Best New Games Releasing This Week: January 5 – 11

By Daniel Burrows "Windfell_" New Game Releases
5 January 2026 no comments

Explore the best new games releasing this week and discover your next favorite game. Compare prices of thousands of game key deals and save money on your next purchase.

Major Game Releases of the Week

DuneCrawl

Command a gigantic crustacean fortress through open-world deserts and man the cannons with friends to crush the Ceramicist’s invasion in DuneCrawl, a co-op, chaotic action-adventure. Customize your crawler’s arsenal and launch daring boarding actions to dominate the sandy seas in a seamless mix of vehicular combat and swashbuckling exploration.

Havenhold

Dominate the battlefield in Havenhold, a mythic action sandbox MMO where rival warrior monks clash in massive 20v20 siege wars. Master directional combat and wield Primordial Avatars to crush enemy factions and claim the sacred peak in a player-driven economy built on total conquest.

Past Fate

Chart your own course through Past Fate, a savage medieval open world where you recruit mercenaries, build fleets, and conquer islands in this freedom-focused MMORPG. Master distinct classes and dominate visceral real-time combat to carve your name into a realm of endless faction warfare.

Ancient Farm

Transform a barren plot into a sprawling agricultural estate under the ancient Egyptian sun as you cultivate crops, tend livestock, and construct grand temples by hand in Ancient Farm. Master manual farming techniques and refine your raw harvests into valuable trade goods to build a thriving economy without any modern automation.

Pathologic 3

In Pathologic 3, you step into the shoes of Daniil Dankovsky, physician, researcher, and prodigy, to fight a devouring plague in a surreal town where time is your only weapon against inevitable death. Rewind events and manipulate the timeline to save the dying, battling a narrative that actively resists your attempts to fix the unfixable.

• DuneCrawl (5/1 PC)
• Havenholdl (6/1 PC)
• Past Fate (7/1 PC)
• Ancient Farm (8/1 PC)
• Pathologic 3 (9/1 PC/PS5/Xbox Series X|S)

Monday, January 5

DuneCrawl

Tuesday, January 6

Havenhold

Wednesday, January 7

Past Fate

Thursday, January 8

Ancient Farm

Friday, January 9

Pathologic 3

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."