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Updated 12 October

Ranked by players

The best games of September 2026

Control Resonant leads September 2026, with 91% of 11,581 player reviews recommending it. Every notable new game of the month with at least 500 reviews, ranked by the share that recommend it.

  1. 1

    Control Resonant

    Remedy Entertainment · out

    PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S

    What players say

  2. 2

    Onimusha: Way of the Sword

    Capcom · out

    PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2

    What players say

  3. 3

    The Blood of Dawnwalker

    Rebel Wolves · out

    PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S

    What players say

  4. 4

    Graveyard Keeper 2

    Lazy Bear Games · out

    PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, Switch

    What players say

  5. 5

    Nivalis Nights

    ION LANDS · out

    PC

    What players say

  6. 6

    Silent Hill: Townfall

    Screen Burn · out

    PC, PS5

    What players say

  7. 7

    Halloween: The Game

    IllFonic · out

    PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S

    What players say

  8. 8

    Minecraft Dungeons II

    Mojang Studios and Double Eleven · out

    PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, Switch

    What players say

  9. 9

    EA Sports FC 27

    EA Vancouver and EA Romania · out

    PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, Switch, PS4

    What players say

  10. 10

    NBA 2K27

    Visual Concepts · out

    PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2

    What players say

Not ranked yet

Also out this month.

These are out but aren’t ranked: expansions, collections and new editions, games leaving early access, whose counts go back to their early-access days, games with fewer than 500 reviews so far, and games whose player counts aren’t public.

How we rank

Players decide the order.

Each game’s figure is the share of its player reviews that recommend it, in every language, from players who bought it in the store where they reviewed it. We never use critic scores.

A game needs 500 reviews to be ranked, so a handful of early reviews can’t put it on top. The figures update every day, and a game released late in the month has had less time to settle.

Every release date in September 2026

Sources

  1. 1Steam: Control Resonant store page (opens in a new tab) Accessed 12 Oct 2026
  2. 2Capcom on Steam: Onimusha: Way of the Sword release date moved to 4 September (opens in a new tab) Accessed 12 Oct 2026
  3. 3Steam: The Blood of Dawnwalker store page (opens in a new tab) Accessed 12 Oct 2026
  4. 4Steam: Graveyard Keeper 2 store page (opens in a new tab) Accessed 12 Oct 2026
  5. 5Steam: Nivalis Nights store page (opens in a new tab) Accessed 12 Oct 2026
  6. 6Steam: Silent Hill: Townfall store page (opens in a new tab) Accessed 12 Oct 2026
  7. 7Steam: Halloween: The Game store page (opens in a new tab) Accessed 12 Oct 2026
  8. 8Steam: Minecraft Dungeons II store page (opens in a new tab) Accessed 12 Oct 2026
  9. 9Steam: EA Sports FC 27 store page (opens in a new tab) Accessed 12 Oct 2026
  10. 102K on Steam: NBA 2K27 advanced access and official tip-off on 4 September (opens in a new tab) Accessed 12 Oct 2026
  11. 11Steam: Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault store page (opens in a new tab) Accessed 12 Oct 2026
  12. 12EA: NHL 27 (opens in a new tab) Accessed 12 Oct 2026
  13. 13PlayStation: Marvel’s Wolverine (opens in a new tab) Accessed 12 Oct 2026
  14. 14Steam: RuneScape: Dragonwilds store page (opens in a new tab) Accessed 12 Oct 2026
  15. 15Steam: Endless Legend 2 store page (opens in a new tab) Accessed 12 Oct 2026
  16. 16Nintendo: Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave (opens in a new tab) Accessed 12 Oct 2026
  17. 17CD Projekt Red: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered available now (opens in a new tab) Accessed 12 Oct 2026