2020 is already set to be a really great year in the world of gaming. A ton of brand new games have been announced to be coming out in this upcoming year and there are even quite a few sequels to games that we already love that have been announced. Although there are some sequels that everyone is already talking about like The Last of Us: Part II, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and the sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, there are also a lot of sequels that have gone more under the radar.
If you're a serious fan of the franchise, then you're probably already aware of some of these sequels and already eagerly anticipating news about the game. But, other people probably had no idea that these sequels were on the way. A new sequel coming in an exciting franchise could be a really fun time to start a new game in order to get ready for the sequel's release.
To see 10 sequels you had no idea were coming in 2020, keep reading!
Updated February 4th, 2020: As video game fans, we're always excited to hear about new games that are being released. And if those games are sequels to some that we already loved? That makes it even better! 2020 is already amping up to be a huge year in the world of gaming and there are a ton of sequels to games that we've already played and enjoyed coming out. Because of this, we've added a few more sequels that you probably didn't know about.
15 Minecraft Dungeons
Minecraft Dungeons is an upcoming Mojang game that is scheduled to be released in April of 2020 on a variety of different consoles and platforms, including Xbox One, Windows 10, PlayStation 4, and the Nintendo Switch.
We all know that Minecraft is a sandbox-style, open-world game that allows you to do anything you want. And while this game may have Minecraft in the title and be inspired by that game, that doesn't mean that it's going to be the same thing. Instead, this game is going to be a dungeon crawler-style game and will have the player explore randomly generated dungeons to fight enemies and find treasures.
14 Psychonauts 2
Psychonauts 2 is an upcoming platformer game that was first announced back in 2015. This game is the sequel to the 2005 game Psychonauts and has been a long time coming. It took 10 years before a sequel was even announced and then the sequel has been in development for five years. Some fans even thought the game had been cancelled entirely.
A crowdfunding campaign held by the developers eventually helped this game to move forward in production. Psychonauts 2 is set to be a platforming game similar to the first game. In this game, the player will control a recently graduated Psychonaut who uses their telekinetic powers to explore the minds of others.
13 Super Meat Boy Forever
The first Super Meat Boy game was released in 2010 and its development was featured in a gaming documentary called Indie Game: The Movie. It's a difficult platforming game that can be frustrating at times, but is still a ton of fun.
Super Meat Boy Forever was originally planned as a mobile port of the original game but was eventually changed into a full-fledged sequel. The game is said to feature Dr. Fetus as the main villain again and will follow after Dr. Fetus kidnaps Super Meat Boy and Bandage Girl's child, forcing them to go on an adventure to get their baby back.
12 Halo Infinite
Scheduled to be released in Q4 of 2020, Halo Infinite is going to be the sixth main game in the Halo franchise. This game is special because of the fact that it's supposedly going to be available on next-generation consoles like the Xbox Series X as well as the Xbox One.
This game will once again feature Master Chief as the main character and will be like other Halo games in that it will be a first-person shooter game. This game is said to follow the storyline of the 2015 Halo game, Halo 5: Guardians.
11 The Wolf Among Us 2
After Telltale Games went out of business, we were left wondering what the future would be for their story-based games. Would we ever see sequels to them? Would another company take over in this space and start releasing their own?
In December of 2019, it was announced that The Wolf Among Us 2 was in development. LCG Entertainment, doing business as Telltale, announced that they would be working on the sequel. The game is said to be a sequel to the first game and although we don't know for sure when it'll be released, there are rumors about a late 2020 release date.
10 Tales Of Arise
Tales of Arise is an upcoming RPG that is set to be released in 2020. This game is the latest in the Tales series, a series of video games that started way back in 1995 when the first game in the franchise, Tales of Phantasia, was released on the Super Famicom before being ported to other game systems.
Tales of Arise is set to be released on PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. This game is said to be an action RPG that follows two different characters from two opposing worlds, known as Dahna and Rena.
9 Little Nightmares 2
Little Nightmares 2 is a puzzle platforming game and a sequel to the game Little Nightmares. Little Nightmares was released in 2017 and has been ported to several different consoles and platforms, all of which are expected to also be getting this 2020 sequel.
