August is the calm before the storm for this year's new game releases

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.
August 2026 PC Gamer highlights

    <div class="featured_product_block featured_block_hero" data-id="0cfd23d8-9026-11f1-94bc-11d77e2d3e80">            <div class="product-image-widthsetter"><p class="vanilla-image-block" data-bordeaux-image-check style="padding-top:100.00%"><span class="featured__label hero__label">August 5</span></p></div>            <div class="featured_product_details_wrapper">                <div class="featured_product_title_wrapper">                                                                                <div class="featured__title">Fields of Mistria 1.0</div>                                    </div>                <div class="subtitle__description">                                                            <p><p><strong></strong><strong>Steam</strong><strong> |</strong> 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.</p></p>                </div>                            </div>        </div>        <div class="featured_product_block featured_block_hero" data-id="fa8f3f36-9045-11f1-89f3-8b0004bb9458">            <div class="product-image-widthsetter"><p class="vanilla-image-block" data-bordeaux-image-check style="padding-top:100.00%"><img style="width: 100%" class="featured_image" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/v2/t:166,l:419,cw:914,ch:914,q:80/xQkZUhucH8oBLgc8DDoWYY.jpg" alt="ReStory: Chill Electronics Repair - A PS3 that&apos;s been taken apart"><span class="featured__label hero__label">August 6</span></p></div>            <div class="featured_product_details_wrapper">                <div class="featured_product_title_wrapper">                                                                                <div class="featured__title">ReStory: Chill Electronics Repair</div>                                    </div>                <div class="subtitle__description">                                                            <p><p><strong></strong><strong>Steam</strong><strong> </strong>| 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. </p></p>                </div>                            </div>        </div>        <div class="featured_product_block featured_block_hero" data-id="3116cbec-9045-11f1-a79e-71a41b84833c">            <div class="product-image-widthsetter"><p class="vanilla-image-block" data-bordeaux-image-check style="padding-top:100.00%"><img style="width: 100%" class="featured_image" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/v2/t:154,l:269,cw:599,ch:599,q:80/HRkup9xQw8vDEkSkaUW4bY.jpg" alt="The servant witch Belladona from Sovereign Tower"><span class="featured__label hero__label">August 6</span></p></div>            <div class="featured_product_details_wrapper">                <div class="featured_product_title_wrapper">                                                                                <div class="featured__title">Sovereign Tower</div>                                    </div>                <div class="subtitle__description">                                                            <p><p><strong></strong><strong>Steam</strong><strong> | </strong>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. </p></p>                </div>                            </div>        </div><h2 class="article-body__section" id="section-august-2026-game-highlights"><span>August 2026 game highlights</span></h2>        <div class="featured_product_block featured_block_hero-4" data-id="0cfd236a-9026-11f1-9ccd-97a13c7f7baa">            <div class="product-image-widthsetter"><p class="vanilla-image-block" data-bordeaux-image-check style="padding-top:100.00%"><img style="width: 100%" class="featured_image" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/v2/t:78,l:256,cw:1241,ch:1241,q:80/opLfRff2WdB2jTWDfA2RSc.jpg" alt="Four players on a bridge, one holding up arms, others sitting or crouching"><span class="featured__label hero-4__label">August 4</span></p></div>            <div class="featured_product_details_wrapper">                <div class="featured_product_title_wrapper">                                                                                <div class="featured__title">Big Walk</div>                                    </div>                <div class="subtitle__description">                                                            <p><p><strong>Steam</strong> | 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. </p></p>                </div>                            </div>        </div>        <div class="featured_product_block featured_block_hero-4" data-id="fa8f3fc2-9045-11f1-b356-25d5cc4b6132">            <div class="product-image-widthsetter"><p class="vanilla-image-block" data-bordeaux-image-check style="padding-top:100.00%"><img style="width: 100%" class="featured_image" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/v2/t:0,l:522,cw:1440,ch:1440,q:80/fxnMUdpEunirV3vXkri8qN.png" alt="Wolverine from Marvel Tōkon shouting with his arms out to either side, claws extended."><span class="featured__label hero-4__label">August 6</span></p></div>            <div class="featured_product_details_wrapper">                <div class="featured_product_title_wrapper">                                                                                <div class="featured__title">Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls</div>                                    </div>                <div class="subtitle__description">                                                            <p><p><strong>Steam</strong> | 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.