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After another year of will-they-won't-they game release dates and delays, 2024 is done and dusted. Now it's all about 2025—new year, new you—and the upcoming game release calendar is an awfully packed one already.
If you're looking to plan out your calendar with all of 2025's upcoming games, we can help with the scheduling part. We're tracking all the new games of 2025 that you'll want to know about as they announce release dates and then (inevitably) as some of those release dates get delayed.
The biggest games of 2025
What's the forecast for the new games of 2025?
There's no doubt that 2025 feels like one of the biggest years for gaming in recent memory. As with the last few years, the beginning of 2025 is the beneficiary of at least one pretty big RPG delay that scooted into the new year to avoid crowding the last. Avowed wound up with a February 2025 release date where it's—well, actually now it's just sandwiched by some other really big releases in February like Civilization 7 and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. Fortunately for those busy schedules, an Assassin's Creed Shadows delay pushed Ubisoft's game further into March. Keep this page bookmarked to find out if anyone else chickens out of that gridlock of a release month.
In 2025, GTA 6 will likely be the biggest release of the year. Though it doesn't have a release date yet, Rockstar is targeting 2025. As for whether we'll be playing it on PC this year well we aren't holding our breath. Beyond the next major Rockstar release, 2025 is already stuffed full of other long-awaited sequels in major game series. It feels a lot more like 2023: the summer that brought us Diablo 4, Baldur's Gate 3, and Starfield all right on top of each other. Here's a quick reference of the biggest games launching in 2025:
Biggest games launching in 2025
New games in January 2025
January 2025
- January 9 — Freedom Wars Remastered - Classic Vita RPG gets the 4k treatment (Steam)
- January 13 — Dreaming Isles - Cozy high-seas farming sim (Steam)
- January 13 — Airborne Empire (Early Access) - RTS city builder in the skies (Steam)
- January 14 — Hyper Light Breaker (Early Access) - Hyper Light Drifter co-op sequel (Steam)
- January 15 — Aloft - Crafting survival in the sky (Steam)
- January 16 — Assetto Corsa EVO - Hyperrealistic racing (Steam)
- January 16 — Dynasty Warriors: Origins - Massive battle hack and slash RPG (Steam)
- January 16 — Tales of Graces f Remastered - Yet another remaster of the Tales RPG (Steam)
- January 20 — Mekkablood: Quarry Assault - Grizzled mecha boomer shooter (Steam)
- January 22 — Noroi Kago: Grudged Domain - 4-player co-op horror vs yokai (Steam)
- January 23 — Dead of Darkness - Resident Evil inspired 2D horror (Steam)
- January 23 — Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth - Cloud moseys over from consoles (Steam)
- January 23 — Star Wars: Jedi Power Battles - Retro lightsaber battles (Steam)
- January 23 — Synduality Echo of Ada - Futuristic extraction shooter (Steam)
- January 27 — Virtua Fighter 5 REVO - VF5 gets the rollback and 4K treatment (Steam)
- January 28 — Eternal Strands - Fantasy action adventure in a world of giants (Steam)
- January 28 — Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap - Horde shooting frenzy (Steam)
- January 28 — Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter - Rat soulslike sequel (Steam)
- January 28 — The Stone of Madness - 18th-century stealth tactics (Steam)
- January 28 — Warside - Tactical Advance Wars-styled wargame (Steam)
- January 30 — Hello Kitty Island Adventure - Sanrio meets Animal Crossing (Steam)
- January 30 — Marvel's Spider-Man 2 - Spider-Man sequel on PC (Steam)
- January 30 — Sniper Elite: Resistance - Stealthy 3rd person warfare (Steam)
- January 31 — Citizen Sleeper 2 - Story RPG sequel (Steam)
New games in February 2025
February 2025
- February 3 — Spirit Swap - Chill and colorful puzzling (Steam)
- February 4 — Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 - More medieval first-person action RPG (Steam)
- February 6 — Ambulance Life: A Paramedic Simulator - life-saving sim (Steam)
- February 7 — Slender Threads - Haunted, hand-drawn point-and-click (Steam)
- February 11 — Civilization 7 - Continue to oppose Gandhi's 4X reign of terror (Steam)
- February 12 — Urban Myth Dissolution Center - Investigate pixely urban myths (Steam)
- February 13 — Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate - Pixel art beat'em up (Steam)
- February 14 — Date Everything! - A "sandbox" dating sim (Steam)
- February 14 — Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak 2 - Another chapter in Trails (Steam)
