Bethesda Softworks officially announced The Elder Scrolls 6 with a teaser trailer on June 10, 2018. However, there has been precious little new information since that announcement, and nothing indicates that the game will be here any time soon. With Bethesda focused on Starfield and no release date on the horizon, the next Elder Scrolls game seems depressingly far off. Optimistic estimates suggest that the highly-anticipated sequel to Skyrim might not arrive until sometime in 2026 or 2027.
That’s a long way off, and the continued wait will be frustrating for many Elder Scrolls fans. Fortunately, plenty of other big games are coming down the industry pipeline, many of which are likely to be released before anyone gets their hands on The Elder Scrolls 6. However, whether that gives fans something else to look forward to or reminds them how long they must wait for a new Elder Scrolls is a matter of opinion.
Highly Anticipated Games Releasing in 2023
Plenty of anticipated games are coming this year, including Hogwarts Legacy, Atomic Hearts, Company of Heroes 3, and Octopath Traveler 2 in February. Other notable examples include the horror game Sons of the Forest 2, the Bayonetta spinoff Bayonetta Origins, and the long-awaited Dead Island 2 and Diablo 4. Below are all the big games with confirmed release dates between February and August 2023. Note that Amnesia: The Bunker, Robocop: Rogue City, and Baldur’s Gate 3 have release windows but no specific release date.
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Game |
Platform |
Release Date |
|---|---|---|
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Hogwarts Legacy |
PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
February 10 on PC, PS5, Xbox SeriesX/S, April 4 on PS4, Xbox One, July 25 on Switch |
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Tales of Symphonia Remastered |
Switch, PS4, Xbox One |
February 17 |
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Wild Hearts |
PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S |
February 17 |
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Atomic Heart |
PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
February 21 |
|
Like a Dragon: Ishin! remake |
PS4, PS5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
February 21 |
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Company of Heroes 3 |
PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S |
February 23 on PC, consoles TBA |
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Sons of the Forest |
PC |
February 23 |
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Octopath Traveler 2 |
PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
February 28 |
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Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse |
PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Series X/S |
March 9 |
|
Switch |
March 17 |
|
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Resident Evil 4 remake |
PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S |
March 24 |
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System Shock remake |
PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
March |
|
Amnesia: The Bunker |
PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S |
March |
|
Minecraft Legends |
PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
April 18 |
|
Dune: Spice Wars |
PC |
April 26 |
|
Dead Island 2 |
PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X |
April 28 |
|
Redfall |
PC, Xbox Series X/S |
May 2 |
|
Street Fighter 6 |
PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S |
June 2 |
|
Diablo 4 |
PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
June 6 |
|
Final Fantasy 16 |
PS5 |
June 22 |
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Robocop: Rogue City |
PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
June |
|
Baldur’s Gate 3 |
PC |
August |
If The Elder Scrolls 6 Releases after 2023
Not every game coming this year has a release date just yet. However, barring some genuinely catastrophic delays, all these titles should hit shelves and digital storefronts long before The Elder Scrolls 6 is ready for launch. Notable examples include Alan Wake 2, Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth, STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl, Hollow Knight: Silksong, and From Software’s Armored Core 6. There’s also a decent number of strategy games on this list, with Aliens: Dark Descent, Homeworld 3, Pikmin 4, and Tempest Rising launching in 2023. TES6 publisher Bethesda also plans to release Starfield and Redfall this year.
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Game |
Platform |
|---|---|
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Alan Wake 2 |
PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S |
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Ark 2 |
PC, Xbox Series X/S |
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Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon |
PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
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Assassin's Creed: Mirage |
Luna, PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S |
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Blasphemous 2 |
PC |
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Convergence: A League of Legends Story |
PC |
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Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story |
PC |
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Disney Dreamlight Valley |
PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
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Fate/Samurai Remnant |
PC, PS4, PS5, Switch |
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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth |
PS5 |
|
Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn |
PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
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For the King 2 |
PC |
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Forza Motorsport |
PC, Xbox Series X/S |
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Judas |
PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S |
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Hellboy: Web of Wyrd |
PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
|
PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
|
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Hollow Knight: Silksong |
PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
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Homeworld 3 |
PC |
|
Kerbal Space Program 2 |
PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
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Layers of Fears |
PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S |
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Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name |
PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
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Lollypop Chainsaw remake |
PS5, Xbox Series X/S |
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The Lords of the Fallen |
PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S |
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Mortal Kombat: Onslaught |
Android, iOS |
|
Payday 3 |
PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
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Pikmin 4 |
Switch |
|
Remnant 2 |
PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S |
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STALKER 2 |
PC, Xbox Series X/S |
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Starfield |
PC, Xbox Series X/S |
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Star Wars: Hunters |
Android, iOS, Switch |
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Tom Clancy's The Division: Heartland |
PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre |
PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
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The Wolf Among Us 2 |
PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
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Valheim |
PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S |
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Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun |
PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Series X/S |
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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 |
PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S |
If the Elder Scrolls 6 Releases After 2025
During a November 2021 interview on IGN Unfiltered, Todd Howard explained that fans should expect a gap of around 15 years between Elder Scrolls games. He also noted that game’s on the scale of Skyrim typically take Bethesda around four to five years to develop. This is why some predict The Elder Scrolls 6 won’t launch until 2026 at the absolute earliest. That means any game launching in the next two years has a good chance of making it out the door while TES6 is still putting on its shoes.
