The premieres of new games have long died down, and gamers are wiping monitors and cleaning keyboards in anticipation of new, even larger, more spectacular and interesting projects. And if you have not yet joined the ranks of "waiting", it is not too late to fix it.
Here are the top 20 most anticipated PC games of 2019. The list is compiled based on the waiting ratings for Kanobu and Playground, as well as an overview of the upcoming singles on Cubiq.
Updated rating: The most anticipated PC games of 2020.
20. Shenmue 3
Release date: August 27, 2019.
The love of the gaming community is a great thing. This is proved by the history of the Shenmue series, which combines such genres as open world, adventure and RPG. The development of the third part was canceled, and twice. But thanks to Kickstarter fundraising, the game will live. Not only that, it even made it into the Guinness Book of Records as the fastest-funded game in the history of crowdfunding.
19. Rage 2
Release date: May 14, 2019.
This shooter is a joint venture between id Software and Avalanche Studios. The first deals with everything related to shooting, the second is responsible for filling the open world and everything related to driving a car. We can only hope that the cooperation of the two well-known companies will bring gamers a great game in the spirit of post-apocalypse.
18. Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Release date: Q3 2019.
The story of a small and cute spirit named Ori fell in love with players thanks to the interesting gameplay, very beautiful graphics and excellent music. And in 2019, the continuation of Ori's adventures will be released, in which he will again go to the aid of the forest.
17. Tropico 6
Release date: January 29, 2019.
This is the first, but not the only simulator in a selection of the most anticipated PC games. However, this is the only urban and political simulator in the top 20.
In it, players will develop their own mini-empire - an island state with the unpretentious name of Tropico. And if the management is successful, then the player will be able to take control of the whole archipelago.
16. Star Citizen
Release date: 2019 year.
The only representative of the space simulator in the ranking of games expected in 2019 on the PC platform. It will be possible to play on a global server supported by the publisher, or on a private server by inviting friends there.
Mankind, actively colonizing distant planets within the galaxy, will have to face other civilizations, including those with which only military action is possible.
15. Scorn
Release date: 2019 year.
In this Oculus Rift-powered horror game, players will have to rely more on their senses rather than their observation. The game will have many locations, each with its own theme. Studying them, the hero of the game will have to understand how he ended up in this nightmare world, and what to do next.
14. Resident Evil 2 Remake
Release date: January 25, 2019.
Very soon there will be a re-release of the famous horror movie, with significantly improved graphics, support for high resolutions, and the ability to choose cameras as in the classic second or fourth part.
The main protagonists of the game will be Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield, who need to get out of the zombie epidemic of Raccoon City.
13. Doom Eternal
Release date: 2019 year.
The list of the most anticipated PC games of 2019, of course, is the continuation of the cult Doom series.In it, events will be transferred from the Red Planet to Earth, and the Doom Slayer will have to deal with the hordes of demons that have flooded the vastness of our planet. Dumgai will also visit the Hellish Reaches and the human base on Phobos.
12. Iron Harvest
Release date: December 2019.
In this strategy, players will wage the World War using huge dieselpunk robots. Iron Harvest will have three parties to the conflict - Rusvet (Russia), the Republic of Polania (guess yourself) and the Saxon Empire (aka Saxony). Each of them will have their own unique fighting robots.
11. Devil May Cry 5
Release date: March 8, 2019.
In the fifth part of the most popular slasher movie, fans will again see Dante and Nero, who got a mechanical prosthesis instead of a demonic hand. There will also be a third playable character who was shown with a cane and a book.
The gameplay of Devil May Cry 5 hasn't changed much compared to the previous installments. Gamers will have to quickly and gracefully deal with demons using a variety of weapons. For example, a chainsaw motorcycle called Cavalier.
10. Unsung Story: Tale of the Guardians
Release date: 2019 year.
The action of this tactical RPG will take place in a fantasy world in which war rages between several empires. There will be several segments in Tale of the Guardians, each spanning a specific time frame.
9. Dying Light 2
Release date: 2019 year.
The events in the game unfold 15 years after the first outbreak of the virus. During this time, civilization managed to "roll back" many years ago. Electricity has become a great value, but windmills are in use, and evil spirits disperse the light of ultraviolet lamps. Many gangs have appeared in the cities, and the main character will be able to take quests from any of them.
The second part includes all the successful solutions of the first Dying Light - parkour, fights with the use of melee weapons and the "fixation" on the "day-night" cycle.
8. Left 4 Dead 3
Release date: 2019 year.
It will be a first-person shooter and, according to unofficial information, there will be six separate campaigns at once. However, Valve has not yet confirmed the fact that the game will be released in 2019. Moreover, the zombie shooter niche is already full of good games.
7. Anthem
Release date: February 22.
BioWare will soon delight fans with fantastic action MMOs. Squads of elite fighters, which can consist of up to 4 players, will travel to a huge open world to find resources, information, and also defend their playing base from hostile aliens. Each player will have a powerful suit with their own characteristics.
6. Dead Island 2
Release date: 2019 year.
Man to man is known to be a wolf, and zombies are zombies zombies. Who will be a zombie man - the players will learn from the plot of Dead Island 2. After all, they have to survive on the island, which is filled with lovers of brains and human flesh.
There will also be a cooperative for four people, because collectively "wetting" zombies is much more fun than alone.
5. Serious Sam 4: Planet Badass
Release date: 2019 year.
Top 5 most anticipated PC games open the continuation of the cult action game. Brutal and very serious Sam will once again kill monsters to the right and to the left, but this time not alone. He will be regularly assisted by his allies.
There will be no open world in the fourth part of the game. And it’s not really necessary if the developers keep their promise and make large locations where you can run freely after enemies and from them.
4. Beyond Good & Evil 2
Release date: 4th quarter of 2019.
In order to conquer space faster, the powers that be of this world ordered to begin experiments on crossing humans and animals. But what this led players to learn in the prequel Beyond Good & Evil. They will have a huge world available for exploration, detailed customization and the possibility of non-linear passage.
3. Cyberpunk 2077
Release date: 2019 year.
In the new year, the studio-creator of "The Witcher" will present gamers with its new project with a dark futuristic world in the cyberpunk genre. Fans are so "warmed up" by the expectation that the game is predicted to sell millions in 1 quarter.
The game will take place in California, in the city of Knight City, and players will be able to create their own hero and his class on their own, and not play a ready-made character, as in The Witcher. It is also known that Cyberpunk 2077 will have several alternate endings.
2. Metro: Exodus
Release date: February 22.
The events of the previous part will continue to develop in Metro: Exodus. The survivors will leave the capital on the Aurora steam locomotive. New tests await them in a post-nuclear Russia full of dangers. The main character Artyom and his comrades will need to find a place suitable for life.
Players are promised not only linear levels, but also huge open locations, each of which will have special conditions, enemy creatures and challenges.
The game was supposed to be released this year, but the developers had to postpone the release so that the product did not come out "raw".
1. Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord
Release date: 2019 year.
The exact release date for the most anticipated game of 2019 on PC is still unknown. But it is known that the developers promise many improvements and innovations, including the ability to play board games in taverns, craft weapons, and also use stones and boiling oil to protect castles. The changes will also affect the combat AI, it will become significantly wiser to become worthy opponents to the warriors of Calradia.
And on rare peaceful days it will even be possible to have a family and a child who "inherits" facial features from both parents with a little bit of randomness.