</p></p>                </div>                            </div>        </div>        <div class="featured_product_block featured_block_hero-4" data-id="0cfd2446-9026-11f1-805c-cb2ef4ee8549">            <div class="product-image-widthsetter"><p class="vanilla-image-block" data-bordeaux-image-check style="padding-top:100.00%"><img style="width: 100%" class="featured_image" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/v2/t:0,l:265,cw:1080,ch:1080,q:80/HDTA9rhR9YT6KH7PHu6dvN.jpg" alt="Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 2 - Old Snake holding a pistol"><span class="featured__label hero-4__label">August 27</span></p></div>            <div class="featured_product_details_wrapper">                <div class="featured_product_title_wrapper">                                                                                <div class="featured__title">Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection 2</div>                                    </div>                <div class="subtitle__description">                                                            <p><p><strong></strong><strong>Steam</strong><strong> | </strong>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. </p></p>                </div>                            </div>        </div>        <div class="featured_product_block featured_block_hero-4" data-id="0cfd24b4-9026-11f1-85a5-83e6b10613d9">            <div class="product-image-widthsetter"><p class="vanilla-image-block" data-bordeaux-image-check style="padding-top:100.00%"><img style="width: 100%" class="featured_image" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/v2/t:0,l:508,cw:1093,ch:1093,q:80/uHfvLjSYQBx2uYVdau3NkL.jpg" alt="Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Zero Company"><span class="featured__label hero-4__label">August 27</span></p></div>            <div class="featured_product_details_wrapper">                <div class="featured_product_title_wrapper">                                                                                <div class="featured__title">Star Wars Zero Company </div>                                    </div>                <div class="subtitle__description">                                                            <p><p><strong></strong><strong>Steam</strong><strong> | </strong>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."</p></p>                </div>                            </div>        </div><h2 class="article-body__section" id="section-august-2026-gaming-events-and-sales"><span>August 2026 gaming events and sales</span></h2><figure class="van-image-figure  inline-layout" data-bordeaux-image-check><div class="image-full-width-wrapper"><div class="image-widthsetter" style="max-width:1920px"><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:56.25%"><img id="wYnKvfP4aymtSeZQ59z8ce" alt="Steam Cyberpunk Fest sale banner" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wYnKvfP4aymtSeZQ59z8ce.jpg" align="middle" width="1920" height="1080" class="inline"></p></div></div><figcaption class=" inline-layout"><span class="credit">(Image credit: Valve)</span></figcaption></figure><ul><li><strong>Quakecon</strong> celebrates its 30th year with another massive LAN party starting on <strong>August 6</strong></li><li><strong>Gamescom</strong> kicks off four days of new game reveals, hands-on previews, and more on <strong>August 26</strong></li><li><strong>Future Games Show</strong> joins Gamescom with more world premieres and interviews on August 26</li><li>And themed <strong>Steam sales</strong> keep the month going: <ul><li><strong>August 3 – 10:</strong> Cyberpunk Fest</li><li><strong>August 17 – 20:</strong> Pins and Pegs Fest</li><li><strong>August 31 – September 7:</strong> PvE Survival Crafting Fest</li></ul></li></ul><h2 class="article-body__section" id="section-august-2026-game-updates-and-dlc"><span>August 2026 game updates and DLC</span></h2>        <div class="featured_product_block featured_block_hero-4" data-id="bccfc69e-9044-11f1-8235-2b8cac3a3f60">            <div class="product-image-widthsetter"><p class="vanilla-image-block" data-bordeaux-image-check style="padding-top:100.00%"><img style="width: 100%" class="featured_image" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/v2/t:128,l:200,cw:841,ch:841,q:80/TgwpLi67pKynwCH6ECxTD4.jpg" alt="Enzo Favara wearing a blue suit in Mafia: The Old Country&apos;s DLC, Man of Honor"><span class="featured__label hero-4__label">August 14</span></p></div>            <div class="featured_product_details_wrapper">                <div class="featured_product_title_wrapper">                                        <div class="featured__brand">Man of Honor</div>                                        <div class="featured__title">Mafia: The Old Country</div>                                    </div>                <div class="subtitle__description">                                                            <p><p><strong>Steam</strong><strong> |</strong> 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. </p></p>                </div>                            </div>        </div>        <div class="featured_product_block featured_block_hero-4" data-id="bccfc716-9044-11f1-82f2-a35c342a3eb0">            <div class="product-image-widthsetter"><p class="vanilla-image-block" data-bordeaux-image-check style="padding-top:100.00%"><img style="width: 100%" class="featured_image" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/v2/t:8,l:749,cw:991,ch:991,q:80/n9PmEYQVQYYYVUPqothHg4.jpg" alt="Nioh 3 - A Samurai wearing a stylized cowboy outfit from the Hell Rising DLC"><span class="featured__label hero-4__label">August 19</span></p></div>            <div class="featured_product_details_wrapper">                <div class="featured_product_title_wrapper">                                        <div class="featured__brand">Hell Rising</div>                                        <div class="featured__title">Nioh 3</div>                                    </div>                <div class="subtitle__description">                                                            <p><p><strong>Steam</strong><strong> |</strong> Nioh 3 adds new Guardian Spirits, Ninjutsu, Graces, and more when two new characters join Takechiyo's journey in the Hell Rising DLC.