The countdown to 2025 is upon us, and the gaming landscape is poised for an exciting transformation. As we look ahead, a plethora of new game releases is on the horizon, promising to fill our future gaming calendars with anticipation. With the inevitable announcement of release dates and the occasional delay, avid gamers will want to keep a close eye on the upcoming titles that are set to define the year.
As has been the trend in recent years, the early months of 2025 will see a significant RPG title making its debut. Avowed, a highly anticipated release, has been strategically moved to February 2025, allowing it to avoid the congested end-of-year schedule of 2024. However, it will find itself amidst a competitive lineup that includes Civilization 7, Assassin’s Creed: Shadows, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. Bookmark this page for updates as we navigate the potential gridlock of that release week.
<h2 class="article-bodysection” id=”section-the-biggest-games-of-2025″>The biggest games of 2025
Among the most anticipated titles, GTA 6 is expected to take center stage. Although a specific release date remains elusive, Rockstar has set its sights on a 2025 launch. While speculation abounds regarding its availability on PC, cautious optimism seems prudent. In addition to Rockstar’s flagship title, 2025 is shaping up to be a year packed with long-awaited sequels from major franchises, reminiscent of the summer of 2023, which delivered hits like Diablo 4, Baldur’s Gate 3, and Starfield in rapid succession.
Biggest games launching in 2025
<h2 class="article-bodysection” id=”section-2025-game-release-schedule”>2025 game release schedule
As we delve into the specifics, the release schedule for January 2025 is already brimming with exciting prospects:
January 2025
- January 16—Assetto Corsa EVO – Hyper-realistic racing (Steam)
- January 16—Dynasty Warriors: Origins – Massive battle hack-and-slash RPG (Steam)
- January 28—The Stone of Madness – 18th-century stealth tactics (Steam)
- January 28—Warside – Tactical Advance Wars-styled wargame (Steam)
February 2025
- February 11—Civilization 7 – Continue to oppose Gandhi’s 4X reign of terror (Steam)
- February 11—Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 – More medieval first-person action RPG (Steam)
- February 14—Assassin’s Creed: Shadows – Feudal Japan gets the assassin treatment (Epic)
- February 14—Date Everything! – (Steam)
- February 14—Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered (Steam)
- February 18—Avowed – Obsidian’s first-person fantasy RPG (Steam)
- February 18—Lost Records: Bloom and Rage – Life is Strange meets Yellowjackets (Steam)
- February 27—Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii (Steam)
- February 28—Monster Hunter Wilds – Monstrous new frontier (Steam)
- February ??—Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter – Rat soulslike sequel (Steam)
March 2025
- March 4—Two Point Museum – Museum management sim (Steam)
- March 20—Atelier Yumia – Open world crafting RPG (Steam)
- March 25—Tales of the Shire – A wholesome Hobbit life sim (Steam)
- March ??—Atomfall – Western version of Stalker set in British countryside (Site)
2025 games with TBA release dates
In addition to the confirmed titles, several games are generating buzz without specific release dates:
- The Alters – What if Fallout Shelter had a story (Steam)
- Big Walk – Co-op silly walking game (Steam)
- Broken Arrow – Real-time modern warfare tactics game (Steam)
- Cairn – Open-ended survival climber (Steam)
- Citizen Sleeper 2 – Story RPG sequel (Steam)
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Turn-based RPG with a dark fantasy story (Steam)
- Crashlands 2 – Open world crafting RPG (Steam)
- Cuffbust – Adorable prison break with friends (Steam)
- Death Stranding 2: On The Beach – Open world delivery sim sequel (Site)
- Demonschool – High school demon-fighting tactics RPG (Steam)
- Doom: The Dark Ages – The war with hell gets medieval (Steam)
- Dune: Awakening – Survival crafting MMO (Steam)
- Earth from Another Sun – Open world galactic sci-fi sandbox (Steam)
- Eternal Strands – 3rd person spell-em-up (Steam)
- Falling Frontier – Logistics-heavy space grand strategy (Steam)
- The First Berserker: Khazan – ARPG based on Dungeon & Fighter (Steam)
- Generation Exile – Space colony simulator (Steam)
- Grand Theft Auto 6 – Crime returns to Vice City (Site)
