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Monthly Roundup

September 2026
The Drop

Everything worth playing this September. The ten biggest games out this month, everything free with a Game Pass or PS Plus sub, and the top five landing on each of PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo and PC.

Out This Month Top 10
Free With Your Sub 10 games
Every Platform Top 5 each
Published 4 September 2026
Every Platform · Out This Month
Top 10 Games Out This Month

The ten biggest games launching in September, wherever you play. It's a heavy month: a new Onimusha, Wolverine, a new Fire Emblem, two big sequels on the 24th and the Witcher 3 remaster to close it out. Roughly in date order. Dates are the confirmed Australian release dates as they stand, and they can still move.

The Blood of Dawnwalker
No. 1
PS5 / Xbox / PC · 3 September
The Blood of Dawnwalker
The first game from Rebel Wolves, the studio founded by the director of The Witcher 3. Open-world dark fantasy in a vampire-ruled 14th-century Europe, human by day and vampire by night, and the clock only moves when you take on a quest. A$109.95, out now.
Out Now
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
No. 2
PS5 / Xbox / PC / Switch 2 · 4 September
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
Capcom's first new Onimusha in twenty years, with Miyamoto Musashi cutting through a corrupted Kyoto. Timed counters are the whole game, and we gave it a 9. On Switch 2 as well, with motion swings on the Joy-Con 2 if that's your thing.
Out Now
Valheim 1.0
No. 3
PC / Xbox / PS5 / Switch 2 · 9 September
Valheim 1.0
Five and a half years of Early Access and the Viking survival game finally ships. Version 1.0 adds the last biome, the Deep North, and full cross-play, and it lands on PS5 and Switch 2 on the same day. Already in the Game Pass library.
Also On Game Pass
Marvel's Wolverine
No. 4
PS5 · 15 September
Marvel's Wolverine
Insomniac's follow-up to the Spider-Man games, and it's not for the kids. Logan, Jean Grey, Team X, and a violence toggle if you want it dialled back. A$124.95 and PS5 only.
PS5 Exclusive
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
No. 5
Switch 2 · 17 September
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
The first Fire Emblem built for Switch 2. Four heroes competing in the Heroic Games, with their storylines playable side by side from one save. Turn-based tactics you can put down mid-battle and pick up on the school run.
Switch 2 Exclusive
Silent Hill: Townfall
No. 6
PS5 / PC · 24 September
Silent Hill: Townfall
A first-person Silent Hill spin-off set on an island town, from the writer of Stories Untold and Observation. You carry a handheld CRT that tunes into the Otherworld. Evasion and puzzles over combat, and no Xbox version.
PS5 / PC
Control Resonant
No. 7
PS5 / Xbox / PC · 24 September
Control Resonant
Remedy's sequel to Control, with Dylan Faden in the lead after Jesse goes missing and Manhattan warping around him. Remedy's calling it their biggest game yet. It went gold in August, so the date is solid.
Sequel
EA Sports FC 27
No. 8
PS5 / Xbox / PC / Switch / Switch 2 · 25 September
EA Sports FC 27
The yearly one. Mbappe on the cover, a new social mode called The Grounds, a rebuilt career-mode transfer market, and The Grounds is on Switch 2 as well as the big consoles. Ultimate edition owners get in a week early, EA Play gets a 10-hour trial.
Annual
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered
No. 9
PC / PS5 / Xbox / Switch 2 · 29 September
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered
A free upgrade if you already own it on PC, PS5 or Xbox, and a proper native Switch 2 release. Reworked combat, traversal, skill tree and monster AI, both expansions included, and your saves and trophies carry over.
Free Upgrade
Minecraft Dungeons II
No. 10
PS5 / Xbox / PC / Switch / Switch 2 · 29 September
Minecraft Dungeons II
A couch co-op dungeon crawler built for families: four players, no crafting to learn, missions short enough to finish before bedtime. Day one on Game Pass, and on every console going.
Day One On Game Pass
Game Pass · PlayStation Plus
Free With Your Sub

If you already pay for Game Pass or PS Plus, this lot costs nothing extra. Five on Game Pass worth loading, and five on PS Plus, four of which are September's monthly games and only claimable between 1 September and 5 October. Heads up on both sides: Cyberpunk 2077, Dead Cells and Spiritfarer leave Game Pass on 15 September, and Madden NFL 26, Persona 5 Tactica and the Shadowrun trilogy leave the PS Plus catalogue the same day.

