A new year means there are plenty of games to play in 2021. Here are January’s games, which even include indies, AAA and even a brand new Game Boy Color game. Check them out below.
| Game | Date | Platform |
| Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom | Jan 2021 | PC, XO, XSX |
| Dragonborne | Jan 2021 | Game Boy Color, PC |
| Super Meat Boy Forever | Jan 2021 | PS4, XO |
| Trapmania | Jan 2021 | PC |
| Void Eclipse | Jan 2021 | PC |
| Iris.Fall | Jan 8th | NS, PS4, XBO |
| Iron Conflict | Jan 8th | PC |
| Glyph | Jan 11th | NS |
| Five Nights at Freddy’s: Core Collection | Jan 12th | PS4, NS, XBO |
| Osteoblasts | Jan 12th | PC |
| King Arthur: Knight’s Tale | Jan 12th (Early access) | PC, PS5, XSX |
| The Pillar | Jan 13th | PS4, NS, XO |
| Demetrios – The BIG cynical adventure | Jan 14th | NS |
| MXGP 2020 | Jan 14th | PS5 |
| Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game – Complete Edition | Jan 14th | PC, PS4, NS, Stadia, XBO |
| Bless Unleashed | Jan 14th (Closed beta) | PC |
| Jet Kave Adventure | Jan 15th | PC, XO, XSX |
| Gunslingers & Zombies | Jan 15th (Early access) | PC |
| Everspace 2 | Jan 2021 (Early access) | PC |
| CosmicBreak Universal | Jan 20th | PC |
| HITMAN 3 | Jan 20th | PC, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX, Stadia |
| Teratopia | Jan 20th | PC, PS4, NS, XO |
| ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights | Jan 21st | PC |
| Lumberjack’s Dynasty | Jan 21st | PC |
| Ride 4 | Jan 21st | PS5, XSX |
| Rotund Rebound | Jan 21st | PC, Lin, Mac, NS, XO |
| Dyson Sphere Program | Jan 21st (Early access) | PC |
| Skul: The Hero Slayer | Jan 21st (Early access) | PC |
| Bladed Fury | Jan 22nd | PS4, NS, XBO |
| Redout: Space Assault | Jan 22nd | PC, PS4, NS, XO |
| The Unexpected Quest | Jan 23rd | PC, NS |
| Cyber Shadow | Jan 26th | PC, PS4, NS, XBO |
| Encodya | Jan 26th | PC |
| Stronghold: Warlords | Jan 26th | PC |
| Project Starship X | Jan 27th | PS4, NS, XO |
| Ryte: The Eye of Atlantis | Jan 27th | HTC Vive, Oculus Rift |
| Citizens Unite!: Earth x Space | Jan 28th | PC, PS4, NS |
| Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny | Jan 28th | PS4, NS |
| Gal*Gun Returns | Jan 28th | NS |
| Märchen Forest | Jan 28th | PC, PS4, NS |
| Märchen Forest: Mylne and the Forest Gift | Jan 28th | PC, PS4, NS |
| Olija | Jan 28th | PC, PS4, NS, XBO |
| Sword of the Necromancer | Jan 28th | PC, PS4, PS5, NS, XO, XSX |
| The Medium | Jan 28th | PC, XSX |
| The Yakuza Remastered Collection | Jan 28th | PC, XBO |
| Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy | Jan 29th | PC, NS, PS4, PS5 |
| Buddy Mission: Bond | Jan 29th | NS |
| Gods Will Fall | Jan 29th | PC, PS4, NS, XBO, Stadia |
| Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World: The Prophecy of the Throne | Jan 29th | Win, NS, PS4, NS |
| The Pedestrian | Jan 29th | PC, PS4, PS5 |
HITMAN 3
The end to IO Interactive’s HITMAN trilogy releases in January. Be Agent 47, as you travel the world to take out high priority targets by any means necessary. Be stealthy, creative or all-out brutal with your kills. If you already own them, you can import all the previous levels from HITMAN 1 & 2, each with all the new additions and gameplay tweaks from HITMAN 3. There will also be a PSVR mode, allowing you to take on any level in first-person.
HITMAN 3 comes out on January 21st for PC, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX, Stadia.
The Medium
Explore parallel worlds in this psychological horror game, featuring music by Silent Hill composers Akira Yamaoka and Arkadiusz Reikowski. Switch between the real and the spirit world, as nothing is what it seems, everything has an other side.
The Medium will release on January 28th for PC and Xbox Series X|S. If you are an Xbox Game Pass subscriber, it will be available for free on launch.
Scott Pilgram vs The World: The Game – Complete Edition
Based on the cult classic movie and comic book series, this 2D beat-em-up originally released in 2010 and will return from a long hiatus. If you liked the 90’s style side-scrolling fighters like Streets of Rage, you will love this game. With tight and addictive gameplay, there is also an awesome chip tunes style soundtrack.
Check it out from January 14th on PC, PS4, NS, Stadia, XBO.
Dragonborne
This classic handheld style JRPG, is 6-7 hours of gameplay, with puzzles, dungeons, multiple enemies, various weapon and armour upgrades. There is also a ranking system dependent on how you finish the game, various collectibles, mini quests, multiple endings and much more!!
It will be available for PC and Game Boy Color in January (TBC).
So what games are you looking forward to in 2021? Are you checking out anything you missed in 2020? Let us know in the comments.
