With hundreds of brand new games announced for release in 2023, experts at Top10Casinos.com analysed worldwide Google search trend data in order to see which upcoming January 2023 game releases are the most anticipated.
Most anticipated upcoming gaming releases (January release dates):
| Rank | Game title | Release date | Console(s) available on | Total worldwide searches in past 3 months |
| 1 | Dead Space | 27th January 2023 | PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC |
633,400 |
| 2 | Monster Hunter Rise | 20th January 2023 | PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
534,500 |
| 3 | Dragon Ball Z Kakarot | 13th January 2023 | PS5, Xbox Series X/S |
404,590 |
| 4 | Forspoken | 24th January 2023 | PS5, PC |
368,400 |
| 5 | One Piece Odyssey | 13th January 2023 | PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC |
108,300 |
| 6 | Persona 4 Golden | 19th January 2023 | PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC |
104,790 |
| 7 | Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition | 31st January 2023 | Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
79,690 |
| 8 | Fire Emblem Engage | 20th January 2023 | Switch |
71,300 |
| 9 | Fears to Fathom | 9th January 2023 | PC |
45,700 |
| 10 | Colossal Cave | 19th January 2023 | PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, PC |
19,800 |
The most anticipated upcoming game of January 2023 is Dead Space, due to be released on the 27th of January. It’s clear the latest release from this science fiction/horror franchise is highly anticipated around the world as it has been searched for 633,400 times in the past three months worldwide.
The second most anticipated game is Monster Hunter Rise with a total of 543,500 searches for the game and its release date in the past three months. Despite being released on PC and Nintendo Switch in 2021, Playstation and Xbox users don’t have much longer to wait to get their hands on the game on the 20th of January this year.
In third place is Dragon Ball Z Kakarot, having been searched for 404,590 times in the past three months. Users of PS5 and Xbox Series X/S will be delighted to start playing the next-gen update of the game from January 13th (January 12th in Japan).
In fourth and fifth place, respectively, are Forspoken (368,400 searches) and One Piece Odyssey (368,400 searches).
