Rayman is back, and honestly? This is the announcement a lot of us had quietly given up hoping for. After years of the franchise sitting completely dormant while Ubisoft churned out Assassin’s Creed after Assassin’s Creed, the limbless hero is finally getting the treatment he deserves. During the June 2, 2026 PlayStation State of Play, Ubisoft dropped the full reveal for Rayman Legends Retold — a bold 3D reimagining of the 2013 platformer that many fans still consider the best game in the entire series.
This isn’t some quick remaster with bumped-up resolution and a “Definitive Edition” sticker slapped on the box. Retold is a full-on remake, built from the ground up on Ubisoft’s Snowdrop engine (the same engine behind Star Wars Outlaws and The Division 2), with completely new story content, a brand-new sixth realm, revamped gameplay, and a ton of extra features that go way beyond what the original offered. If you were waiting to see whether Ubisoft actually cared about Rayman anymore — here’s your answer.
Rayman Legends Retold Release Date and Platforms
Rayman Legends Retold launches on October 1, 2026, and it’s hitting pretty much every relevant platform. You’ll be able to pick it up on:
- PlayStation 5
- Xbox Series X|S
- Nintendo Switch 2
- PC (via Ubisoft Connect, Steam, and the Epic Games Store)
- GeForce Now and Blacknut (cloud gaming)
- Ubisoft+
The standard edition retails at $39.99, which is a solid mid-tier price for what’s being offered here. Physical copies are confirmed for PS5 and Nintendo Switch 2 specifically, so if you’re a shelf collector, those are your options. There’s also a Deluxe Edition coming that includes the Retro Pack (four costumes for Rayman, Globox, Barbara, and Grand Minimus) and an in-game Art Gallery. The Deluxe Edition also bundles a copy of Rayman Origins: Enhanced Edition — more on that below.
Pre-ordering any edition gets you the Hoodlum Havoc Pack, which includes two costumes inspired by Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc for Rayman and Globox. A nice throwback for longtime fans.
What Is Rayman Legends Retold? Is It a Remake or Remaster?
Good question, because Ubisoft is using the word “reimagining” and that could mean a lot of things. In this case, Retold is very much a remake, not a remaster. The visuals have been completely rebuilt in 3D using the Snowdrop engine, turning the original’s flat 2D art style into a stunning 2.5D presentation. You’re still playing a side-scrolling platformer, but the world around you now has real depth, dimension, and a visual richness that the 2013 game simply couldn’t achieve.
Guillaume Cerda, Brand Director on the project, described it as building a bridge between the visual richness of Rayman 2 and 3 and the side-scrolling efficiency of the original Legends. That’s a really interesting creative goal, and from the gameplay footage shown at State of Play, it looks like they’ve nailed the balance. The game still feels like Rayman Legends — the fast, fluid platforming is all there — but it genuinely looks like a current-gen title.
Development is being led by Ubisoft Montpellier, the original home of the Rayman franchise, alongside Ubisoft Milan. That Montpellier involvement matters a lot. This is the studio that created Rayman, and having them at the helm of the remake rather than farming it out to a lesser-known team is a huge deal for the game’s quality and authenticity.
Brand-New Story and Fully Voiced Cinematics
One of the biggest surprises in the Retold announcement is how heavily the story has been expanded. The original Rayman Legends was a fantastic game, but its narrative was pretty thin — you ran through levels, collected Teensies, and saved the Glade of Dreams. That was fine for what it was, but Retold is aiming for something more.
Retold introduces a brand-new villain who spreads corruption across the Glade of Dreams, and the entire adventure has been rewritten around this new threat. The game features fully voiced cinematics throughout, with new dialogue, new character interactions, and story beats that didn’t exist in the original. Rayman, Globox, Barbara, Grand Minimus, and Murphy are all back, but their journey has been meaningfully expanded.
Brand Producer Loïc Gounon explained the team’s approach: they wanted to use Rayman Legends as a foundation to expand Rayman’s lore, deepen the world logic, and show how everything in the universe connects. For fans who’ve wanted more depth from this franchise, Retold sounds like exactly what they’ve been waiting for.
The New Sixth Realm and All the Extra Content
Here’s where things get really exciting for players who’ve already completed Rayman Legends five times over. Retold isn’t just replaying the same levels with prettier graphics — it’s adding genuine new content that didn’t exist before.
The headline addition is a never-before-seen sixth realm. This isn’t a tweaked version of an existing world; it’s an entirely new area with its own gameplay mechanics that will be fresh territory for every single player, veteran or newcomer. Alongside that, Retold adds four all-new musical stages, which is huge news considering the original’s musical levels were some of the most celebrated moments in the game.
