The Best & Most Exciting New RPGs In 2024 & 2025 | Ultimate Upcoming Games

[@GamerZakh]

You want some RPG? I've found a few you might like. If you want to support, buy any game using this GOG referral link: af.gog.com/?as=1715648857 Thank you!

[@ChadBurdette88]

I love the list man! Thank you. Have you have played Dungeon Siege 1-3 back in the day? If so, based on those games, what would you recommend that’s out or coming other that is the closest to those games??

[@savosarven458]

I greatly appreciate the grouped and timestamped description !

[@GamerZakh]

Thanks! Luckily it's less than 100 games this time so I'm not hitting the timestamp limit.

[@deenman23]

@@GamerZakh theres a timestamp limit?LOL

[@GamerZakh]

@@deenman23 Yeah my simulation megalist had 118 games and I found if you have more than 100 timestamps it doesn't put the dividers on the bar.

[@deenman23]

@@GamerZakh i cant imagine why this is a thing lol

[@icfzombra3993]

Wow. So much work gone into this. Very appreciated!

[@tygirwulf]

Videos like this are why you're one of my favorite youtubers! I have to break them up in several watch sessions because life happens, but I look forward to these so much. So far I have wish-listed almost every game, or already had them wish-listed on steam.

[@GamerZakh]

Thank you, that's really kind of you to say. I'm glad you're enjoying it!

[@musguera]

Between my backlog, my wishlist and this list of future games, I need around 3 or 4 lifetimes to play them all.

[@deenman23]

wtb 48 hour days

[@argotheslicer1654]

3 to 4 hundred thousand

[@thrax1920]

This video is a PhD research.

[@MrGtotheizzo]

This must have been the most extensive list I've seen in years. Great for blowing up my Steam wishlist beyond epic proportions.

[@GamerZakh]

This year I've found a way to cover more games than ever before, so I also figured I should compile everything into megalists for 'definitive' references. I think I've listed like 3-400 games for 2024 so far. Glad you're finding some new ones.

[@thompsonjerrell]

Dude. You’re the best. Every time I’ve see a new game coming out a while back and can’t remember it, I come to your channel and find it. This time it was SacriFire.

[@GamerZakh]

Glad I could help! I do try to be as comprehensive as possible.

[@vonthebarbarian]

Thank you Zakh. I'm a huge lover of first person RPGs. Didn't know about a few of these like Berlin 2087 and Archaelund. I salute ya! :)

[@mikehole1100]

This is excellent! It serves as inspiration and reminder, as well as a great kinda cosy 2nd screen talkie-talkie.. Two thumbs up!

[@markam67]

Awesome job Zakh great collection of coming RPGs

[@GamerZakh]

Thank you!

[@markam67]

@@GamerZakh still working through the whole list it is impressively huge!

[@cristitanase6130]

Amazing list as always! So many new and interesting games! Thank you for your effort!

[@GamerZakh]

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@mikhailelizarov702]

Thank you so much for your reviews! Your videos are usually the best of the best for the upcoming games. 80% of my Wishlist on Steam is made based on your videos.

[@GamerZakh]

I'm glad you're finding them useful! I do go through so many games to put this together.

[@speedknob]

I truly appreciate your attention to detail, and that you display the title of the game while it is being discussed. Thank you, friend.

[@nathanvictor7654]

Bro, I'm getting in the 30 minute mark, but I already discovered so many games that look awesome. What a great video, thank you!

[@GamerZakh]

Glad you found some new ones! It takes me a long time to research all these.

[@jjforcebreaker]

A truly magnificent compilation, thanks for making it!

[@midknightgeek6629]

Thank you very much! Appreciate the list and the time & effort! 😎👍

Man, you are the BEST I asked for this months ago when you did the cozy games list. Thank you!!!

[@WillyMacShow]

This is sick. Make a multiplayer coop games list next

[@GamerZakh]

I'm actually working on a coop list right now

[@bat78827]

@@GamerZakh that's awesome!

[@NeoN-PeoN]

Oh snap, it's WILLY MAC!

