49 New Upcoming Multiplayer Games of 2023

Multiplayer games are the most versatile genre, ranging from shooters and role-playing to simulation and sports. In 2023, we can, without a doubt, expect a remarkable amount of multiplayer games. Since it can be difficult to keep up with them all, we’ve put together a list of the best new multiplayer games coming in 2023.

#49 Diablo IV

Platform: PC PS4 Xbox One PS5 XSX|S
Release Date: June 06, 2023

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As a game once said, “It’s too dangerous to go alone,” so why not take on monstrous hordes with friends? Diablo IV will let you do that!

While many hail Blizzard’s series for its single-player customization and gameplay, you can take things to the co-op and multiplayer level by making a party and traveling around the realm above and below. Whether you lead the part or are one of its key members, you’ll have to work together to defy the hordes of Lilith and other forces.

Will you be able to level up together and become an unstoppable force? Or will you all be beaten back until you “git gud”? Dive in and find out!

#48 Disney Speedstorm

Developers: Gameloft
Publisher: Gameloft
Platform: PC PS4 Xbox One PS5 XSX|S Switch
Release date: 2023

Are you ready to race with some of the biggest characters in animation history? If so, prepare for Disney Speedstorm when it arrives in 2023. The game will put you in the driver’s seat of a fast-paced experience where you’ll need to use your skills and abilities to the fullest to win!

Each character has a skill you can use to win and stats you can improve over time! Find the right racer for your car, and you’ll dominate the track.

Then, once you’re comfortable, battle your friends to see who is the best among you! Will you be the one to come out on top?

#47 Level Zero

Developers: DogHowl Games
Publisher: tinyBuild Games
Platform: PC PS4 Xbox One PS5 XSX|S
Release date: 2023

If you stay in the light, you might survive. But if you linger in the dark, you won’t lie long. Level Zero is a 4v2 multiplayer title where scientists on a station try to survive as they make the place functional again.

What are they trying to survive? A pair of aliens that want nothing more than to rip them limb from limb. Their only salvation is that the aliens can’t handle the light. Use that to your advantage as you work to get the station operational and bring the lights back on.

Four of you will be the scientists, and two will be the aliens. Who will win? That depends on how you do with your team.

#46 Payday 3

Developers: Starbreeze AB
Publisher: Prime Matter
Platform: PC PS5 XSX|S
Release date: 2023

Who’s ready to do a job? Specifically, who’s prepared to do a heist? That’s right. The Payday Crew is back, which can mean only one thing, money is about to flow!

In Payday 3, you’ll have a larger and grander experience than ever before, as you’ll work with your friends to pull off the best heists possible.

But this time around, there’s a new danger. A threat has come that lured you out of retirement. Who are they? Why were they enough to bring you back? What will you have to do to get them out of your life? So put on the mask and get ready for the ultimate robbery!

#45 Street Fighter 6

Developers: Capcom
Publisher: Capcom
Platform: PC PS4 PS5 XSX|S
Release date: June 02, 2023

Are you ready for the next contest of skill that’ll push you to the limit? Street Fighter 6 aims to be the greatest entry in the beloved franchise. The Capcom team has been working hard to deliver the experience that fans have requested. Everything has been given an upgrade, from the roster to the gameplay mechanics to the look and more.

That includes the online mode to set up tournaments and rooms for you and your friends. You can also create a character for the first time and have them learn from your favorite fighters!

So are you ready to show the world what you can do?

#44 God of Rock

Developers: Modus Games
Publisher: Modus Games
Platform: PC PS4 Xbox One PS5 XSX|S Switch
Release date: April 18, 2023

Are you ready to rock? Are you ready to prove yourself as the greatest musician of all time through epic rhythm-focused gameplay? If so, then you’re ready for God of Rock!

