The most anticipated video games will be released in November 2024

October is almost in the rearview, which means it's time to stop playing horror games and look forward to the new month ahead.

Except we have a game from the original director of Silent Hill, a PC release of the console classic with a beloved zombie-themed expansion, a puzzle game about murder, and this month a badass post-apocalyptic sci-fi game for you.

So maybe we'll continue with the horror games. Don't worry, though, the list also includes Mario, Tetris, LEGOs, and a 2D platformer. Here are the most exciting things coming to game stores and shelves in the coming month.

Editor's Note: All of the games on this month's list are traditional “Web2” video games with unknown crypto or blockchain components. But you can love them anyway.

Red Dead Redemption.

Release Date: October 29 Platforms: PC (Epic Games, Steam)

Of course, this is mostly a list of November games, but Rockstar didn't announce it. Until October 8. Red Dead Redemption, the beloved western from the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 5 era, is finally coming to PC 14 years after its console release. This PC version brings modern features such as 4K resolution, ultra-wide and ultra-high resolution support and keyboard and mouse controls, and the port comes with the base game and the Undead Nightmare expansion. This game was released at the end of October (surprisingly) but was too big to leave off the list.

Mario and Luigi: Brotherhood

Release Date: November 7 Platforms: Nintendo Switch

Brotherhood is the final game in the Mario & Luigi series. If you've followed the series, you'll know that this stands out as a number of firsts: the first with a fully 3D game, the first on a home console rather than a specific handheld, and the first new title not made by a predecessor. (now closed) Studio, AlphaDream. Brotherhood carries the game's classic principles forward as a single-player role-playing game. The brothers traverse the toy world on Shipshape Island, a “part-ship, part-island” ship.

Slitterhead

Release Date: November 8 Platforms: PC (Epic Games, Steam), PlayStation 4/5, Xbox Series X/S

Silent Hill 2 Remake was released in October to mostly positive reviews, finally giving Silent Hill fans something to tie the series to positively. It's wild, well, you already have something else to focus on. Slitterhead is a new survival horror game from the original Silent Hill director Keiichiro Toyama, and features music by Silent Hill 1-3 composer Akira Yamaoka. The game Set in the famous walled city of Kowloon in the 1990s, it features gameplay inspired by two of Toyama's previous games, Siren and Gravity Rush.

The rise of the golden idol

Release Date: November 12 Platforms: MacOS, iOS, Android, Switch, PC (Steam), PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One + Series X/S

Get out your notebooks, puzzle heads, because the Golden Idol is back. In the year Released in 2022, the Golden Idol issue has been praised for its clever puzzle design and unique visual style. Color Gray Games is back with Rise of the Golden Idol, which features 20 issues and is set in the 1970s. If the team can live up to expectations from the start, this will be a puzzle game to remember.

Tetris forever

Release Date: November 12 Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC (Steam), PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One + Series X/S

There's a strong argument for the idea that Tetris is the best game of all time, and Tetris Forever might be one of the best ways to experience it. This is the third release from Digital Eclipse, following the making of Karateka and Lamasoft: The Story of Jeff Minter. This release is similarly designed as a digital museum, featuring not only Tetris games but also a wealth of historical information.

This includes things like a 90-minute documentary, a scan of commercials and photographs, and much more. Tetris titles included are the original Electronica 60 recreation of the game as well as Hatris, Tetris 2, Super Tetris 2, Tetris Battle Guide, Super Tetris 3, Super Bomblis, Super Bomblis DX and Tetris Time Warp.

Dragon Quest III HD-2D remake

Release Date: November 14 Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake is a mouthful of a title, but an informative one if you know what it means. HD-2D is a visual style used by Square Enix in games such as Octopath Traveler and Live-A-Live, which retains the classic pixel art style but offers detailed backgrounds, lighting, and other visual enhancements. Dragon Quest III is chronologically the first game in the original Dragon Quest trilogy, followed by Dragon Quest and Dragon Quest II – both of which are getting their own 2D-HD remakes. If you're itching for a true old-school role-playing experience, here it is.

LEGO Horizon Adventures

Release Date: November 14 Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 5

We're not sure who requested the LEGO version of Sony's Horizon series, since then LEGO games are often based on popular franchises such as Harry Potter, Star Wars and Batman. Longtime LEGO game developer TT Games isn't even involved in this title, instead Guerrilla Games develops it in collaboration with LEGO and Studio Gobo.

One unique feature in Horizon Adventures is that for the first time everything in the game is built from LEGO bricks. Previous games featured toy-style buildings, but most of the items in the game weren't things you could build in real life. We're excited to see how the developers integrate the kid-friendly nature of LEGO with the decidedly adult post-apocalyptic (that's two posts) story of Horizon Zero Dawn.

STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl

Release Date: November 20 Platforms: PC, Xbox Series X/S

The developers behind STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl have a tall order ahead of them. The STALKER series is based on the same Russian sci-fi film, which in turn is based on the popular Russian sci-fi film Roadside Picnic, in which people secretly exorcise unknown aliens from places. The original Stalker is still beloved by fans for its exceptional brutality in first-person survival of the apocalypse. STALKER 2 has 17 years of fanfare to live up to—not to mention its short-lived plan to use INFTs, which was canceled after a major eclipse in 2021.

Nine soles

Release Date: November 26 Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S

Nine Souls is already out on PC. Created by Red Candle Games, developer of the atmospheric horror game Devotion, Nine Souls moves away from 3D horror and into the 2D arena. The art combines Taoism and cyberpunk influences, the developer says, while the game focuses heavily on deviance and is twice inspired by Software's Sekiro: Shadows of Death. That unique blend makes this an incredibly action game worth checking out.

Edited by Sebastian Sinclair