Every Google Stadia game: playable now and coming soon
Google shook the gaming world with its announcement at GDC 2019. The search giant's new online gaming platform allows you to run AAA games on any hardware (PC or smartphone) compatible with Google Chrome or Chromecast regardless of the power of that device. But what games are supported?
Google promises streaming up to 4K resolution at 60fps with HDR+ at launch, with updates to 8K and 120fps possible in the future. For now, these are the titles that you can expect on the new game streaming service made by Google! If you just want to skip straight to the full list of available games, you can do that right here.
Google Stadia exclusives
Phil Harrison, now head of Google's Stadia division, said the following when talking about exclusive titles for the newly created platform:
"There was a conversation between me and Google before I joined the company. My point of view, in order to give players exactly what we wanted to promise, was that we had to build our own games. We had to create experiences that were exclusive to Stadia; it was a fundamental direction in which to move."
However, he then clarified what he meant by the following statement:
"I understand that the word "exclusive" can sometimes be a difficult term. I would like to talk about games that are built specifically for a data center. And if these games then appear on other streaming platforms, that's fine, because it means that developers have begun to innovate and think about the future and the creation of games from the 21st century, rather than games from the 20th century."
Harrison has however confirmed that the games developed directly by Google will remain exclusive for Stadia. Jade Raymond, now head of the Stadia Games and Entertainment division, is taking care of the development of these titles.
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Ubisoft is one of the first announced partners. The last chapter of the series dedicated to the world's most famous guild of killers has already been seen running on Project Stream (the closed beta launched by Google last October which ended in January) and then on the version of Stadia shown on stage at GDC 2019.
Some of the company representatives were also present at the Project Stadia launch event.
DOOM Eternal
At GDC 2019 it was also possible to try the next chapter of the frantic id Software shooter. Excellent for verifying the response of the servers to the actions of users, DOOM Eternal has proven to run in a more than acceptable way on Google Stadia. However, it was a controlled environment and we will have to verify the input lag values that could be caused by the distance between the end-user and Google's data centers for ourselves.
The full list of games available on Good Stadia
Google launched Stadia in November with a catalog that included 12 different titles on day one and promised 14 more by the end of the year. The list has now grown and the library has expanded. You can see the full list of Google Stadia games below:
- Assassin's Creed Odyssey
- Attack on Titan: Final Battle 2
- Borderlands 3
- Darksiders Genesis
- Destiny 2: The Collection (available in Stadia Pro)
- Doom: Eternal
- Dragon Ball Xeonoverse 2
- Farming Simulator 2019
- Final Fantasy XV
- Football Manager 2020
- Get Packed
- Ghost Recon Breakpoint
- Grid 2019
- Gylt
- Just Dance 2020
- Kine
- Lost Words: Beyond the Page
- Metro Exodus
- Mortal Kombat 11
- MotoGP 20
- NBA 2K20
- Octopath Traveler
- PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG)
- Rage 2
- Rise of the Tomb Raider
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Samurai Shodown
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider
- Spitlings
- Stacks on Stacks (On Stacks)
- SteamWorld Dig
- SteamWorld Dig 2
- SteamWorld Heist
- SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech
- Supercross 3
- The Crew 2
- The Turing Test
- Thumper
- Tom Clancy's The Division 2
- Tomb Raider 2013
- Trials Rising
- Wolfenstein: Youngblood
- Zombie Army 4: Dead War
Upcoming games for Google Stadia
As mentioned above, the game library of Stadia is constantly evolving. So get ready for new adventures over the next few months:
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla
- Baldur's Gate 3
- Crayta
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Destroy All Humans!
- DOOM
- Embr
- F1 2020
- Gods & Monsters
- Gunsport
- Kona
- Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris
- Marvel's Avengers
- Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
- Monster Jam Steel Titans
- Orcs Must Die! 3
- République
- Rock of Ages 3: Make & Break
- SUPERHOT
- The Elder Scrolls Online
- Watch Dogs Legion
- Wave Break
- West of Loathing
- Windjammers 2
Are you interested in trying the service and abandoning expensive old consoles? Let us know in the comments below.
Kine is just so great
Implementing a fully functional game streaming platform for the masses supporting graphic intensive games running at high resolution in today's time is so much capital intensive that I guess even if Google wants to, probably they will not be able to provide unrestricted service to users without charging a subscription fee. Not only the cost of investment has to be covered, but also there has to be a significant profit margin for game developers and Google themselves. Difficult!