With half of 2024, 2025 is just right around the corner. Here are some of the best games to look forward to next year.
For a more comprehensive list, visit our list of all upcoming games.
New Game Releases for January 2025
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January 15
- The Last Medic — (PC), a retro pixel precision platformer set in space.
New Game Releases for February 2025
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February 8
- Exiled — (PC, Switch) A puzzle thriller in the style of The Room and Myst
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February
- Call for Backup — (PC)
- Eagle Knight Paradox — (PC, Switch), Sidescrolling mecha platformer.
- Dragonkin: The Banished — (PC, PS5, XSX), An action-RPG set in a Dragon-ravaged land.
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March 5
- 1M84 — (PC)
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March 14
- Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator — (Switch), The upcoming Switch version of the beloved cozy sim game.
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March 27
- Atomfall — (Switch), a highly anticipated survival-action title set in the aftermath of a nuclear disaster.
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March
- Armed Fantasia — (PC, PS5, XSX), Turn-based JRPG
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April 25
- Inazuma Eleven — (PS5, PS4, Switch), Latest Inazuma Eleven entry.
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- Ghost Knight: A Dark Tale — (PC), 2.5D dark fantasy action-platformer
- Gods vs Horrors — (PC) , Card game featuring various pantheons and myths
- Rogue Blight — (PC), Soulslike roguelite game
- Which Way Up: Galaxy Games — (PC), Family-friendly Space party game
- Worshippers of Cthulu — (PC, PS5, XSX), Lovecraftian strategy city-builder
- The Coldest Winter — (PC), Mature psychological horror about the coldest Winter in New York.
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- Biped 2 — (PC), Puzzle-filled co-op action-adventure.
- Bittersweet Birthday — (PS5, XSX, Switch), Challenging bullet-hell action game.
- Clockwork Ambrosia — (PC), Steampunk 2D Metroidvania shooter.
- Crimson Desert — (PC), a new open-world action-adventure made on Pearl Abyss' next-gen engine
- Crystal Ball Critters — (PC), multiplayer ball-racing game starring adorable critters.
- Sanctua — (PC), an archaeological action-adventure.
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- Killing Floor 3 — (PC), the 3rd installment of the FPS action horror
- FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves — (PC, PS5, PS4, XSX, XB1), the first new game from SNK's Fatal Fury fighting game series in 26 years
- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector — (PC, PS5, XSX, Switch), highly-anticipated sequel to the acclaimed 2022 RPG
- The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- — (PC, Switch), a new adventure from the makers of Danganronpa and Zero Escape
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- DIGITAL EXORCIST CF1_DEFRAG — (PC), Story-rich horror visual novel
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- Grand Theft Auto VI — (PS5, XSX), The most-awaited next chapter in Rockstar's open-world series.
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- Starsand Island — (PC), An adorable cel-shaded farming simulator where you can fish, swim, and pet your pet corgi.
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- #Drive Rally — (PC, PS5, XSX, Switch), 90s-inspired racing simulator
- 2XKO — (PC, PS5, XSX), Riot Games' 2v2 tag-based fighting game
- Anno 117: Pax Romana — (PC, PS5, XSX), The next in Ubisoft's Anno strategy series covers a year in the Roman Empire
- Aquapark Tycoon — (PC), Waterpark simulation game
- Azoove — (PC, Switch), Co-op card roguelike game
- Ballad of Antara — (PS5), Fantasy action-RPG from TipsWorks Studio
- Battle Vision Network — (PC), Online PvP puzzle-battler
- Big Walk — (PC), Teamwork-testing co-operative adventure game.
- Biionic Bay — (PC), Puzzle platformer with a swap mechanic opens players to unique physics-based interactions
- Constance — (Switch), A hand-drawn action platformer about a paintbrush-wielding artist.
- Copa City — (PC, PS5, XSX), Organize the biggest football events in this unique simulation game
- Corsairs - Battle of the Caribbean — (PC, PS5, XSX, Switch, PS4, XB1)
- Cronos: A New Dawn — (PS5) Survival horror title from Silent Hill 2 Remake devs, Bloober Team.
- Crystal Ball Critters — (PS5)
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach — (PS5), The next chapter in Hideo Kojima's open-world action-adventure
- despelote — (PC, PS5, XSX)
- Despera Drops — (Switch)
- Dinos Reborn — (PC)
- DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake — (PC, PS5, XSX, Switch)
- Dynasty Warriors: Origin — (PC), The latest in the musuo series covers China's Three Kingdom's story.
