Best Games Released In 2021

2021 is with new games from every genre, so it could be possible that some fantastic games stayed under your radar. We are here to help you not miss out on any fun. Read below about the best games released, month-wise, so you don’t miss out on any gems.

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Best Games Released in January

Hitman 3

Publisher: IO Interactive
Developer: IO Interactive
Genre: Stealth, third-person, shooter, adventure.
Rating: Mature
Release Date: January 20, 2021

Agent 47 has been one of the most beloved assassins in any game series ever. He has all the skill set required for any type of assassin in any kind of situation. The world of assassination is coming to a bloody end with the Hitman 3. IO Interactive has made a seamless Hitman experience of gameplay that felt consistent, and after ending the game, I was satisfied with how the story unfolded.

The best thing about this game is you have many paths you can complete a mission in many different ways. The gameplay is left to your imagination. The game is not too short, not too long. Control is one of the best third-person shooter games you should not miss this year.

The Medium

Publisher: Bloober Team
Developer: Bloober Team
Genre: Puzzle, horror, adventure
Rating: Mature
Release Date: January 28, 2021

We can say that The Medium could be the most underlooked game of the year so far. But in our eyes, it has one of the most innovative and excellent gameplay we have ever seen in a third-person game. You have to change between two worlds to solve different types of simple and complicated puzzles. The story of this game is the main reason it will grip your attention. Sometimes the game changes to a split-screen showing both the real world and the spirit world. The door might be blocked in one world but opened in the other, so you must carefully explore both worlds. You will enjoy manipulating objects in one world, which will affect the other world based on the action. Medium has grotesque detailed environments.

We will not say that this will be the best game or the best idea of a game you will ever see, but we don’t want you to miss what this game has to offer in the horror genre.

Best Games Released In February

Control

Publisher: 505 Games
Developer: Remedy Entertainment
Genre: Third-person shooter, action, adventure
Rating: Rated-16 Mature
Release Date: February 2, 2021 (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S)

This game was released initially in 2019 on PC and received praises for its design and gameplay. The console gamers were eagerly waiting for its release on the PlayStation and Xbox.

Jesse Faden walks into the Headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Control. She picks up the Director’s gun, which is not the actual weapon she needs to worry about. She is the key to solving the deception going on.

Remedy Entertainment has put out different horror games, which we can call masterpieces of storytelling. They use kinetic action to tell the stories of their games beautifully with fantastic music and environment. You have to defend yourself against the multidimensional species known as Hiss. It’s very aggressive and trying to invade our world. You are transported into a bizarre world where you have to aid the Bureau to prevent these creatures from entering our world. You will love the gameplay and will enjoy the story of Jesse.

Little Nightmares II

Publisher: BANDAI NAMCO, Namco Bandai Games America Inc.
Developer: Tarsier Studios, Supermassive Games
Genre: Puzzle, platform, survival Horror
Rating: Rated-16 Mature
Release Date: February 11, 2021

If you have played the first game in his horror series, you will know what you are getting into. If you haven’t, we will suggest that you play the first game as it is one of the best games in the survival horror genre. The environment, music, and gameplay are all built to make players feel scared of every step in a new area you have to explore. The inhabitants of this game are awful, in a good way, of course, but you will enjoy the design of the game structure.

This game is a masterfully executed sequel to an already great game that was Little Nightmares. You will be trying to avoid the sight of the monstrosities present in the game and solve puzzles to escape an area. You will enjoy the journey of Mono and Six in the sequel and will get the much-needed information about Six, the protagonist of the first game.

Best Games Released In March

Marvel’s Avengers

Publisher: Square Enix, Square Enix Europe
Developer: Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montréal, Square Enix Europe, Nixxes Software BV, Crystal Northwest
Genre: Single-player, co-op, action, adventure, beat ‘em up
Rating: Teen
Release Date: March 18, 2021 (PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S)

This might not be the best game to compliment the massively successful film series, but Crystal Dynamics has made an excellent role-playing game that any Marvel fan can enjoy playing.

