We remember that back in the mid 2000s, when consoles like the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 came out with things like hard drives and internet connections, people were saying that PC games were dead. Now, in 2023, PC games are not only very much alive, but thriving. Indeed, Activision Blizzard recently reported that the publisher made more money from PC games than console games in the second half of 2022, and in the first quarter of 2023.
The rise of digital stores like Steam, GoG.com, and more recently the Epic Games Store has contributed to allowing PC games of all types to be sold nearly everywhere. A few weeks ago, we posted our list of the most anticipated Xbox Series X/S games of 2023, so we decided to do the same for PC games as well.
We will mention that all of our games on the Xbox 2023 list will also be released on the PC as well. We didn"t want to duplicate our Xbox list for our most anticipated PC game, so we picked some more upcoming titles, many of which will be released either exclusively for PC or first on that platform (although some games may show up on other platforms as well).
Update: October 22: We have added Ark: Survival Ascended to the list of games and also removed a number of games that have either been released or delayed until 2024.
Cities: Skylines II - October 24, 2023
- Developer: Colossal Order
- Publisher: Paradox Interactive
- What"s it about: It"s time to create your dream city, with all sorts of cool buildings, highways, and other infrastructure
- Why we want to play it: Colossal Order picked up the ball and developed a true spiritual sequel to the Sim City franchise with the original Cities: Skylines. This sequel looks like it will have more of what we liked in that game. Hopefully, the recent warning about possible lower performance at launch won"t be a game killer.
Pre-order Cities Skylines II on Steam
The Talos Principle II - November 2, 2023
- Developer: Croteam
- Publisher: Devolver Digital
- What"s it about: In an abandoned world, you play a robot who tries to solve puzzles of various levels to discover what happened to this land
- Why we want to play it: The first game in this series was a surprise, coming from the same team that made the Serious Sam FPS games. This sequel looks like it will continue to offer gamers some mind-bending puzzles in a beautiful gameplay world.
Pre-order The Talos Principle II on Steam
Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin - November 17, 2023
- Developer: Frontier Developments
- Publisher: Frontier Developments
- What"s it about: Battle in the classic Warhammer fantasy universe against four factions who want to run this world.
- Why we want to play it: Frontier Developments looks like they have created a fun real-time strategy game with all of the brutal features of the Warhammer universe combined with some deep single-player and multiplayer action
Pre-order Warhammer Age of Sigmar Realms of Ruin on Steam
The Finals - TBD 2023
- Developer: Embark Studios
- Publisher: Embark Studios
- What"s it about: In a future version of a reality show, you compete with friends in a virtual battleground for money and fame.
- Why we want to play it: Embark"s recent beta test of this game generated a lot of buzz, mostly because nearly everything on the game"s maps could be destroyed. We think the developer will use the beta feedback to give us a multiplayer shooter with some unique twists.
Ark: Survival Ascended - TBD 2023
- Developer: Studio Wildcard
- Publisher: Studio Wildcard
- What"s it about: A revamped version of the first ARK: Survival Evolved game, using Unreal Engine 5 graphics
- Why we want to play it: With Studio Wildcard delaying the launch of the full sequel Ark 2 until sometime in 2024, players can check out this full graphical reboot of the original before the end of 2023.
That"s our list of our most anticipated PC games of 2023. Again, we will be updating this list every so often as more games are announced, and other games get release dates.
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