Let’s cut to the chase: October is the month wherein Red Dead Redemption 2 releases, and everyone else is just along for the ride…right? Nope! In a month where you’d have to have some serious chutzpah to take on a game whose marketing budget can easily topple a small nation, the month ahead isn’t giving Rockstar Games and Red Dead Redemption 2 an easy path to ride on.
In fact, this might just be one of the busiest months in recent history. There’s a grand total of 74 other games that are all looking to take a crack at the sandiest sandbox to hit the scene, with a few heavyweights lacing up and donning the ol’s stars ‘n stripes boxing shorts to face down the Ivan Drago of sequels.
A new Mega Man, a wonderfully silly new spin on Fist of the North Star (ATATATATATATA!) and the return of wrasslin’ are just some of the games on the list below. Take a gander, and prepare to have your socks knocked off as your wallet wonders if life is overrated.
October 2
- Mega Man 11 (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch)
- Forza Horizon 4 (PC, Xbox One)
- Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey Gold, Ultimate, Medusa, Spartan and Pantheon Editions (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
- Twilight Path (Rift, Vive)
- Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story (PC, PS4, Nintendo Switch)
- The Surge: The Good, the Bad, and the Augmented (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
- Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise (PS4)
October 4
- The Midnight Sanctuary (PC, PS4, PS VR, Nintendo Switch)
- Pilot Sports (PS4, Nintendo Switch)
- Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics (PC)
- Vertical Drop Heroes HD (Nintendo Switch)
October 5
- Super Mario Party (Nintendo Switch)
- Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
- WWE 2K19 (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
October 9
- Space Hulk: Tactics (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
- The Occupation (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
- Crashbots (PC) – October 9
- CardLife – Steam Early Access (PC)
- Stranded Deep (PS4, Xbox One)
- Mark of the Ninja: Remastered (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch)
- Home Sweet Home (PS4, Xbox One, PS VR)
- Shortest Trip to Earth – Steam Early Access (PC)
- Disgaea 1 Complete (PS4, Nintendo Switch)
October 10
- MapleStory 2 (PC)
October 11
- Kursk (PC)
- Tricky Towers (Nintendo Switch)
- The Swindle (Nintendo Switch)
- Spitkiss (PC, iOS)
- Joggernauts (PC)
- The Missing (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch)
- Child of Light (Nintendo Switch)
- The Light Keeps Us Safe – Steam Early Access (PC)
October 12
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
- Luigi’s Mansion (3DS)
- The World Ends with You -Final Remix- (Nintendo Switch)
October 16
- Lego DC Super-Villains (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch)
- Starlink: Battle for Atlas (PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch)
- The Hunter: Call of the Wild 2019 (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
- Warriors Orochi 4 (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch)
- Valkyria Chronicles (Switch)
- Heavy Fire: Red Shadow (PC, PS4, PS VR, Xbox One)
- For Honor: Marching Fire DLC/season (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
- NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch)
October 18
- Syberia 3 (Nintendo Switch)
- Moto Racer 4 (Nintendo Switch)
October 19
- Dark Souls Remastered (Nintendo Switch)
- Dark Souls Trilogy (PS4, Xbox One)
- World War 3 – Steam Early Access (PC)
- Soulcalibur 6 (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
- Football Manager 2019 Beta (with pre-order)(PC)
October 23
- Windjammers (Switch)
- PAW Patrol: On a Roll (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man DLC 1: The Heist (PS4)
- Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales (PC)
- Gwent: The Witcher Card Game – official launch (PC)
- Spintires: MudRunner – American Wilds Edition (PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch)
- Just Dance 2019 (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo Wii U)
October 24
- Lethal League Blaze (PC)
October 25
- Flashback 25th Anniversary (PS4, Xbox One)
October 26
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (PS4, Xbox One)
- N.E.R.O. (Nintendo Switch)
- Castlevania Requiem: Symphony of the Night & Rondo of Blood (PS4)
- My Hero One’s Justice (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch)
October 30
- Call of Cthulu (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
- Neon Town (PC)
- Risk (Nintendo Switch)
- Trivial Pursuit Live (Nintendo Switch)
- Hasbro Game Night for Nintendo Switch (Nintendo Switch)
- Mutant Football League: Dynasty Edition (PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch)
- Sports Party (Nintendo Switch)
- Lego Harry Potter Collection (Xbox One, Nintendo Switch)
October 31
- Phantom Halls (PC)
October TBC
- Warlocks 2: God Slayers (PC, Nintendo Switch)
- Do Not Feed the Monkeys (PC)
- Reigns: Game of Thrones (PC, Android, iOS)
Oh..crap. This month is going to be busy. So what are you looking forward to playing? Sound off below while I slowly go slightly madder when the sudden realisation of what my workload is going to look like hits me like a nuclear-powered jackhammer.
Last Updated: October 1, 2018
Kromas
October 1, 2018 at 13:11
Nothing really stands out. Guess I will stick to Fortnite:Save the World,WoW and waiting for 7 Days to Die alpha 17 and/or Fallout 76 B.E.T.A.
Magoo
October 1, 2018 at 13:14
Gonna have to abstain from new games for a while. PC desperately needs an upgrade. x.x
Couldn’t care about all but Ass Creed and Blops 4. Which ironically is are the reasons I need to upgrade.
Original Heretic
October 1, 2018 at 13:36
So hope the Cthulhu game is awesome.
Kenn Gibson
October 1, 2018 at 14:26
RDR2. Pre-purchased and paid for.