The title focuses on the literal God of Rock, who brings back the best artists from history and has them fight it out for the ultimate crown! Naturally, you’ll need to rock out to the beat so you can do damage to your foes. Do you have what it takes to go note-for-note with the best to ever do it? Or do you think there’s another way to use the rhythm to your advantage?

Dive in and find out!

#43 Minecraft Legends

Developer: Blackbird Interactive / Mojang Studios
Publisher: Xbox Game Studios / Microsoft Studios
Platforms: PC PS4 XBOX ONE PS5 XSX|S SWITCH
Release: April 18, 2023

Minecraft has become quite the household name, and we will soon receive a spinoff game. With Minecraft Legends, we’re stepping into an RTS experience where players take the role of a hero aimed to save the Overworld. An evil legion of Piglins has swarmed the area, and it’s your job to build up a village and protect it from the hordes of enemies that flood the map. Of course, there’s also a PvP element here if you want to get some friends and endure a 4v4 match. Players will split into two teams to gather resources and construct a base with towers, traps, and other defenses to keep the enemy out. Meanwhile, you’ll have to scout the area to find the opposing base and attempt to take it down. 

#42 Meet Your Maker

Developer: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Publisher: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Platforms: PC PS4 XBOX ONE PS5 XSX|S
Release: April 04, 2023

Meet Your Maker takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where genetic material is the most precious resource left. This game is built up into two main components. The first is setting up an outpost which is all about building a structure. You’ll make this complicated building full of traps and enemies to spawn in and stop opposing players from breaching inside and obtaining your genetic material. Meanwhile, the other component of this game is an FPS experience. During this gameplay sequence, you’ll be venturing into another player’s outpost and trying to bypass the enemies and traps to obtain their genetic material. 

#41 WWE 2K23

Developer: Visual Concepts
Publisher: 2K Games
Platforms: PC PS4 XBOX ONE PS5 XSX|S
Release: March 17, 2023

Another entry to the WWE 2K franchise is coming out this year. WWE 2K23 will mark a new installment for the series, highlighting John Cena as this year’s Showcase athlete. Of course, outside of the 2K Showcase game mode, players will find a variety of game modes here to face off against each other. Included in the mix is the first time WarGames is being introduced to the series. Additionally, players can take the role of their favorite WWE superstar on the roster today, along with past legends who have since retired. Finally, of course, players will also get to create their own unique wrestler to attempt to rise up the ranks.

#40 Sons of the Forest

Developer: Endnight Games
Publisher: Endnight Games
Platforms: PC
Release: February 23, 2023

Are you looking for a new survival game? Sons of the Forest is the sequel to the beloved survival horror title, The Forest. This time, players are heading to a secluded island in search of a missing billionaire. However, upon arriving at the island, you will quickly discover that mutated cannibals inhabit it. As a result, you’re actively trying to survive the elements and these hostile tribes. Players will first land on the island and build a structure to keep them safe. This means chopping down trees, creating a platform, walls, and even some fencing. However, you’ll also need to ensure you’re well equipped with weapons, as you’ll soon find these cannibal hostiles bursting into the scene, wrecking your structures, and attempting to attack your group. 

#39 Wild Hearts

Developer: Omega Force / Koei Tecmo
Publisher: Electronic Arts Inc.
Platforms: PC PS5 XSX|S
Release: February 17, 2023

If you enjoy Monster Hunter, then you might be interested in Wild Hearts. The game acts like Monster Hunter because you’re tracking down behemoth beasts to take out. Each beast you take down will provide new resources to further buff up your character with weapons and gear. However, what makes this game a bit different from the likes of Monster Hunter is that the developers put more emphasis on crafting traps. You’ll build up various traps to help bring a monster down. Of course, you don’t have to partake in these hunts entirely alone. There is cooperative multiplayer support to allow players the ability to connect and aid each other during their quests. 

