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2025 is poised to deliver outstanding video games across all platforms, from graphically impressive PC titles to easily portable Nintendo Switch (and maybe Nintendo Switch 2) releases. The first half of the year is particularly notable, with blockbuster releases like Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves and Monster Hunter Wilds arriving during the earlier months. Although there are gaps in the release schedule, many 2025 games have no exact window and could eventually fill those spaces. We'll update this calendar as more information arrives.
If you're curious about what 2025 has in store, check out our most anticipated releases below. And peruse our monthly game list for a deeper dive into the hottest titles.
January 2025 Video Game Releases
Wuthering Waves
Platforms: PC, PS5
Release Date: January 2, 2025
Wuthering Waves is developer Kuro Games' answer to the excellent Genshin Impact. This open-world action-RPG features great graphics and fantastic traversal and combat options. It launched on mobile and PC last year and arrives on PS5 in January.
Freedom Wars Remastered
Platforms: Nintendo Swich, PC, PS4, PS5
Release Date: January 9, 2025
In Freedom Wars Remastered, you slay vicious monsters in intense, four-player cooperative missions to reduce your million-year prison sentence. This remastered port features enhanced textures and 4K resolution options.
Donkey Kong Country Returns HD
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Release Date: January 16, 2025
Nintendo's well-dressed ape swings back into action to save his banana hoard from the evil Tiki tribe. You can tackle the challenging platform action solo or in a two-player, local co-op.
Dynasty Warriors: Origins
Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S
Release Date: January 17, 2025
Origins revitalizes the one-person-army action by letting you create a character and participate in legendary battles inspired by ancient China's romanticized Three Kingdoms period.
Tales of Graces f Remastered
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Release Date: January 17, 2025
In this robust action-RPG, three friends set out to save their declining world. This remaster improves the visuals and adds convenient improvements, such as auto-save functionality and event skip options.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Platforms: PC
Release Date: January 23, 2025
Follow the iconic Final Fantasy VII crew on a globe-trotting journey to stop a world-destroying conglomerate and a psychotic super-soldier. The overhauled RPG features impressive action (featuring new team attacks) and an impressively large open world to explore.
Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O.
Platforms: PC
Release Date: January 28, 2025
Virtua Fighter is an adored fighting franchise known for its simple controls and ocean-deep combat mechanics. This PC version of Virtua Fighter 5 includes rollback netcode, 4K visuals, and rebalanced gameplay.
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Platforms: PC
Release Date: January 30, 2025
In this new Spider-Man game, Peter Parker and Miles Morales tackle new threats that plunge New York City into chaos. Explore the city with new movement abilities, beat up criminals to restore order, and take down Kraven, Venom, and hordes of baddies.
February 2025 Video Game Releases
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S
Release Date: February 4, 2025
Central Bohemia is tearing itself apart as a result of a civil war. Follow Henry, the son of a blacksmith, in this open-world RPG as you navigate the harsh political landscape and wage war against Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund.
Sid Meier's Civilization VII
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Release Date: February 11, 2025
Build your empire and challenge some of the greatest leaders from history in this new chapter in the iconic strategy game.
Avowed
Platforms: PC, Xbox Series X/S
Release Date: February 18, 2025
This first-person fantasy title, set in the Pillars of Eternity universe, drops you onto a mysterious island filled with danger and wonder. Save the mysterious realm from a spreading plague, form alliances, and defeat monsters in visceral combat.
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Release Date: February 20, 2025
Play as ex-yakuza Goro Majima in this amazingly campy action-adventure title. Now a bonafide pirate captain, Majima and crew must beat up hapless thugs, engage in naval battles, and participate in absurd side quests as they piece together his lost memories.
Monster Hunter Wilds
Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S
Release Date: February 28, 2025
Mankind and monsters clash once again. Tackle massive beasts in a sprawling and dynamic wilderness by mastering 14 weapon types. Enjoy the expansive campaign solo or with friends in online co-op missions. Monster Hunter Wilds is the first game in the series to include cross-platform play, expanding the multiplayer player base.
March 2025 Video Game Releases
Wizordum
Platforms: PC
Release Date: March 5, 2025
Wizordum is a retro-style FPS that sends you on a mission to stem a Chaos incursion. As a mage, you utilize magic spells and items to battle through a supernatural world in this homage to classic PC shooters.
Split Fiction
Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S
Release Date: March 6, 2025
This co-op release, from the studio behind It Takes Two, traps two writers inside their own stories. The authors must work together to return to the real world.
Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, Xbox One
Release Date: March 6, 2025
Konami's premier RPG series receives a revival with this remaster. Suikoden I and II get the HD treatment with enhanced pixel art, improved resolution, auto-save functionality, battle speed enhancements, and a conversation log.
Wanderstop
Platforms: PC, PS5
Release Date: March 11, 2025
You play as Alta, a fallen fighter with a painful past who must manage a tea shop within an enchanted forest. Alta must come to grips with her memories and bond with customers in this unique cozy game from the creator of The Stanley Parable.
Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Release Date: March 21, 2025
Alchemy has become taboo. Protagonist Yumia Liessfeldt must uncover the truth behind the fall of the alchemical Aladissian Empire. Synthesize unique items and take part in dynamic, party-based action combat.
AI Limit
Platforms: PC, PS5
Release Date: March 27, 2025
Mankind is on the verge of extinction in this post-apocalyptic, anime-style Souls-like title. Play as Arissa, an immortal warrior, and venture into a monster-haunted cityscape in search of salvation.