Minecraft Dungeons II
No. 1
Xbox / PC · Game Pass · 29 September
Minecraft Dungeons II
The biggest day-one Game Pass launch of the month. Isometric loot-and-dungeons in the Minecraft world, one to four players on the couch or online. Sony and Nintendo owners pay full price, Game Pass people don't.
Game Pass
RuneScape: Dragonwilds
No. 2
Xbox / PC / Cloud · Game Pass · 15 September
RuneScape: Dragonwilds
Jagex's survival-crafting take on RuneScape leaves Early Access and hits consoles on the same day. Woodcutting, mining and magic skills bolted onto a build-and-explore loop. Ultimate, Premium and PC Game Pass.
Game Pass
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
No. 3
Xbox / PC / Cloud · Game Pass · 8 September
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
The 2020 one, with the branching campaign that's still the most replayable Call of Duty story. Six hours, multiple endings, plus multiplayer and Zombies. Perfect short-session game.
Game Pass
The Royal Writ
No. 4
Xbox / PC / Cloud · Game Pass · 10 September
The Royal Writ
A medieval roguelike deckbuilder where your cards are soldiers who actually march across the field and stay dead when they fall. Runs are twenty to forty minutes. Day one on console Game Pass.
Game Pass
SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed
No. 5
Xbox / PC / Cloud · Game Pass · Out Now
SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed
The four-player screen-chase platformer is back with up to eight online, grappling hooks and a ring of fire that eats whoever's last. Local multiplayer, which makes it a family-night game. Ultimate and PC Game Pass.
Game Pass
Sniper Elite: Resistance
No. 1
PS5 / PS4 · PS Plus · Claim by 5 October
Sniper Elite: Resistance
September's headline monthly game. Stealth sniping in occupied France, full campaign in two-player co-op, and the slow-motion kill cam is exactly as gruesome as you remember. Essential tier and up.
PlayStation Plus
Wobbly Life
No. 2
PS5 / PS4 · PS Plus · Claim by 5 October
Wobbly Life
The one for the kids. Ragdoll physics sandbox with jobs, vehicles and mini-games, four-player split-screen on one telly. The most family-friendly thing on PS Plus this month by a mile.
PlayStation Plus
Chained Echoes
No. 3
PS4 (plays on PS5) · PS Plus · Claim by 5 October
Chained Echoes
A 16-bit style JRPG made by one person, with turn-based fights, mechs and no random encounters or grinding. Thirty to forty hours that respect your time. Essential tier.
PlayStation Plus
MLB The Show 26
No. 4
PS5 · PS Plus · Claim by 5 October
MLB The Show 26
This year's baseball sim, free for the month, with a Jump Start bundle thrown in until 6 October. Niche for an Australian audience, but if you're going to try baseball, free is the price to try it at.
PlayStation Plus
RuneScape: Dragonwilds
No. 5
PS5 · PS Plus Extra · 15 September
RuneScape: Dragonwilds
Reported to join the Game Catalog on launch day for Extra and Premium members, which would make it the first RuneScape game on a PlayStation. Sony's full September catalogue post wasn't out when we published, so check it before you count on it.
PS Plus Extra
On PS5 This Month
Top 5 Coming to PlayStation

The five that matter most on PS5 this month, ranked. Two of them you can't get anywhere else, and one of them you can't get on Xbox.

Marvel's Wolverine
No. 1
PS5 · 15 September
Marvel's Wolverine
The PS5 exclusive of the year. Insomniac, Logan, Jean Grey, and a launch build with New Game Plus and mission replay already in. A$124.95.
PS5 Exclusive
Silent Hill: Townfall
No. 2
PS5 / PC · 24 September
Silent Hill: Townfall
Console exclusive to PS5, with the DualSense doing the work: the haptics and adaptive triggers are tied to the in-game CRT device. Deluxe edition gets 48 hours early.
Console Exclusive
Control Resonant
No. 3
PS5 / Xbox / PC · 24 September
Control Resonant
Remedy's biggest game, same day as Townfall. Two horror-adjacent sequels on one Thursday is a scheduling crime, but here we are.
Sequel
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
No. 4
PS5 / Xbox / PC / Switch 2 · 4 September
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
PS5 Pro enhanced. If you only play one action game this month, it's this one, we gave it a 9.
Out Now
The Blood of Dawnwalker
No. 5
PS5 / Xbox / PC · 3 September
The Blood of Dawnwalker
Out now at A$109.95 on the AU store, unlocked midnight on the 3rd. The big RPG of the month.
Out Now
On Xbox Series X|S This Month
Top 5 Coming to Xbox

The five biggest on Series X|S this month, ranked. Two are day-one or free-upgrade, which is the Xbox way of doing things.