[@mikehole1100]

@@GamerZakh I concur with bat78827, that *is* awesome!

[@purgedome2386]

Hehe.. a huge list. I'll probably be referencing this list quite a few times. Really nice work Zakh. There is quite few that interests me and I haven't even watched a 4th of list.. lol I stopped at Gothic 1 remake for the day.. and yep.. big fan ;p of the Gothic universe and so I'm really interested in it. Alaloth interests me too but I think I've already heard of it and just forgot about it.. actually I think I forgot about a lot of upcoming games.. and it seems like a lot are coming out right now :D Also big fan of the ronin/Japanese genre in the list.

[@mesarthim640]

Thanks Zakh !! Lots of games I haven't heard about. Dragonhold seems pretty fun, followed it on steam. Crimson desert aaah that I'm also cautiously hyped, could be amazing just like Where Winds Meet, I don't know if you've looked more careful at everything the game promises? It's just crazy ! Could be my number one game of 2024 and over but I'll try stop hyping even if people who played it said it was amazing.

[@mattomwit]

Thank you for the list. There are a lot of good titles. Good to see RPGs and tactical games returning.

[@old_scaly]

Loved this video. Would love to see a roundup of skill-based (as opposed to class-based) RPGs on the horizon -- I love games with deep customization, but many games that are marketed that way seem to lean more into customizing appearance more than anything. Again, awesome vid!

[@Nighthearted]

I was gonna skip the first person section, not really my cup of tea for RPGs. But Neo Berlin was a pleasant surprise! I wish every dev would give us a toggle option like that, at least in RPGs. Mods aren't always an option/available and I think this is a form of accessibility if anything, more than preference. Very nice list, a lot of new titles to me. Thanks!

[@panagiotiskokkaliaris9047]

Your list is amazing !!! Thank you

[@GamerZakh]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@thedevolis]

Thumbs up only for the timestamps! You put a lot of work in it!

[@GamerZakh]

@@thedevolis Thanks! I try my best, glad you found it useful.

[@8Paul7]

Crazy video. The amount of games being made is just insane - I wonder how many will even make back their budgets - I would guess 10% at most, probably less. Feels like we might be better served if lot of the people making games did something else, as harsh as it sounds. Anyway, for me most anticipated ones are Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, Bloodlines 2, Gothic Remake, Avowed, DA Dreadwolf and Wukong. I am also curious about New Arc Line and Thaumaturge. Neo Berlin and Repo Man looks weirdly good considering I never heard of them. Oh and Felvidek is pure bad assery.

[@GamerZakh]

General rule based on my experience, of the games I end up listing, 10% will be actually like a full-on success. 70% will be okay, not failures but they don't blow up. 20% usually fail, those would be games that get cancelled or die on launch. That's not counting all the games I don't list. And this is a good thing because you cannot have diamonds without the rough. You don't get good games unless they're built on a mountain of bad games. When there are no bad games, there's no competition and the genre is dead. You need grassroots for others to grow taller.

[@8Paul7]

@@GamerZakh good point, but I think the issue is also that there are many, many good-to-great games that are also failing commercially these days. Alone in the Dark, Outcast 2 or even listed Thaumaturge come to mind off the top of my head. I feel like there is too many people making games for the amount of people actually buying them (also because huge part of the market is captured by stuff like Fortnite and other GaaSes).

[@GamerZakh]

@@8Paul7 Yeah but that's always been the case, it's just we've forgotten all the games that failed in the past. We remember Starcraft, but forget Warbreeds. We remember Impossible Creatures, but forget Dominant Species. So when we think back it seems like it was all good but that good was still built on a mountain of bad.

[@BlueSkyBringsTears]

When you combine different recordings together like this it really highlights how often you do the "some people may not like pixel art" spiel and perhaps you've just seen a lot of people complaining in the past but it feels a little overblown.

[@GamerZakh]

Yes but also consider, this is so far the only video where no one is complaining about pixel art, so apparently this is how much I have to reinforce it for them to stop complaining lol.

