After the rush of Summer Game Fest, June is a bit of a blur. And while the annual showing didn’t have much to tease for July—the biggest games mostly set their sights on 2026—there’s still plenty to tide you over. Not that some of us even need more games to add to the pile. My backlog spiraled out of control again somewhere between the last Baldur’s Gate 3 update and Clair Obscure: Expedition 33.
July is no doubt lighter than the first half of the year, but take that as a sign to play catch-up or savor what we’ve got. This month, Mecha Break gets things started with some big ol’ robot action, followed by the first-person fungus-shooting adventure Mycopunk. That leaves Killing Floor 3 and Tales of the Shire wrap up the month as two games making a comeback from earlier delays in the year.
I’ve scraped together the highlights for July 2025 PC games to watch here, plus included deadlines for Steam sale purchases and a few major updates worth revisiting.
July’s big PC release dates
July gaming events and sales
- Anime Expo begins on July 3. The Los Angeles event is among the biggest in the country, and typically includes a few game announcements and interesting dev panels
- Japan’s big indie showcase, BitSummit, kicks off on July 19
- The Steam Summer Sale continues from June—you’ve got until July 10 to buy your discounted favorites
- Once that ends, there are more Steam Sales planned for the month, with Automation Fest on July 14 and Racing Fest on July 28
Major updates and early access launches this month
- Diablo 4 (Steam) Season 9 starts on July 1 with customizable spells, Horadric Strongrooms, and new Escalating Nightmare endgame dungeons
- Destiny 2 (Steam) showed off more of its next expansion with the Edge of Fate launch trailer, and it’s set to debut on July 15
- Abiotic Factor (Steam) launches its 1.0 update on July 22, adding its final chapter, more anomalous entities, and The Praetorium
- Ratatan (Steam) enters early access on July 25
- Grounded 2 (Steam) enters early access on July 29
More games releasing in July 2025
- July 10 — Patapon 1+2 Replay – Rhythm and strategy unite for PC (Steam)
- July 14 — Dawn Apart – Space colony & factory sim management (Steam)
- July 14 — Kaizen: A Factory Story – Gadget assembly puzzler (Steam)
- July 15 — Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream – Isometric period drama (Steam)
- July 15 — Neverwinter Nights 2: Enhanced – Classic D&D makeover (Steam)
- July 16 — Hunter x Hunter Nen Impact – Arcsys’ take on Nen (Steam)
- July 16 — Worship – Pikmin-inspired cult leading roguelite (Steam)
- July 17 — Shadow Labyrinth – Pac-Man, but make it twisted and 2D (Steam)
- July 22 — Ball x Pit – Breakout-style roguelite base builder (Steam)
- July 22 — Hell Clock – Dark fantasy Diablo-style ARPG (Steam)
- July 22 — Wildgate – Sci Fi FPS take on Sea of Thieves (Steam)
- July 23 — Wheel World – Open world bike adventure (Steam)
- July 24 — Total Chaos – Doom mod turned full-blown horror FPS (Steam)
- July 24 — Wuchang: Fallen Feathers – Ming dynasty soulslike (Steam)
- July 25 — No Sleep for Kaname Date – A new Somnium Files (Steam)
- July ?? — Era One – Ship customizing & base building space RTS (Steam)
