - April 24 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
Upcoming Video Games - Release Date TBA
- 33 Immortals - 2025 - (Xbox, PC)
- The Alters - 2025 - (Xbox, PC)
- Anno 117: Pax Romana - 2025 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Arc Raiders - 2025 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- ArcheAge Chronicles - 2025 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Ark 2 - TBA - (PC)
- Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian - 2025 - (PS5, Switch, PC)
- Atomfall - 2025 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Ballad of Antara - 2025 - (PS5)
- Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth - TBA - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Borderlands 4 - 2025 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Capcom Fighting Collection 2 - 2025 - (PS4, Switch, Xbox, PC)
- Clockwork Revolution - TBA - (Xbox, PC)
- Coffee Talk Tokyo - 2025 - (Switch)
- Contraband - TBA - (Xbox, PC)
- Crimson Desert - 2025 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach - 2025 - (PS5)
- Directive 8020: A Dark Pictures Game - 2025 - (PS5)
- Doom: The Dark Ages - 2025 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Dune: Awakening - 2025 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Dying Light: The Beast - 2025 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Everwild - TBA - (Xbox, PC)
- Expedition 33 - 2025 - (Xbox, PC)
- Fable - 2025 - (Xbox, PC)
- Fantasy Life i: the Girl Who Steals Time - 2025 - (Switch)
- Fragpunk - 2025 - (Xbox, PC)
- Front Mission 3 Remake - TBA - (Switch)
- Gears of War: E-Day - TBA - (Xbox, PC)
- Ghost of Yotei - 2025 - (PS5)
- Grand Theft Auto 6 - 2025 (PS5, Xbox)
- Hell Is Us - 2025 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Hello Kitty: Island Adventure - 2025 - (Switch)
- Hollow Knight: Silksong - TBA - (PS5, Switch, Xbox, PC)
- The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy - Early 2025 - (Switch)
- Hyper Light Breaker - Early Access Early 2025 - (PC)
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle - Early 2025 - (PS5)
- John Carpenter's Toxic Commando - TBA - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Judas - TBA - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Jurassic Park: Survival - TBA - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Killing Floor 3 - 2025 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 1st - 2025 - (Switch)
- Little Devil Inside - TBA - (PS5, Switch, Xbox)
- Little Nightmares 3 - 2025 - (PS5, Switch, Xbox, PC)
- Lunar Remastered Collection - Spring 2025 (PS5, Switch, Xbox, PC)
- Mafia: The Old Country - TBA - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Marathon - TBA - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Marvel's Blade - TBA - (Xbox, PC)
- Mecha Break - 2025 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater - 2025 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Metroid Prime 4: Beyond - 2025 - (Switch)
- The Midnight Walk - TBA - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Mio: Memories in Orbit - 2025 - (Switch)
- Mixtape - 2025 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Moth Kubit - Spring 2025 - (Switch)
- OD - TBA - (Xbox)
- The Outer Worlds 2 - TBA - (Xbox, PC)
- Perfect Dark - TBA - (Xbox, PC)
- Phantom Blade 0 - TBA - (PS5)
- Phantom Hellcat - TBA - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero - 2025 - (Switch)
- The Precinct - 2025 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake - 2026 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Prison Architect 2 - TBA (Xbox, PC)
- Professor Layton and the New World of Steam - 2025 - (Switch)
- Replaced - 2025 - (Xbox, PC)
- Rift of the Necrodancer - 2025 - (Switch)
- Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma - Spring 2025 - (Switch)
- Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope DX - 2025 - (Switch)
- The Sinking City 2 - 2025 - (Xbox, PC)
- Slay the Spire 2 - early access in 2025 - (PC)
- Sleight of Hand - 2025 - (Xbox, PC)
- Sniper Elite: Resistance - 2025 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- South of Midnight - 2025 - (Xbox, PC)
- Star Overdrive - 2025 - (Switch)
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake - TBA - (PS5)
- State of Decay 3 - TBA (Xbox, PC)
- Tales of the Shire: A Lord of the Rings Game - Early 2025 - (PS5, Switch, Xbox, PC)
- Terminator: Survivors - TBA - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 - H1 2025 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Venus Vacation Prism - early 2025 - (PS5, PC)
- Winter Burrow - Early 2025 - (Xbox, PC)
- The Wolf Among Us 2 - TBA - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Wolverine - TBA - (PS5)
- Wuchang: Fallen Feathers - 2025 - (PS5, Xbox, PC)
- Yes, Your Grace: Snowfall - Q1 2025 - (Switch, Xbox, PC)
- Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana - Early 2025 - (PS5, Switch)
For more release date fun, check out our ongoing list of 4K UHD and Blu-ray release dates.
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