In this review, examples of recently developed markers for the diagnosis of selected soft tissue tumor types will be discussed, including solitary fibrous tumor (STAT6), malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (H3K27me3), epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (CAMTA1), dedifferentiated liposarcoma (MDM2), and CIC-DUX4 sarcoma (WT1 and ETV4).