2018 Videogame Preview: PC Games

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – January 22, 2018

In the gallery above, find details on 40 of the most-anticipated PC games that are expected to be released during 2018. Our list includes only those games with confirmed release dates and games that seem more likely than not to come out this year—plus, at the end, a few bonus picks that are a bit more tentative for 2018. Visit our 2018 Preview section for previews for additional gaming platforms (as well as film, TV, and music previews).

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66 Mineko's Night Market

Release date: fall tbd

Could this be 2018's Stardew Valley? This whimsical, cuter-than-cute indie from newcomer Meowza Games (whose founder worked on Bushido Bear) is an Animal Crossing-inspired title that is "about crafting crafts, eating eats, and catting cats." (We said it was whimsical.)

Set on a Japanese island overrun with felines (it's based on a real-world place, Tashirojima), the game tasks you with foraging in order to craft various items and then sell them at a one of the 16 markets held throughout the year. But, given the casual, open nature of the game, you don't have to do any of that; instead, you can spend your time exploring the island, playing mini-games, meeting people, going on quests, and taking in the local culture. Not enough cats for you? You can literally grow more by planting them in the ground.

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