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The best games of 2026 so far
If you fancy roaring around Japan’s open roads, scaling impossible mountains and playing with post-apocalyptic Pokémon, this year’s highlights mean you can do so without leaving your chair
TL;DR
- 007 First Light combines stealth, open environments, and narrative drive.
- Forza Horizon 6 features car racing in Japan with stunning visuals and numerous vehicles.
- Forbidden Solitaire is a challenging solitaire game set in a dungeon.
- Mythmatch mixes match-three puzzling with a narrative about kinship.
- Titanium Court blends match-three, tower defense, and a stage-play conceit.
- Pragmata involves investigating a lunar research station and shutting down a despotic AI.
- Resident Evil: Requiem combines stealth and action with a zombie theme.
- Saros is a stylish action game with demanding gameplay on a distant planet.
- Cairn focuses on controlling a climber's limbs during a perilous ascent.
- Pokémon Pokopia is a life simulation game involving building and exploring with Pokémon.
- Honorable mentions include Mario Tennis Fever, Mewgenics, TR-49, Marathon, Pieced Together, and Life Is Strange: Reunion.