The story follows Kamala, who is a huge fan of the Avenger’s team. She is enjoying the celebratory day of the Avengers. She gets powers after getting involved in an accident during a terrorist attack. The Avengers are blamed for the attack, which results in the disbandment of the team. When the investigating corporation, A.I.M, announced that all the inhuman individuals will be eliminated, Kamala took matters into her own hands to gather the disbanded team members to get together and eliminate the newly formed threat.

You get to play as different Avengers in this game, and the story is decent. It’s not the best, but this will surely tickle your Marvel Fan nerve.

Dirt 5

Publisher: Codemasters, Electronic Arts
Developer: Codemasters
Genre: Racing, simulation, action
Rating: Everyone
Release Date: March 24, 2021

The Dirt series is considered one of the best racing simulation games in the market. Dirt 5 follows the footsteps of the previous games in the series. If you want to play the no-nonsense racing game, then this game will fulfil your needs.

Whiplash-inducing drifts, muddy ties, and neck-breaking speeds are the things you will experience in Dirt 5. Arcade-style racing enables you to play with more people. You will love the different types of tracks you get, muddy surfaces on which you can be a bit reckless, careful on the tracks that throw ice, and concrete roads where drifting is not that prominent.

Amazing races, a beautiful environment, and tense gameplay will make you love this game.

Best Games Released In April

Outriders

Publisher: Square Enix
Developer: People Can Fly
Genre: Third-person, action, role-playing
Rating: Mature
Release Date: April 1, 2021

Outriders is an explosive and chaotic looter and shooter which comprises the best of the People Can Fly’s previous games. The story is different and takes a wild turn. The game had some launch day issues, but it lived up to my expectations after I finished it. If you are a fan of shooter and RPG games, this game will be perfect for you as it perfectly includes both elements. It still has that dry humour, People Can Fly is known for, specially Bulletstorm.

The satisfying mechanics of the game with a clean upgrading path and easy-to-manage elements make this game pretty balanced.

Go for it to experience the sci-fi world with a great story and feel-good shooter.

Genshin Impact

Publisher: miHoYo
Developer: miHoYo
Genre: Adventure, action, role-playing
Rating: 12+
Release Date: April 28, 2021

Genshin Impact is not very heavy on the story, but it encourages players to explore the fantastical world they are dropped into when they start the game. The best thing about this great game is, it’s free-to-play. The characters are beautifully designed, and the music is soothing to the ears. As you explore and level up, you fight big bosses and try to take the artistic scenery while fighting. It has a very stylistic art design to the world and its characters which feels like anime but in 3d.

The gameplay of collecting, customising, and upgrading your characters is addicting. This game makes you feel relaxed.

You will surely love the vibe of this game.

Best Games Released In May

Resident Evil Village

Publisher: Capcom
Developer: Capcom
Genre: Single-player, survival horror
Rating: Mature
Release Date: May 7, 2021

Resident Evil Village was one of the most anticipated games of the year 2021. The fans of the Resident Evil series were jumping on their seats and couches when it was announced. The fans were excited about the game because when they saw the first teaser trailer, they saw that the game was sticking to the route of Resident Evil 7. This was great news for the audience, as people loved Resident Evil 7 for its first-person style gameplay and good survival horror.

I think Capcom has delivered on the hype people had about this game as it is one of the best in the series, in my opinion. Combining the first-person style of Resident Evil 7 with the beloved environment style of Resident Evil 4, this is one of the scariest games of the series. The eerie atmosphere of the game will keep you on your toes all the time.

The merchant is back, but it is not the same one from Resident Evil 4. This survival horror game will take you on the journey of Ethan, saving his daughter from a village. He has to fight against all odds, and scary monsters, to bring back his daughter from imminent danger.

Mass Effect Legendary Edition

Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: BioWare
Genre: Third-person, action, role-playing
Rating: Mature
Release Date: May 14, 2021

The Mass Effect Trilogy is an experience no gamer should miss. It is considered an influential title in the history of games. The game could be only about saving the galaxy, but BioWare made sure that the people playing the game understand the reason and heft behind every choice they make.

Many gameplay aspects, such as limited class-based weapons, were altered to make the game more satisfying and open. Some changes feel more significant than others.

