Best games released at SPIEL 2026 in Essen
- Cozy Stickerville
- Vantage
- Flip 7: With A Vengeance
- Wingspan Pocket
- Moon Colony Bloodbath
- Radlands: Cult of Chrome (Expansion)
- DaDaDa
- Moustache
- Symbiose
- Positano
- Dragon Overload
- Frosted Blooms
- Panda Spin
- The Peak Team
- Horrified: Dungeons & Dragons – Ravenloft
- Last Lemming
- Kilauea
- Tax the Rich
- The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era
- Everdell Emerland
- Ayar: Children of the Sun
- Last Minute
- Raas: A Dance of Love
- Furnace Duel
- Abroad
- Tag Team: Arthur's Legacy
- Covenant
- Molecools
- Pest
- World Order
- Molly House
- Duel of Meloch
- BigWig
- ANTS
- Cascadia: Alpine Lakes
- Rooms & Roomies
- Toshi: Die blühende Stadt
- Veggie Match
- Spirits of Valenor
- Street Art
- Dragon's Roll
- EXIT: The Game – The Perfect Heist (Anniversary Edition)
- Onitama: Big Box
- Cubaneo
- Jurassic Zoo
- Dorfromantik: South Seas
- Spyworld
- Professor Boom
- The Game of Birds
- Orbita
- Greenwood
- Traitors Aboard: One Piece
- Perfect Tour
- Secret Museum
- Nix Da!
- The Crew: Journey to the Ends of the Earth
- Familiar Feat
- Maybe. Not. Perfect!
- Trash Poker
- Munchkin: Vox Machina – A Critical Role Game
- Pixie Time
- Flamme Rouge: Champion Edition
- Flixo
- Forest Shuffle: Smoky Mountains
- The Gang: Deluxe Edition
- Orkney: Die schottischen Inseln
- Citadels Duel
- Batman: Gotham City Crimes
- Panorama
- Scotland Yard Duel
- Dorfromantik: Head to Head
- Spell
- Minecraft: Digging Down
- Carcassonne Labyrinth
- Kalypso
- Thron der Lügen
- Deckscape: The Academy of Magic
- Wolfmoon
- Wireless
- No Shelf Control
- Fragments: Fungataï
- Labyrinth: Chronicles
- Bloom Kingdom
- Alebrijes
- Capy Cabana
- Next Station: Berlin
- Codenames: Critical Role Adventures
- Game Snacks
- Fourth Wing: The Game – Choose Your Dragon
- Dicecream
- Wine & Cheese
- Happy Rainbow
- Spooky Bar
- Heartbeats
- Dancing Birds
- Shout the Clue
- River Rivals
- Salaryman Madness
- HiLo Plus
- Kniffel 8