The First Berserker: Khazan
Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S
Release Date: March 27, 2025
You play Khazan, a fallen general and hero seeking revenge against those who betrayed him. Set in the Dungeon Fighters Online universe, The First Berserker lets you fight men and monsters with parry-focused melee combat in this Sekiro-like action game.
Killing Floor 3
Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S
Release Date: March, TBD
Join the Nightfall rebels to battle bio-monsters in this cooperative horror FPS.
April 2025 Video Game Releases
Lunar Remastered Collection
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Release Date: April 18, 2025
Two beloved RPGs receive an enhanced rerelease, giving fans numerous improvements that should scratch the nostalgic itch for 1990s-era adventure.
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S
Release Date: April 24, 2025
After two decades, the classic fighting game Garou: Mark of the Wolves finally gets its sequel. This new entry in the legendary Fatal Fury series incorporates its predecessor's defense mechanics and health allocation systems, plus new enhancements and comic book-inspired graphics. A crossover with Capcom's Street Fighter 6 brings Chun-Li and Ken to the fold.
October 2025 Video Game Releases
Double Dragon Revive
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Release Date: October 23, 2025
Billy and Jimmy knuckle up in Double Dragon Revive, a retro-style beat 'em up that delivers a fresh dose of thug-trouncing action.
Games Without Specific Release Dates in 2025
Borderlands 4
Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S
Release Date: TBD
The quintessential looter-shooter returns this year, delivering zany alien enemies, intense co-op action, and a ridiculous number of collectible guns.
Capcom Fighting Collection 2
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4
Release Date: TBD
If you're hungry for more Capcom fighting, this new collection delivers many excellent titles, including Capcom Vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001, Project Justice, and Power Stone.
Crimson Desert
Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S
Release Date: TBD
Join Kliff and his comrades on a journey to defend Pywel in this robust, open-world action-adventure.
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Platforms: PS5
Release Date: TBD
Sam sets out on a new journey to save humanity from extinction. Traverse a sundered America besieged by otherworldy enemies and deliver packages to reestablish connections in this peculiar third-person action game.
Doom: The Dark Ages
Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S
Release Date: TBD
Blast demons to smithereens with an assortment of brutal weapons or tear them apart in glorious finishers. It's just you and your guns against Hell's endless forces—what more could you want?
Dying Light: The Beast
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Release Date: TBD
This standalone title in the Dying Light series takes you to a rural zone beset by zombies. Protagonist Kyle Crane escapes brutal experimentation and seeks revenge amidst the chaos in this first-person parkour action game.
Elden Ring: Nightreign
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox SeriesX/S
Release Date: TBD
Nightreign is a standalone release set within the Elden Ring universe. It combines elements from other iconic From Software titles to create an intense multiplayer action game.
Fable
Platforms: PC, Xbox Series X/S
Release Date: TBD
Be the hero or villain in this reboot of the beloved action-RPG series. Explore the fairytale land of Albion and choose how to tackle the looming threat that encroaches.
Ghost of Yotei
Platforms: PS5
Release Date: TBD
This follow-up to the acclaimed Ghost of Tsushima sees you journey across the dangerous lands surrounding Mount Yotei in this new historical action game.
Grand Theft Auto VI
Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X/S
Release Date: TBD
Vice City is back! Grand Theft Auto VI goes to the Florida-inspired state of Leonida, delivering high-stakes drama in this open-world crime game.
John Carpenter's Toxic Commando
Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S
Release Date: TBD
Toxic Commando is a four-player, cooperative FPS similar in spirit to Left 4 Dead that pits you against intense monster hordes.
Kristala
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S
Release Date: TBD
Become a cat-like warrior and explore a dark fantasy world plagued by an evil curse. Parry, parkour, and endure in this challenging Souls-like RPG.
Little Nightmares III
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Release Date: TBD
Low and Alone are two best friends searching for a way out of Nowhere. Cooperate with another player or work with an AI companion to solve puzzles and make your escape.
Lost Soul Aside
Platforms: PC, PS5
Release Date: TBD
This stylish action game has been teased for several years but will finally launch in 2025. In this intense action-RPG, you must save your sister and mankind from great evils.
Mecha Break
Platforms: PC, Xbox Series X/S
Release Date: TBD
Hop into a giant robot and gun down enemies in this third-person multiplayer shooter. Enjoy action on the ground or in the air, and revel in the mechanical clashes.
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Release Date: TBD
Samus Aran, Nintendo's iconic galactic bounty hunter, embarks on a new FPS on the Nintendo Switch. You'll gun down space pirates, explore alien ruins, and take down menacing monsters.
Pokemon Legends: Z-A
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Release Date: TBD
An urban utopia is in development, where people and Pokemon live together in harmony. Called Lumiose City, new adventures await avid monster-collecting fans.
The House of the Dead 2: Remake
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X/S
Release Date: TBD
The legendary arcade shooter gets a graphical facelift. You play as either Agent James or Agent Gary, or team up in co-op mode to blast undead abominations in this classic rail-shooter.
Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC, PS5
Release Date: TBD
The Legend of Heroes is an excellent RPG franchise, but the entries are too numerous to keep track of, especially for newcomers. Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter remedies that by retelling the first chapter in the series with enhanced visuals and dynamic combat.
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers
Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S
Release Date: TBD
This upcoming Souls-like action RPG is set in the dark realm of Shu, where warring factions and a mysterious monster-spawning plague plunge the world into ruin.
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