This time last year provided Metaphor ReFantazio and Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, amongst a number of other GOTY candidates including Astro Bot, Balatro and Silent Hill 2. Among the games likely to score highly this year are Split Fiction, Doom: The Dark Ages, and Assassin’s Creed Shadows—some of The Most Anticipated Games of 2025. Plus, the Switch 2 is coming, and Nintendo always delivers strong launch titles.
Devils in the bag whenever it rolls out new gaming hardware to its fans. Once again, we will be following the cream of the crop throughout 2025 thus you can revisit this page to see what games have been selected. Nevertheless, it does not imply that the games with a lower score are not worth attention, because such games can be quite good provided.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
One ignores certain elements they offer. Split Fiction is the second title of 2025 to achieve a rarely seen 10/10 score and yet another masterpiece of developer Hazelight. The studio has produced some of the finest co-op games in recent memory and in the tradition of the phenomenally popular It Takes Two, Split Fiction is a ripper that contains some of the finest levels, action set-peices and likeable characters to grace the co-op gaming envronment.
Blue Prince easily qualifies these requirements. Relatively easy with just enough trickiness to it, it is an expertly created rogue-like puzzle game that is played with in a shifting manor house that is both intricately detailed and monumentally mysterious. The end-product comes in form of a distinct architectural journey and one of the most unforgettable games of 2025 to date.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak 2
Cabernet, an interesting study of vampires in a down-to-earth dimension, and satisfying character development, takes place in the 19 th century in Eastern Europe. Claire Obscur: Expedition 33 bears the fresh air resembling the game in the fantasy RPG genre. There are certain things that are quite familiar here, but developer Sandfall Interactive also adds a fresh twist to these notions as they re-design the traditional turn-based format and introduced it together with action to make it more involving. Add beautiful visuals, a classy art direction, and an appealing family drama with the support.
Of a group of intriguing characters and the first game released by Sandfall is an instant jewel. Having given it a hit game and a critically praised expansion, what did the Elden Ring gas tank have left? In this exciting multiplayer game, From software plays with your expectations in plenty. Elden Rign: Nightreign distil the fundamentals of the souls-like-necessity into an unappreciable rush that is fast, aggressive, and merciless.
Lost Records: Bloom and Rage
The adventure across the country of Bohemia in the middle of the 15 th century gives a lot of interesting missions, exciting battles, and a very smooth game in total. The medieval adventure is full of surprises at every turn, with the game excellently mixing the concepts of choices and consequences and vast RPG to bring about an appealing thriller about the knights. Don Nod has proven to be one of the most proficient studios to create narrative-based games and the introduction on Lost Records Bloom and Rage is a charming introduction to a new franchise.
It is a strong coming-of-age story, which presents the theme of adolescence with excellent presentation, likable characters as well as new unseen camcorder based gameplay. Mario Kart World is a colorful racing game that allows applying the background development of Mario Kart 8 and is a pleasure to experience and continuously motivating. It is the largest exclusivity of the new generation led by Switch 2, and one of the best games in the history of this much-loved franchise. The Alters is an absorbing, base-building, survival, and self-examination.
Conclusion
Tormenting about a team of your alternate selves when you are desperate to not be fried by an impending sunrise on a dry alien planet is always a deal fun, the ethical crises and the way you treat your human resources are what you will carry along even after you roll credits over this science fiction masterpiece. Certainly but admittedly so, in case you choose to play with Naoe, because co-protagonist Yasuke does not fit into this action-RPG.
In comparison with his shinobi counterpart. The gameplay of Naoe brings the stealth genre to a new level, and even though there are weaknesses in story, the game is still worth to play. Compilations keep setting the bar higher at Capcom when it comes to preserving games and, although not all the games featured in Capcom Fighting Collection 2 have aged too well, this is not a bad package.
