July 2023’s big video game releases: Pikmin 4, Remnant 2, and Exoprimal

July is traditionally a slow month for new, major video game releases, but it’s not a complete desert. It’s just very genre-heavy. Spread across the midsummer month, players should find something to pique their interest, if they’re not still sunk deep into May and June’s mammoth launches.

The highlights include Capcom’s return to dino shooters, Exoprimal; Nintendo’s mirthful RTS Pikmin 4. Double Dragon taking another swing at the nostalgia side-scrolling beat-em ups have enjoyed lately; and a management simulation riding its sport’s cresting popularity.

Here’s all the good stuff on the way for Nintendo, PlayStation, PC, and Xbox next month.

August 4, 2014

Synapse

PlayStation VR 2

July 7

The Legend of Heroes : Trails Into Reverie

(Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Playstation 5, Windows PC)

August 12

Oxenfree: Lost Signals

(Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Playstation 5, Windows PC)

August 13

Atelier Marie Remake : The Alchemists of Salburg

(Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Playstation 5, Windows PC)

Manic Mechanics

(Nintendo Switch)

Image: 4J Studios

Manic MechanicsJust announced during the Nintendo Direct in June 2023, this is a party co-op game that has players frantically repairing cars and retrieving car parts. Think Overcooked! But with more grease. Or less. The same or less?

August 14

Exoprimal

Xbox Series X (PlayStation 5, Windows PC)

Capcom

The following are some thoughts on how to get started: Exoprimal Dino Crisis is definitely a Capcom franchise that hasn’t been seen for 20 years. But this new game takes a completely different approach. Its main mode of play is Dino Survival, which is a PvEvP slugfest where two teams of five players try to complete objectives — or stop the other team — while both battle dinos like the Neo Tyrannosaur.

Jagged Alliance 3

(Windows PC)

August 21

Pikmin 4

(Nintendo Switch)

Image: Nintendo

Fans of Nintendo’s 22-year-old puzzle-solving real-time-strategy series should feel right at home, according to Polygon’s preview. Pikmin have been given new abilities to aid you in combat, such as the Ice Pikmin that freezes enemies and the Glow Pikmin which illuminates the battles at night. And then there’s Oatchi, the adorable space dog who can carry the Pikmin infantry into battle and supply bite and bash attacks himself.

August 25

Remnant 2,

Xbox Series X (PlayStation 5, Windows PC)

The 26th of July

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

(Windows PC)

Double Dragon Gaiden Rise of the Dragons

(Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)

Image: Secret Base/Modus Games

Taito’s landmark beat-’em-up ushered in a golden age for the genre 35 years ago, and returns for some more street cleaning in a side-scroller that adds roguelite elements. We’ve seen a beat-’em-up renaissance of late thanks to a couple of well done titles published by DotEmu, so it makes sense that Double Dragon would get in on the good feelings, six years after its most recent game.

July 27,

Telltale Series The Expanse

Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Windows PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5

The 28th of July

Disney Illusion Island

(Nintendo Switch)

31 July

F1 Manager 2023

Xbox One (Series X), Xbox One (PlayStation 4), Windows PC (Series X)

Image: Frontier Developments

A month after Codemasters’ F1 23Motorsports enthusiasts and nerds get F1 Manager 2023This is not a simple spreadsheet. Starting Grid and Race Moments are two of the events in the Race Replay Mode. They offer shorter races to get fans interested before they dive into the experience.

Ludicrous Edition of the Rise of the Triad

(Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)