A demo for the game is available on Steam.ĭescription: Game Type DX is an update to the previously PC exclusive Game Type from 2015, which garnered "Positive" reviews on Steam. The game will feature post-launch support with “seasonal and limited-edition” content, support cross-platform play, and also feature online leaderboards. Chenso Club features an all-girl squad of fearless warriors doing battle against aliens with chainsaws, hammers, and the aliens' own life force.ĭescription: LEGO Brawls is Smash Smash Bros.-like fighting game with highly customizable fighters that players can level up with unlockable content. Genre: Side-Scrolling Action Game/Rogueliteĭescription: Chenso Club comes from developer Pixadome, who previously released the 2D precision platformer Hayfever in February 2020, which is personally one of my favorite platformers ever despite it being a relatively unknown title. Online play will be available for 4 of the titles. Like Konami’s Castlevania and Contra collections, the TMNT collection will feature save and rewind time functions, button mapping, and a number of other extras. Multiplayer: 4 Player Local & Online Co-opĭescription: This is a collection of 13 TMNT games, dating all the way back to 1989 with the arcade and NES original. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection The game will feature all Crypto skins from the first game and the ability to change paint jobs on your flying saucer.Ģ. Built exclusively for ninth generation consoles (and PC), the game promises a much larger and more open world than its predecessor. These are not perfect replacements for dedicated online support, but the great thing is that only the host needs a copy of the game, just as it’d be the case for any local multiplayer game.ĭescription: As the name implies, Destroy All Humans 2 has players controlling an alien invader after crashlanding on 1960s Earth. That said, online gamers can still use Parsec and Steam’s Remote Play Together on PC and Share Play on PS4/PS5 to play local multiplayer games online. While this list is local multiplayer-focused, I will still list if a game will support online multiplayer too.
That said, I could see games like Diablo IV and Baldur’s Gate 3 being ninth generation console exclusives, but the specific consoles these games are planned for are unknown at the moment as far as I’m aware. As of right now, the only worthwhile ninth generation (PS5/XBSX) console exclusive game I know of – meaning it won’t be playable on last generation hardware (PS4/XBO) – is Destroy All Humans 2. In a lot of cases, indie games will release on Steam first and then come to consoles later.Īnother note on platforms is that any game listed for release on PS4/XBO is implied to also be playable on PS5/XBSX, since 99.9% of PS4/XBO games are backwards compatible with their successor systems. Sometimes it is difficult to find information on what platforms a game will be on, and sometimes the developer doesn’t even know until later down the line. Note that the platforms listed are just what’s confirmed, and a platform not being listed doesn’t necessarily mean a game won’t come to said platform. If the game does not have a tangible release date, I’ll place it in the list based on what I think is more likely to come out first, based on marketing material and communication from the developers. I’m going to order the games by release date.
This is just a tiny fraction of what’s on the horizon, as Steam alone received 10,696 games in 2021. I'm going to list 75 upcoming local multiplayer games releasing in the future. With so many games releasing nowadays, I think it's easy for the good ones to get lost in the shuffle.