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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[Xzi]

black myth just released a benchmark test
well i don't know what fucking beast of a machine you need to play it at max with RT on but even mine couldn't cut it!

No surprise there, RT is a huge drain on performance even in games that look a lot worse than this one. Definitely not something I'd bother with in an action or soulslike game. Managed 75 FPS average with DLSS on the quality setting (66), so I'm pretty happy with that. Might even roll with DLSS closer to balanced to get some extra frames out of it, 90 FPS would be nice.

 

[hybori]

No surprise there, RT is a huge drain on performance even in games that look a lot worse than this one. Definitely not something I'd bother with in an action or soulslike game. Managed 75 FPS average with DLSS on the quality setting (66), so I'm pretty happy with that. Might even roll with DLSS closer to balanced to get some extra frames out of it, 90 FPS would be nice.

I need to save up for a new RTX 40 PC. This one managed to get on High with frame gen on at 1440p which is pretty amazing but It's hard to compare the high, very high and cinematic look. 60fps locked is fine with me

Which graphic quality did you set? was it on cinematic?

 

[Bladexdsl]

I need to save up for a new RTX 40 PC. This one managed to get on High with frame gen on at 1440p which is pretty amazing but It's hard to compare the high, very high and cinematic look. 60fps locked is fine with me

someone posted their results with a 4080 even that couldn't do it! this guy is saying they have to drop to 1080p to play with RT on here's their results

i don't think a computer exists or can be built in our time that you could play this on max settings. they have exceeded crysis!

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No surprise there, RT is a huge drain on performance even in games that look a lot worse than this one. Definitely not something I'd bother with in an action or soulslike game.

it's a matter of pride knowing your machine can handle it though..

 

[gaga941021]

What are you even talking about? I am obviously talking about concord since it's a multiplayer game and I said not sure about Black Myth being good yet till I am sold.

My brother, I am blind as shit. Did not see Concord in your comment at the time. My bad.

 

[Xzi]

Which graphic quality did you set? was it on cinematic?

Mix of high and very high settings, not on cinematic.

i don't think a computer exists or can be built in our time that you could play this on max settings. they have exceeded crysis!

UE5 is still in its infancy, so while the games do look great, there's still plenty of room for optimization.

it's a matter of pride knowing your machine can handle it though..

Meh I'd still be using my GTX 1080ti if it was DLSS enabled. I pride myself more on getting the best value in terms of price to performance ratio.

 

[hybori]

someone posted their results with a 4080 even that couldn't do it! this guy is saying they have to drop to 1080p to play with RT on here's their results

i don't think a computer exists or can be built in our time that you could play this on max settings. they have exceeded crysis!

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it's a matter of pride knowing your machine can handle it though..

Yikes. I don't need RT on but still, I was planning to get a 4080 next year. I have a mini portable monitor so maybe 1080p isn't that bad

Mix of high and very high settings, not on cinematic.

Same here except shadows on med. RTX 20 series and it reaches like 50-60fps with frame gen on. I really don't want it to just be on high settings not sure how big a difference high, very high and cinematic is