August is the calm before the storm for this year's new game releases
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August is another quiet month for new PC game releases in 2026, but use the lull to catch up on other games from this year (or month) before September. I don't know if you've looked at the calendar for the next few months—it's, uh, a lot. As Lincoln pointed out, the Summer Game Fest announcements piled on new game releases for this fall. I count three survival crafting game 1.0 updates on the horizon I want to play (Valheim, Enshrouded, and RuneScape: Dragonwilds), so I'll see how many guys and gals I can make time to smooch this month with the Fields of Mistria 1.0 launch before I kiss them all goodbye. Literally and metaphorically speaking. If the farm sim life isn't for you, August still has new gems. Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls kicks off the month, then there's another Metal Gear Solid collection on the same day as Star Wars Zero Company to close us out. Gamescom also carves out a few days for itself at the end of August, ensuring we'll be here again next year asking where the hell time went. Steam | I loved Fields of Mistria's shoujo-esque cast and world so much that I stopped playing the farm sim in early access to save my enthusiasm for its 1.0 launch, and that time is finally here. The day-to-day farm life bits were great and all, but I'm most excited to get back to romancing Juniper, a mean lady with just about every red flag in the book. She's perfect. Steam | Thanks to my insatiable urges as a serial tinkerer, ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs caught my eye ages ago and was an immediate wishlist after I played the demo. As a more reputable restoration professional, you'll spend ReStory fixing up old cell phones, consoles, and other electronics in mid-2000s Tokyo. Steam | Sovereign Tower lured me in with its 2D pastel designs, but the promise that I could "pursue forbidden romances" with a cast of weirdo knights with questionable judgment ensured the strategic RPG stayed on my radar. That's one more romance game for me before slapping on the war paint later this month. Steam | A few folks from the PC Gamer team got together last week to go on a Big Walk, and the quirky island puzzler sounds like a real hoot and a holler. I won't spoil it for you, but their diary from one of its most frustratingly obvious puzzles is exactly the type of mystery I would never figure out alone. Thank god it's strictly co-op. Steam | I'm not much of a fighting game person, but after last month's beta for Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls, it's all my friends want to talk about. Arc System Works' 4v4 tag-team fighter launches with a roster of 20 Marvel heroes and villains, but expect that number to grow with updates. Steam | Finally, Metal Gear Solid 4 is soon to be freed from its PlayStation 3 prison. Konami's second MGS Master Collection also tosses in Peace Walker's HD version and Ghost Babel—two games I never played, so perhaps I'll tackle Peace Walker first. Steam | Even as I suffer from serious Star Wars fatigue, my colleague Ted piqued my interest earlier this year when he described Star Wars Zero Company as more than just "Star Wars XCOM," and said it "feels like Mass Effect but with turn-based tactics and permadeath." Steam | Mafia: The Old Country continues Enzo's story with more missions, weapons, vehicles, and the new Free Ride mode in its Man of Honor DLC. Steam | Nioh 3 adds new Guardian Spirits, Ninjutsu, Graces, and more when two new characters join Takechiyo's journey in the Hell Rising DLC. Steam | Stalker 2 moves from the Chornobyl exclusion zone into the heart of the nuclear power plant with its next DLC chapter, Cost of Hope. Steam | Elden Ring adds the Tarnished Edition's two new classes (Heavy Knight, Idus Knight), three Torrent skins, and four new armor sets as a DLC pack. I've hit the highlights, but there's still other new games, updates, and industry events planned for August. Here's what all of that looks like in a handy, consolidated reference: Date Game August 3 Beast of Reincarnation (Steam) 🆕 NEW RELEASE August 4 Big Walk (Steam) ⭐ HIGHLIGHT August 5 Akatori (Steam) 🆕 NEW RELEASE August 5 Fields of Mistria 1.0 (Steam) ❤️ STAFF PICK August 6 Capy Castaway (Steam) 🆕 NEW RELEASE August 6 Gears of War: E-Day (Steam) beta begins 📌 EVENT August 6 Iron Nest: Heavy Turret Simulator (Steam) 🆕 NEW RELEASE August 6 Quakecon begins 📌 EVENT August 6 Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls (Steam) ⭐ HIGHLIGHT August 6 ReStory: Chill Electronics Repair (Steam) ❤️ STAFF PICK August 6 Sovereign Tower (Steam) ❤️ STAFF PICK August 10 Pax Autocratica (Steam) 🆕 NEW RELEASE August 11 Grounded 2 (Steam) Into the Abyss update 💫 UPDATE August 12 Helldivers 2 (Steam) x Warhammer 40,000 Legendary Warbond 📌 EVENT August 12 Security 51 (Steam) 🆕 NEW RELEASE August 13 Hell Let Loose: Vietnam (Steam) 🆕 NEW RELEASE August 13 Low Budget Repairs (Steam) 🆕 NEW RELEASE August 13 Memorium (Steam) 🆕 NEW RELEASE August 13 Servant of the Lake (Steam) 🆕 NEW RELEASE August 14 Mafia: The Old Country (Steam) Man of Honor DLC 💫 UPDATE August 17 Tukoni: Forest Keepers (Steam) 🆕 NEW RELEASE August 18 Starsand Island 1.0 (Steam) 💫 UPDATE August 18 The Sinking City 2 (Steam) 🆕 NEW RELEASE August 19 Nioh 3 (Steam) Hell Rising DLC 💫 UPDATE August 19 Steins;Gate Reboot (Steam) 🆕 NEW RELEASE August 20 Mortal Shell 2 (Steam) 🆕 NEW RELEASE August 25 Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 (Steam) 🆕 NEW RELEASE August 26 Brigandine Abyss (Steam) 🆕 NEW RELEASE August 27 Lou's Lagoon (Steam) 🆕 NEW RELEASE August 27 Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 (Steam) ⭐ HIGHLIGHT August 27 Star Wars Zero Company (Steam) ⭐ HIGHLIGHT August 27 Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy (Steam) 🆕 NEW RELEASE August 28 Elden Ring (Steam) Tarnished Pack 💫 UPDATE Details
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