[@jessemerriman460]

What a fantastic compilation. I think I've just added $300 to my steam wishlist

[@GamerZakh]

Apologies for your wallet

[@LieutenantRandom]

Oh no. My steam wishlist just got a lot longer and my freetime will alrady be planed for the next forseeable future. XD Thx for the list. A lot would have flown under my radar.

[@GamerZakh]

Sorry for your wallet haha, glad you found some new ones!

[@DrakeGamer85]

Swordhaven looks neat - its like the isometric RPG games Pillars of Eternity 1 & 2, Pathfinder, and so forth, that sprung up from the classic Baldur's Gate and Icewind games, only with full 3d graphics and a full 360 camera view. I think I might wishlist that one! 😃

[@El_Paauwe]

Great information, great video, thanks, this is a lot of work.

[@samrester6254]

Wow. A lot of effort here. Greatly appreciated. /Subbed

[@GamerZakh]

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@pumpkin8576]

probably the best rpg list i've seen

[@GamerZakh]

Thank you!

[@owlthemolfar4690]

Thank you for the video! Hmmm...... Will the New Arc Line scratch my Arcanum itch....

[@maggir8220]

Again a great video! Thank you for all the work

[@GamerZakh]

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it

[@ravenroc1784]

Very interesting! I haven't heard of any of these. I don't browse steam anymore too much garbage. Thanks for covering these!

[@GamerZakh]

Glad you enjoyed it! Yeah I go through so many games to pick these out.

[@DemonOfMirkwood]

1:31:03 Sadly delay for poe2 beta announced last league launch. Beta will be december 2024, still 2024 so yeah works for the list.

[@darencree9959]

I find Tainted Grail much more Skyrim-like than Avowed.

[@unasapres]

Very well done video. Got a lot of good info out of this one.

[@veganman2945]

Thank you for this very informative video. I would have liked you to mention if you can play any of these games with friends, as I never game solo. Good job.

[@Bronkowitsch]

Awesome work! You've got my subscription.

[@freemanagamestudio]

Great list, very informative. I can only hope that in time you'll consider doing a 'soulslike' RPG list - and perhaps even include indie RPGsoulslike games like Deathbound, Kristala and my own title - Codex Lost.

[@Napoleonic_S]

I didn't know about neo berlin and repo man, thanks for that...

[@Grandmastergav86]

Wow, that's quite the list, Zakh!

[@corey2232]

Just a semi-correction - We didn't know about Avowed until after Microsoft bought Obsidian, though Bethesda was certainly bought afterwards.

[@lazyking7444]

Thx, a few hidden gems in this vid.

[@GamerZakh]

Glad you found some new ones!

[@bsdpowa]

This is exactly what I needed, thank you!

[@luisfbjunqueira5837]

Thank you for the list!

[@GamerZakh]

Hey glad you enjoyed it!

[@AzimovTube]

Oh damn it's another monster. Appreciate just how much time it must take to make one of these. Still got the strategy one open in a tab to finish off.

[@GamerZakh]

Haha I do like compiling the megalists because it really does show how much I've researched once I put it all together. I'm glad you're enjoying them!

[@seiyaconruedas]

What a time to be alive!

[@300SonsofOdin]

"You have to be into dragons" - Zakh Who the heck is not into dragons?! Dragons are awesome! The staple of fantasy! The first thing people think of when they hear the word "Fantasy" are Knights and Dragons!

[@andreichetan4694]

With so much game info. 200% sub. Ty very much😊

[@GamerZakh]

Thank you! I'm glad you're enjoying it

[@Baraz_Red]

Drova looks like a cool adventure/action RPG.

[@EdwinDaBrwedwin]

dope video. This is a long shot but do you remember a game from late 90's early 2000's, it was a bit like spell force having a main hero/lord and had other creatures to fight with you but you only had 6/8 slots in a formation around said lord/hero and i don't think you built buildings rather you explored towns, caves ect for resources extra monsters. ive been trying to remember from a vague memory for years

[@GamerZakh]

The closest I have played for something like that would be Age of Wonders or HoMM.

[@ryancreagh9796]

Great video, thanks! Take a like

[@alphamaster2]

Impressive compilation

[@GamerZakh]

Thanks!

