NVIDIA names 25 games for GeForce NOW in October, with six listed this week

NVIDIA announced on October 1 that 25 games are planned for GeForce NOW during October 2026, including six it lists for this week. The additions give cloud gaming members a mix of new releases and existing titles, but the company cautions that a store release date does not guarantee immediate availability on its streaming service.

The six GeForce NOW games listed for this week

NVIDIA’s weekly list names Minecraft Dungeons II, Nivalis Nights, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered, Bookshop Simulator, Megastore: Tidy Up Together and Planet Coaster 2. The company identifies Minecraft Dungeons II and Nivalis Nights as September 29 releases, and marks the former as available on Game Pass. It lists Nivalis Nights, Bookshop Simulator and Megastore: Tidy Up Together on Steam.

The Witcher remaster is listed for Battle.net and Xbox Play Anywhere, with Microsoft Store availability noted by NVIDIA. Planet Coaster 2 is listed for Xbox and Game Pass. Those store labels matter because NVIDIA’s schedule uses release dates on the respective stores; games can appear on GeForce NOW after those dates as they are onboarded during the week.

The remaining October lineup and release dates

Two Steam releases lead the dated part of NVIDIA’s later October list: Gears of War: E-Day and STAR WARS: Galactic Racer, both marked for October 6. Three more Steam releases are marked for October 8: Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival, Order of the Sinking Star and Silver Pines. Permafrost follows on October 9, according to the same schedule.

Four other Steam games appear without a specific date in the announcement: Dimraeth, Graveyard Keeper 2, Solasta II and Tyr. NVIDIA says the dates it does print refer to store releases and that GeForce NOW availability can vary while games are added. Players seeking a particular title therefore need to check the service’s availability updates, especially for entries without a dated listing.

What the Witcher remaster adds

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered launched on September 29, according to PC Gamer’s release guide, which was updated that day to say the game had been released. CD Projekt Red also announced that the remastered edition was available. NVIDIA says the title is streaming for its Performance and Ultimate members, making the new cloud listing part of a wider release that began two days before its October lineup announcement.

PC Gamer reported an update of about 45GB, with improved visuals, a reworked skill system, an expanded photo mode, combat changes and armor transmog. CD Projekt Red describes the remaster as a free upgrade for owners and says it includes the Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine expansions. Its platform list covers GOG, Steam, Epic Games Store, Battle.net, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2; that broader release list should not be read as a list of GeForce NOW storefronts.

NVIDIA says its cloud service handles rendering, downloads and storage for the remaster, and advertises RTX 5080-class cloud performance for Ultimate members. Those are the company’s product descriptions; the announcement does not provide an independent performance test or establish how the game runs for every subscriber. The stated cloud access applies to Performance and Ultimate memberships.

CONTROL Resonant reward and what comes next

The October announcement also offers Performance and Ultimate members a Third Ice Baseball Cap reward for CONTROL Resonant. NVIDIA says the claim window runs from October 1 through November 1 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time. Members claim a reward code, enter it through the game’s options and gameplay menus in the Steam or Epic Games Store version, and can equip the cap after finishing Act 1.

CONTROL Resonant itself predates this reward: Remedy Entertainment announced on September 24 that the game was out. In that post, creative director Mikael Kasurinen said its development took seven years and described rebuilding and trying again during production. The new element in NVIDIA’s October post is the membership reward, rather than the game’s release.

NVIDIA also says 11 games joined GeForce NOW in September beyond those it had previously announced, among them The Blood of Dawnwalker, Death Stranding Director’s Cut, Dune: Awakening and LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight. That retrospective sits separately from the 25-game October plan. For the upcoming games, the company directs players to its GeForce NOW channels and Thursday updates as onboarding progresses; it gives no specific cloud arrival date for every listed title.