5 Must-Play Games of May 2022

A busy 2022 game release schedule continues, as the month of May sees everything from an adventure featuring a boxing kangaroo to a WWII sniping mission. We’ve rounded up the most-anticipated releases of May 2022 to check out:

Trek to Yomi

Release date: 5 May 2022 (PS5 | Xbox Series X/S | PS4 | Xbox One | PC)

Trek to Yomi is a gorgeous 2D-action adventure game where you travel through Feudal Japan, fighting enemies, scaling rooftops, and slashing your way through the beautiful countryside. It’s a classic revenge tale, that is soaked in some serious black-and-white style, and coming from Shadow Warrior developer Flying Wild Hog, it should deliver the goods, as they’re becoming increasingly proficient in delivering games with satisfying and brutal combat. The best news is that it’s coming to Xbox’s GamePass on launch.

Evil Dead: The Game

Release date: 13 May 2022 (PS5 | Xbox Series X/S | PS4 | Xbox One | Switch | PC)

Evil Dead: The Game is a co-op survival horror game in the same vein as Left 4 Dead, Friday the 13th, Dead by Daylight, and other asymmetric cooperative games where you have to work together, hunt down loot, get your arsenal together, and fight like nails in order to make it through. The franchise hero Ash is back, along with his chainsaw, alongside a few other heroes; and rivaling players will also be able to take control of the Kandarian Demon and possess various enemies and manipulate the environment to make it even more difficult for the four-person co-op team.

Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong

Release date: 19 May 2022 (PS5 | Xbox Series X/S | PS4 | Xbox One | Switch | PC)

As a spin-off to the mainline action/RPG Vampire: The Masquerade games, Swansong is a slower, more methodical detective-inspired adventure to enjoy. Not unlike the Sherlock Holmes games, players are immersed by exploring crime scenes, solving puzzles, and having branching dialogue options with numerous characters, which can shape how the game unfolds. Of course, it is a Vampire game, so you’ll have to keep your true identity hidden, all while selecting who you need to pick off for a nibble during each case. Players will have to be careful who they feast on though, as it could change the course of the investigation, which makes for an interesting gameplay dynamic.

Sniper Elite 5

Release date: 26 May 2022 (PS5 | Xbox Series X/S | PS4 | Xbox One | PC)

The much-loved, Nazi testicle-destroying franchise is back, as Sniper Elite 5 delivers another sharpshooting adventure for players to indulge in. The latest instalment in the award-winning series features even deeper sniping mechanics, tactical third-person combat, and an enhanced kill cam. Taking on the role of Karl Fairburne once more, players will have to fight their way across the most immersive maps yet, with many real-world locations captured in stunning detail, and an improved traversal system that lets you explore more of them than ever before.

Kao the Kangaroo

Release date: 27 May 2022 (PS5 | Xbox Series X/S | PS4 | Xbox One | Switch | PC)

If you were craving some old-school 3D platforming, Kao the Kangaroo is a love-letter to the genre and a reboot of the franchise which first saw its initial release back in 2000. Players have to hop and fight through some varied levels, using different elemental powers on Kao’s boxing gloves to solve puzzles and defeat enemies. It looks like a lot of fun and should scratch that 3D platformer itch — we can’t wait to get our hands on it.

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