[@khan3233]

Great Content!! First time seeing the channel! Commenting for the algorithm!!!

[@darklordyianni4463]

Best vid EVER.

[@perer005]

Great stuff! Kind of funny how so many CRPGs have very similar descriptions. Choices anyone?

[@gamingtonight1526]

Metaphor now has a release date on Steam of October 11th! I would also like to see more turn-based, party based, cRPGs, rather than all these flashy real-time almost shooter adventures! For Unicorn Overlord and other games like it, seem to use the "Me Go - You Go". This is the closest to real battles, as you set your army off, and then hope it goes to plan, and the enemy move where you think they will. The old game "Combat Mission" had this system.

[@AtreyusNinja]

hype for avowed, played poe1 and poe2, can't wait

[@Nergal134]

That's a lot of games to look forward to, jesus christ.

[@GamerZakh]

You should see how many I didn't list.

[@olgavasyukevich4053]

Your vid is very awesome! Much thanks, such appreciation!

[@DandyDev]

Overall this is a great overview of upcoming RPGs. What I don't get though, is why quite some of the segments are outdated when it comes to releases. Example: you are skeptical about Last Epoch because it's been in Early Access for so long and you mention it might release in February 2024. But by the time you released this video (about a week ago), Last Epoch has long since gone out of Early Access and had a successful release. This makes some segments misleading. I get that it takes a long time to craft videos like these, and the world has changed since you started making this video. But it would have helped if you had edited the video and at least added textual information with updates on top of your spoken narrative.

[@GamerZakh]

Ah because I'm a solo creator and it takes me many months to make a video like this. I release parts as I complete them then try to update and compile a 'megalist' to cover everything once I finish the full list. I try to edit it with the latest info but it's a LOT. I actually edited and re-recorded many segments but it's easy to miss things. There's a reason no other creator does this, I'm trying to do what is generally impossible unless you have a team. Having said that, I did re-edit the Last Epoch segment and the only problem with it right now is that it's talking about the release in the future tense. I don't express much scepticism about it, I'm just saying it has been in early access for a long time and that it's releasing in February, and it did release in Feb so that's still right. I didn't have time to fix all the tenses throughout the video, but the content for Last Epoch is accurate outside of it went from 20K user reviews to 80K. If you infer a bit, then you'll know Feb was in the past and that it would be like watching an older video later. Basically, change the release date of this video to January and you wouldn't have a problem watching this today. I wish I could do this by January but this video exists like this or not at all. Because to fix every problem would mean I'd not be able to do anything else with my time and the list would be way too late. Rough estimate, it takes about 40-60 work hours to make a single normal list video, meaning this video is between 240-420 work hours. So that's like 3 months of full time work if I was doing literally nothing else and I can tell you, this video won't pay 3 months of rent lol.

[@mehmetbekirbirden6858]

There was an isometic rpg, with bubblehead like view. Forgot the name now but that looks like a great one too. The guy was waiting a bettle like car to pick him in the trailer.

[@mehmetbekirbirden6858]

I found! Little Devil Inside!

[@mariofisher6340]

Can't wait to play new arc line I'm a big fan of arcanum

[@nurgleschosen8145]

O great Gamerzack. I have recently gone into my exam session and i feel drained. Have you got any good and relaxing city builders to play?

[@GamerZakh]

Hmm relaxing city builders? Does it have to be city-building? Because I took a break recently and played through 3 years of Stardew Valley to relax haha. But if you're looking for a builder specifically, I'm not sure how relaxing you're looking for. Maybe Pioneers of Pagonia, Fabledom, or really Manor Lords can be quite relaxing for new city-builders. Sometimes I find going old school is pretty relaxing and I would boot up something like SimCity 2000 or SC4.

[@nurgleschosen8145]

@@GamerZakh cheers, maybe I'll give Stardew valley a try, I've never really thought about it. But I think I'll see how Manor Lord's is like. But I guess it doesn't have to be a city builders, it's just what makes me feel happy when I make an efficient city with a good economy. You know emperor Rise of the middle kingdom could also work. Thanks man!