Even if you have played the games before, there are still enough new changes that we can recommend you to play this game again. The game is more polished and would feel like a breath of fresh air.

Best Games Released In June

Wreckfest

Publisher: THQ Nordic
Developer: Bugbear Entertainment
Genre: Simulation, indie, sports, vehicular combat
Rating: Teen
Release Date: June 1, 2021 (PlayStation and Switch)

Wreckfest is one of those games, which helps you enjoy, well, wrecking other cars. This game’s primary focus is to build the best car, which can drive fast and take a beating from the other cars. Most cars in this game look like they were picked up from a junkyard and spray painted to hide the rust.

It is all about driving fast and trying to wreck other cars so that you can get great highlight reels of flipping cars, debris left on the road due to the chaos, and pileups of other cars.

Good AI-controlled enemies are thinking just like you to flip your car upside down on the next turn you take. You will enjoy the ‘wreck’ in this game and the dirty paths you take to win the races.

Destroy All Humans

Publisher: THQ Nordic
Developer: Black Forest Games
Genre: Action-adventure, open-world
Rating: Teen
Release Date: June 29, 2021

The original game came out in 2005, developed by Pandemic Studios (now closed). The enjoyment of zapping humans with ridiculous weapons was so much fun. Please don’t think of me as a madman. Black Forest Games made an enjoyable version of the game 15 years later, and I am all up for destroying humans again.

This is a chaotic game in which you have to play as an alien to gather data about the DNA stored in human brain cells. You are tasked with getting that information to your seniors to use the formula for cloning themselves and saving their race.

Best Games Released In July

A Plague Tale: Innocence

Publisher: Focus Home Interactive
Developer: Asobo Studio
Genre: Third-person, action, role-playing
Rating: Mature
Release Date: July 6, 2021 (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S/X and Switch)

In the middle ages, deadly plagues ravaged entire villages. Insane medical practices were done to cure humanity in those times. A Plague Tale’s version of the 14th century is deadlier than real history. The game follows the story of two individuals, a girl, and her kid brother, after the murder of their parents.

This game flew under many people’s radar just because a famous publisher did not market it. You will enjoy the journey of both brother and sister, which forces them to wade through rivers filled with blackness, inquisition soldiers, and flesh-eating rats.

This will be one of the best games, both gameplay-wise and design-wise, you can play.

Microsoft Flight Simulator

Publisher: Xbox Game Studios
Developer: Asobo Studio
Genre: Simulation
Rating: Everyone
Release Date: July 27, 2021 (Xbox Series S/X)

If you love to play simulation games, then this Microsoft instalment is a must-play. It combines realistic graphics with the realistic physics of real-life planes to give the console the best possible simulation experience.

This open-world simulation includes the whole planet for you to explore. You can fly to different cities, states and even other countries, to go to the places you have imagined to go before. The massive world built on the real terrain data taken from Google makes you feel like you are literally flying in the real world.

A wide variety of planes wait for you to try in this awesome flying experience.

Best Games Released In August

Hades

Publisher: Supergiant Games
Developer: Supergiant Games
Genre: Rouge-like, indie, fighting, shooter
Rating: Teen
Release Date: August 13, 2021

Supergiant Games are known for creating titles with sophisticated themes and rich narratives. Hades blends these elements seamlessly into a roguelike structure of the game.

New weapons are regularly unlocked, which can change your playstyle instantly. You play as Zagreus, son of mighty Hades. Each stage feels like you are being thrown into an arena to battle an impressive amount of enemies. The game’s fast-paced combat feels like you are playing Devil May Cry but in isometric style, which is good.

This is a game with stylised graphics and buttery smooth gameplay that you will enjoy replaying repeatedly.

Psychonauts 2

Publisher: Xbox Game Studios
Developer: Double Fine Production
Genre: Platforming, action, adventure
Rating: Teen
Release Date: August 25, 2021

Double Fine Production has honed its craft in perfecting its platforming, witty humour and created a sequel showing the immense capabilities of the human brain. Psychonauts 2 invites players into a world full of unexpected turns and wild themes, with colourful dreamscapes to explore, which can change to a devilish nightmare in a blink of an eye.