</p></p>                </div>                            </div>        </div>        <div class="featured_product_block featured_block_hero-4" data-id="bccfc77a-9044-11f1-9d58-b5a7db991975">            <div class="product-image-widthsetter"><p class="vanilla-image-block" data-bordeaux-image-check style="padding-top:100.00%"><img style="width: 100%" class="featured_image" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/v2/t:0,l:392,cw:1080,ch:1080,q:80/JeEx9Xn24qAvKFGFRNquK4.jpg" alt="Stalker 2: Cost of Hope DLC - A Stalker wearing a gas mask and looking up"><span class="featured__label hero-4__label">August 20</span></p></div>            <div class="featured_product_details_wrapper">                <div class="featured_product_title_wrapper">                                        <div class="featured__brand">Cost of Hope</div>                                        <div class="featured__title">Stalker 2</div>                                    </div>                <div class="subtitle__description">                                                            <p><p><strong></strong><strong>Steam</strong><strong> |</strong> Stalker 2 moves from the Chornobyl exclusion zone into the heart of the nuclear power plant with its next DLC chapter, Cost of Hope. </p></p>                </div>                            </div>        </div>        <div class="featured_product_block featured_block_hero-4" data-id="bccfc7de-9044-11f1-859c-b5de678ea633">            <div class="product-image-widthsetter"><p class="vanilla-image-block" data-bordeaux-image-check style="padding-top:100.00%"><img style="width: 100%" class="featured_image" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/v2/t:123,l:1298,cw:1920,ch:1920,q:80/JesruUvyGCfB3GX3zzsSW4.jpg" alt="The Idrus Knight class and new Torrent skin from Elden Ring Tarnished Edition"><span class="featured__label hero-4__label">August 28</span></p></div>            <div class="featured_product_details_wrapper">                <div class="featured_product_title_wrapper">                                        <div class="featured__brand">Tarnished Pack</div>                                        <div class="featured__title">Elden Ring</div>                                    </div>                <div class="subtitle__description">                                                            <p><p><strong>Steam</strong><strong> |</strong> 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.</p></p>                </div>                            </div>        </div><h2 class="article-body__section" id="section-the-august-2026-games-calendar"><span>The August 2026 games calendar</span></h2><figure class="van-image-figure  extended-layout" data-bordeaux-image-check><div class="image-full-width-wrapper"><div class="image-widthsetter" style="max-width:2560px"><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:56.25%"><img id="Ewe5pA6ir4kvWsVKDGmQfU" alt="A woman and a dog stand ready for combat" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ewe5pA6ir4kvWsVKDGmQfU.jpg" align="middle" width="2560" height="1440" class="extended expandable"></p></div></div><figcaption class=" extended-layout"><span class="caption-text">Beast of Reincarnation </span><span class="credit">(Image credit: Game Freak)</span></figcaption></figure><h3 id="august-game-releases-events-and-updates-all-in-one-big-calendar">August game releases, events, and updates all in one big calendar</h3><p>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: </p><div><table><thead><tr><th class="firstcol "><p>Date</p></th><th><p>Game</p></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td class="firstcol "><p><strong>August 3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Beast of Reincarnation </strong>(Steam) </p></td><td><p><strong>🆕 NEW RELEASE</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td class="firstcol "><p><strong>August 4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Big Walk </strong>(Steam)</p></td><td><p><strong>⭐ HIGHLIGHT</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td class="firstcol "><p><strong>August 5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Akatori </strong>(Steam)</p></td><td><p><strong>🆕 NEW RELEASE</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td class="firstcol "><p><strong>August 5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Fields of Mistria 1.0</strong> (Steam)</p></td><td><p>❤️<strong> STAFF PICK</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td class="firstcol "><p><strong>August 6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Capy Castaway </strong>(Steam)</p></td><td><p><strong>🆕 NEW RELEASE</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td class="firstcol "><p><strong>August 6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gears of War: E-Day </strong>(Steam) beta begins</p></td><td><p><strong>📌 EVENT</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td class="firstcol "><p><strong>August 6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Iron Nest: Heavy Turret Simulator </strong>(Steam)</p></td><td><p><strong>🆕 NEW RELEASE</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td class="firstcol "><p><strong>August 