Best New Games Arriving in August 2026: Marvel, Aliens, Star Wars & More

August 2026 is shaping up to be a busy month for players, with a slate of new RPGs, co-op experiments, major action releases, and multiple multiplayer shooters arriving throughout the month. From established franchises to fresh indie entries, these are the standout games launching between early August and the end of the month—culminating in notable releases tied to Marvel, Aliens, Star Wars, and Metal Gear Solid.

Early August: RPGs, co-op outings, and a Marvel brawler

Several notable titles land in the first week of August, starting with a new action RPG and two very different co-op propositions.

• Beast of Reincarnation (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S) — August 4: Developed by Game Freak, this action RPG tasks players with mastering the skills of swordswoman Emma and testing them against formidable enemies, alongside her canine companion Koo.
• Big Walk (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2) — August 4: House House’s follow-up to Untitled Goose Game is an online cooperative game focused on hanging out with friends in a huge world—chatting, planning, joking around, and completing “teamwork challenges.”
• Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls (PC, PS5) — August 6: Arc System Works-developed 4v4 team fighting brings together heroes and villains including the Avengers, X-Men, Wakandans, Asgardians, Latverians, Guardians of the Galaxy, Spider-Man, and additional original and unique characters.

Mid-month: action-platforming, Vietnam-era warfare, and a Mafia expansion

As the calendar moves deeper into August, action-platforming, multiplayer shooters, and story-driven expansions take center stage.

• Duskfade (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2) — August 13: Weird Beluga’s indie action-platformer draws comparisons to classic PlayStation-era platformers, featuring jumping, swinging, and combat across distinct levels and biomes. Players control Zirian, who searches for and attempts to rescue his sister from a mysterious Clock Tower that has plunged the world into darkness.
• Hell Let Loose: Vietnam (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S) — August 13: Expression Games’ next entry in the WWI shooter series shifts the setting to the Vietnam War. Players can take on roles in both U.S. Armed Forces and the Vietnamese Army, with U.S. resources and technology facing guerrilla tactics.
• Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven — Man of Honor (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S) — August 14: Hangar 13’s DLC expansion continues Enzo Favara’s story in 1905, adding two more chapters centered on his dive into the underworld of the Golden Valley—where loyalty is tested, debts are collected, and familiar faces appear, including a young Ennio Salieri.

Late August: Lovecraft-inspired survival horror, Souls-style combat, and World War I shooters

Mid-to-late August brings back horror and Souls-like difficulty, while also offering two separate multiplayer shooter entries.

• The Sinking City 2 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S) — August 18: Frogwares returns to its Lovecraft-inspired flooded world. While the first game leaned more toward detective-style investigations, this sequel is described as a more straightforward survival horror, emphasizing puzzle-solving, combat with limited resources, and a surrounding mystery.
• Mortal Shell II (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S) — August 20: Cold Symmetry’s sequel is positioned as an independent follow-up to its Souls-like universe. The premise remains that players’ “own flesh” becomes a weapon, with the ability to take over warrior bodies, dethrone false gods, and fight to save a devastated world.
• Gallipoli (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S) — August 20: BlackMill Games’ new World War I multiplayer shooter is set in the Gallipoli campaign’s Mediterranean theater, pitting the British Empire against the Ottoman Empire over strategically critical territories.

End of August: Aliens co-op, Plague Tale prequel, Star Wars tactics, and Metal Gear Solid HD editions

August finishes with a run of high-profile IP releases and genre-spanning games, from co-op sci-fi horror to turn-based strategy and console-ready HD collections.

• Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S) — August 25: Cold Iron Studios’ sequel returns to cooperative action. Players take the role of a colonial marine tasked with pushing into xenomorph territory to clean and recover areas of the “perfect organism,” with android and robotic threats also in play.
• Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S) — August 27: Asobo Studio opts not to jump straight into a third main entry, instead releasing an action-adventure spin-off centered on a fan-favorite character. The prequel follows a younger Sophia as she travels to the Isle of the Minotaur, faces lethal enemies, uncovers ancestral mysteries, and confronts a dangerous mythic creature.
• Star Wars: Zero Company (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S) — August 27: Bit Reactor’s strategy turn-based action has players leading a team of expert agents as they attempt to stop an emerging threat that could destroy the galaxy. Set in the late phase of the Clone Wars, it’s pitched as a must-play for X-COM fans.
• Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, Switch 2) — August 27: The second Master Collection is focused on HD editions of newer entries—specifically Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriot and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. Like the first collection, it includes additional extras, highlighted by Metal Gear: Ghost Babel and a digital soundtrack.

With Gamescom drawing attention at the end of the month, August’s releases look set to carry players through to September—when the publication notes a particularly hectic stretch of game launches is expected to hit. For now, the lineup spans multiple platforms including PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and select releases reaching Switch 2.