- Eloquence — (PC)
- Endurance Motorsport Series — (PC)
- Eternal Strands — (PC, PS5, XSX), The debut title from Yellow Brick Studios, a new studio consisting of industry veterans.
- ExeKiller — (PC)
- FragPunk — (PC, XSX)
- Generation Exile — (PC)
- Grit and Valor - 1949 — (PC, PS5, XSX, Switch)
- Haruka: Beyond the Stars — (PC)
- Hell Is Us — (Switch) Immersive PS5 Supernatural action adventure with no maps and quest markers.
- Hello Kitty Island Adventure — (Switch)
- Immortal: And the Death that Follows — (Switch)
- inKONBINI: One Store. Many Stories — (Switch)
- Industria 2 — (PC), Atmospheric FPS set in a parallel dimension.
- Koira — (PC)
- Labyrinth Of The Demon King — (PC), a PS1-style horror game set in feudal Japan
- Last Words — (PC), a social deception game based on the Prisoner's Dilemma.
- Little Nightmares III — (PC, PS5, XSX, Switch, PS4, XB1), the latest entry of the horror platformer series
- Lorn Vale — (PC), a free-roaming survival sandbox RPG set in a post-apocalyptic desert world
- Lorne — (PC), Open-world adventure about a ranger taming the wilderness
- Lost Hellden — (PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XB1, Switch), A gorgeous 3D handpainted JRPG
- Luto — (PC, PS5, XSX, PS4), A psychological horror about a person who can't leave their house.
- Monster Hunter Wilds — (PC, PS5, XSX), the latest in CAPCOM's Monster Hunter series
- Mouse — (PC, A unique noir shooter inspired by 1930s cartoons
- Nivalis — (PC, A life simulator in a Cyberpunk dystopia.
- Open Air — (PC), Go on a journey of friendship and self-discovery in this magical adventure
- Paralives — (PC), The most-awaited indie life-simulation game to rival EA's Sims series.
- Penny Blood — (PC), A dark, turn-based JRPG about the supernatural world through the Roaring Twenties.
- Pokemon Legends Z-A — (Switch), Pokemon's latest game takes you to Lumiose City
- Project Tides — (PC), Indie studio Fabraz's teaser for their upcoming project
- Promise Mascot Agency — (PC), The cute world of mascots meets the world of crime in this open-world RPG
- Reggie, His Cousin, Two Scientists and Most Likely the End of the World — (PC, PS5, XSX, Switch), A new 2D cartoon platformer where you can control time and gravity
- Riftstorm — (PC), Roguelike multiplayer shooter
- RPG Maker WITH — (PS5, PS4), The latest RPG Maker features new and more accessible tools for newbie RPG makers
- Shield Strike — (PC), Use shields to attack in this 2D fighting game, for solo or 4 player versus
- Sid Meier's Civilization® VII — (PC, PS5, PS4, XSX, XB1, Switch), the long-awaited next entry to the 4X strategy game.
- Slay the Spire 2 — (PC), The sequel to the highly-rated roguelike deckbuilder
- Sleight of Hand — (PC, XSX), 3rd person stealth-action deckbuilder
- Solarpunk — (PC), A survival game set on technologically advanced floating islands
- Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog — (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch), A retro visual novel adventure where you investigate mysterious signals on board the ship, Gun-Dog.
- Subnautica 2 — (PC, XSX), The second installment of the hit underwater adventure.
- Teenage Demon Slayer Society — (PC), Turn-based strategy with a flashy action twist
- Tenebris Somnia — (PC), Survival horror in a retro 2D style
- The Land of the Magnates — (PC), A magical action-RPG inspired by Middle Eastern myths. Traverse across platforms with quick reflexes and musical powers.
- The Relic: The First Guardian — (PC, PS5, XSX), Project Cloud Games' multiplayer action RPG.
- The Sinking City 2 — (PC, PS5, XSX), The sequel to Frogware's survival horror game featuring a new standalone story.
- Tron Catalyst — (PC, PS5, XSX), Action-adventure set in the iconic Tron universe.
- Two Point Museum — (PC, PS5, XSX), The third game in the Two Point series lets players manage a museum of historical wonders.
- UNBEATABLE — (PC, PS5, XSX), An emotional rhythm game game in a world where music is illegal.
- Usual June — (PC), A Summertime mystery action-adventure
- Whirlight - No Time To Trip — (PC, PS5, XSX, Switch, PS4, XB1), Hand-drawn point&click adventure that spans time and space
- Whirlight - No Time To Trip — (PC, PS5, XSX, Switch, PS4, XB1), Hand-drawn point&click adventure that spans time and space
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