Control Resonant
No. 1
Xbox / PS5 / PC · 24 September
Control Resonant
The biggest new release on Xbox this month. Not on Game Pass, but Play Anywhere between console and PC is in.
Sequel
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
No. 2
Xbox / PS5 / PC / Switch 2 · 4 September
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
Xbox Play Anywhere, so one purchase covers Series X|S and PC. Out now, and our 9 out of 10.
Play Anywhere
The Blood of Dawnwalker
No. 3
Xbox / PS5 / PC · 3 September
The Blood of Dawnwalker
Out now. Bandai Namco's dark fantasy RPG from the ex-Witcher crew, and the one most people will be playing on Series X this month.
Out Now
Minecraft Dungeons II
No. 4
Xbox / PC / PS5 / Switch · 29 September
Minecraft Dungeons II
Day one on Game Pass. Four-player co-op dungeon crawling for the whole house, and the Xbox version is Play Anywhere too.
Day One On Game Pass
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered
No. 5
Xbox / PS5 / PC / Switch 2 · 29 September
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered
Free upgrade for anyone who owns it on Xbox. Note that Cyberpunk 2077 leaves Game Pass on 15 September, so CD Projekt gives with one hand this month and takes with the other.
Free Upgrade
On Switch and Switch 2 This Month
Top 5 Coming to Nintendo

The five biggest on Switch and Switch 2 this month, ranked. Switch 2 gets the exclusive, plus three proper third-party ports that the old Switch never could have run.

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
No. 1
Switch 2 · 17 September
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
The Switch 2 exclusive of the month and the first Fire Emblem built for the new hardware. Four heroes, one save, Joy-Con 2 mouse controls. Rated M here.
Switch 2 Exclusive
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered
No. 2
Switch 2 · 29 September
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered
A native Switch 2 version, not the old compromised Switch port. It's a paid new purchase on Nintendo (the Switch 1 version doesn't qualify for the free upgrade), but it's the full remaster with both expansions.
Native Switch 2
Valheim
No. 3
Switch 2 · 9 September
Valheim
Valheim's Switch 2 debut lands with the 1.0 release. Cross-play with PC, Xbox and PS5, so you can build a longhouse with mates on any platform. A handheld Valheim is a big deal.
Switch 2 Debut
LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
No. 4
Switch 2 · 18 September
LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
The open-world LEGO Batman finally reaches Switch 2, four months after everyone else, with the Arkham mission DLC arriving the same day. Two-player drop-in co-op, which is the point of a LEGO game.
Switch 2
Minecraft Dungeons II
No. 5
Switch / Switch 2 · 29 September
Minecraft Dungeons II
On both the old Switch and the new one, and the one your kids will ask for by name. Full price on Nintendo, no Game Pass here, but couch co-op on a handheld is the best way to play it.
Switch and Switch 2
On Steam and PC This Month
Top 5 Coming to PC

The five biggest on PC this month, ranked, leaning to the ones that are PC-first or PC-best. One massive DLC, one Early Access graduation, and one small thing worth your lunch break.

Control Resonant
No. 1
PC / PS5 / Xbox · 24 September
Control Resonant
A$89.95 on Steam, GeForce NOW support at launch, and Remedy's games have always looked best on a decent PC. Deluxe buyers get 48 hours early.
Sequel
Valheim 1.0
No. 2
PC / Xbox / PS5 / Switch 2 · 9 September
Valheim 1.0
PC is where Valheim was born and where the mods and dedicated servers live. A$43.95 on Steam, the Deep North biome and 1.0 after five and a half years.
Leaves Early Access
Total War: Warhammer III, Lords of the End Times
No. 3
PC · 24 September
Total War: Warhammer III, Lords of the End Times
Four Legendary Lords in one drop: Nagash, Thanquol, Boris Todbringer and the Glottkin, plus a free update. Creative Assembly calls it the biggest content drop the game has had. Sold as four packs or a bundle.
DLC
Silent Hill: Townfall
No. 4
PC / PS5 · 24 September
Silent Hill: Townfall
A$69.94 on Steam. First-person horror with the lights off and headphones on is a PC thing, and this one is built for it.
PC / PS5
Cloudscrapers
No. 5
PC · 14 September
Cloudscrapers
A minimalist, relaxing tower-building strategy game from Curve Games. Steam Deck optimised, full controller support, and the kind of thing you can play for fifteen minutes and feel better for it.
Pick Up And Play
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