Upcoming PC games 2024: Best new titles coming to Steam and your Windows PC

Upcoming PC games 2024
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We have been graced with a line-up of amazing games over the past few years and that winning streak is looking to continue well into 2024. PC gamers in particular have been blessed with some of the best games of the decade released exclusively on PC platforms. These exceptional titles hail from all kinds of genres including action-adventure games, strategy games, RPGs, visual novels, shooters, MMOs, and much more.

If you’re the kind of gamer who prefers playing with the best gaming keyboards or the best controllers for PC, we have prepared a list of all the major upcoming PC games coming soon in 2024 and beyond (order by release date).

Lightyear Frontier (March 19, 2024)

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Lightyear Frontier is a tranquil farming simulator that takes place on a planet in the far depths of space. In this game, you set off to begin a career as an intergalactic farmer cultivating alien crops, building a new home, and exploring the wilderness to uncover this world's long-lost history.

Lightyear Frontier | $19.99 at Steam

Lightyear Frontier | <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1677110/Lightyear_Frontier/" data-link-merchant="store.steampowered.com"">$19.99 at Steam

Journey to the far reaches of the galaxy to start a new life as a space farmer in Lightyear Frontier. Cultivate new farmlands on uncharted planets along or bring your friends to build them together in 4-player co-op.

Alone in the Dark (March 20, 2024)

Alone in the Dark is an upcoming survival horror game developed by Pieces Interactive and published by THQ Nordic. Set in 1920s America, you follow two protagonists — Edward Carnby and Emily Hartwood. The young Emily Hartwood has enlisted the services of Edward Carnby, a private detective, to help her find her missing uncle.

Their investigation takes them to the Derceto Manor, a place where mentally ill people are taken to seek help. Little do our heroes know that this manor hides dark, terrifying secrets that are best undiscovered and decrepit, ancient creatures lie in wait to prey upon them.

Alone in the Dark | $53.99 at Steam (GreenManGaming)

Alone in the Dark | <a href="https://greenmangaming.sjv.io/c/221109/1219987/15105?subId1=hawk-custom-tracking&sharedId=hawk&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.greenmangaming.com%2Fgames%2Falone-in-the-dark-pc%2F" data-link-merchant="greenmangaming.com"">$53.99 at Steam (GreenManGaming)

The progenitor of the survival horror genre, Alone in the Dark, returns with a new, horrifying reimaging of the classic title that started it all. Explore the haunting halls of a cursed manor, solve diabolical puzzles, and uncover a sinister plot before hideous monsters come to devour your soul.

Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition (March 21, 2024)

Horizon Forbidden West, the sequel to the critically-acclaimed Horizon Zero Dawn, will soon be coming to PC in the form of Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition. Aloy, the young hunter protagonist from the first game, is on an adventure to the Forbidden West to uncover the truth behind why human civilization collapsed. 

Her journey will be filled with danger and excitement as she takes new weapons to hunt the robotic beasts of unexplored frontiers.

Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition | $59.99 at Steam (GreenManGaming)

Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition | <a href="https://greenmangaming.sjv.io/c/221109/1219987/15105?subId1=hawk-custom-tracking&sharedId=hawk&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.greenmangaming.com%2Fgames%2Fhorizon-forbidden-west-complete-edition-pc%2F" data-link-merchant="greenmangaming.com"">$59.99 at Steam (GreenManGaming)

Take up your bow and journey to uncharted lands in Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition. The Complete Edition will include the base game, all DLC, a digital soundtrack, comic book and art book, extra features for Photo Mode, and several new in-game items.

Dragon's Dogma 2 (March 22, 2024)

Capcom’s cult action-RPG, Dragon Dogma, will finally be getting a sequel after over a decade of anticipation and speculation. Like its predecessor, Dragon’s Dogma 2 will follow the story of The Arison, a person who has had their heart ripped out by an ancient Dragon and is cursed with immortality until they can defeat it.

Players will set forth on new adventures where they will encounter new monstrous foes, explore new uncharted lands, and call forth Pawns to assist them in battle and help them defeat the Dragon who cursed them.

Dragon's Dogma 2 | $69.99 at Steam (GreenManGaming)

Dragon's Dogma 2 | <a href="https://greenmangaming.sjv.io/c/221109/1219987/15105?subId1=hawk-custom-tracking&sharedId=hawk&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.greenmangaming.com%2Fgames%2Fdragons-dogma-2-pc%2F" data-link-merchant="greenmangaming.com"">$69.99 at Steam (GreenManGaming)

Travel the world to slay The Dragon and rid yourself of unwanted immortality in Dragon’s Dogma 2. This game promises to improve the foundation of the first game with enhanced combat, improved AI so that Pawns can better serve you in battle, and refined graphics to better immerse players in Dragon’s Dogma's grim yet beautiful fantasy setting.

Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles (March 26, 2024)

Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles is an open-world city-building game developed by Tomas Sala and published by Wired Productions. You are put in charge of rebuilding a civilization that once prospered across the world of the Great Ursee until a war brought it to ruin 40 years ago.

You will need to explore the world to locate supplies and resources build settlements, bolster your population with workers, traders, builders, and soldiers, and protect your people from rival factions looking to conquer you.

Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles | Coming soon to Steam

Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles | <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/290100/Bulwark_Falconeer_Chronicles/" data-link-merchant="store.steampowered.com"">Coming soon to Steam

Take flight and restore an ancient civilization to its former glory while engaging enemies in action-packed aerial dogfights in Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles.

South Park: Snow Day! (March 26, 2024)

South Park: Snow Day! is a 4-player co-op action game based on the popular South Park TV show franchise. Winter has come and brings with it a gigantic blizzard engulfing the town of South Park in mountains of snow.

School has been cancelled due to the blizzard and the kids waste no time celebrating the day off school by having an epic snowball battle. However, this snowball fight will quickly escalate as things often do in South Park, where the player will have to band together with fan-favorite characters like Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny to save South Park from being destroyed by an eternal winter.

South Park: Snow Day! | Coming soon to Steam

South Park: Snow Day! | <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1214650/SOUTH_PARK_SNOW_DAY/" data-link-merchant="store.steampowered.com"">Coming soon to Steam

From the same studio behind South Park: Stick of Truth and South Park: The Fractured but Whole, comes their new action-adventure game called South Park: Snow Day! Pelt your classmates with an arsenal of snowballs alone or join your friends in 4-player co-op to quadruple your chances at killing Kenny.

Open Roads (March 28, 2024)

Open Roads is an interactive narrative adventure game that follows the tale of Tess Devine and her mother Opal. They are on a roadtrip to discover the truth behind mysterious notes they found in their attic, detailing secrets behind their family and the location of a treasure buried near the Canadian border.

Their journey will be packed with intrigue and introspection as they journey to reveal the secrets of the past and heal their fractured familial ties.

Open Roads | Coming soon to Steam

Open Roads | <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1497360/Open_Roads/" data-link-merchant="store.steampowered.com"">Coming soon to Steam

Pack your packs for an unforgettable road trip across the country to find fortune and answers to the past in Open Roads. Search ancient ruins for clues to buried treasure, take in the beautiful vistas as you travel, and learn the truth behind your family’s history.

Alexander Cope

Alexander Cope is a gaming veteran of 30-plus years, primarily covering PC and Xbox games here on Windows Central. Gaming since the 8-bit era, Alexander's expertise revolves around gaming guides and news, with a particular focus on Japanese titles from the likes of Elden Ring to Final Fantasy. Alexander is always on deck to help our readers conquer the industry's most difficult games — when he can pry himself away from Monster Hunter that is! 

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