- Release
- 23 February 2027; Premium Edition early access from 18 February.
- Platforms
- PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Steam and the Xbox app), with Xbox Cloud and Game Pass from day one.
- What it is
- A single-player, open-world action RPG that reboots the series rather than continuing it.
- Not announced
- Console performance modes beyond Xbox Series X, console file sizes. The Collector's Edition's price is not on the official site.
The game, as announced
📅 Out on 23 February 2027
The date is on the Steam page, the Xbox store and the PlayStation Store, and Playground's FAQ repeats it. The Premium Edition opens early access on 18 February 2027, which the stores call up to five days before launch. The PlayStation Store lists both unlocks at 4pm UTC.
🖥️ PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC
Xbox Wire lists Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC, cloud and Game Pass, plus Steam and PlayStation 5. It is an Xbox Play Anywhere game, so one purchase covers Xbox console and Windows. The PlayStation Blog notes it is the first Fable on a PlayStation console.
🔄 A reboot, not Fable 4
Playground's FAQ says plainly that this is a new beginning and not a continuation of the Lionhead trilogy. Albion is still the setting, with reimagined places and people, and Ralph Fulton told Xbox Wire the team chose not to follow the old timeline.
👤 Single-player only
"Will there be multiplayer? No," says the official FAQ. The Steam page lists single-player and full controller support.
🏰 Made by Playground Games
The Forza Horizon studio, with a separate team for Fable, published by Xbox Game Studios. A 2024 Steam post from the team confirmed that Eidos-Montréal supports development, and Xbox's Matt Booty has said Blizzard is helping with cinematics.
🐔 Familiar pieces return
Hobbes, Balverines, Trolls, Demon Doors, chicken kicking and the Jack of Blades are all confirmed by the studio. Character creation is in, as are reputations, property, jobs, romance and children.
The numbers Playground has given
| What | Figure | Who said it, and where |
|---|---|---|
| Non-player characters | Over 1,000, each designed by hand and fully voiced | Playground on Xbox Wire, 22 January and 10 June 2026 |
| Actors for those characters | Around 100 | Playground on Xbox Wire, 10 June 2026 |
| Lines of dialogue | Over 150,000 | Ralph Fulton, in a press Q&A around Summer Game Fest, June 2026 |
| Main story | Around 15 to 20 hours | Associate game director Will Kennedy, in a gamescom 2026 press Q&A |
| Side and open-world content | About another 15 to 20 hours | Will Kennedy, same Q&A |
| Opening as a child | About the first 90 minutes | Ralph Fulton, Official Xbox Podcast, 9 September 2026 |
| Active reputations per settlement | Up to six at once | Playground on Xbox Wire, 10 June 2026 |
| Spell slots | Four | Xbox Wire's gamescom hands-on, 26 August 2026 |
Not announced yet
- Performance modes on PS5, PS5 Pro and Xbox Series S. The only console mode on record is a 60fps performance mode on Xbox Series X; the FAQ adds that there will be a choice of 30 and 60fps, without saying on which machines.
- File sizes on PS5 and Xbox. Only the PC figure is published: 135 GB on an SSD, on the Steam page.
- The Collector's Edition's price. It has sold out, and the official site lists its contents but no price.
- The trophy and achievement list: Playground says it will keep it secret until launch. A 60-trophy list taken from Steam data, since removed, circulated in September 2026; Playground has not confirmed it.
- A release date for the Order of the Hero expansion, beyond "post-launch".
- Any Nintendo, Mac or Linux version: no source mentions one, and Steam lists Windows only.
Cross-checked
Cross-checked on 7 October 2026, and re-checked on 9 October 2026, against Playground's official site and FAQ, the Steam, Xbox and PlayStation store pages, Xbox Wire (22 January, 7 June, 10 June, 26 and 28 August 2026), the Official Xbox Podcast of 9 September 2026 and the PlayStation Blog, with the press Q&As reported by TechRadar (June and September 2026), Matt Booty's comments as reported by Eurogamer (16 April 2026), the news of Vandal and Eurogamer.es, and the trophy lists of EliteGuias and PowerPyx. Not from a playthrough: nobody here has played it, and nothing on this page comes from leaks, rumours or ratings boards.