A lot of fun new game releases in this August-September 2023 cross-over week. Remember, often a new game will have a demo / prologue available for you to try before you buy.
Monday August 28, 2023 Game Release
- Untamed Tactics (PC)
Tuesday August 29, 2023 Game Releases
- Agatha Christie – Hercule Poirot: The London Case (PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Bearded Ants (Switch)
- Crossfire: Sierra Squad (PC VR, PS5 PSVR2)
- Finger Football: Goal in One + Two (Switch)
- Golf: Hole in One (Switch)
- Goodbye Volcano High (PC, PS4, PS5)
- Humankind (Xbox One, Xbox Series X) — Note: Free with Xbox Game Pass.
- Prison City (PC)
- Rhapsody: Marl Kingdom Chronicles (PC, Switch, PS5)
- Rhapsody II: Ballad of the Little Princess (PC, Switch, PS5)
- Rhapsody III: Memories of Marl Kingdom (PC, Switch, PS5)
- Samba de Amigo: Party Central (Switch, iOS, Meta Quest) — Note: Free with Apple Arcade.
- Sabotage (Switch)
- Sea of Stars (PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X) — Note: Free with Game Pass.
- Sphereout (Switch)
- The Making of Karateka (PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X) — Note: Early American release. Comes out next week in Europe.
- Under the Waves (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
Wednesday August 30, 2023 Game Releases
- Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Extremely Powerful Capybaras (PC)
- Great Houses of Calderia (PC)
- High Sea Saga DX (Switch)
- Hundred Days – Winemaking Simulator (Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope – DLC 3: Rayman in the Phantom Show (Switch)
- Revhead (Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- The Bridge Curse: Road to Salvation (Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- The Matchless Kungfu (PC)
Thursday August 31, 2023 Game Releases
- 1997 (Switch)
- Baseball Club (Switch)
- Brave Nine (PC) — Note: Free-to-play.
- Buggy Racer (Switch)
- Catlord (Switch)
- Elasto Mania Trilogy Pack (Switch)
- Eventide 2: Sorcerer’s Mirror (Switch)
- Gastro Force (Switch)
- High Sea Saga DX (PC)
- How 2 Escape (PC, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- It’s a Wrap! (Switch)
- Jelly Fruits Adventure: Magic Match 3 (Switch)
- NecroBoy : Path to Evilship (Switch)
- Norn9: Last Era (Switch)
- OU (PC, Switch)
- QUByte Classics: Gourmet Warriors (Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Pocket Bravery (PC, Mac, Linux)
- Sacrifice Your Friends (Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Seven Nights Ghost (PC)
- Somerville (PS4, PS5)
- Taito Milestones 2 (Switch) — Includes: Kiki Kaikai, The NewZealand Story, Darius II, Metal Black, Gun Frontier, Ben Bero Beh, Solitary Fighter, The Legend of Kage, Liquid Kids & Dinorex.
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge – Dimension Shellshock DLC (PC, Switch, PS4, Xbox One)
- Tenebris Pictura (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- The Big Con (PS4, PS5)
- The Shape of Things (Switch)
- The Tenants – Pets DLC (PC)
- Total War: Warhammer III – Shadows of Change DLC (PC, Mac, Linux)
- TRAPPED in The Dim Mansion (Switch)
- Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy (PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- War Hospital (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X)
- Yakiniku Simulator (Switch)
Friday September 1, 2023 Game Releases
- Adventures of Ben: Rabbit Run (Switch)
- Big Farm Story (Switch)
- Bomb Rush Cyberfunk (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Cats and the Other Lives (Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Dreamers (Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Endless Memories (Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Escape First: Alchemist (Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Hexapoda (Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Mega Man X DiVE Offline (PC, iOS, Android)
- Otoko Cross: Pretty Boys Dropout! (Switch)
- Ralph and the Blue Ball (Switch)
- Rhapsody: Marl Kingdom Chronicles (PC, Switch, PS5)
- RPG Bundle (Switch)
- Starfield – Early Access (PC, Xbox Series X, Xbox One) — Note: If you pre-order any special edition, you get early access.
- Tamer Vale (PC, Mac)
- The Genesis Order (PC, Mac, Linux)
- Tiny Witch (PC)
Saturday September 2, 2023 Game Releases
- Farming Tractor Simulator 2023: Drive Combine & Trucks (Switch)
- Truck Simulator 2023 – Driver Europe (Switch)
- The Thief Simulator 2023 – From Crook to Boss (Switch)
Sunday September 3, 2023 Game Releases
- Nothing
Free Games in August 2023
- Epic Games Store: Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak, [from 24th] Cave Story+.
- Amazon Prime Gaming: Quake 4, Blade Assault, Farming Simulator 19, PAYDAY 2 + Gage Mod Courier Pack, Lunar Axe, Wytchwood, Nairi: Tower of Shirin, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed – Ultimate Sith Edition, Shovel Knight Showdown, Cook Serve Delicious 3?!, Once Upon a Jester, Roguebook, Gems of Destiny: Homeless Dwarf, and more SNK retro games from prior months.
- Xbox Game Pass Core (Games with Gold): When the Past was Around, Blue Fire, Inertial Drift.
- Xbox Game Pass: [1st] Celeste, FIFA 23 [3rd] A Short Hike, [8th] Broforce Forever, [9th] Limbo, [10th] Airborne Kingdom, [15th] Everspace 2.
- PlayStation Plus Essential: PGA Tour 2K23 (PS4 & PS5), Dreams (PS4), Death’s Door (PS4 & PS5).
- PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium: Moving Out 2 (PS4, PS5), Destiny 2: The Witch Queen (PS4, PS5), Lost Judgment (PS4, PS5), Destroy All Humans 2! Reprobed (PS4, PS5), Two Point Hospital: Jumbo Edition (PS4), Source of Madness (PS4, PS5), Cursed to Golf (PS4, PS5), Dreams (PS4), PJ Masks: Heroes of the Night (PS4, PS5), Hotel Transylvania: Scary-Tale Adventures (PS4, PS5), Spellforce III Reforced (PS4), Midnight Fight Express (PS4), [from 28th] Lawn Mowing Simulator: Landmark Edition (PS4, PS5), [from 29th] Sea of Stars (PS4, PS5).
- PlayStation Plus Premium’s PlayStation Classics: MediEvil: Resurrection (PSP), Ape Escape: On the Loose (PSP), Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice (PSP).
- Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack: The Pokémon Trading Card Game (Game Boy Color), Pokémon Stadium 2 (N64), [30th] Excitebike 64 (N64).
- Future Nintendo Switch Online games: 1080* Snowboarding (N64), Mario Party 3 (N64), F-Zero: Maximum Velocity (GBA), Golden Sun (GBA), Kirby and the Amazing Mirror (GBA).
- Good Old Games: Yu Crossing Animals.
- Steam: Soldiers Lost Forever (1914-1918), Just Froggin’, Inkesis, The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos, Lavalamp, Temtem: Showdown, Soccer Kids Alpha, Galactic Grinder, Aohri’s Uprising, Dust and Aliens, Open Mod, BloodDome Classic, Snotty’s Sewer, Raw Nerve, Spiritle, Apeiron.
Note: You need to claim each game in order to add it to your game system’s account before it disappears.