[@PY5RA]

Wuthering Waves came out last week. Note; there's no freedom about it in the game apart from it being an open-world gacha game.

[@sylphire22]

Hey GamerZakh. Have you ever covered the Daggerfall spiritual successor called The Wayward Realms? The Kickstarter only opened up a couple days ago and it's getting close to being fully funded!

[@GamerZakh]

I have covered it quite a bit, there's a short mention of it in this video too. I'm very curious about how it'll turn out.

[@wsk1124]

You know how difficult to do a title video like this? So much title involve many research and editting. Those who watch this better subscribe and give a like. You own Zakh that much.

[@GamerZakh]

Thank you! That's really kind of you to say.

[@hummingbirdcity]

I subscribed for it.

[@norseman325]

@GamerZakh Wayward realms has a Kickstarter out now. Are you planning on covering it?

[@GamerZakh]

I generally don't cover Kickstarters. I have talked about and promoted Wayward Realms a great deal for years now. If it can't hit it's goal at this point then something is very wrong. Looking at it, it seems it'll hit the goal no problem. Beyond that, they need to be able to stand on their own.

[@Gamer9o]

" i dont want game mechanics to be copyrighted" oh boy did this line age well ... xD

[@SubzeroCage]

Guild Saga looks sweet

[@JspoonG]

4:06 I disagree. It used to be that the number of weak titles per good one was much less than now. Digital distribution and platforms like steam make it easier for clumsy developers to publish their “works”. The best games are from the end of 90's and early 00's

[@GamerZakh]

You're not disagreeing with anything I said, I never said there are fewer bad games today or that the ratio is the same or better now. I said it wasn't all good in the 90s and before, and that there were a lot of bad games back then and even the good games had problems. I don't think you disagree with that? Because that's how it was. Yeah the ratio is worse now, but also the total amount of good games today is WAY above what it was in the 90s, but we're not disagreeing on anything.

[@TheGrego011]

Swordhaven looks pretty awesome, im withdrawing from BG3 still...

[@corpsmanchris1]

Never forget how Bioware stole money and abandoned Anthem

35:05 Dragonhold team please I don''t wanna ride a Dragon I want to BECOME ONE.

[@Čangrizavi_Cinik]

What is your fav first person (shooter) RPG game? I have always liked games like Mass Effect, Deus ex, Cyberpunk 2077.

[@Idolismo]

Damn Zakh. That's a long list. As much as I want a proper vampire RPG I have little to no faith VTMB2 will deliver anything of substance let alone hold a candle to the first game.

[@Welther47]

All I'm really interested in is another Planescape Torment, Disco Elysium, Deus Ex. Story and lore over combat. It's nice being able to resolve problems with violence, and it's nice not playing as a predefined character; that's why I'm not looking for adventure/puzzle games.

[@GamerZakh]

@@Welther47 The classic RPG section would be for you then, most of those are trying to do that.

[@bwalker77]

How much time does it take to make one of those lists? There's a few games in there that are already released, but I won't hold it against you since it's an awful lot of RPGs to research and list. If I were a game maker releasing a RPG in 2024 and I didn't even make any of your lists, I would feel really bad about my chances of success, lol.

[@GamerZakh]

For this kind of list, it's put together over many months, which is why the phrasing is sometimes a bit off when this final version is finally made. I try to fix it with a few run throughs in editing. Generally though I still keep the curation updated and although some of these have already released I'm keeping this as a '2024' list, so even those that have released can stay. But games that released end of 2023 have been removed.

[@RawRustTW8253]

How long did this take to import to KZbin?

[@GamerZakh]

Do you mean how long did it take me to make this?

[@JohnLankford12]

nice video

[@patrickgono6043]

I had the video running in the background, and around @1:08:50 I hear "you're supposed to unite *whales* against the English [...] so it is pretty historical" I had to switch tabs to double check lol. It would be a cool game concept tho, uniting marine life to fight whalers and fishers. Kind of like the novel "the Swarm".

[@igoromelchenko3482]

I would love to play an anarcho-RPG for once, where the goal is to bring anarchy into the world instead of order and monarchical rule. For a change... you know...

