Two Point Museum, FragPunk, and the other new games out this week – Polygon

Become a curator or discover the color of your soul with this week’s new gamesby Tyler ColpIf you buy something from a Polygon link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement.The new game releases this week get real weird. Once Two Point Museum is out of the way early in the week, the games either break conventions, like with Carmen Sandiego, or they play with familiar genres, like whatever FragPunk is doing as a hero shooter. Close your eyes and try to land on something normal in the list below — you can’t!Two Point Museum is our rock, a management sim about being a museum curator. There’s nothing abnormal about that. That is, unless everything comes alive when the lights go off. Let’s hope that doesn’t happen. Not long after, Knights in Tight Spaces will bring you a card-battling game where medieval knights brawl. I don’t remember that in history class. Then there’s Everhood 2, a game that looks like someone left Undertale in the fridge too long. When a game promises to let you “discover the color of your soul,” you know you’re in for something you haven’t seen before. And to cap it off, we have Split Fiction, another co-op adventure from the developers of It Takes Two.Here are our most anticipated game releases for the week of March 3.Release date: March 4Platforms: Mac, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series XYou get a whole museum to yourself in this management sim. Every exhibit is yours to design and fill with dinosaur bones and artifacts to attract guests. It’s not all glamorous: Sometimes you’ll have to manage your staff or send experts out into the world to find new attractions. But at the end of the day, you can say you’re the curator, and where else can you do that?Release date: March 4Platforms: Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series XThe thief with the big red hat is back in a game where you actually play as her. You’ll travel the world as Carmen Sandiego as she hunts down a crime syndicate. There’s some light exploration, puzzle-solving, and detective work packed into its campaign mode, or there’s an optional Acme Files mode for more classic-style sleuthing.Release date: March 4Platforms: Windows PCThis roguelike deck builder is an action game in disguise and a follow-up to the very fun Fights in Tight Spaces. Every card is a different move as you queue up actions to fight off enemies with your party of knights. Brawn alone won’t get you through it, though; you’ll need to make tactical decisions based on your environment to survive.Release date: March 4Platforms: Nintendo Switch, Windows PCThis psychedelic pixel nightmare is a rhythm game mixed with an RPG. The first Everhood asked, “What if you shoved a Guitar Hero note lane into Undertale’s boss fights?“ and the sequel asks the same thing, but makes it weirder. There’s not much else to say about this game that the screenshots can’t — except that there’s something called a Mind Dragon in there somewhere.Release date: March 6Platforms: PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series XHero shooters need a little weird injected into them, and this game is here to do that. As you fight in 5v5 matches, you get cards you can break to trigger unique effects, like a big-head mode or burning bullets. There are over 100 cards, too, so every match will play out differently.Release date: March 6Platforms: PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series XAnother co-op adventure from Hazelight Studios, Split Fiction follows the story of two authors stuck in their own stories. The game mixes sci-fi and fantasy and features a whole new set of clever, co-op puzzles.Release date: March 6Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series XThis game wins the award for wierdest game of the week. It’s a mix of retro survival horror in the style of Resident Evil and arcade first-person shooting. It’s a grimy, neon nightmare that doesn’t look quite like anything else.It’s already out on PC, but the console versions launch this week.Update (March 4): Added Split Fiction to the list.The best of Polygon in your inbox, every Friday.© 2025 Vox Media, LLC. All Rights Reserved

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