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Game release calendar: October 2021

Every game releasing this month, ranked by how much attention it gets: IGDB hype, Steam wishlist rank, Twitch viewing and how many outlets covered it this week. Updated daily.

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

Top release this month

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

Out · PC · PS5 · Xbox Series X|S · PS4 · Xbox One

8.1Review score10 critic reviews
    • 8 hypes

    Standout releases this month

    1. 1

      Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

      · PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Xbox One

      8.1Review score10 critic reviews
      • 8 hypes
    2. 2

      Riders Republic

      · PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Xbox One

      7.7Review score6 critic reviews
      • 12 hypes
    3. 3

      Age of Empires IV

      · PC

      8.2Review score7 critic reviews
      • 87 hypes
    4. 4

      Junkyard Simulator

      · PC

      • 50 hypes
    5. 5

      Far Cry 6

      · PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Xbox One

      8.2Review score11 critic reviews
      • 31 hypes
    6. 6

      Back 4 Blood

      · PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Xbox One

      7.9Review score10 critic reviews
      • 19 hypes
    7. 7

      Elyon

      · PC

      • 15 hypes
    8. 8

      Jett: The Far Shore

      · PC, PS5, PS4

      6.7Review score4 critic reviews
      • 7 hypes
    9. 9

      The Good Life

      · PC, Switch, PS4, Xbox One

      6.0Review score3 critic reviews
      • 7 hypes
    10. 10

      The Riftbreaker

      · PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S

      8.3Review score2 critic reviews
      • 6 hypes

    Ports and remasters of games already released are left out.

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    Darker days have the most-watched releases. Tap a day to see its games.

    Day by day

    56 games

    2 games

    • FIFA 22

      #35

      PS5, Xbox Series X|S · Simulator, Sport

      7.97 critic reviews
      • Port

    • Life is Strange: True Colors

      #40

      PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PS4, Xbox One · Adventure

      8.411 critic reviews
      • Port

    1 game

    1 game

    • Enlisted

      #29

      PS4 · Shooter, Simulator

      • Port

    7 games

    1 game

    5 games

    • Far Cry 6

      #7

      PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Xbox One · Shooter, Adventure

      8.211 critic reviews

      • The Last Campfire

        #12

        PC · Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG)

        8.82 critic reviews
        • Port

      • Metroid Dread

        #24

        Switch · Shooter, Platform

        8.411 critic reviews

        • Astria Ascending

          #25

          PS5, PS4 · Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

          7.51 critic review
          • Port

        • No Longer Home

          #54

          Switch, Xbox One · Point-and-click, Adventure

          6.52 critic reviews
          • Port

        2 games

        2 games

        2 games

        • Back 4 Blood

          #10

          PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Xbox One · Shooter

          7.910 critic reviews

          • Circuit Superstars

            #49

            Xbox One · Racing, Simulator

            7.84 critic reviews

            3 games

            5 games

            1 game

            1 game

            4 games

            • Vampyr

              #4

              PS5, Xbox Series X|S · Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

              6.817 critic reviews
              • Port

            • Elyon

              #11

              PC · Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

              • Silver Chains

                #43

                Xbox Series X|S · Adventure, Indie

                6.01 critic review
                • Port

              • They Always Run

                #48

                PC · Fighting, Platform

                8.61 critic review

                4 games

                • Iron Harvest

                  #8

                  PS4 · Real Time Strategy (RTS), Sport

                  8.13 critic reviews
                  • Port

                • Carrion

                  #13

                  PS4 · Platform, Adventure

                  7.59 critic reviews
                  • Port

                • Echo Generation

                  #28

                  PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One · Role-playing (RPG), Strategy

                  • Rise of Humanity

                    #42

                    PC · Strategy, Indie

                    2 games

                    3 games

                    1 game

                    • Röki

                      #17

                      PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4 · Point-and-click, Platform

                      8.77 critic reviews
                      • Port

                    5 games

                    • Riders Republic

                      #3

                      PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Xbox One · Racing, Simulator

                      7.76 critic reviews

                      • Age of Empires IV

                        #5

                        PC · Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy

                        8.27 critic reviews
                        • Vietnamese

                      • Tails Noir

                        #15

                        PS5, PS4 · Point-and-click, Puzzle

                        7.82 critic reviews
                        • Port

                      • Dusk

                        #27

                        Switch · Shooter, Indie

                        9.04 critic reviews
                        • Port

                      • VirtuaVerse

                        #32

                        Switch, PS4, Xbox One · Point-and-click, Puzzle

                        • Port

                      3 games

                      1 game