Rayman Legends Retold: The Limbless Hero Returns in Full 3D This October
Announced June 2, 2026, Rayman Legends Retold is a ground-up 3D reimagining of the beloved platformer, launching October 1 on PS5, Xbox, Switch 2, and PC with a new sixth realm.
Rayman Is Back, and He Looks Fantastic
Okay, platformer fans, this is the good kind of news. On June 2, 2026, during a PlayStation State of Play, Ubisoft revealed Rayman Legends Retold — a complete, ground-up reimagining of the adored 2013 platformer — and slapped a release date right on it: October 1, 2026. After years of our favorite limbless hero mostly riding the bench, he is sprinting back into the spotlight, and the glow-up is real. This is the Rayman revival the internet has been not-so-quietly begging for, and the first look suggests Ubisoft understood the assignment.
From 2.5D Side-Scroller to Full 3D Glory
The big swing here is dimensional. The original Rayman Legends was a gorgeous 2.5D side-scroller; Retold rebuilds the whole thing in fully 3D visuals on the Snowdrop engine, with Ubisoft Montpellier and Ubisoft Milan handling the work. Think of it less as a remaster and more as a reinvention that keeps the soul intact. The painterly charm and rubber-limbed slapstick that made Legends a classic are still front and center — they are just rendered in a lush, modern, three-dimensional world now. For a series built on style and momentum, that is a genuinely exciting transformation.
New Realm, New Story, and Those Glorious Music Levels
Retold is not content to just look prettier. Ubisoft is adding a brand-new story with fully voiced cinematics, a never-before-seen sixth realm to explore, and fresh dragon-riding sequences. And — crucially, because the original's rhythm-based music stages are the stuff of legend — there are new music-based levels too, backed by an expanded soundtrack from returning composers Christophe Heral and Grant Kirkhope. If you have ever blitzed through "Castle Rock" in perfect sync with the music and grinned like a maniac, you already know why this detail is the one making longtime fans the happiest.
Where and When You Can Play
Rayman Legends Retold launches October 1, 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series X and S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC (via the Ubisoft Store, Steam, and Epic), with cloud play on GeForce Now and Blacknut, at a friendly $39.99 for the standard edition. That is a wide, accessible release for a beloved family-friendly platformer, landing right in the cozy autumn gaming window. As we always say in our gaming coverage, there is nothing quite like a treasured franchise coming back done right — and from this first look, Rayman's return is shaping up to be exactly that.
Sources: Ubisoft News (June 2, 2026); Business Wire (June 2, 2026); GamesRadar (June 2, 2026).