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April brings the biggest remake double feature gaming has seen in years, and PS4 owners are the ones cashing in.
Gameranx closed out March with its rundown of the ten new releases worth circling on the calendar for April 2020, and the list reads like a greatest-hits reunion. Square Enix and Capcom are both leaning on nostalgia with full-scale remakes of 1990s classics, while smaller studios are filling out the schedule with a horror survival sim, a tactical Gears of War spinoff, and an asymmetrical Predator shooter. Across PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Switch, there’s a release date almost every week of the month.
- Final Fantasy VII Remake tops the list, releasing April 10 as a PS4 exclusive and reimagining the 1997 original rather than simply remastering it.
- Resident Evil 3 lands April 3 on PC, PS4, and Xbox One, bundled with the multiplayer mode Resident Evil Resistance.
- Trials of Mana, a 3D remake of the 1995 action-RPG, arrives April 24 on PS4, Switch, and PC — giving Square Enix two entries in the top three.
The Remakes Leading the Charge
No release this month carries more weight than Final Fantasy VII Remake, which drops April 10 exclusively on PS4. It’s not a remaster with sharper textures — Square Enix rebuilt the 1997 RPG’s opening chapters from the ground up, with a new action-driven combat system and fully voiced cutscenes replacing the original’s turn-based menus and text boxes.
Right behind it, Capcom’s Resident Evil 3 remake hits PC, PS4, and Xbox One on April 3, putting Jill Valentine back in Raccoon City alongside the relentless Nemesis. Capcom packaged it with Resident Evil Resistance, a 4-versus-1 multiplayer mode, giving the release a co-op hook beyond Jill’s single-player campaign. Rounding out the trio, Trials of Mana reworks the 1995 Seiken Densetsu 3 into a full 3D action-RPG for PS4, Switch, and PC on April 24.
Final Fantasy VII Remake isn’t a remaster — it’s a ground-up reimagining of the 1997 original, arriving April 10 as a PS4 exclusive.
Genre Variety Beyond the Big Three
Sega’s Sakura Wars reboots the steampunk dramatic action-adventure series on PS4 starting April 28, mixing visual-novel storytelling with mech combat. IllFonic’s Predator: Hunting Grounds follows on the same day for PS4, dropping players into an asymmetrical shooter where one side plays the hunted military squad and the other controls the Predator itself.
Turn-based strategy fans get Gears Tactics on April 28 for PC and Xbox One, a spinoff set before the original Gears of War that trades cover-shooting for tactical squad battles. Fans of slower-burn horror should note Someday You’ll Return, a psychological horror game set in the Czech forests, launching April 14 across PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
Simulation and Survival Picks
Saber Interactive’s SnowRunner closes out the month on April 28 for PC, PS4, and Xbox One, putting players behind the wheel of heavy off-road vehicles hauling cargo through unforgiving terrain. Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories arrives earlier, on April 7, for PC, PS4, and Switch, tasking players with surviving the chaos of an urban earthquake. KeokeN Interactive’s Deliver Us The Moon makes its console debut on PS4 and Xbox One on April 24, bringing the sci-fi thriller to a wider audience after its earlier PC run.
Bonus Releases Worth Watching
Gameranx also flagged three titles just outside the top ten. Hellpoint, a sci-fi action-RPG, and HyperParasite, a roguelike shooter, both round out April’s lineup for genre fans looking beyond the marquee remakes. Moving Out, a chaotic co-op physics game about furniture removal, gives players something lighter to run through with friends — a good companion pick alongside the indie releases also hitting shelves this month.
Between Resident Evil 3 on April 3 and Final Fantasy VII Remake a week later on April 10, the first ten days of April alone carry more remake firepower than most entire quarters. Trials of Mana, Predator: Hunting Grounds, and Sakura Wars then stack up in the back half of the month, so anyone budgeting for new releases should plan around those two opening weeks first.
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