The premieres of new games have long passed away, and gamers are wiping their monitors and cleaning their keyboards in anticipation of new, even larger, more spectacular and interesting projects. And if you have not yet joined the ranks of the "waiters", it is not too late to fix it.
Introducing the top 20 most anticipated games of 2019 on PC. The list is based on a Kanobu and Playground expectation rating, as well as an overview of 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 story of the Shenmue series, combining genres such as open world, adventure and RPG. The development of the third part was canceled, and twice. But thanks to a fundraiser on Kickstarter, the game will live. Not only that, she even got 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 project of 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. One can only hope that the cooperation of two well-known companies will bring gamers a great game, designed in the spirit of post-apocalypse.
18. Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Release date: Q3 2019
The story of the small and sweet spirit named Ori was fond of the players thanks to the interesting gameplay, very beautiful graphics and excellent music. And in 2019 there will be a continuation of the adventures of Ori, 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 the selection of the most anticipated PC games. However, this is the only city-planning and political simulator in the top 20.
In it, players will develop their own mini-empire - an island state with the simple name of Tropico. And if the management is successful, then the player will be able to take control of an entire archipelago.
16. Star Citizen
Release date: 2019 year.
The only representative of the space simulator in the ranking of expected games in 2019 on the PC platform. You can play on the global server, which is supported by the publisher, or on a private server, inviting friends there.
Mankind, actively colonizing distant planets within the galaxy, will face other civilizations, including those with which only military action is possible.
15. Scorn
Release date: 2019 year.
Playing this horror game with Oculus Rift support, players will have to rely more on their feelings, rather than on observation. The game will have many locations, each of them with its own theme. Studying them, the hero of the game will have to understand how he found himself in this nightmare world, and what to do next.
14. Resident Evil 2 Remake
Release date: January 25, 2019.
Reissue of the famous horror will be released very soon, with significantly improved graphics, support for high resolutions, and the ability to select cameras 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 raccoon city covered by the zombie epidemic.
13. Doom Eternal
Release date: 2019 year.
The list of the most anticipated games of 2019 on the PC, of course, includes the continuation of the iconic Doom series. In it, events will be transferred from the Red planet to Earth, and the Executioner of Doom will have to deal with the hordes of demons that have flooded the vastness of our planet. And Dumgai will visit the Infernal limits and the base of people on Phobos.
12. Iron Harvest
Release date: December 2019
In this strategy, players have to wage a World War with the help of huge diesel-punk robots. There will be three parties to the conflict in Iron Harvest - Rusvet (Russia), the Republic of Polania (guess for yourself) and the Saxon Empire (aka Saxony). Each of them will have its own unique combat robots.
11. Devil May Cry 5
Release date: March 8, 2019.
In the fifth part of the most popular slasher, fans will again see Dante and Nero, who acquired a mechanical prosthesis instead of a demonic arm. There will be a third playable hero, which was shown with a cane and a book.
The gameplay of Devil May Cry 5 has not changed much compared to the previous parts. Gamers will have to quickly and elegantly deal with demons using a variety of weapons. For example, a motorcycle chainsaw called the Cavalier.
10. Unsung Story: Tale of the Guardians
Release date: 2019 year.
This tactical role-playing game will take place in a fantasy world in which a war is raging between several empires. In Tale of the Guardians there will be several segments, each of them covers a certain time period.
9. Dying Light 2
Release date: 2019 year.
Events in the game take place 15 years after the first outbreak of the virus. During this time, civilization managed to “roll back” many years ago. Electricity has become a huge value, but windmills are in use, and evil spells the light of ultraviolet lamps. Many gangs 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 decisions of the first Dying Light - parkour, fights using edged weapons, and “looping” on the day-night cycle.
8. Left 4 Dead 3
Release date: 2019 year.
This will be a first-person shooter and, according to unofficial information, there will be six separate campaigns at once. However, while Valve has not confirmed the fact that the game will be released in 2019. Moreover, the niche of zombie shooters is already full of good games.
7. Anthem
Release date: February 22.
Very soon, BioWare will delight fans with a fantastic action game in the MMO genre. Detachments of elite fighters, which can contain up to 4 players, will go to a huge open world to find resources, information, and also protect their game base from hostile aliens. Each player will have a powerful suit with its own characteristics.
6. Dead Island 2
Release date: 2019 year.
Man to man, as you know, is a wolf, and zombies are zombies zombies. Who will be a zombie person - these are the players will learn from the plot of Dead Island 2. After all, they have to survive on an island that is filled with lovers of brains and human flesh.
There will be a co-op 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 games on PC opens the continuation of the cult action. Brutal and very serious Sam will again water the monsters right and left, but this time not one. Allies will regularly help him.
There will be no open world in the fourth part of the game. And it’s not really necessary if the developers fulfill the promise and make large locations where it will be possible to run after enemies and away from them.
4. Beyond Good & Evil 2
Release date: 4th quarter of 2019.
In order to conquer space faster, the powers that be ordered to start experiments on crossing humans and animals. But what this led the players to learn in the prequel Beyond Good & Evil. A huge world awaits them for research, detailed customization and the possibility of non-linear passage.
3. Cyberpunk 2077
Release date: 2019 year.
In the new year, the creator of The Witcher will present gamers with their new project with a gloomy futuristic world and in the cyberpunk genre. Fans are so “warmed up” by the expectation that millions of sales are predicted for the game for the first quarter.
The game will take place in California, in the city of Night City, and players will be able to create their hero and his class on their own, and not play a ready-made character, as in The Witcher. It is also known that in Cyberpunk 2077 there will be several alternative endings.
2. Metro: Exodus
Release date: February 22.
The events of the previous part will continue to develop in Metro: Exodus. Survivors will leave the capital on the Aurora steam train. They are waiting for new tests in the full dangers of post-nuclear Russia. The main character Artem and his comrades will need to find a suitable place for living.
Players are promised not only linear levels, but also huge open locations, each of which will have special conditions, enemy creatures and trials.
The game was supposed to be released this year, however, 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 of the most anticipated game of 2019 on the 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 affect the combat AI, it will significantly grow wiser to become worthy opponents of the soldiers 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 small fraction of randomness.
