The best games of 2026 so far

If you fancy roaring around Japan’s open roads, scaling impossible mountains and playing with post-apocalyptic Pokémon, this year’s highlights let you do so from your chair. The selection spans stealth, racing, puzzlers and life simulation, offering something for many tastes.

007 First Light retells the agent’s early years, mixing the stealth and open environments of Hitman with the narrative drive of the Uncharted games; expect fistfights, cool cars and hi‑tech gadgets. Forza Horizon 6 brings its grand festival of car racing to Japan, from bamboo forests and winding mountain roads to dense city streets, with astonishing visuals and more than 500 vehicles.

Forbidden Solitaire traps you in a hellish dungeon where the only way out is to play increasingly challenging rounds of solitaire while your sister tries to discover who made the cursed game. Mythmatch casts Artemis out of Mount Olympus to help a small village, blending match‑three mechanics with a warm story about kinship and perseverance.

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