There's been a lot of talk about Samson recently - the Steam game that racked up a ton of attention prior to its release, but then struggled to live up to the hype with "Mixed" reviews when it launched a week ago.
Nevertheless, the developer hasn't waited around to push out a significant 2026 roadmap, promising lots of improvements over the coming weeks in particular. They've now announced a Fall 2026 release window for the console version as well, which will likely include Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S.
Here's the roadmap, along with an official quote about the console release window:
"Finally, we know many of you have been asking about a console release. While we’re not ready to share a specific date yet, we can confirm that Samson is planned to launch on consoles this fall."
Despite the difficulties that Samson has run into at launch, we mentioned previously how we felt it could be an ideal scenario for Xbox fans - wait until it's been polished up a bit more, and then get a (hopefully) great version on console.
Whatever happens, we do anticipate there'll be some significant interest when Samson arrives on consoles later in 2026, and its potential to succeed on Xbox & PS5 (and maybe Switch 2) depends entirely on how it evolves over the coming months.