May 2026 is packed with exciting new releases across PC and consoles, offering everything from emotional narrative adventures to open-world racing, horror, platforming, and spy action. Here are the biggest games to keep on your radar this month.

Mixtape

Release Date: May 7
Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC

Mixtape is a narrative adventure about a group of friends going on one final journey together before parting ways. Told through music and memories, the game explores growing up, friendship, and emotional transitions with support from the BAFTA-winning team at Beethoven & Dinosaur.

Will: Follow the Light

Release Date: May 7
Platform: PC

This adventure game takes players into a cold northern landscape filled with fog, mystery, and natural disaster. Inspired by the atmosphere of Firewatch and the tension of Alan Wake, it combines puzzle-solving with a heartfelt story about family, love, and survival.

Call of the Elder Gods

Release Date: May 12
Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC

The official sequel to the puzzle adventure series follows professor Harry Everhart and student Evangeline Drayton as they investigate supernatural events tied to strange dreams. Players can switch between both characters while solving puzzles connected to time and space.

Directive 8020

Release Date: May 12
Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC

The next horror interactive movie experience from Supermassive Games takes place aboard the Cassiopeia, a spacecraft searching for a new home for humanity. With a shapeshifting alien threat on board and every decision affecting the story, players must decide who to trust.

Forza Horizon 6

Release Date: May 19
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC
PlayStation 5: Later this year

Forza Horizon 6 takes the open-world racing series to a setting inspired by Japan, featuring over 550 licensed cars and environments inspired by locations such as Akiba, Mount Fuji, and winding mountain roads. Each biome offers different driving challenges and vehicle strengths.

Coffee Talk Tokyo

Release Date: May 21
Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC

The beloved visual novel series returns with a new setting inspired by Japan. Players take on the role of a barista who listens to customers’ stories, including humans, yokai, and folkloric beings living quietly among everyday society.

King of Tokyo

Release Date: May 21
Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PC

Based on the popular board game, King of Tokyo lets players become giant monsters and battle for dominance by rolling dice, using powerful card combos, destroying the city, and attacking rival kaiju.

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book

Release Date: May 22
Platform: Nintendo Switch 2

Yoshi returns in a charming action platformer where a mysterious talking book opens portals to imaginative worlds. The game features a storybook-like visual style with stop-motion-inspired animation.

Bubsy 4D

Release Date: May 22
Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC

The orange bobcat from the 90s returns in a new 3D platformer built around running, jumping, gliding, rolling, and exploring large alien worlds. Fans of classic mascot platformers may want to keep an eye on this comeback.

Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight

Release Date: May 22
Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC
Nintendo Switch 2: Later this year

This open-world action adventure lets players step into Gotham as Batman, following Bruce Wayne from his early training with the League of Shadows to his rise as the Dark Knight. Familiar allies such as Jim Gordon, Catwoman, Robin, Nightwing, and Batgirl also appear.

Paralives

Release Date: May 26
Platform: PC

Paralives is a life simulation game where players can create characters, build dream homes, develop careers, form relationships, and shape lives in an open-world environment. The game also supports Steam Workshop mods and will receive free DLC updates over time.

007 First Light

Release Date: May 27
Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC
Nintendo Switch 2: Mid-2026

Developed with IO Interactive’s Glacier Technology, 007 First Light follows a young James Bond as he is recruited by MI6 and trains to become a 00 agent. The game features sandbox mission design, flexible combat options, and replayable modifiers.