Quarantine Zone The Last Check Leads Latest GeForce NOW Wave as Star Wars Outlaws and Guild Wars Reforged Join the Cloud
NVIDIA has revealed a fresh GeForce NOW Thursday lineup for January 2026, adding 9 more games to the cloud streaming library, with Quarantine Zone The Last Check positioned as the headliner. While some of these arrivals were previously teased for the month, this drop also includes a few notable new confirmations, including Star Wars Outlaws and The Legend of Heroes Trails Beyond the Horizon, giving subscribers more high profile options across action, stealth, RPG, and simulation genres.
The spotlight this week is on Quarantine Zone The Last Check, a new release on Steam from Devolver Digital, built around tense checkpoint decision making where you screen people attempting to enter a quarantine zone during a collapsing public health crisis. The hook is simple but brutally effective for stream friendly gameplay: one wrong call can let an infection slip through, and the consequences spiral. NVIDIA also positions it as GeForce RTX 5080 ready for GeForce NOW Ultimate members, leaning into the premium angle for high fidelity streaming performance.
On the blockbuster side, Star Wars Outlaws is now available through Ubisoft Connect, and NVIDIA notes it is also accessible via Xbox Game Pass, which is a meaningful unlock for players who want to treat cloud streaming as a convenience layer rather than rebuying titles.
This week also brings a stealth double feature with Styx Master of Shadows and Styx Shards of Darkness, both arriving via the Epic Games Store and both going free on January 15, 2026, which is the kind of frictionless onboarding moment that typically spikes weekend traffic for cloud platforms.
Here is the full list of games joining GeForce NOW this week, with the same store and availability notes provided in the announcement:
One additional point worth tracking is what is not on the list yet. Earlier January communication set expectations for a steady cadence of additions, but there is still no confirmation here on some of the month’s bigger launches joining the service. That gap matters because GeForce NOW wins mindshare when day one availability becomes predictable, not occasional.
Which of these are you streaming first, Quarantine Zone The Last Check for the high tension runs, Star Wars Outlaws for a big budget adventure, or the free Styx pickups for stealth chaos?