[@PinWriter]

Crimson Desert resembles BDO, which it is... huh neat!

[@crappygamer4927]

Subbed

[@ravenshrike]

Hopefully New Arc Line will be less buggy than Arcanum was.

[@HiddenAdept]

Surprised this list doesn't have Shin Megami Tensei V Vengeance. It was still upcoming when this video dropped and now that I've played it a fair bit it's definitely in the running for GOTY for me. The demon recruitment and huge amount of resulting customization mechanically combined with amazing art design make it a must play.

[@GamerZakh]

@@HiddenAdept I don't usually list enhancements of games unless they're something more notable. Shin Megami Tensei V released 3 years ago, so it's not a new or upcoming game. Yeah Vengeance is an enhancement but it's not even to the level of being a remaster, plus I don't even list remasters as upcoming games either unless they're of a very old game. Gothic is here because it's a whole remake from the ground up of a very old game. I also list Age of Mythology in my strategy list because that's a huge rebuild of a very old game. Vengeance is just a sizeable update of a 3 year old game, I wouldn't say that's a whole new upcoming game.

[@HiddenAdept]

@@GamerZakh Well the original release was Switch exclusive. For people with zero interest in the Nintendo Switch like myself it's basically the original release lol

[@GamerZakh]

@@HiddenAdept Haha yeah I get that, though to be fair for all I don't list new platform releases for other games too. Like I don't list the FF7 Remake episodes when they come to PC either.

[@Sisterofthesea]

for last epoch, you say "it will be released February 2024", wich is obviously passed. Similar things happen with a few other games. Are those games already released then, or were the delayed?

[@GamerZakh]

This video was made in parts over the course of months, so sometimes something I already recorded is phrased a bit off. Last Epoch did indeed release in February.

[@Sisterofthesea]

@@GamerZakh thanks for the clarification!

[@77Arcturus]

A most magnificent list of abundance and greatness. Thank you for all the time and research in making this inspiring list of gaming happiness possible oh masterful GamerZakh friend to gamers the world over! ☕

[@TimSedai]

I just want to finish Unicorn Overlord and Eiyuden Chronicles before Refantazio drops lol

[@GamerZakh]

Haha keeping up with all the games releasing is a challenge itself

[@awrawrwar]

42:00 I dunno when you recorded this video, but as of your video going up, Wuthering Waves is out. It's been out since 22nd of May. Combat feels as slick as it seems, as is the ease of traversing the map. Story is ... forgettable, honestly. It's had some serious performance issues that Kuro is working on fixing on. It's also a gacha game, if that's a major no no for you. That said, now is a good time to start though, because Kuro has been pouring out in-game rewards as apologies for numerous in-game issues big and small.

[@GamerZakh]

Thanks for the update and details! I produce this video over many months, impossible for me to get this all together by myself in a reasonable time. I try to fix outdated recordings but sometimes I miss them, which is why phrasing can be a bit off or a little dated. I was fixing things through the end of May yes.

[@larsschulze2799]

Crimson Desert looks like something PA definitely could pull off. It's very far down in my list for worrisome games

[@GamerZakh]

I've seen dozens of games go through the process of "no worries" to "complete disappointment" over the year. Few updates, no real gameplay footage, long periods of silence. For something like that I can't give full confidence to because they aren't showing full confidence.

[@raskolnikov6443]

Kingdom come deliverance 2 is all I care for

[@GatochanBolivia]

My recomended games in this list: PATH OF EXILE 2, TOWERS OF AGHASBA, BLACK MYTH WUKONG. Games that im interested: NO REST FOR THE WICKED, NEW ARC LINE, KINGDOM COME DELIVERANCE 2 Thats it :3 you can watch my comment afterr 2 years and tell me if i was wrong (some games life final fantasy remake and dragon dogma are already done, so im not counting on them.) REGARDS.

[@eugensteshak2232]

ty

[@wasfureinbua]

very coool video

[@kabiebebe2332]

80 rpg in 2024 Zakh definitly possed by Tawereth 😅😅