#38 Party Animals

• Developer: Recreate Games
• Publisher: Recreate Games, Source Technology
• Platform: PC, PS4, X/S, XBO
• Release: TBA

Seemingly the successor of Fall Guys, Party Animals, with its adorable puppies and kittens, will be the next headliner in the casual multiplayer community. Party Animals, developed by Recreate Games, will be published in 2023 by Source Technology. Since Party Animals is infected with fuzzy cute puppies, has more than 100 highly unique combat mechanics and rewards teamwork, the game will simply outshine every other game in the genre. 

#37 SpiderHeck

• Developer: Neverjam
• Publisher: tinyBuild
• Platforms: NS, PS4, XBO, PC, X/S, PS5
• Release: TBA

Did you ever dream about playing a game that is mainly preoccupied with spiders with swords? Probably not. However, a team of developers in Neverjam believes that dueling your friends to death as a neon spider wielding a laser sword will be the future of co-op brawlers. In this physics-based game, the players can match their skills in both PvE and PvP modes, choose and upgrade their weapons, and level up their acrobatics and gameplay.

#36 Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game

• Developer: Teravision Games
• Publisher: Good Shepherd Entertainment
• Platforms: Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PS5, PS4, PC
• Release: Early 2023

Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game pays homage to the cult classic horror comedy movie of the same name from 1988. This terrifying yet comedic title looks set to turn hide-and-seek mechanics on its head as players jump into some 3 versus 7 asymmetrical gameplay. As the titular Killer Klowns, players will step into the shoes of the murderous entertainers from outer space. They’ll need to hunt down and kill off the rebellious residents of Crescent Cove, who players can become as they hide and fight off the creepy predators from another world. Equipped with zany weapons from a clown’s toolbox, players are sure to have plenty of fun stalking and catching their opponents, who are bound to have an equally great time escaping the onslaught and perhaps even turning the tables on their attackers.

#35 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

• Developer: Gun Interactive
• Publisher: Gun Interactive
• Platforms: PC, PS4, XBO, X/S, PS5
• Release: TBA

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre film (the original one at least) is one of the most iconic horror films of all time, retelling the shockingly true story of the Slaughter family and what they did to people. But now, you can experience the story (kind of) from your own eyes via the game adaptation.

As you might expect, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre title is a 4v1 title in the style of Dead By Daylight and Friday The 13^th. One player will be one of the Slaughter family and seek out those who are your “guests” and make sure they stay…permanently.

As for the other players, it’s your job to run like the wind and sneak away so that you can escape…if you make it that far…

#34 Skull & Bones

• Developer: Ubisoft
• Publisher: Ubisoft
• Platforms: PC, PS5, X/S
• Release date: March 9, 2023

Skull & Bones is an upcoming Ubisoft video game where players will set out on the sea searching for loot and goods to steal. The gameplay mechanics look similar to Ubisoft’s past video game release, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, where players will call out orders to their crew during combat while sailing their ship. This will also be a multiplayer-focused experience as players can team up and fight against one another. Likewise, there is always competition to become the most notorious pirate within the sea. Players have been waiting for this game. It’s been several years since its initial unveiling and now Ubisoft has pinned its release within early 2023.

#33 Everywhere

• Developer: Build a Rocket Boy
• Publisher: TBA
• Platforms: TBA
• Release: TBA 2023

Newly-revealed Everywhere looks set to introduce players to a new kind of open-world adventure. The game is still in development at this point and seems to have a strong focus on players being able to explore interconnected worlds. Multiplayer looks like it’ll form a solid part of this game, which has been described by its developers as a blending together of creativity, discovery, gameplay and adventure. However, as yet, there’s not a huge amount of information on this mysterious-looking game. From what we’ve seen so far, Everywhere seems to draw on a range of visual influences while making use of Fortnite-style characters and graphics. It’s all very mysterious but should be one to keep an eye on next year if open-world multiplayer sandboxes are your thing.

