Every Video Game Release Date for May 2021

The end of April saw some high-profile games release, like Pokémon Snap, but May is set to kick things up a notch. There’s a selection of great titles and remasters coming over the next 31 days that should be enough to get every type of gamer excited.

Whether you love strategy games, casual action titles, or tricky platformers, there is definitely something for everyone. There’s also a solid spread across all the platforms, with the NIntendo Switch particularly well represented in May.

Here is every video game release date for May 2021.

The Colonists

Release Date: May 4

Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One

The Colonists is a strategy simulator where the player is tasked with building a new home for a swarm of robots. On a distant planet far from their homes, these robots need a settlement that will take care of their needs. Ultimately, the goal is to simulate human civilization with self-replicating bots.

Dark Nights with Poe and Munro

Release Date: May 4

Platforms: PlayStation 4 and Xbox One

Dark Nights with Poe and Munro is a sort of cross between a movie and a game. It features more than 5 hours of HD video full of interactive elements. The adventure game tasks players with navigating through a series of paranormal and strange situations.

Highrisers

Release Date: May 6

Platforms: PC

In Highrisers players have to lead a team of four survivors through a post-apocalyptic skyscraper. Along the way, a crowd of mutated humans infected with some strange disease will try to hunt you down. With pixel art and a procedurally generated world, it should give players plenty of replay value.

Blazing Beaks

Release Date: May 7

Platforms: PlayStation 4 and Xbox One

Blazing Beaks is a roguelike that punishes players for being too greedy. The colorful world may look cute at first but it is a game filled with mutated monsters and creatures. Artefacts provide big boosts but also carry a lot of risks due to the disadvantages they can bring.

The Invisible Hand

Release Date: May 7

Platforms: PC

The Invisible Hand is essentially a stockbroker simulator. Players take on the role of a stockbroker trying to earn as much wealth as possible at the Ferios firm. In this game, only profit matters so it’s possible to manipulate markets and user insider trading to boost your funds.

Resident Evil Village

Release Date: May 7

Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X

Resident Evil Village is the eighth game in the mainline series. Featuring some impressive looking villains, it carries on the plot from Resident Evil 7, taking place three years after that game. It will also include an online multiplayer mode and allow players to hunt animals to gather resources.

Hood: Outlaws and Legends

Release Date: May 10

Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X

Hood: Outlaws and Legends is a multiplayer game that involves battling rival gangs to come out on top and carry off the treasure. Set in a medieval world, users will have to fight against other players and in-game enemies to secure the loot.

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Wrath of the Druids

Release Date: May 13

Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X

Wrath of the Druids is the first major expansion for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. It will take players to Ireland, with the protagonist having to fight against a druidic cult. It has already been delayed a number of times but is finally coming in May.

Famicom Detective Club

Release Date: May 14

Platforms: Nintendo Switch

Nintendo revealed earlier this year that they were remaking the two Famicom Detective Club titles from the late 1980s. Featuring new graphics, music, and fully-voiced dialogue, it will release as part of a collection for the Nintendo Switch and see players attempt to solve a series of murder mysteries in the Japanese countryside.

Mass Effect Legendary Edition

Release Date: May 14

Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One

Mass Effect Legendary Edition is a compilation of the first three Mass Effect games. EA has upgraded all the titles, with the first game receiving a significant update with improved graphics and some gameplay changes. The collection will also include all previously released DLC, making it the most comprehensive Mass Effect release.

Subnautica: Below Zero

Release Date: May 14

Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X

A sequel to the critically acclaimed open-world survival game, Subnautica: Below Zero takes place in the same world. The ultimate goal is to explore the world and uncover the secrets contained in it. The main difference in the sequel is that players can now explore the frozen lands to the north.

Leisure Suit Larry – Wet Dreams Dry Twice

Release Date: May 18

Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One

Already available on PC, Leisure Suit Larry – Wet Dreams Dry Twice is coming to home consoles. As with its classic predecessors, in this game players have to find Larry’s love interest Faith after they were separated before they could get married.

Days Gone

Release Date: May 19

Platforms: PC

Days Gone is an action-adventure survival game that was originally released for PS4 back in 2019. The title is now coming to PC, bringing its post-apocalyptic world to the platform. Players take on the role of an outlaw veteran who survived a pandemic that killed most of humanity and turned others into zombie-like creatures.

Never Yield

Release Date: May 19

Platforms: PC and Nintendo Switch

Never Yield is a 3D runner featuring Wally, a mysterious character that must deliver evidence to save his city. The side-scroller is essentially an endless runner, where Wally must run, jump, and slide to avoid obstacles and enemy fire.