In this game, the player will still be controlling the same character from the first game, Six. A big change that has many fans excited for this game is the fact that the developers teased that there would be a computer-controlled second character named Mono added to the game to be by the player's side through their adventures.
8 Ori And The Will Of The Wisps
Ori and the Will of the Wisps is an upcoming game that is set to be released in 2020 on the Xbox One and PC. This game is a sequel to the 2015 game Ori and the Blind Forest. This game is set to be a Metroidvania-style game in that players will need to learn new abilities and skills in order to unlock new areas of the game.
This game is scheduled to be released in March of 2020, so fans of platforming and puzzle games don't have long to wait. Some of the changes from the first game include the fact that this game seems to be more focused on autosaving, instead of having players manually save in the game.
7 Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing In Disguise
Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise is an upcoming game that is set to be released on the Nintendo Switch in 2020. This game is a sequel to the game Deadly Premonition, a game that was originally released in 2010 and has been released on various systems over the years, including Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, and the Nintendo Switch.
Deadly Premonition is a survival horror game in which the player takes on the role of FBI Special Agent Francis York Morgan as he investigates a serial killer. In this sequel, we'll be taken back to the year 2005 and sent to a neighborhood in New Orleans to investigate a heinous case.
6 Bayonetta 3
A third game in the Bayonetta series is something that the developers have been teasing for a while. It became more serious after the Nintendo Switch was released when Bayonetta 3 was scheduled to be released in 2019, but fans were left disappointed when the developers moved the release date back a year.
The previous games in the Bayonetta series were released on the Nintendo Switch recently, so it's a great time to get into this cult classic game series. We don't know much about the upcoming third game in the series yet, but it's likely going to follow the title character as she battles enemies.
5 No More Heroes III
The No More Heroes series started back in 2007 with the first game in the series. In 2019, the franchise saw a new release in the form of a spin-off game called Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes. The last main game in the series was released in 2010, so the fact that we're getting another No More Heroes game only a year after the release of Travis Strikes Again is definitely a welcome surprise.
No More Heroes III is set to be released on the Nintendo Switch in 2020. This game is set to follow the main character, Travis Touchdown, as he goes back to Santa Destroy in order to save the world from an alien invasion.
4 Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 is an upcoming sequel to the 2004 game Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines. This game is set to be released in 2020 on PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.
This game is set during the 21st century in Seattle. The player controls one of the humans that was turned into a vampire during an event called the Mass Embrace, an event in which vampires bit and turned humans at will, causing some problems between the vampire factions in the city.
3 Spelunky 2
Spelunky 2 was originally set to be released in 2019, but it ended up getting pushed back to 2020. This game is the highly anticipated sequel to the 2008 platforming game Spelunky.
Just like in the original Spelunky, Spelunky 2 is a game in which players will journey underground in order to find treasure, fight off enemies, and find all kinds of amazing secrets. In this game, the player will be controlling a character named Ana Spelunky, the daughter of the characters from the first game.
2 Beyond Good And Evil 2
Beyond Good and Evil 2 is an upcoming sequel to the 2003 game Beyond Good and Evil. This game was announced a couple years ago and fans have been eagerly awaiting any news about this game ever since then. Unfortunately, the developers haven't released a ton of information about this upcoming sequel, but many fans believe that it will be released in late 2020.
According to the developers and the trailers, the player will control a space pirate and can choose between being a human or a hybrid between a human and an animal. Players can then rescue enslaved hybrids and get them to join your crew and work with you.
1 The Elder Scrolls VI
The Elder Scrolls VI is a game that is has been in the works for a long time. Todd Howard has been talking about the future of The Elder Scrolls franchise for a few years now, but the next installment in the series was finally announced at E3 in 2018 and many people believe that the game could be released in 2020, but it's hard to say for sure.
Considering the fact that The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is still such a massively popular game, it's no surprise that the team is eager to release a new game, but we definitely don't want to rush them into releasing a game that isn't great. At the earliest, fans can hope to see this game hit the shelves in late 2020.