#32 Moving Out 2

• Developer: SMG Studio, Devm Games
• Publisher: Team 17
• Platforms: Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PS5, PS4, Nintendo Switch, PC
• Release: TBA 2023

The sequel to the hilarious co-op game Moving Out looks set to reprise the winning formula of the original. Moving Out 2 will once again task players with moving furniture out of a variety of buildings. This time, however, gameplay can be enjoyed in online co-op, with full cross-play, as well as in local co-op mode. In addition, gamers will be able to travel to new areas in Moving Out 2, working with up to three friends to explore new worlds and take on even more physics-based moving challenges. As a follow-up to the hit original, this is bound to generate plenty of laughs, as well as the odd bit of frustration at times! Either way, this sequel is sure to be a great multiplayer title for 2023.

#31 HypeSquad

• Developer: Netmarble N2
• Publisher: Netmarble
• Platforms: PC
• Release: TBA

If you’re looking for a fast-paced free-to-play close combat game to enjoy with your friends, HypeSquad will be the best option in 2023. HypeSquad will be one of the most remarkable games on the market since it opens up the game in new and unexpected ways, such as weapons customizations, weapon combinations and augmenters. Unlike other games in the genre, HypeSquad won’t entirely focus on rewarding mechanical prowess but on your approach to the game and your creative workings.

#30 Super People

• Developer: Wonder People, Oscar Mike Studio
• Publisher: Wonder People, Wonder Games
• Platforms: PC
• Release: TBA

In 2023 you will get a taste of a fresh revolutionizing battle royale game that will surely redefine the genre. Super People, naturally, adopts the fundamentals of battle royales since it revolves around playing as a super soldier who needs to be the last man standing. However, Super People rebels against other laws of battle royales by giving each super-solider a unique set of skills reinforced with an ultimate spell that will allow him/her to turn the tides instantly.

#29 Dead Cide Club

• Developer: PressA
• Publisher: PressA
• Platforms: PC, X/S, PS5
• Release: TBA

Dead Cide Club is the upcoming side-scroll battle royal shooter that goes above and beyond to fulfill the fantasy of battle royale with rare weapons, tactics and maps. Designed to test your survival skills and drive you to the very end, Dead Cide Club offers a wide variety of maps such as Battle Royale and BeHolder. In addition, it allows you to customize almost everything you can see-from your appearance to your hideout. If you’re aching to get a glimpse into this outstanding game, you can sign up for closed Beta.  

#28 Kerbal Space Program 2

• Developer: Intercept Games Squad
• Publisher: Private Division
• Platforms: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
• Release: Early 2023

Following Kerbal Space Program, Kerbal Space Program 2 is a space flight simulation video game developed by Intercept Games that Private Division will publish in 2023. Although the developers reworked and reused the monumental foundations of Kerbal Space Program, Kerbal Space Program 2 will be an entirely original game that will include features such as an option to build a space program, construct powerful spacecraft, and design resource-gathering colonies.

#27 Hyenas

• Developer: Creative Assembly
• Publisher: Sega
• Platforms: PS5, X/S, PS4, XBO, PC
• Release: 2023

Coming from Creative Assembly, Hyenas is a futuristic multiplayer sci-fi FPS following a group of thieves from the Taint who want to reclaim their priceless pop-culture artifacts. Hyenas, who get in, take back what’s theirs and get out, are, without a doubt, bizarre individuals imbued with exceptional powers such as guns blazing or manipulating the environment. However, the most memorable features will definitely be competing against other players, flying and ever-evolving challenges.

#26 War of the Worlds 

• Developer: FlipSwitch Games
• Publisher: FlipSwitch Games
• Platforms: PC
• Release: 2023

War of the Worlds is an unnerving open-world survival horror taking place amidst the extermination of humanity. As a player of War of the Worlds, your key role is surviving long enough to eventually demolish the alien technology that has been destroying your planet. However, as you attempt to loot buildings, survive with every tool available, and try to remain alive in this incredibly hostile world, the machines are relentlessly trying to hunt you down. Although survival is the selling point of this game, the game doesn’t limit you to only playing as humans, but you can, in fact, play as an alien and exterminate the unworthy.

#25 Dead Island 2

• Developer: Dambuster Studios
• Publisher: Deep Silver
• Platforms: Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PS5, PS4, PC, Stadia
• Release: February 3, 2023

This long-awaited sequel to the original Dead Island looks set to bring plenty of gruesome horror action for players. Gamers who long to fight off the zombie apocalypse against the sun-soaked backdrops of Los Angeles and San Francisco will love Dead Island 2. It promises to make use of an especially brutal melee combat system, meaning that co-op playthroughs should provide plenty of high-intensity zombie fighting. The co-op action works as a drop-in, drop-out system for up to three players at a time. It’s thought that players will be able to enjoy the game’s main campaign in this team-based co-op mode, but we’ll have to wait and see for sure when it’s released next February.

#24 Soulless Legions

• Developer: Mech21Games
• Publisher: Mech21 Games
• Platforms: PC
• Release: 2023

In 2023, Mech21 Games is releasing a free-to-play online PVP ‘Tug O’ War’ combination strategy game full of customizations and strategic possibilities. The bravest ones will choose from two separate factions, build an unstoppable army and annihilate their enemies without a speck of mercy. Soulless Legions is overflowing with distinctive features, including deck-building, Tug of War style gameplay, duel gamemode for battling friends, 1v1 PVP and ranked, casual multiplayer gamemodes.

#23 Lightyear Frontier

• Developer: FRAME BREAK, Amplifier Game Invest
• Publisher: Amplifier Game Invest, FRAME BREAK
• Platforms: PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
• Release: Spring 2023

Unlike many games on this list, Lightyear Frontier is a peaceful open-world farming adventure that leaves you on a distant planet as you build your new home, farm exotic plants and explore the raw and unpredictable wilderness. Although this is seemingly a solo adventure, you can invite up to three friends and, with joint efforts, build your home on a planet on the verge of the galaxy. Although the game won’t come until Spring 2023, you can get early access and play instantly.

#22 Victoria 3

• Developer: Paradox Interactive
• Publisher: Paradox Interactive
• Platforms: PC
• Release: TBA

Announced early in 2021, Victoria 3 is one of the most long-awaited multiplayer games that will be published in 2023 by Paradox Interactive. Although the exact date of release is still speculated among the fans, the devs regularly update on the state of the game. Victoria 3 will be an inviting grand strategy game that gives you an opportunity to design an ideal society during the 19th century. Besides its blatantly obvious breathtaking visual design, the game offers the ultimate society simulator, well-developed economic system and so much more that is yet to be revealed. 

#21 Exoprimal

• Developer: Capcom
• Publisher: Capcom
• Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, XBO, X/S
• Release: 2023

If you’re looking for an online, team-based action game that tests the latest human technology against history’s largest predators, then Exoprimal will definitely be your cup of tea. Exoprimal takes you on different adventures as you wear various exosuits that help you repel the swarms of dinosaurs. The most significant gamemode will be Dino Survival which drives two teams of five players to compete in a variety of PvE and PvP missions. However, the missions will be skill-dependent, meaning that each match you enter will be royally unique.

#20 Destiny 2 Lightfall

• Developer: Bungie
• Publisher: Bungie
• Platforms: Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PS5, PS4, PC, Stadia
• Release: February 28, 2023

Destiny 2 Lightfall brings a new expansion to the smash hit sci-fi shooter. Lightfall is intended to be the next major chapter in the Destiny 2 narrative, bringing the game further forward in terms of its content and storyline than ever before. The expansion will also introduce a ton of new features into the multiplayer action, including a brand new map on the planet Neptune. The super high-tech neon metropolis of Neomuna will be ripe for exploration, as players will need to team up with their fellow Guardians to protect the world from the latest fearsome enemies. With new raids, dungeons and challenges to overcome, Lightfall will be a great experience for co-op lovers when it launches in February next year.

#19 Nightingale

• Developer: Inflexion Games
• Publisher: Inflexion Games
• Platforms: PC
• Release: TBA

Fae Realms of Nightingale is an intoxicating realm of Nightingale that invites the player to embrace the role of Realmwalker. However, you don’t need to venture into these unknown lands all alone, but you can bring a few friends as you explore, craft, build and fight the untamed wilderness of Fae Realms. As you try to become a renowned Realmwalker who can effortlessly navigate the web of transdimensional portals, you need to venture through a series of different portals that test your skills, push you to your limits and help you grow.

#18 Contraband

• Developer: Avalanche Studios
• Publisher: Xbox Game Studios
• Platforms: PC, X/S
• Release: TBA

The studio which published Just Cause and Mad Max, Avalanche Studios, is bringing in 2023, the biggest co-op heist game. Set in the 1970s Bayan, a smuggler’s paradise, Contraband will be a vehicle-oriented game that seems to involve disabling enemy vehicles rather than massive shootings. Although we didn’t learn much about the future plans for the game, the game director of Avalanche Studios, Omar Shakir, shared their primary concerns: “We’re taking everything that we’ve learned from 18 years of being at the forefront of creating beautiful, vast open game worlds filled with stunning vistas and incredible emergent gameplay moments.”

#17 Renown

• Developer: RDBK Studios
• Publisher: RDBK Studios
• Platforms: PC
• Release: 2023

Renown, a dynamic multiplayer survival, takes you back to medieval times into the vast and rapidly evolving world. Devoid of everything, the players enter this world, collect resources, raise a kingdom from the ground up and fight to survive with the hope of becoming renowned one day. The key features are straightforward melee combat, building, group systems for making claims, taking titles, giving ranks and server progression and wipe systems.

#16 Derelicts

• Developer: Romain
• Publisher: Romain
• Platforms: PC
• Release: TBA

With Derelicts, you will step into radiation-flooded Earth as you and your team try to locate and study the radiation source. Since you start from scratch in this online co-op survival horror,  you will need to explore the enigmatic world and build your first base before you can start investigating the source of radiation. However, it’s not that simple since the world crawls with mutated animals and humans trying to destroy your base. 

#15 Gatewalkers

• Developer: A2 Softworks
• Publisher: A2 Softworks
• Platforms: PC, PS4, XBO
• Release: TBA

Gatewalkers is a cooperative action RPG game sprinkled with survival elements that sends the players into alternative worlds in an endeavor to salvage their own world. Packed with ingenious effects and attractions such as weather conditions, toxic atmosphere, and lack of water, Gatewalkers provides a true challenge for every player who dares to enter it. However, the developers didn’t stop there. They included distinct features like skill-based combat, crafting, procedurally generated worlds and so much more.

#14 Homeworld 3

• Developer: Blackbird Interactive
• Publisher: Gearbox Publishing
• Platform: PC
• Release: 2023

In the first half of 2023, Gearbox Publishing is bringing the GOTY-winning sci-fi RTS that will sweep everyone off their feet. Homeworld 3, a breathtaking standalone game of the Homeworld series, continues its sci-fi legacy with unique gameplay, 3D space and strategic freedom. Homeworld 3 will, besides being a luxurious universe rich with electrifying visuals, push your limits, testing your imaginativeness, leadership skills, and mechanical dominance. Other major features include 1v1s, free-for-all battles and an all-new co-op mode.

#13 Voidtrain

• Developer: Nearga, HypeTrain Digital
• Publisher: Nearga, HypeTrain Digital
• Platforms: PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
• Release date: TBA

If you’re looking to venture into a peculiar world overflowing with unknown creatures and adrenaline-packed adventures as an interdimensional traveler, the best option would be Voidtrain, an open-world survival that will hit the live servers in 2023. Developed and published by HypeTrain Digital, Voidtrain delivers a unique experience packed with its own rules and laws, ever-changing world and customizable interdimensional express. 