Grand Casino Tycoon

Release Date: May 20

Platforms: PC

Grand Casino Tycoon is a casino simulator where players can design and run their very own gambling haven. The gameplay revolves around creating a successful casino by managing guests and manipulating how they spend money to make sure that the house continues to win.

Just Die Already

Release Date: May 20

Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One

Just Die Already puts players into the shoes of disgruntled old people who want to cause mayhem. Made by the same team as Goat Simulator, players have to try and survive in a world that just wants you to die after being kicked out of a retirement home.

Lacuna

Release Date: May 20

Platforms: PC

Lacuna is a sci-fi noir adventure game. The game revolves around CDI agent Neil Conrad as he attempts to stop the solar system from descending into war. Featuring stylish pixel art visuals and a sophisticated dialog system, players will have to make a series of decisions that can change how everything turns out.

Of Bird and Cage

Release Date: May 20

Platforms: PC

Of Bird and Cage is a mashup between a metal music album and a video game. With the gameplay synced with the music, the title tells the story of a drug addict trying to escape from her captor. The twisted and dark plot unfolds through the music and lyrics.

Knockout City

Release Date: May 21

Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One

EA’s Knockout City is a stylish and fast-paced dodgeball-based sports game. Players team up with others in multiplayer matches to become the ultimate dodgeball team. With fast-paced action and outlandish gameplay, it promises to be a fun take on a sport everyone is familiar with.

Miitopia

Release Date: May 21

Platforms: Nintendo Switch

Miitopia is an evolution of the Mii games from the Nintendo Wii. Players create their own avatars that can then live out their lives in a comedy-filled adventure world filled with fantasy and fairytale. Players can even create multiple characters that can team up and acquire new pets to aid them.

Rust

Release Date: May 21

Platforms: PlayStation 4 and Xbox One

Rust is a multiplayer game that takes place in a persistent online world. The only goal is for players to survive, by upgrading their character and crafting a variety of items and structures. Along the way, they must also manage their hunger, thirst, and health while successfully navigating combat encounters.

An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs

Release Date: May 25

Platforms: PC and Xbox Series X

An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs is exactly what it sounds like. The comedy-adventure game takes place in an open world where players must navigate a universe run by dogs. This can involve solving puzzles and managing conversations to get where you need to go to meet your loved one.

Biomutant

Release Date: May 25

Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One

Biomutant is an open-world game set in a post-apocalyptic world where animals are sentient creatures. With the world around you destroying, the player must try and save the Tree-of-Life. Featuring a unique combat system inspired by Kung-Fu, this RPG lets players re-code their genetic structure to change how the character looks and plays.

King of Seas

Release Date: May 25

Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One

Set in a procedurally generated role, King of Seas is a role-playing game with an emphasis on action. Giving players the freedom to explore the high seas, the ultimate goal is to become king of all pirates. This will require searching the world, fighting rivals, and locating hidden treasures.

Maneater

Release Date: May 25

Platforms: Nintendo Switch

Maneater is an action role-playing game where players take on the role of a dangerous shark. Seeing his mother killed at a young age, the deadly fish starts a journey to get revenge on the shark hunter Scaly Pete. Having released last year for most platforms, it is finally coming to Nintendo Switch in May.

Oddworld: Collection

Release Date: May 27

Platforms: Nintendo Switch

Oddworld: Collection is a bundle coming to Nintendo Switch that contains the first three Oddworld games. While these are already available on the hybrid console as individual downloads, this is the first time all three have been included together on a single cartridge.

7 Years From Now

Release Date: May 28

Platforms: PC and Nintendo Switch

7 Years From Now is a story-driven adventure game. Featuring a strange-looking 3D pixel art style, it sees a high school student attempting to recover the memory he lost in an accident seven years ago.

Roots Of Pacha

Release Date: May 28

Platforms: PC

Roots Of Pacha is a game all about creating a village that will stand the test of time. Set in a primal world, players have to build up a thriving world for themselves and their fellow villagers to live in.

Song of Horror: Complete Edition

Release Date: May 28

Platforms: PlayStation 4 and Xbox One

Song of Horror: Complete Edition is a fixed-camera third-person survival horror game. Taking on the role of a detective investigating a missing writer and assistant by exploring their home. Players must fight against an unstoppable and mysterious entity known as the Presence that adapts to how they behave.

World’s End Club

Release Date: May 28

Platforms: Nintendo Switch

World’s End Club features a group of misfit students that are trapped in a theme park. They must escape by unraveling the mystery of the park and work together, testing their friendship along the way.

Fallen Knight

Release Date: May 31

Platforms: PC

Set in a futuristic world, Fallen Knight features an elite warrior fighting enemies in action-packed levels. The side-scrolling platformer features rapid and intense sword fighting combat, with difficult gameplay inspired by Dark Souls.