You may or may not have had the time to finish all the games from February, with plenty of big RPGs between Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and Dragon’s Dogma II, but too bad! It’s a new month, and new games are here to discuss. So put your buster and longswords down and look at what’s coming out this month.

Here are all the major and some of our picks for video games that are releasing in Australia in April 2024. Look for the explosion (💥) for the three things I’m most excited to watch this month, and let me know what you’re looking forward to playing in the comments section below. 

April 9

  • Spirit City: Lofi Sessions (PC)
    Spirit City: Lofi Sessions is a gamified focus tool, set to a soothing lofi soundtrack. Discover and collect Spirits, customize your cozy virtual space, and facilitate your real-life tasks with a collection of handy features designed to improve concentration and ease stress.

 

April 10

  • Botany Manor (PC, Xbox, Nintendo Switch)
    Welcome to Botany Manor, a stately home in 19th century England. You play as inhabitant Arabella Greene, a retired botanist. Explore your house and gardens, filled with research, to figure out the ideal habitat of forgotten flora. Grow each plant to discover the mysterious qualities they hold…

  • Children of the Sun (PC)
    On a deadly road trip into darkness, control the path of a single bullet and unleash a fury of vengeance on the sinister cult that ruined your life in this tactical puzzle-shooter.

April 11

  • Broken Roads (PC) 💥
    Broken Roads is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in a decaying, post-apocalyptic version of the vast Australian Outback, featuring a genre-redefining morality system. Survive, form bonds, and make tough choices that will shape your dangerous yet mesmerizing journey across the wilds.
  • 💥1: This Aussie game has been coming for a long time, and after a brief delay, it’s finally about to be released. Following the years since reveal, writing about it, playing several different demos — I’m excited to finally get into the full game.

April 16

  • Harold Hailbut (PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S) 💥
    Harold Halibut is a handmade narrative game about friendship and life on a city-sized spaceship submerged in an alien ocean. Join Harold as he explores a vibrant retro-future world in his quest to find the true meaning of ‘home’.
  • 💥2: I’ve been looking forward to Harold Hailbut since it first showed up in one of the many ‘Summer Game Fest’ adjacent events. A full video game that’s created using claymation isn’t something you see or hear about every day, and that’s just the first reason I’m excited to check this out.

  • Grounded (Nintendo Switch)
    The world is a vast, beautiful, and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunken to the size of an ant. Explore, build, and survive together in this cooperative survival-adventure. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?

April 18

  • Final Fantasy XVI – The Rising Tide DLC
    An unmarked letter arrives at the hideaway containing a request most curious: the Dominant of Leviathan, long lost Eikon of Water, is in need of rescue. To heed this call, Clive and his companions must journey to Mysidia—a hidden land under a blue sky—where they will uncover the tragic history of a forgotten people.

BUY FINAL FANTASY XVI NOW – AMAZON

April 19

  • No Rest For The Wicked – Early Access (PC)
    From Moon Studios, the award-winning developers of Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps comes No Rest for the Wicked, a visceral, precision Action RPG set to reinvent the genre.

April 24

  • Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes (PC, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S)
    Eiyuden Chronicles: Hundred Heroes is designed to bring players a modern take on a classic JRPG experience. Get ready to lead 100+ playable characters through a war-torn world only you can save.

PRE-ORDER NOW – AMAZON
  • Tales of Kenzera: Zau (PC, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S)
    Wield the dance of the shaman. Reclaim your father’s spirit. Brave the beautiful and treacherous land of Kenzera with the God of Death in Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU, a metroidvania-style adventure crafted by Surgent Studios.

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants (PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, PC)
    Re-experience the 2017 arcade classic with 3 additional stages and 6 additional boss battles! Take control of Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello or Raphael in this classic beat-em-up inspired by the cult favorite Turtles in Time. Play with your friends through 4 player local co-op.

April 26

  • SaGa: Emerald Beyond (PC, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch)
    FORGE YOUR OWN TALE The latest standalone entry in the SaGa franchise, SaGa Emerald Beyond, brings together the very best elements of the beloved series to offer each player their own unique gameplay experience.

  • Sand Land (PC, PlayStation, Xbox Series X|S)
    Dive into a desert world where both humans and demons suffer from an extreme water shortage – SAND LAND. Meet the Fiend Prince Beelzebub, his chaperone Thief, and the fearless Sheriff Rao, and follow the team on an extraordinary adventure in search of the Legendary Spring hidden in the desert. The end is only the beginning, as beyond this arid ground lies a mysterious new realm to explore.

PRE-ORDER NOW – AMAZON
  • TopSpin 2K25 (PC, PS5, PS4, XSX)
    The TopSpin franchise returns with TopSpin 2K25, featuring tennis legends Roger Federer, Serena Williams, and a cast of other playable pros, competitive single-player and multiplayer modes, all four historic Grand Slams®, and much more!

PRE-ORDER NOW – AMAZON
  • Stellar Blade (PS5) 💥
    The future of humanity is balanced on the edge of a blade. Ravaged by strange, powerful creatures, Earth has been abandoned, and what is left of the decimated human race has fled to a Colony in outer space. After travelling from the Colony, Paratrooper Eve arrives on the desolate remains of our planet with a clear-cut mission: to save humankind by reclaiming Earth from the NA:tive – the malevolent force that has devastated it. But as Eve tackles the NA:tive one-by-one, piecing together the mysteries of the past as she explores the ruins of human civilisation, she realises that her mission is far from straightforward. In fact, almost nothing is as it seems…
  • 💥3: Following the demo, I’m even more excited to play the full Stellar Blade. I have had my eye on this game for some time, but looks are just one thing, and after playing it, and experiencing the more meaningful combat, it’s only made me more keen.

PRE-ORDER NOW – AMAZON
  • Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba: Sweep the Board! (Nintendo Switch)
    The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba story follows Tanjirō Kamado, a young boy who becomes a demon slayer after his entire family was slaughtered by a demon, except for his little sister Nezuko, who was turned into a demon as well, vowing to find a way to make her human again.

PRE-ORDER NOW – AMAZON
  • Another Crab’s Treasure (PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox, Nintendo Switch)
    In a vibrant undersea kingdom on the verge of collapse, a hermit crab embarks on a treasure hunt to buy back his repossessed shell. The second game from AGGRO CRAB

  • Werewolf: The Apocalypse – The Book of Hungry Names (PC)
    You and your shattered werewolf pack must save the living Earth with Rage and spirit! In this interactive novel with hundreds of choices, can you defeat a Wyrm Spirit who manifests as a lie that you want to believe?

April 30

  • Braid Anniversary Edition (PC, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, Xbox)
    Solve puzzles by changing the flow of time in this remaster of the classic, award-winning game Braid. This remaster has new puzzles, hand-repainted graphics and fully reimagined sound, and a completely unreasonable amount of developer commentary.

  • Sea of Thieves (PlayStation 5)
    Sea of Thieves is a smash-hit pirate adventure game, offering the quintessential pirate experience of plundering lost treasures, intense battles, vanquishing sea monsters and more. Dive in with this revised edition of the game, which includes access to digital bonus media.

TBD

  • Dave the Diver (PS5)
    Join Dave, a professional diver, as he catches unique and delicious fish during the day and serves hungry patrons at a seaside sushi restaurant by night.

Am I missing anything from this list? I probably am, as many video games are released every month! But please let me know in the comment section below if I’ve missed something you’re looking forward to this month.

[Descriptions for games were taken from digital storefronts or the game’s official websites.]