While there will no doubt be many big games coming in 2024 and 2025, most don’t have public release windows yet. Exceptions include highly anticipated games like Spider’s GreedFall 2, the Yakuza spin-off Like a Dragon 8, and Instinction, an FPS inspired by the legendary Dino Crisis series. While 2025 is a long way off, all three titles will most likely come out well before The Elder Scrolls 6.
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Game |
Platform |
Year |
|---|---|---|
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PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
2024 |
|
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Like a Dragon 8 |
PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
2024 |
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Instinction |
PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
2025 |
Other Highly Anticipated Games Likely to Come out Before the Elder Scrolls 6
Not every game in development has a clear release window, or at least not one that’s publicly available. Not all of these games are guaranteed to launch before The Elder Scrolls 6 like Fable 4 is, while others might secretly only be a few months away. However, any officially announced games have a fair chance of releasing before the Elder Scrolls 6 launches sometime in 2026 or 2027.
A few of these upcoming games don’t even have official titles, such as the three Assassin’s Creed games and a new Tomb Raider game. Also on this list are games such as Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, the first-person action RPG Avowed, and the long-awaited Beyond Good and Evil 2. Other examples include highly anticipated sequels such as Remedy’s Control 2, Hexworks and Defiant Studios’ The Lords of the Fallen, BioWare’s Dragon Age: Dreadwolf, Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding 2, and Supergiant Games’ first-ever sequel, Hades.
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Game |
Platform |
|---|---|
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Alone in the Dark remake |
PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S |
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Assassin’s Creed Codename Red |
TBA |
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Assassin’s Creed Codename Hexe |
TBA |
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Assassin’s Creed Codenamed Jade |
Android, iOS |
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Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora |
Luna, PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S |
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Avowed |
PC, Xbox Series X/S |
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Beyond Good and Evil 2 |
PC, PS4, Xbox One |
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Braid Anniversary Edition |
PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
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Contraband |
PC, Xbox Series X/S |
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Control 2 |
PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S |
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Crysis 4 |
PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S |
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The Dark Pictures Anthology: Directive 8020 |
TBA |
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Death Stranding 2 |
PS5 |
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Dragon Age: Dreadwolf |
PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
|
Dragon’s Dogma 2 |
TBA |
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Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D remake |
TBA |
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Dune: Awakening |
PC |
|
Earthworm Jim 4 |
TBA |
|
Everwild |
PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
|
Untitled Fatal Fury game |
TBA |
|
Fable 4 |
PC, Xbox Series X/S |
|
Frostpunk 2 |
PC |
|
TBA |
|
|
Hades 2 |
TBA |
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Untitled Indiana Jones game |
PC, Xbox Series X/S |
|
Jagged Alliance 3 |
PC |
|
Kingdom Hearts IV |
TBA |
|
The Last of Us multiplayer game |
TBA |
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Marvel’s Wolverine |
PS5 |
|
Outcast 2: A New Beginning |
PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S |
|
The Outer Worlds 2 |
PC, Xbox Series X/S |
|
Path of Exile 2 |
PC, PS4, Xbox One |
|
Perfect Dark |
PC, Xbox Series X/S |
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Persona 6 |
TBA |
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Silent Hill 2 remake |
PC, PS5 |
|
Silent Hill f |
PS5 |
|
Silent Hill: Townfall |
PS5 |
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Star Citizen |
PC |
|
Star Trek: Resurgence |
PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
|
Star Wars: Eclipse |
TBA |
|
State of Decay 3 |
PC, Xbox Series X/S |
|
Stormgate |
PC |
|
Tekken 8 |
PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S |
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Tempest Rising |
PC |
|
Untitled Timesplitters game |
TBA |
|
Untitled Tomb Raider game |
TBA |
|
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell remake |
PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S |
|
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 |
PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
|
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader |
PC, PS4, Xbox One |
|
The Witcher 4 |
TBA |
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The Witcher remake |
TBA |
|
Wonder Woman |
TBA |
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XDefiant |
Luna, PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |