Siliconeras Most Anticipated Games of 2026

What’s Happening

Here’s the thing: We’ve gone through and honored all our favorites of 2025, so now what?

Here are the titles the Siliconera team most want to play next year: our 2026 Most Anticipated Games. These awards represent the consensus of the Siliconera staff. (wild, right?)

For more of the year’s award selections, check out our Game of the Year 2025 archive.

The Details

Pokemon Pokopia We’ve been clear about how much we love Dragon Quest Builders 2, and a shift to the world of Pokemon does nothing to dampen our enthus Featured Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch 2 PC PlayStation 5 Siliconeras Most Anticipated Games of 2026 By Graham Russell We’ve gone through and honored all our favorites of 2025, so now what? Recommended Videos These awards represent the consensus of the Siliconera staff.

It looks to build (heh) on these elements and combine them with a more “cozy” approach with slow life and farming. Using Ditto as a way to justify gaining abilities is clever.

Why This Matters

Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era The Heroes of Might and Magic franchise is beloved, but it’s been subject to decades of neglect and abuse after its heyday. (Truly, only Sonic the fandom might be able to relate. ) Olden Era seems to finally return to the formula that worked the best, and with a sharp aesthetic and smart design scope that makes us confident this game will actually finish development unlike its recent predecessors.

Gaming fans have strong opinions about moves like this, and for good reason.

Key Takeaways

• Its follow-up, Engage , fr worked on those mechanical elements while perhaps dropping the ball on the other stuff.
• Most Anticipated is an honor of potential, and we hope it reaches it.

The Bottom Line

So we’re hopeful that Fortune’s Weave can continue to build on the Three Houses world we love so much while spending just a bit more effort on making its strategic choices just a bit more meaningful. Most Anticipated is an honor of potential, and we hope it reaches it.

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