Upcoming PC games 2024: Best new titles coming to Steam and your Windows PC

Empire of the Ants (November 7, 2024)

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Based on a novel of the same name by Bernard Werber, Empire of the Ants is a real-time strategy game/ant colony simulator where you lead an army of ants. You will explore the outside for food and materials to build your base, avoid being trampled by hostile weather, and fight against predators looking to devour your kind.

Empire of the Ants | Wishlist on GOG

Empire of the Ants | Wishlist on GOG

Embark on a larger-than-life adventure to lead an ant colony to prosperity in Empire of the Ants. Work together with your fellow ants and co-ordinate strategies to defeat apex predators.

Also available: Steam | Epic Games Store

Slitterhead (November 8, 2024)

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Slitterhead is an action-adventure game with horror elements developed and published by Bokeh Game Studio lnc. You play as the Hyoki, a shape-shifting monster without memories of their past or a physical form of their own. The only clue the Hyoki has to finding out their true identity is to hunt down monsters masquerading as humans called Slitterheads and slaughter them.

Slitterhead | Coming soon to Steam

Slitterhead | Coming soon to Steam

Become the horrific Hyoki and rend the grotesqueSlitterheads to pieces to discover your true identity in this reverse-horror game where you are the monster.

DRAGON QUEST III HD-2D Remake (November 14, 2024)

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Dragon Quest III, one of the most influential JRPGs in the Dragon Quest series and the JRPG as a whole is getting a remake soon in the form of DRAGON QUEST III HD-2D Remake. This game will have players follow the tale of Erdrick, a hero destined with the burden of taking up his late father's quest to save the from being destroyed by slaying the vile archfiend Baramos,

This remake will reimagine the classic title with enhanced visuals that combine detailed pixel art with lush 3D backgrounds, a polished turn-based combat system, quality-of-life improvements to refine the overall experience, and a gigantic world rich with undiscovered secrets.

DRAGON QUEST III HD-2D Remake | Coming soon to Steam

DRAGON QUEST III HD-2D Remake | Coming soon to Steam

Relive the beginnings of the iconic Erdrick trilogy Dragon Quest III, remade with gorgeous HD-2D graphics, a refined turn-based combat system, quality-of-life improvements, and more.

LEGO Horizon Adventures (November 14, 2024)

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Relive the grand saga of the Horizon series through the charming lens of LEGO with LEGO Horizon Adventures. In a dark future where mechanized monsters roam a post-apocalyptic world where civilization has regressed to the stone age and an evil force has awakened to destroy the world.

Play as the hunter Aloy and her friends as they fight to save the world from this ancient evil and its sun-worshipping cultists while searching to uncover secrets from Aloy’s unknown past.

LEGO Horizon Adventures | Coming soon to Steam

LEGO Horizon Adventures | Coming soon to Steam

Join Aloy and a band of heroes as they travel through a world reclaimed by nature to stop a cult and ancient evil from destroying the world in LEGO Horizon Adventures. You can take on this daunting solo or bring your friends along for the ride in online or offline co-op.

Path of Exile 2 (November 15, 2024)

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Path of Exile 2 is a sequel to the critically-acclaimed ARPG developed and published by Grinding Gear Games. Set in the dark fantasy world of Wreaclast, you play as a mighty warrior charged with a mission to save the land from being corrupted by sinister magic.

Explore the world of this free-to-play online world alone, or gather a team of players in 6-player co-op parties for a better chance of survival.

Path of Exile 2 | Coming Soon to Steam

Path of Exile 2 | Coming Soon to Steam

Choose a class for your character and then set forth into the dark world of Wreaclast to save it from demonic corruption in Path of Exile 2.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl (November 20, 2024)

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In this post-apocalyptic open-world FPS game, players take on the role of a S.T.A.L.K.E.R (Scavengers, Trespassers, Adventurers, Loners, Killers, Explorers and Robbers), who has entered the huge Chornobyl Exclusion Zone. Here there are powerful items to acquire, dangerous mutants to fight off, and warring factions to be warry of.

One of the things that makes STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl so compelling is that the decisions you make throughout the course of the story affect what happens. You can also explore in any way you see fit as this is a nonlinear adventure. STALKER 2 is expected to launch by December 2023.

STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl | $60 at Steam (GreenManGaming)

STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl | $60 at Steam (GreenManGaming)

In the year 2006, a second explosion has caused more dangers to appear in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone. You must fight off dangerous mutants and navigate warring areas in this open-world FPS survival game.

Towers of Aghasba (November 2024)

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Towers of Aghasba is an open-world survival game developed and published by Dreamlit Inc. You play as a member of the Shimu, an ancient culture that was forced out of their homeland of Aghasba many years ago by a ghastly alien force known as the Withered.

Now you and your people have returned to Aghasba to reclaim your home, restore life to its bizarre yet beautiful ecosystem, and craft weapons capable of slaying the Withered once and for all.

Towers of Aghasba | Coming soon to Steam

Towers of Aghasba | Coming soon to Steam

Help restore the Shimu tribe to their former glory, breathe life into ravaged ecosystems, and battle otherworldly beasts looking to rot everything in sight in Towers of Aghasba.

Alexander Cope

Alexander Cope is a gaming veteran of 30-plus years, primarily covering PC and Xbox games here on Windows Central. Gaming since the 8-bit era, Alexander's expertise revolves around gaming guides and news, with a particular focus on Japanese titles from the likes of Elden Ring to Final Fantasy. Alexander is always on deck to help our readers conquer the industry's most difficult games — when he can pry himself away from Monster Hunter that is! 

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