August is off to a bit of a slow start, but with plenty of games on the way later in the year, it makes for a good opportunity to try out some smaller indie titles, or delve into your backlog. For those interested in keeping an eye out for new releases, here's every game planned for release in August 2024. Which ones will you be picking up?

August 1

• Star Wars: Bounty Hunter (XBO, XSX/S, PS4, PS5, NS, PC) | OpenCritic Score: 64​
• Tomba! Special Edition (PS5, NS, PC)​

August 2

• World of Goo 2 (Nintendo Switch exclusive) | OpenCritic Score: 82

August 6

• Creatures of Ava (XSX/S, PC) | OpenCritic Score: 78

August 8

• Cat Quest 3 (XBO, XSX/S, PS4, PS5, NS, PC) | OpenCritic Score: 80
• Steamworld Heist 2 (XBO, XSX/S, PS4, PS5, NS, PC) | OpenCritic Score: 82
• Deathbound (XSX/S, PS5, PC) | OpenCritic Score: 62
• That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime ISEKAI Chronicles (XBO, XSX/S, PS4, PS5, NS, PC)

August 9

• The Crush House (PC)
• Ratten Reich (PC)

August 14

• Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse - Remastered (XBO, XSX/S, PS4, PS5, NS, PC)
• Streets of Rogue 2 (PC)

August 15

• Kena: Bridge of Spirits (XSX/S, XBO)

August 16

• Rugrats: Adventure in Gameland (XBO, XSX/S, PS4, PS5, NS, PC)
• Madden NFL 25 (XBO, XSX/S, PS4, PS5, PC)

August 20

• Black Myth: Wukong (PS5, XSX/S, PC)
• Dustborn (XBO, XSX/S, PS4, PS5, PC)

August 23

• Concord (PS5, PC)

August 26

• World of Warcraft: The War Within (PC)

August 27

• Core Keeper (XBO, XSX/S, PS4, PS5, NS, PC)
• The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria (XSX/S)

August 29

• Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club (Nintendo Switch exclusive)
• Vampire Survivors (PS4, PS5)
• Visions of Mana (XBO, XSX/S, PS4, PS5, PC)
• Gundam Breaker 4 (PS4, PS5, NS, PC)
• Shadow of the Ninja: Reborn (XBO, XSX/S, PS4, PS5, NS, PC)
• Akimbot (XSX/S, PS5, PC)

August 30

• Star Wars Outlaws (XSX/S, PS5, PC)

Are there any games in particular that you're excited to play on launch? If you're looking for recommendations, I can say that Core Keeper is a great game if you enjoy craft-y survival-type games. After having sunk 31 hours into it through the game's early access build, it reminded me a lot of Terraria, with a big focus on base-building, boss slaying, and general farming and crafting.

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[Costello]

great post thanks Chary!
there are several games I didn’t know about.
New lord of the rings game? I’m curious to see what this is about

 

[Dark_Ansem]

On this list, on launch, nah. Not even visions of Mana

 

[Flame]

World of goo 2?

Every day is world of goo for me.

 

[thekarter104]

I'm sure Famicom detective is not about the Japanese NES (Famicom).

Although it's a Switch exclusive lol

 

[K3Nv2]

great post thanks Chary!
there are several games I didn’t know about.
New lord of the rings game? I’m curious to see what this is about

Well ign already gave it a 4/10 but it is ign.

https://www.ign.com/articles/the-lord-of-the-rings-return-to-moria-review

 

[MaGosT]

Awsome post, would love these on a monthly basis

Also World of goo 2 isn't switch exclusive: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/world-of-goo-2

 

[Joe88]

New Rugrats game, what year is this...
And it actually looks pretty good

 

[SylverReZ]

New Rugrats game, what year is this...
And it actually looks pretty good

I watched the trailers and all for this game, looks awesome overall.

 

[yusuo]

Wukong is the only one that interests me but I'm holding out for reviews first

 

[Bladexdsl]

it's Devil's Playhouse and visions of mana for me couldn't care less about anything else.

 

[SDA]

I thought Rugrats was long dead. We had the Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance games back then, and now this?

 

[Noctosphere]

Wait a minute, is that an Xbox series X/S exclusive getting released on august 27th?
Well, that's something I never heard of before

 

[Jayro]

I like the thought of a post like this for each month on the front page. Keeps us all informed!

 

[shaunj66]

Nothing for me this month. Gen 9 gaming continues to disappoint me.

 

[roice2000]

these are the Post i like to see every month <3
the more updated, the better

 

[Scarlet]

Wait a minute, is that an Xbox series X/S exclusive getting released on august 27th?
Well, that's something I never heard of before

Not quite lol, I think it's already on Epic Games and PS5, with it coming to Steam and Xbox this month.

 

[Noctosphere]

Not quite lol, I think it's already on Epic Games and PS5, with it coming to Steam and Xbox this month.

ah, now, that explains everything

 

[BlueFox gui]

Shadow of the Ninja: Reborn
i've never seen it, but it looks awesome

 

[Marc_LFD]

Tomba. Nice.

I do wish they'd remake Tomba 1 and 2 as it's been so long and newer generations have no idea how good it is.