6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Quakecon</strong> begins </p></td><td><p><strong>📌 EVENT</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td class="firstcol "><p><strong>August 6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls</strong> (Steam) </p></td><td><p><strong>⭐ HIGHLIGHT</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td class="firstcol "><p><strong>August 6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ReStory: Chill Electronics Repair</strong> (Steam)</p></td><td><p>❤️<strong> STAFF PICK</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td class="firstcol "><p><strong>August 6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sovereign Tower</strong> (Steam)</p></td><td><p>❤️<strong> STAFF PICK</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td class="firstcol "><p><strong>August 10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pax Autocratica </strong>(Steam)</p></td><td><p><strong>🆕 NEW RELEASE</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td class="firstcol "><p><strong>August 11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grounded 2 </strong>(Steam) Into the Abyss update</p></td><td><p><strong>💫 UPDATE </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td class="firstcol "><p><strong>August 12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Helldivers 2 </strong>(Steam) x Warhammer 40,000 Legendary Warbond</p></td><td><p><strong>📌 EVENT </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td class="firstcol "><p><strong>August 12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Security 51 </strong>(Steam)</p></td><td><p><strong>🆕 NEW RELEASE</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td class="firstcol "><p><strong>August 13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Hell Let Loose: Vietnam </strong>(Steam)  </p></td><td><p><strong>🆕 NEW RELEASE</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td class="firstcol "><p><strong>August 13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Low Budget Repairs</strong> (Steam)</p></td><td><p><strong>🆕 NEW RELEASE</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td class="firstcol "><p><strong>August 13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Memorium</strong> (Steam)</p></td><td><p><strong>🆕 NEW RELEASE</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td class="firstcol "><p><strong>August 13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Servant of the Lake</strong> (Steam)</p></td><td><p><strong>🆕 NEW RELEASE</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td class="firstcol "><p><strong>August 14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mafia: The Old Country</strong> (Steam) Man of Honor DLC</p></td><td><p><strong>💫 UPDATE </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td class="firstcol "><p><strong>August 17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Tukoni: Forest Keepers </strong>(Steam)</p></td><td><p><strong>🆕 NEW RELEASE</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td class="firstcol "><p><strong>August 18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Starsand Island</strong><strong> 1.0 </strong>(Steam)</p></td><td><p><strong>💫 UPDATE </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td class="firstcol "><p><strong>August 18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>The Sinking City 2 </strong>(Steam)</p></td><td><p><strong>🆕 NEW RELEASE</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td class="firstcol "><p><strong>August 19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nioh 3</strong> (Steam) Hell Rising DLC </p></td><td><p><strong>💫 UPDATE </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td class="firstcol "><p><strong>August 19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Steins;Gate Reboot </strong>(Steam)</p></td><td><p><strong>🆕 NEW RELEASE</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td class="firstcol "><p><strong>August 20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mortal Shell 2 </strong>(Steam)</p></td><td><p><strong>🆕 NEW RELEASE</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td class="firstcol "><p><strong>August 25</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2</strong> (Steam)</p></td><td><p><strong>🆕 NEW RELEASE</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td class="firstcol "><p><strong>August 26</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Brigandine Abyss</strong> (Steam)</p></td><td><p><strong>🆕 NEW RELEASE</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td class="firstcol "><p><strong>August 27</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Lou's Lagoon </strong>(Steam)</p></td><td><p><strong>🆕 NEW RELEASE</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td class="firstcol "><p><strong>August 27</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2</strong> (Steam)</p></td><td><p><strong>⭐ HIGHLIGHT</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td class="firstcol "><p><strong>August 27</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Star Wars Zero Company </strong>(Steam)</p></td><td><p><strong>⭐ HIGHLIGHT</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td class="firstcol "><p><strong>August 27</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy</strong> (Steam)</p></td><td><p><strong>🆕 NEW RELEASE</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td class="firstcol "><p><strong>August 28</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Elden Ring</strong> (Steam) Tarnished Pack</p></td><td><p><strong>💫 UPDATE </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
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