This is a perfect sequel to a massively successful game that is considered one of the best platformers ever created. Dive into the world of the best platforming experience you can get in 2021.

Best Games Released In September

Life is Strange

Publisher: Square Enix
Developer: Deck Nine
Genre: Action, adventure
Rating: Mature
Release Date: September 10, 2021

Life is strange series that is all about coping with life’s changes and emotions. We experienced different perspectives of Max Caulfield, complicated situations, the ugliness of racism, and depression.

The second episode focuses on Alex, who you can think of like a new kid on the block. It brings back the gameplay of having special powers and consequences of your actions in the game. It brings a well-written character, Alex, whom you want to know more about and see her succeed.

Dive into the life of Alex and other people in the town to experience a well-written story and soothing music and graphics.

Kena: Bridge of Spirits

Publisher: Ember Lab
Developer: Ember Lab
Genre: Fighting, action, adventure
Rating: Everyone 10+
Release Date: September 21, 2021

The moment Kena ignites her staff with magic, the world around her sizzles with excitement. This is one of the best adventure games I have played, with an enchanting atmosphere. Kena is a Spirit Guide on her way to locate obstinate souls which are stubborn to leave the mortal world. Along the way of sending them to Spirit World, she needs to find out about their lives and their ultimate demise.

This game will remind you of Zelda, as it takes serious inspiration from it. If you like Zelda type games, this game is a must-play.

Best Games Released In October

Back 4 Blood

Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive
Developer: Turtle Rock Studios
Genre: First-person shooter, survival horror
Rating: Mature
Release Date: October 12, 2021

Well, what can we say about the nostalgia of shooting infinite zombies in eerie settings and loving every part of it? We were waiting for this game, reviving the most successful zombie shooter ever created, Left 4 Dead. It had big shoes to fill, and I can tell you it didn’t disappoint.

This is the most fun I have ever had playing with friends after a long time. The Left 4 Dead was perfect, but Turtle Rock Studios still managed to improve the formula of killing zombies.

If you haven’t tried it, I can’t force you enough to try this awesome game.

Far Cry 6

Publisher: Ubisoft
Developer: Ubisoft Toronto
Genre: First-person shooter, action, adventure
Rating: Mature
Release Date: October 7, 2021

Far Cry franchise has taken gamers across the globe for action-packed scenarios and adventures. Far Cry games are known for their open-world playground. Players try to take control over a powerful villain while having some goofy characters and dark stories combined.

Far Cry 6 is one the best series in the game you can have your hands on, to play for hours of content.

Best Games Released In November

Call Of Duty: Vanguard

Publisher: Activision
Developer: Sledgehammer Games
Genre: First-person, action, war
Rating: Mature
Release Date: November 5, 2021

Call Of Duty: Vanguard’s campaign is not up to mark with the older games in the series, but combining it with an excellent multiplayer and zombie mode makes it one of the best shooters to date this year.

The story revolved around different characters bound by the necessity of stopping the nazi forces. You are transported to each of the character’s backstories and play for a bit as them to get the gist of the emotion they carry.

Call Of Duty: Vanguard is another title in the series which you can enjoy. Fast-paced combat and buttery smooth gameplay stay there to make you feel good about shooting nazis’.

Jurassic World Evolution 2

Publisher: Frontier Developments
Developer: Frontier Developments
Genre: Management and construction simulation, business simulation, park-builder
Rating: Teen
Release Date: November 9, 2021

Dr Wu is a mad scientist who creates dangerous artificial dinosaurs by combining DNA from different species of creatures. These hybrids can withstand more harsh climates, are better at hunting and farm more terrifying than Tyrannosaurus Rex.

In the new game, you are trying to help the Department of Fish and Wildlife control the different hungry and agitated species, getting closer to the Canadian Border. This makes the game use a new type of terrain, including snow, desert and forests.

This will be the best business management and park builder game you will play in a long time.

Best Games Releasing in December

As we have a few days left at the start of the last month, we don’t know much about the games releasing in December. Some games have confirmed dates, and some do not. We will update this list with the latest information as we get to know more about the games and review them.

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