Niche Release Recap – August 2020

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We have entered another new month, so it’s time once again to take a look at the big game releases we have to look forward to. August is a bit on the slow side this year, but there is still a decent selection of games coming out.

Here are the major game releases of August 2020:


August 4th:

  • Skully – Windows PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout – Windows PC, PlayStation 4
  • Hellbound – Windows PC
  • Relicta – Windows PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia
  • Wizards: Wand of Epicosity – Xbox One

August 5th:

  • Steam Tactics – Nintendo Switch, Xbox One

August 6th:

  • UnderMine – Windows PC, Xbox One
  • Drink More Glurp – Windows PC, Nintendo Switch
  • Clan N – Windows PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • Brawlhalla – Android, iOS
Hellbound
Hellbound – August 4th

 

August 7th:

  • Horizon: Zero Dawn – Windows PC
  • Fast & Furious Crossroads – Windows PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • Swimsanity! – Windows PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One
  • Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon? Infinite Combate – Windows PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 (EU version, NA version August 11th)

August 11th:

  • Hyper Scape – Windows PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • Risk of Rain 2 – Windows PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One

August 12th:

  • Banner of the Maid – Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4
  • Escape From Tethys – Nintendo Switch, Xbox One
  • Volta-X – Windows PC, Nintendo Switch
  • Metamorphosis – Windows PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • Popup Dungeon – Windows PC
Banner of the Maid
Banner of the Maid – August 12th

 

August 13th:

  • A Total War Saga: Troy – Windows PC
  • Ever Forward – Windows PC
  • Bite the Bullet – Windows PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One
  • Faeria – Nintendo Switch, Xbox One
  • Darkestville Castle – Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • Dying Light: Hellraid – Windows PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • Kill It With Fire – Windows PC

August 14th:

  • Eastern Exorcist – Windows PC
  • EA Sports UFC 4 – PlayStation 4, Xbox One

August 18th:

  • Death end re;Quest 2 – Windows PC (PlayStation 4 version August 25th)
  • Helheim Hassle – Windows PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4
  • Pathfinder: Kingmaker – PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • Microsoft Flight Simulator – Windows PC
Battletoads
Battletoads – August 20th

 

August 20th:

  • RPG Maker MZ – Windows PC
  • Peaky Blinders: Mastermind – Windows PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • Battletoads – Windows PC, Xbox One
  • Train Sim World 2 – Windows PC
  • Pastel: Blind Karma – Windows PC
  • Griefhelm – Windows PC
  • Remnant: From the Ashes – Complete Edition – Windows PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One

August 21st:

  • New Super Lucky’s Tale – PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • PGA Tour 2K21 – Windows PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time – Windows PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • Aokana: Four Rhytms Across the Blue – Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4

August 25th:

  • Kandagawa Jet Girls – Windows PC, PlayStation 4
  • Giraffe and Annika – Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4,
  • Descenders – PlayStation 4
  • No Straight Roads – Windows PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • Madden 21 – Windows PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • Street Power Football (also known as Street Power Soccer in some regions) – Windows PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • Insurgency: Sandstorm – PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Kandagawa Jet Girls
Kandagawa Jet Girls – August 25th

 

August 27th:

  • Tell Me Why – Windows PC, Xbox One
  • Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles Remastered Edition – Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4
  • Surgeon Simulator 2 – Windows PC

August 28th:

  • Wasteland 3 – Windows PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • Road to Guangdong – Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions – Windows PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4
  • Project CARS 3 – Windows PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • Nexomon: Extinction – Windows PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars – Windows PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • Shing! – Windows PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • Windbound – Windows PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • Jump Force – Nintendo Switch
Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time
Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time – August 21st

 

August TBA:

  • West of Dead – Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4
  • Serious Sam 4 – Windows PC

Which of these games will you be buying? Tell us in the comments below!

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