#12 Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown

• Developer: KT Racing
• Publisher: Nacon
• Platforms: PC, NS, PS5, X/S
• Release Date: 2023

Following Test Drive Unlimited 2, Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown is a racing game that will be released in 2023 for PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Immortalizing the central features of previous games in the series and modernizing them, Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown brings about a brand new lifestyle and driving experience that emphasizes your freedom in terms of progress. Situated in Hong Kong Island, Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown offers a wide variety of cars ranging from Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, Koenigsegg, and Apollo to Dodge and Bugatti. However, driving these marques remains a privilege, not right, thus obliging you to work your way up to the heights.

#11 Rotwood

• Developer: Klei Entertainment
• Publisher: Klei Entertainment
• Platforms: PC, NS, PS5, X/S
• Release Date: TBA

Klei Entertainment, the developers of Don’t Starve and Mark of the Ninja, is developing yet another banger, Rotwood. Rotwood is a hack-and-slash dungeon crawler that invites in a corrupted world to exterminate volatile beasts gather the remnants of the decaying world and construct your own sanctuary deep in the decaying world. Besides, Rotwood encourages you to shape your own destiny by completing continuously increasing challenges and forging new weapons that will help you defend your sanctuary. Unfortunately, since the game is still in development, further details about the game remain unknown.

#10 Techtonica

• Developer: Fire Hose Games
• Publisher: Fire Hose Games
• Platforms: PC
• Release Date: 2023

If stepping onto an alien ground isn’t enough for you and you’re looking to explore the depths of an alien planet, then Techtonica will absolutely be your go-to game in 2023. In Techtonica, you can play as a hermit or join others in co-op mode to collect foreign resources, build structures, investigate new technologies, shape terrain and learn the secrets awaiting in this world. Besides, Techtonica offers a series of fresh and exceptional features such as complete automation, rewarding upgrades and a one-of-a-kind soundtrack.

#9 Stormgate

• Developer: Frost Giant Studios
• Publisher: Frost Giant Studios
• Platforms: PC
• Release: 2023 Beta

Former developers of Warcraft III and StarCraft II united under the name of Frost Giant Studios with a dream to continue the legacy of storytelling and innovative co-op gameplay are designing their first game, Stormgate. Stormgate will be a free-to-play real-time intricate strategy telling the story of a war between humans and an alien invasion. Seemingly the RTS everyone’s been waiting for, Stormgate will include the options of a solo adventure and team-oriented mode with an emphasis on the competitive 1v1 ladder. 

#8 Ark 2

• Developer: Studio Wildcard
• Publisher: Studio Wildcard
• Platforms: PC, X/S
• Release: 2023

Ark 2 is a survival MMORPG developed by Studio Wildcard and Groovestreet Games. The game will see the light of the day under the banner of Studio Wildcard in 2023. Similar to the original Ark, the central idea of Ark 2 is the bizarre new world teeming with dinosaurs and humans that can’t help themselves but to battle for control of this prehistoric and intact world.  Although Studio Wildcard and Groovestreet Games aimed to retain the core gameplay, they did, in fact, introduce new features such as a new story, cross-platform modding, third-person-only gameplay and dynamic world events. 

#7 Minecraft Legends

• Developer: Blackbird Interactive, Mojang Studios
• Publisher: Xbox Game Studios
• Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows
• Release date: 2023

Minecraft Legends, yet another Minecraft offspring designed by Mojang Studios and Blackbird Interactive, is the upcoming addictive action strategy that will entertain both new players and Minecraft veterans in their efforts to discover a dynamic world teeming with diversity and resources. However, since such utopian worlds are rarely left intact from plundering and ravaging, you’ll need to gather your strength and form strong alliances with your friends in a herculean effort to defend the Overworld from Nether corruption.

