Conan Exiles Enhanced PS5 Trailer: Every Feature Funcom Confirmed

Funcom just ended years of console players asking when "Enhanced" would reach them. A new announcement confirms Conan Exiles Enhanced is heading to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S in early 2027, and the reveal trailer embedded in PlayStation's own announcement is the first look at what that upgrade means for anyone still playing on PS4 or Xbox One. Here's everything the trailer and Funcom's own press release confirm, beat by beat.

01Conan Exiles Enhanced Is Coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S

Funcom's October 27 press release settles the question outright: Conan Exiles Enhanced is "making the leap to consoles following strong demand from the community," landing on both PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S in early 2027. No exact date has been set — Funcom says release dates and further details will follow later — but the platforms and the free-upgrade terms are locked in.

Conan Exiles Enhanced - Announcement Trailer | PS5 Games — posted October 27, 2026 on PlayStation's official YouTube channel.

The trailer itself doubles as a reveal for Aloft's console debut, with Funcom pairing the two survival games in the same announcement. For Conan Exiles specifically, the timing lines up with the franchise approaching its 10th anniversary since Early Access launched in January 2017, which the studio leans into directly.

“We've heard loud and clear from our console community that they want to experience the Enhanced version of Conan Exiles. We're very happy to finally confirm that it's on the way.”Scott Junior, CEO, Funcom

That's Funcom CEO Scott Junior, who took over the role earlier this month as the studio narrowed its focus to Conan Exiles and Dune: Awakening. Putting the console version front and center in his first major announcement signals how much weight Funcom is putting behind it.

02What "Enhanced" Actually Changes

Conan Exiles Enhanced isn't new — it launched as a free update for Steam owners, rebuilding the decade-old survival game on Unreal Engine 5 with Lumen Global Illumination, Nanite Geometry and Virtual Shadow Maps, according to the official Enhanced FAQ. Funcom's console press release describes the same package in broader terms: "significantly improved visuals across environments, characters, lighting, and effects, alongside a redesigned UI and a range of performance and quality-of-life improvements."

On PC, that overhaul touched foliage, water, lighting, ground textures, armor and building pieces across both the Exiled Lands and the Isle of Siptah map. Funcom hasn't published a feature-by-feature list confirming every one of those PC-specific upgrades carries over identically to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S — treat the exact console feature set as unconfirmed until Funcom details it closer to launch.

03The Free Upgrade, Cross-Play and What Carries Over

Existing owners don't pay twice. Funcom's release states that owners get a free upgrade "from PlayStation4 to PlayStation5 and from XBOX One to XBOX Series X|S," and that "all bought content will seamlessly carry over to the new version" — DLC, Bazaar purchases and Crom Coins included. The PlayStation Blog's own write-up of the announcement confirms the same carryover terms for PlayStation specifically.

Funcom also used the announcement to confirm full cross-play is "coming to Conan Exiles Enhanced, soon after Launch," rather than at the moment the console version ships. That's a meaningful add for a game that has spent most of its life with PC, Xbox and PlayStation populations kept apart on separate servers, though Funcom hasn't said whether cross-play extends to the current-gen PS4 and Xbox One builds that stay on the older Unreal Engine 4 version.

04Exiled Lands and Isle of Siptah, Together at Last

One of the console reveal's bigger structural changes is how Funcom is merging its two maps. The Exiled Lands and the Isle of Siptah expansion — still "a separate purchase," Funcom is careful to note — come together "into one more seamless and immersive experience," letting a single character move between both without the old restart requirement. It's a quality-of-life fix PC Enhanced players already have, now confirmed for the console version too.

PlayStation's own announcement adds one console-specific detail Funcom's press release doesn't spell out: the free Legacy of the Giant-Kings story arc, which has been rolling out on PC since July with its second part releasing October 6, will be included at console launch rather than drip-fed afterward. That means PS5 and Xbox Series X|S players get the current state of that story content from day one instead of waiting months for Funcom's usual update cadence.

What the Reveal Confirms, Beat by Beat

What the Reveal Confirms, Beat by Beat

1. 1Funcom's October 27 press release and PlayStation's own blog post confirm Conan Exiles Enhanced is coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S in early 2027, ending months of console players asking for it.Opening
2. 2Owners get a free upgrade from PS4 to PS5 and from Xbox One to Xbox Series X|S, with all bought content, including Bazaar items and DLC, carrying over automatically.Early
3. 3The Exiled Lands and the Isle of Siptah expansion, still a separate purchase, come together into one seamless world a single character can move through without restarting.Early-mid
4. 4Funcom confirms significantly improved environments, characters, lighting and effects alongside a redesigned UI, the same Enhanced package PC players have had since its Unreal Engine 5 upgrade.Midpoint
5. 5PlayStation's announcement confirms the free Legacy of the Giant-Kings story arc, already rolling out on PC, will be included from day one on console rather than drip-fed later.Midpoint
6. 6Funcom confirms cross-play is coming to Conan Exiles Enhanced, but soon after launch rather than on day one, so PC, PlayStation and Xbox players won't share servers immediately.Late
7. 7Funcom says only that both Conan Exiles Enhanced and Aloft's PS5 debut are targeted for early 2027, with specific dates and pricing details still to come.Closing

05Aloft Shares the Spotlight With Its Own PS5 Debut

Funcom bundled the Conan Exiles Enhanced news with a second console reveal: Aloft, the cozy co-op skyship survival game from Astrolabe Interactive, is making its console debut on PS5 (not Xbox) when it leaves Steam Early Access and reaches its 1.0 release, also targeted for early 2027. Funcom says the PS5 version will match that Steam 1.0 build plus "more than 2 years' worth of updates," rather than shipping a stripped-down console port.

Astrolabe CEO Manuel Bergeron called the announcement "a brand-new chapter for Aloft" after six years of development, tying the console launch to the game's full 1.0 release rather than treating it as a side port. The two reveals sharing one press release underline that Funcom is positioning early 2027 as a console-focused moment for its published survival lineup, not a one-off for Conan Exiles alone.

06Release Date and What's Still Unconfirmed

A lot is still open. Funcom hasn't named a release date beyond "early 2027" for either Conan Exiles Enhanced or Aloft on console, hasn't confirmed pricing (both are framed as free upgrades or included with existing ownership, not new purchases), and hasn't detailed whether every PC-side Unreal Engine 5 feature — including the specific Lumen and Nanite tech named in its PC FAQ — ships identically on console hardware. Whether the merged-map and cross-play features work the same way for players who stay on the older PS4 and Xbox One versions is also unconfirmed.

What is confirmed is the direction: after months of console players asking for it on Funcom's own forums, Conan Exiles Enhanced has a committed console release, a free upgrade path, and cross-play on the way. The next thing to watch for is the exact date — and whether Funcom's "early 2027" window holds for both games at once.