Best New Games Releasing This Week: July 28 – August 3

By Daniel Burrows "Windfell_" New Game Releases
28 July 2025 no comments

Explore the best new games releasing this week and find your next favorite game. From a cozy life sim to a 2D platformer, we have the best games coming this week across PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch.

Major Game Releases of the Week

FUMES

Push the pedal to the metal in FUMES, a new post-apocalyptic, fast-paced vehicular combat game coming to Steam Early Access this week. Customize your car of choice, equipping it with powerful weapons and shiny stickers before hitting the road for a fight to the death against relentless waves of enemies. Unlock new cars, defeat bosses, and kick back to the guitar-heavy soundtrack, all without loading screens.

Tales of the Shire

Tales of the Shire: A Lord of the Rings Game is a new single-player cozy life sim where you live out your fantasy of being a Hobbit. Create your own Hobbit and live the life of relaxation in Bywater, fishing, trading, picking fruits, gardening, and decorating your Hobbit hole.

Grounded 2

Obsidian Entertainment is back with Grounded 2, the long-awaited sequel to 2022’s open-world survival crafting game, where you play as a shrunken character in a dangerous world of bugs. Build, craft, explore, and hatch your own insect friends that you can ride in this thrilling action-adventure game.

SWAT Commander

Join the Special Weapons and Tactics Unit and issue the commands in SWAT Commander. Dive into intense and dangerous scenarios, including robberies, gang wars, and hostage situations, with your highly-trained squad, equipping them with weapons and customizing their gear to be ready for every situation. Go at it alone or join up with friends in five-player online co-op as you plan, execute, and come home safe.

NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound

NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound launches this week on PC. From the team behind Blasphemous, The Game Kitchen, this side-scrolling 2D platformer blends the series’ 8-bit and modern eras to deliver a fast-paced, all-action title for old and new players. Easy to learn, hard to master, NINJA GAIDEN: Rebound delivers on its promise to offer old-school gameplay with brand-new polish.

• FUMES (28/7 PC)
• Tales of the Shire (29/7 PC/PS5/Xbox Series X|S/Switch)
• Grounded 2 PC/Xbox Series X|S)
• SWAT Commander  (31/7 PC)
• NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound (31/7 PC)

Monday, July 28

FUMES

Tuesday, July 29

Tales of the Shire

Grounded 2

Thursday, July 31

SWAT Commander

NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound

Daniel Burrows "Windfell_"

Fueled by a passion for gaming and the ever-evolving world of gaming news, Daniel loves connecting with seasoned and new players to bring games to life on the page, exploring their narratives and gaming trends. A self-published fiction and fantasy author, Daniel has nearly 20 years of experience writing gaming news and a love for storytelling that drives his enthusiasm to deliver breaking news, in-depth analysis, and industry innovations. You will find him in-game as "Windfell."