#6 Tom Clancy’s The Division Heartlands

• Developer: Red Storm Entertainment
• Publisher: Ubisoft
• Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Microsoft Windows
• Release date: TBA

There’s been a lot of mystery around The Division Heartland, as we know it’ll take place within The Division universe, but what is the game truly about? Well, we now know that it’ll take place in Silver Creek, a place that has come under attack from hostile forces.

Now, you’ll have to go and make a stand with your fellow members of The Division in order to take back this place and show the “heartland of America” will not be taken over so easily.

No doubt there will be all sorts of missions for you to do in the game, so be ready as they’re going to be doing some closed tests that you might just get to be a part of!

#5 Overprime

• Developer: Netmarble
• Publisher: Netmarble
• Platforms: PC
• Release: TBA

Overprime will be a free-to-play MOBA loaded with dominant heroes to see the light of day in 2023. Developed by Netmarble F&C and Team SoulEve, Overprime requires unbridled cooperation, teamwork and reaction time in the heat of the moment. Similar to other MOBAs, Overprime’s main objective will be to destroy the enemy base by all means. What separates Overprime from the bunch are their dedicated cinematics for each respective hero and synesthetic actions witnessed from a third-person point of view. 

#4 XDefiant

• Developer: Ubisoft
• Publisher: Ubisoft
• Platforms: PC, PS4, XBO, X/S, PS5
• Release: 2023

XDefiant is a free-to-play, fast-paced arena shooter under the development of Ubisoft that will be released in 2023. Telling the story of factions called “Defiant,” Wolves (Ghost Recon), Echelon (Splinter Cell), and the Outcasts and Cleaners (The Division), XDefiant is often described as “fast-paced firefights meets punk-rock moshpit.” Although the game has been in development for a while now, we don’t know many details about the gameplay except it combines intense gunplay with personalized loadouts. 

#3 Redfall

• Developer: Arkane Studios
• Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
• Platforms: PC, X/S
• Release: 2023

Coming from the developers of Prey and Dishonored, Arkane Austin, Redfall is an open-world FPS co-op that will be published in 2023 by Bathesda Softworks. Designed as a story-driven action shooter, Redfall is centered in the island town Redfall. Redfall is under the siege of ferocious vampires that isolate the town from the rest of the world. As they try to uncover the truth behind these bloodthirsty creatures, the players can experience a series of different features such as single and multiplayer options, unique heroes and the open world of Redfall overflowing with mystery and riches.

#2 Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League

• Developer: Rocksteady Studios
• Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
• Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Microsoft Windows
• Release date: Spring 2023

The creators of the Batman: Arkham series, Warner Bros. Games, are returning in 2023 with a new action-adventure shooter, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. In Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, the Suicide Squad will begin an operation to vanquish the World’s Greatest DC Super Heroes, the Justice League. Although eradicating every trace of the Justice League may be child’s play for the Suicide Squad, they must also remain mindful of an invading alien force that will stop at nothing just to destroy the planet. Warner Bros. Games entrusted each villain with a unique moveset, various easily customizable weapons and skills that demand mastering. Besides, the players will be able to choose between enjoying the game in a single-player mode or teaming up with friends in multiplayer co-op.

#1 Overwatch 2

• Developer: Blizzard Entertainment
• Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
• Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows
• Release date: October 4, 2022 (Early Access) Expected Full Launch 2023

Overwatch 2 is an upcoming first-person shooter sequel to Overwatch, a Blizzard Entertainment developed and published game. Set in the near future, Overwatch 2 is a mechanically-intensive challenging game that prompts you to select a hero with predefined skills and face the enemy team in a ferocious battle to death. The game will also feature seasonal events primarily focused on PvE. Other than that, Overwatch 2 will be extremely similar to the original Overwatch.