2025 is shaping up to be an exciting year for gamers, with a series of releases and even the unveiling of a console sure to capture attention.
The titles presented here are the most anticipated of Weigh on startwhether new licenses or highly anticipated sequels.
Although several release dates are set, it is possible that they will be pushed back during the year. Other games have been announced for 2025, but do not yet have a specific release date.
It should also be noted that Nintendo’s next console may be revealed very soon. The release schedule could therefore change drastically in a few weeks!
Discover our selection of the most promising games not to be missed this year.
Donkey Kong Country Returns
HD version of the original Wii game released in 2010.
- Nintendo Switch
- Release scheduled for January 16
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
Sequel to the RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverancepublished in 2018. The player once again plays Henry who escaped the massacre of his family and friends.
- PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
- Release scheduled for February 4
Civilization 7
Latest installment in the classic strategy game franchise.
- PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S.
- Release scheduled for February 11
Assassin’s Creed Shadows
The new Assassin’s Creed will take place in Japan. The player will have to embody two characters, Naoe and Yasuke, who have different gameplay styles.
- PC, Mac, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S.
- Release scheduled for February 14
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
An adventure game developed by Don’t Nod Montreal. The game features four old friends: Nora, Autumn, Kat and Swann, who reunite after 27 years.
- PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
- Release scheduled for February 18
Monster Hunter Wilds
An action role-playing video game, developed and published by Capcom. It is the continuation of Monster Hunter: World.
- PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
- Release scheduled for February 28
Split Fiction
Co-op action-adventure game created by the same studio behind It Takes Two.
- PC, PlayStation 5 et Xbox X/S
- Release scheduled for March 6
Atomfall
An action survival game developed by Rebellion Developments. It is set in the 1960s, in an alternate history where the Windscale nuclear disasters have created a radioactive quarantine zone in the north of England.
- PC, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
- Release scheduled for March 27
InZoi
InZoi is a life simulation game, much like The Sims, that takes place in an open world.
- PC
- Early access release scheduled for March 28
Ghost of Yōtei
Ghost of Yōtei is an open-world action game, developed by Sucker Punch Productions, planned for 2025. It takes place in Japan in 1603, more than three centuries later Ghost of Tsushima.
- PlayStation 5
- Release planned for 2025
Grand Theft Auto VI
It is GTA VI. You know what it is.
- PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
- Release planned for 2025
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
The great return of Metroid! The game should be released in 2025, but we can’t wait to find out when exactly.
- Nintendo Switch
- Release planned for 2025
Elden Ring Nightreign
Announced as a big surprise at the Game Awards, Night rain is not a sequence ofElden Ring but a game in its own right.
- PC, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X
- Release planned for 2025
The Outer Worlds 2
Continuation of The Outer Worldsthis one should have everything the first one lacks!
- PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
- Release planned for 2025
Doom: The Dark Ages
FPS developed by id Software for Bethesda. The game is expected to feature the origin story of the Doom Slayer.
- PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
- Release planned for 2025
Subnautica 2
Sequel to the very popular survival game Subnautica. For the first time, the game will introduce cooperative multiplayer for up to 4 players.
- PC, Xbox Series X/S
- Early access release planned for 2025
Pokémon Legends: Z-A
- New Pokémon game. The game takes place in the France-inspired region of “Kalos,” and takes place in “Lumiose City,” based on Paris, during an urban redevelopment project. And there will be Pokémon in there somewhere.
- Nintendo Switch
- Release planned for 2025
Borderlands 4
- Borderlands 4 is a first-person shooter, sequel to Borderlands 3 (2019) and fifth installment of the main series.
- PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
- Release planned for 2025
Fable
- The famous “reboot” of the action-RPG series Fable is arriving this year.
- PC, Xbox Series X/S
- Release planned for 2025
Dune: Awakening
An online survival MMO video game developed and published by the Norwegian studio Funcom. It takes place in the Dune universe.
- PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
- Release planned for 2025
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Hideo Kojima’s next game and sequel Death Stranding.
- PlayStation 5
- Release planned for 2025
Killing Floor 3
Killing Floor 3 is an action-horror FPS where you play as a Nightfall specialist, battling with up to five teammates against waves of Zeds, while earning money, unlocking skills, and building the ultimate arsenal.
- PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X
- Release planned for 2025
Slay the Spire 2
The iconic roguelike deckbuilder is making a comeback. Build a unique deck, face strange creatures, and discover powerful relics.
- PC, Mac
- Release planned for 2025
Mafia: The OId Country
Prequel to the series Mafia and fourth opus. Unlike previous games, this one will take place in Sicily around 1900.
- PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
- Release planned for 2025