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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80 The Artful Escape

Release date: tbd

Film distribution company Annapurna Pictures recently branched out into game publication with Annapurna Interactive, and the two brands seem to share an affinity for arty, non-mainstream fare. Available on PC and XB1, The Artful Escape is one of several intriguing upcoming titles from the latter company, though perhaps also the one with the longest odds of actually reaching gamers before the end of 2018.

The debut release from new studio Beethoven & Dinosaur, Escape is a unique side-scrolling platformer with sci-fi and alternative music influences. Your character is Francis Vendetti, nephew of a Bob Dylan-like folk hero and himself a guitar-playing London teenager who is on a multi-dimensional quest (teenagers!) to figure out what his stage persona should be. (It's exactly what Bowie did.) Though heavier on atmosphere than action, the trippy, imaginative game greatly impressed onlookers at last summer's E3 conference, where it won "Best Independent Game" honors from a group of critics.

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