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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81 Ashen

Release date: tbd

Another Annapurna-published title and another Microsoft exclusive, this indie—but large and ambitious—action-RPG tasks you with surviving in a hostile, sunless world while seeking a place to live. Expect plenty of exploration—and plenty of fighting. (And spiders.)

The online multiplayer aspect of the game is described as "passive"—you'll encounter fellow players from time to time, but it's up to you whether you want to interact with them, or even travel with them—while the "high risk" combat system has been compared to Dark Souls (i.e., it's tough).

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