GeForce NOW begins 2026 by reflecting on a remarkable year of cloud gaming achievements and impressive frame rates, powered by RTX 5080 technology. The platform demonstrated how high-performance GeForce capabilities in the cloud enhance gaming experiences, from major blockbusters to flexible play options across various devices. This January, 14 new titles are joining the service, with five available for streaming this week.
A Look Back at 2025 Innovations
A significant advancement in 2025 was the integration of NVIDIA Blackwell RTX into the cloud, empowering the GeForce NOW Ultimate membership tier with GeForce RTX 5080 capabilities. This brought access to NVIDIA technologies like DLSS 4 and 5K 120 frames-per-second (fps) streaming. A community member, Nads, described the addition of RTX 5080, DLSS 4, and 5K 120 fps streaming as a “true game-changer” for cloud gaming. Luna, a GeForce NOW Discord mod, noted that the Ultimate tier allowed her to play demanding titles like ARC Raiders and Dying Light: The Beast in areas where her local machine struggled, with the RTX 5080 cloud pushing performance even further.
GeForce NOW also featured major day-and-date releases for popular titles such as ARC Raiders and Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. Nads highlighted the seamless experience of playing games like Borderlands 4, Grounded, and Battlefield 6 on the platform.
For Warwick, cloud gaming provided a significant advantage, enabling smooth Fortnite gameplay with friends while streaming, leading to “victory royales.” Warwick also noted the exciting developments for
, including Fortnite with Discord integration.
The year 2025 also saw enhanced flexibility for players, with the native GeForce NOW app improving gaming on Steam Deck. This made it simpler to access over 2,000 supported games from platforms like Steam, Epic Games Store, and Game Pass, all with GeForce RTX quality on the handheld device. 
Full steam ahead with the cloud. A user identified as
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnzOUxyYVYgd0QYwBJJ8Kew
praised the release of ARC Raiders and ongoing Steam Deck support, describing the ability to play titles at “max fidelity” on the device as “nothing short of amazing.”
The Install-to-Play feature expanded the game library further. Creator Cloudy With Games noted that this feature introduced many new games, recommending Slots and Daggers. 
Installing fun, please stand by. Another creator,
https://www.youtube.com/@Rudiggz
, explained that Install-to-Play revitalized games like Pixelmancer, making indie titles accessible via the cloud from desktop to mobile. They emphasized that “GeForce NOW Ultimate is the only way to play thousands of titles at max settings — no hardware minimums. GeForce NOW has the frames and the games,” for those seeking maximum freedom and fidelity.
Ultimate Contest Highlights
The Ultimate Contest provided an opportunity for players to showcase their preferred cloud gaming experiences and demonstrate the capabilities of GeForce RTX 5080-class power. Submissions, ranging from impressive action sequences to creative displays, underscored the distinctiveness of the Ultimate tier. Congratulations were extended to the top 10 winners: pfoglista, danipeter007+gfn, brunocas_300, Studmuffin9398, patanaimuje, dufranklin4, despandan4, chandabenr, andreaosmani222, and Lyreliarlyre. Participants received two Ultimate Day Passes and a one-year Ultimate membership. Pfoglista’s video particularly illustrated how GeForce NOW Ultimate delivers a gaming experience that “feels exactly like playing on a local PC,” emphasizing the precision of fast, competitive, low-latency cloud gaming.
New Games for the New Year
Players can anticipate the following titles becoming available this week:
- My Winter Car (New release on Steam, Dec. 29)
- Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden (Xbox, available on Game Pass)
- The Casting of Frank Stone (Xbox, available on Game Pass)
- Eternights (Epic Games Store)
- Warhammer 40,000: SPACE MARINE 2 (Epic Games Store, GeForce RTX 5080-ready)
Additional GeForce RTX 5080-Ready Games, beyond Warhammer 40,000: SPACE MARINE 2:
- Factorio (Steam)
The complete list of games scheduled for release in January includes:
- StarRupture (New release on Steam, Jan. 6)
- Pathologic 3 (New release on Steam, Jan. 9)
- Quarantine Zone: The Last Check (New release on Steam, Jan. 12)
- MIO: Memories in Orbit (New release on Steam and Xbox, available on Game Pass, Jan. 20)
- Nova Roma (New release Steam, Jan. 22)
- Guild Wars: Reforged (Steam)
- Mon Bazou (Steam)
- Supermarket Simulator (Xbox, available on Game Pass)
- Tavern Keeper (Steam)
December Additions
Beyond the 30 games announced in December, seven additional titles were added during the month:
- Fallout: New Vegas (Steam, Epic Games Store and Xbox, available on PC Game Pass)
- Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel (Epic Games Store)
- Monster Hunter Stories (Steam)
- Monster Hunter Stories 2 (Steam)
- Pioner (Steam)
- RuneQuest: Warlords (Steam)
- Skate Story (Steam)
