Each week, NextPlay brings you the newest games hitting digital stores and storefronts. While we can’t include every game released, we strive to highlight the ones that have caught our interest. So without further ado, let’s have a look at a selection of new games coming out this week!
Sea of Stars
Release Date: August 29 | Developer: Sabotage | Publisher: Sabotage
Platform: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S
Sea of Stars is a turn-based RPG inspired by the classics. Promising the Sabotage touch in every system, Sea of Stars aims to modernize the classic RPG in terms of turn-based combat, storytelling, exploration and interactions with the environment, while still offering a hearty slice of nostalgia and good old, simple fun.
Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot – The London Case
Release Date: August 29 | Developer: Blazing Griffin Ltd. | Publisher: Microids
Platform: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S
Hercule Poirot is back in a brand-new adventure, set in the heart of London.
Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle
Release Date: August 30 | Developer: Invader Studios | Publisher: Leonardo Interactive
Platform: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC, Xbox Series X|S
Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle is a third-person story-driven survival horror game prequel to the critically acclaimed Daymare: 1998. Step into the shoes of agent Dalila Reyes, a former government spy now in the service of H.A.D.E.S. unit and prepare to face the true horror.
Extremely Powerful Capybaras
Release Date: August 30 | Developer: Studio Bravarda | Publisher: PM Studios, Inc., Logoi Games
Platform: PC
Become the bullet hell with your friends in this chaotic survival roguelite game for 1-4 players. Collect items that unlock weapons and skills, face hordes of enemies and become the mightiest capybaras of all!
Goodbye Volcano High
Release Date: August 29 | Developer: KO_OP | Publisher: KO_OP
Platform: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC
Fang is a typical 18-year-old dinosaur: they’re more concerned about their band going viral than they are about what happens after graduation. But they’re about to have much bigger problems. Will they find time to figure themselves out? Can they balance a potential apocalypse and a budding romance? During hard times, what do we owe each other? Goodbye Volcano High is a cinematic narrative adventure about the beginning of a love story… and the end of an era.
Samba de Amigo: Party Central
Release Date: August 29 | Developer: Sega | Publisher: Sega
Platform: Nintendo Switch, iOS
Get up and shake it with Amigo and friends! It’s time for an all- new Samba de Amigo: a music rhythm game that allows you to party around the world!
Under the Waves
Release Date: August 29 | Developer: Parallel Studio | Publisher: Quantic Dream
Platform: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC, Xbox Series X|S
Under the Waves is a narrative-driven adventure game about the engulfing power of grief. Set in the depths of the North Sea in a techno-futuristic 1970s, professional diver Stan is struggling to overcome a life-changing loss and embrace a new future. The isolation of the deep sea is a fitting manifestation of his state of mind, and as Stan retreads further into his self-imposed solitude, he starts to experience strange events far beneath the waves. Stuck between life and death, Stan will have to make the most significant choice of his existence.
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope: Rayman in the Phantom Show
Release Date: August 30 | Developer: Ubisoft Paris | Publisher: Ubisoft Entertainment
Platform: Nintendo Switch
In this brand-new adventure, separate from the main game’s storyline, players will control Rayman, Rabbid Peach and Rabbid Mario, as they discover the dramatic Space Opera Network, an uncanny TV studio full of props and easter eggs. This place is run by the Phantom, a previous antagonist from Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, now reconverted as a studio director beyond reproach. As the TV studio’s rating is lower than ever, he needs the help of true stars to help him get his past glory back.
How 2 Escape
Release Date: August 31 | Developer: BreakFirst | Publisher: Just For Games
Platform: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S
How 2 Escape is an escape-simulation game where two players will need to cooperate on asymmetrical gameplay and devices. “Talk together. Help each other.” will be your new motto to survive in How 2 Escape.
Somerville
Release Date: August 31 | Developer: Jumpship | Publisher: Jumpship
Platform: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 (already available on Xbox One, PC, Xbox Series X|S)
In the wake of catastrophe you must find the means to make your family whole again. Somerville is a Sci-Fi adventure grounded in the intimate repercussions of large scale conflict.
Immerse yourself in a hand-crafted narrative experience set across a vivid rural landscape. Navigate your way through the perilous terrain ahead of you to unravel the mysteries of Earth’s visitors.
Tiny Witch
Release Date: September 1 | Developer: Creative Hand | Publisher: Creative Hand
Platform: PC
Tiny Witch, is a little game about managing a minion store, where you must mix the right resources to build the minions needed by the dungeon masters.
Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy
Release Date: August 31 | Developer: Frozenbyte | Publisher: THQ Nordic
Platform: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S
Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy will take Amadeus the Wizard, Zoya the Thief, and Pontius the Knight on their most action-packed journey yet!
Traverse breathtaking 2.5D landscapes in Trine‘s deepest and visually richest chapter to date, with an all new cast of characters – some friends, some foes, but all unforgettable.
Starfield (Early Access)
Release Date: Early Access – September 1, Full release – September 6
Developer: Bethesda Game Studios | Publisher: Bethesda Softworks | Platform: Xbox Series X|S, PC
In this next-generation role-playing game set amongst the stars, create any character you want and explore with unparalleled freedom as you embark on an epic journey to answer humanity’s greatest mystery.