The full list of new and returning content in Rayman Legends Retold includes:
- A brand-new story with a new villain and narrative twists
- Fully voiced cinematics throughout the campaign
- A never-before-seen sixth realm with new gameplay mechanics
- Four all-new musical stages
- Thrilling Star Fox-style dragon riding sequences
- New Cave of Trials challenges
- Kung Foot returns with improved controls, power-ups, and customizable rules
- New character encounters and surprises across a reimagined Glade of Dreams
- An expanded soundtrack from Christophe Heral and Grant Kirkhope
- Over 120 playable levels, including remastered stages from Rayman Origins
Game Informer journalists who got hands-on time with the game specifically highlighted the dragon-riding sections as feeling very Star Fox-esque — a totally different gameplay mode that breaks up the platforming in a way the original never had. That’s the kind of variety that makes a long platformer stay exciting.
Co-Op: Couch Co-Op Confirmed, Online Co-Op Also Coming
The original Rayman Legends supported local co-op for up to four players, and that’s fully back in Retold. You can play through the entire campaign with up to four people on the couch, with all the friendly chaos that entails — stealing Lums from your friends, accidentally knocking each other off ledges, racing to collect the most Teensies. It’s exactly as fun as it sounds.
What’s new is that Retold also supports online co-op for up to four players, which the original never had. This is a significant upgrade, especially for players whose Rayman-loving friends don’t live nearby anymore. Being able to run through the campaign online is going to open up the co-op experience to a much wider audience than the original could reach.
The Snowdrop Engine and What It Means for Visuals
The technical side of Retold is genuinely impressive. Being built on Ubisoft’s Snowdrop engine — the same technology powering Star Wars Outlaws and The Division 2 — means the game has access to a level of graphical fidelity that a 2013 2D platformer obviously couldn’t touch. The result is that 2.5D visual style that Ubisoft’s art director described as bridging the detailed, dramatic look of Rayman 2 and 3 with the clean readability of the original Legends.
In practice, what that means for players is backgrounds with real depth, lighting that actually feels dynamic, and character animations that carry genuine weight and expressiveness. The gameplay footage from State of Play showed a world that looks absolutely gorgeous — the kind of thing that’ll make you want to slow down and take in the scenery even while you’re sprinting through levels.
If you’re curious about other technically impressive gaming experiences dropping around this time, check out our look at the ROG Xbox Ally X20 OLED and AR glasses from Computex 2026 — the hardware side of gaming is evolving just as fast as the software.
Rayman Origins: Enhanced Edition – The Bonus That Comes With the Deluxe Edition
If you go for the Deluxe Edition of Rayman Legends Retold, you’re also getting a copy of Rayman Origins: Enhanced Edition — the 2011 game that kicked off this particular run of Rayman games, now rebuilt with 4K resolution, 60 FPS, new collectibles and rewards, haptic feedback support for compatible controllers, and modern quality-of-life improvements.
Rayman Origins: Enhanced Edition will also be available as a standalone purchase starting October 1 for players who only want that game or already own Legends Retold in a different edition. If you’ve never played Origins, it’s an excellent 2D platformer in its own right — and the remastered version sounds like the best way to experience it.
The fact that Ubisoft is releasing both of these within the same window suggests the company is serious about reviving Rayman as an active franchise rather than just cashing in on nostalgia with a quick release. Two enhanced versions of the best games in the series, both landing on the same day, is a real statement of intent.
What About a Completely New Rayman Game?
Here’s the honest answer: we don’t know yet. There’s no announced brand-new Rayman title in development as of the State of Play reveal. What we do know is that Ubisoft clearly hasn’t abandoned the character, and the fact that they’re pouring real resources into two remakes — with a full Snowdrop engine rebuild and new content for Retold — suggests they’re testing the waters to see how the audience responds.
If Rayman Legends Retold sells well, it’s hard to imagine Ubisoft not greenlighting something new. The franchise has a massive fanbase that’s been patiently waiting over a decade for this exact kind of attention. The ball is essentially in the players’ court now — if people show up for Retold, Ubisoft will have every reason to push further.
While we wait for October, the gaming world is moving fast on multiple fronts. Check out what’s happening with Minecraft’s native Nintendo Switch 2 port and its ESRB rating, or take a look at whether the leaked LEGO Pokémon Smart Play Sets list for August 2026 includes anything on your wishlist. And if you missed the news, Elder Scrolls Blades is shutting down on June 30, 2026 — a stark reminder that not every game makes it to the remake era.
Should You Be Excited for Rayman Legends Retold?
If you played the original Rayman Legends and loved it, the answer is absolutely yes. The core of what made that game so brilliant is still here — the tight platforming, the incredible musical levels, the chaotic co-op, the ridiculous charm of Rayman and his crew. But Retold is adding enough new content and rethinking enough of the experience that it genuinely earns its place as its own thing rather than just a prettier version of a game you already own.
If you’ve never played Rayman Legends before, there’s honestly never been a better time to jump in. You’ll get the best possible version of one of the finest platformers of the last decade, with a new story that won’t require you to have played anything beforehand, for $39.99. That’s a strong value proposition by any measure.
October 1 can’t come fast enough.