- Light Odyssey – Top-down boss rush Souls-like (Steam)
- Little Nightmares 3 – Frightening platforming (Steam)
- Lost Isle – Procgen fantasy survival (Steam)
- Mafia: The Old Country – Historical organized crime (Steam)
- Mixtape – Music-fueled narrative adventure (Steam)
- Mouse – Classic cartoon style FPS (Steam)
- Nivalis – Cyberpunk slice-of-life (Steam)
- Pathologic 3 – Latest narrative horror (Steam)
- Skate – Return of the skateboarding series (Site)
- Slay the Spire 2 – Roguelike card sequel (Steam)
- South of Midnight – Action-adventure southern folktale (Steam)
- Splitgate 2 – PvP shooter with portals (Steam)
- Surviving Deponia – More Deponia, now a colony sim (Steam)
- Tales of Seikyu – A fantasy farming sim full of demons (Steam)
- Tenebris Somnia – 8-bit horror with FMV cutscenes (Steam)
- The Thing: Remastered – Survival horror remaster (Steam)
- Umbratica Tactics – Vampire-hunting tactics (Steam)
- Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 – Revamped RPG (Steam)
- Voyagers of Nera (Early Access) – Ocean-going survival (Steam)
- Wanderstop – An existential cozy game (Steam)
- We Might Die – Mech-based roguelike shooter (Steam)
- Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori (Early Access) – Ride horses in Mongolia (Steam)
- Wreckless – Online skatepark (Steam)
- Wuchang: Fallen Feathers – Bird-afflicted Ming dynasty soulslike (Steam)
<h2 class="article-bodysection” id=”section-more-upcoming-games”>More upcoming games
In addition to the aforementioned titles, several more games are generating excitement, even without confirmed release dates:
- Arknights: Endfield – Action RPG spinoff of the mobile gacha game (Site)
- Blade – Third-person Marvel action game from Arkane (Site)
- Blue Prince – Surreal architectural puzzle adventure (Steam)
- Cart Life – Street vendor life sim (Steam)
- Chrono Odyssey – Fantasy MMO (Steam)
- Crescent County – Magic broom courier sim (Steam)
- Crimson Desert – Singleplayer RPG from Black Desert devs (Site)
- Crisol: Theater of Idols – Blood-fueled first-person horror (Steam)
- Control 2 – Surrealist adventure sequel (Site)
- Deer & Boy – Cinematic platformer with a deer pal (Steam)
- Delta Force: Hawk Ops – Free-to-play multi-mode shooter (Steam)
- Den of Wolves – Co-op futuristic heist game from Payday devs (Steam)
- Everywhere – A metaverse game from GTA producers (Site)
- Exoborne – Extraction shooter with a sci-fi apocalypse vibe (Steam)
- Exodus – Time-traveling sci-fi action RPG with Mass Effect vibes (Site)
- Fable – Quirky fantasy RPG reboot (Steam)
- Grave Seasons – Stardew Valley with a supernatural killer (Steam)
- Harmonium: The Musical World – Musical adventure with deaf protag (Site)
- Hordes of Hunger – 3D “survivorslike” (Steam)
- I Am Jesus Christ – First Person Savior (Steam)
- Industria 2 – Narrative FPS in AI-infested otherworld (Steam)
- Judas – BioShock director’s next FPS (Steam)
- Jurassic Park: Survival – Action-adventure set right after original film (Site)
- Kemuri – Urban fantasy parkour from Ikumi Nakamura’s new studio (Site)
- Killer Bean – Sentient coffee bean assassin roguelike (Steam)
- Killing Floor 3 – Co-op zed FPS (Steam)
- Knights in Tight Spaces – Tight fights go fantasy (Steam)
- Last Sentinel – Dystopian action game by Lightspeed Studios (Site)
- Light No Fire – An even bigger game from No Man’s Sky’s team (Steam)
- Mecha Break – Multiplayer mech combat (Steam)
- Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater – What a thrill (Steam)
- NAIAD – Vibrant underwater exploration (Steam)
- Nighthawks – A vampire RPG from adventure game veterans (Steam)
- No Players Online – Vintage desktop simulator horror (Steam)
- OD – Hideo Kojima’s collaboration with Jordan Peele (Site)
- Off the Grid – Blomkamp Battle Royale (Site)
- Outward 2 – Hardcore RPG sequel (Steam)
- Perfect Dark – Classic FPS remake (Steam)
- R-Type Tactics I – II Cosmos – Tactics spinoff of side-scroll shooter (Steam)
- Ruffy and the Riverside – Colorful character platformer (Steam)
- She Dreams Elsewhere – Retro-surreal adventure RPG (Steam)
- The Simulation – Meta horror investigation (Site)
- Sleep Awake – Psychedelic sleep horror (Site)
- Stellar Blade – Flashy sci-fi hack-and-slash (Site)
- Sunset Devils – Western top-down shooter (Steam)
- Tears of Metal – Co-op hack-and-slash roguelike (Steam)
- Witchbrook – Wizarding school life sim (Steam)
- Wrestle Story – Turn-based pro wrestling RPG (Steam)
