December is stacked with big releases, returning favourites, indies, strategy titles and a handful of surprises sprinkled throughout the month. Here’s the full breakdown of everything arriving, with proper detail for each game so you know exactly what’s coming.
Hogwarts Legacy (Steam / Epic Games Store)
A huge open world RPG set long before the Harry Potter books. You explore Hogwarts, learn spells, fly around the world and uncover a long running magical mystery. The school itself is massive, and the surrounding areas give it a scale most licensed games don’t even attempt.
LEGO Harry Potter Collection (Steam)
Both LEGO Harry Potter games bundled together. Light puzzles, simple combat, lots of secrets and the usual LEGO humour. These older LEGO titles are packed tightly with things to find, making them easy to jump into.
Witchfire (Epic Games Store)
A dark fantasy shooter with heavy weapons, magic abilities and tough enemies. Combat is built around movement, timing and stacking powers for big payoffs. It’s atmospheric, stylish and punishing in a satisfying way.
Warhammer 40000 Space Marine 2 (Epic Games Store)
A loud, heavy action game set in the Warhammer universe. You cut through Tyranids with oversized weapons and charge through huge battlefields. It’s all about momentum, close range brutality and massive set pieces.
Pacific Drive (Xbox / Game Pass)
A survival adventure where your car is the star of the show. You upgrade it, repair it and use it to explore strange anomaly filled zones. It’s part road trip, part mystery, part survival game.
Jurassic World Evolution 3 (Epic Games Store)
A full park management game where you run your own dinosaur theme parks. Build habitats, keep visitors safe, manage finances and deal with dinosaur behaviour. The third entry expands your tools and gives the dinosaurs more complex AI.
Powerwash Simulator 2 (Steam)
A bigger, more feature rich sequel to the cult hit cleaning game. Larger environments, more tools and an expanded set of jobs make the loop even more satisfying.
Sword of the Sea (Steam)
A calm, movement-focused adventure from the creators of Journey and Abzû. You surf across huge, surreal landscapes on a Hoversword, with the whole experience built around flow and atmosphere.
For the King II (Steam)
A tabletop-inspired strategy game blending turn-based combat, exploration and co-op play. The sequel expands the class system, adds deeper combat options and gives longer, more varied campaigns.
ARC Raiders (Epic Games Store)
A co-op action game where you fight massive machines falling from the sky. Missions mix exploration, scavenging and fast paced battles with huge mechanical enemies.
Citizen Sleeper (Steam)
A narrative RPG set on a crumbling space station. You play as an escaped android trying to survive by balancing relationships, resources and time cycles. Story focused, choice heavy and replayable.
Everdream Village (Steam)
A cosy crafting and settlement building game with gentle pacing. You gather materials, expand your village and unlock new tools and recipes at a relaxed pace.
Death Howl (Steam / Xbox / Game Pass)
A monster hunting action game with fast missions and heavy weapons. Encounters are quick, punchy and built around short sessions rather than long campaigns.
Dome Keeper (Xbox / Game Pass)
A blend of mining and base defence. You dig underground for resources, upgrade your dome and rush back up to fend off waves of enemies in short, addictive loops.
Shape of Dreams (Steam)
A small atmospheric indie focused on exploration and light puzzles. More about tone and discovery than difficulty.
Storage Hunter Simulator (Steam)
You buy abandoned storage units, sift through whatever’s inside and try to flip the contents for profit. Half management, half rummaging through odd finds.
Underground Garage (Steam)
A deep car building and tuning sim. Instead of racing, the focus is on repairing, modifying and fine tuning every part of each vehicle.
Pigeon Simulator (Xbox / Game Pass)
A ridiculous sandbox where you play as a pigeon causing chaos. Steal food, knock things over, bother pedestrians. Silly on purpose.
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris (Xbox / Game Pass)
A top-down co-op action puzzle game with traps, treasure rooms and teamwork-heavy combat. Short levels, lots of replayability.
Zero Hour (Epic Games Store)
A slow, tactical co-op FPS built around clearing buildings methodically. Planning and communication matter far more than reflexes.
Moonlighter 2 The Endless Vault (Steam / Xbox / Game Pass)
A mix of dungeon crawling and shopkeeping. Explore dangerous vaults at night, then sell loot during the day to upgrade your town and equipment.
Songs of Silence (Epic Games Store)
A strategy game with real-time battles, heroes, and kingdom management. Large campaigns and branching storylines give it a lot of depth.
Of Ash and Steel (Steam)
A medieval action RPG with crafting, exploration and survival elements. Smaller scale but focused on player progression and building stronger gear.
Kill It With Fire (Xbox / Game Pass)
A comedy first-person game about hunting spiders with over the top weapons. Fast missions and lots of environmental destruction.
The Crew Motorfest (Xbox / Game Pass)
A huge open world racer built around themed playlists. You swap between styles like drifting, off-road, classic cars and more.
Cricket 26 (Steam)
The latest cricket sim with updated squads, better physics and more career options. Focuses on detail and realism.
Prologue Go Wayback! (Steam)
A short standalone prologue that introduces a bigger upcoming adventure game. Good for trying the tone before the full release.
Sacred 2 Remaster (Steam)
A remaster of the classic action RPG, keeping the open world structure but with updated visuals and smoother performance.
Apollo Justice Ace Attorney Trilogy (Steam)
Three full courtroom visual novels in one collection, following Apollo Justice’s story. Plenty of clever cases, twists and character moments.