- February 14 — Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered - More Lara classics 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 20 — Era One - Ship customizing & base building space RTS (Steam)
- February 20 — Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii - Majima Goro sets sail (Steam)
- February 27 — Monster Hunter Wilds - Monstrous new frontier (Steam)
- February 27 — Hollywood Animal - Hollywood studio management (Steam)
- February 27 — Kaiserpunk - Alternate WWI history grand strategy (Steam)
- February ?? — Midnight Murder Club - Hide and Seek with guns in the dark (Steam)
- February ?? — Tiny Pasture - Cuddly desktop pals (Steam)
New games in March 2025
March 2025
- March 4 — Two Point Museum - Museum management sim (Steam)
- March 6 — MainFrames - Platformer with early computer nostalgia (Steam)
- March 6 — Split Fiction - Co-op action game from It Takes Two dev (Steam)
- March 6 — Suikoden 1&2 HD Remaster- A classic Konami remaster (Steam)
- March 11 — Wanderstop - An existential cozy game (Steam)
- March 20 — Assassin's Creed: Shadows - Feudal Japan gets the assassin treatment (Epic)
- March 20 — Atelier Yumia - Open world crafting RPG (Steam)
- March 25 — Tales of the Shire - A wholesome Hobbit life sim (Steam)
- March 27 — AI Limit - Post-apocalyptic, sci-fi ARPG (Steam)
- March 27 — Atomfall - Western version of Stalker set in British countryside (Site)
- March 27 — The First Berserker: Khazan - Gruesome Dungeon & Fighter ARPG (Steam)
- March 28 — Inzoi (Early Access) - Sims-like with a realistic focus (Steam)
- March ?? — Football Manager 25 - Strategic sports simulation (Steam)
- March ?? — Gold Gold Adventure Gold - A city builder fueled by greed (Steam)
- March ?? — Killing Floor 3 - Co-op zed FPS (Steam)
- March ?? — Vice Undercover - '80s drug lords take business online (Steam)
New games in April 2025
April 2025
- April 2 — Detective Dotson - Crime-solving adventures as a Bollywood star hopeful (Steam)
- April 3 — The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered - An Ellie-focused sequel (Steam)
- April 17 — Koira - Puppy-powered adventuring (Steam)
- April 17 — Mandragora - Side-scrolling, dark fantasy RPG (Steam)
- April 24 — Tempest Rising - Archetypal base-building RTS (Steam)
- April 24 — Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves - Classic SNK fighter (Steam)
New games in May 2025
May 2025
- May 12 — Project: Mist - Co-op survival horror with eerie whales (Steam)
- May ?? — Revenge of the Savage Planet - Funky Sci-Fi platforming (Steam)
Games with a 2025 release window
2025 games with TBA release dates
- Abyssus - Brinepunk 4-player co-op shooter (Steam)
- AILA - Survive against horrifying, fictional AI (Steam)
- Alara Prime - 4v4v4 competitive tactical FPS (Steam)
- Aquametsis - Corporate dystopian base-builder and FPS (Steam)
- The Alters - What if Fallout Shelter had a story (Steam)
- Beyond These Stars - City builder on a space whale (Steam)
- Big Walk - Co-op silly walking game (Steam)
- Blue Prince - Surreal architectural puzzle adventure (Steam)
- Borderlands 4 - An all-new crew for 4-player co-op vault hunting (Steam)
- Broken Arrow - Real-time modern warfare tactics game (Steam)
- Bugaboo Pocket - Entomology life-sim (Steam)
- Bubsy - The Purrfect Collection - A collection and "playable history" of Bubsy (Steam)
- Cairn - Open-ended survival climber (Steam)
- Chains of Freedom - Turn-based Stalker meets XCOM (Steam)
- City Tales - Medieval Era - Colorful, hand-painted city builder (Steam)
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Turn-based RPG with a dark fantasy story (Steam)
- Copa City - Football event planning (Steam)
- Craftlings - Pixely resource management with Terraria-like charm (Steam)
- Crashlands 2 - Open world crafting RPG (Steam)
- Crimson Desert - Singleplayer RPG from Black Desert devs (Steam)
- Cuffbust - Adorable prison break with friends (Steam)
- Darkwater - Lethal Company-inspired co-op horror (Steam)
- Dispatch - Superheroes in a messy, workplace drama (Steam)
- Death Stranding 2: On The Beach - Open world delivery sim sequel (Site)
- Dead Static Drive - '80s Americana horror meets Grand Theft Auto (Steam)
- Deltarune Chapters 3 and 4 - Undertale's parallel story continues (Steam)
- Demonschool - High school demon-fighting tactics RPG (Steam)
- Descenders Next - Downhill snowboarding action (Steam)
- Doom: The Dark Ages - The war with hell gets medieval (Steam)
- Dragon Quest 1&2 Remake - Classic Square Enix RPGs in HD-2D (Steam)
- Dune: Awakening - Survival crafting MMO (Steam)
- Dying Light: The Beast - Zombies in rural territories (Steam)
- Earth from Another Sun - Open world galactic scifi sandbox (Steam)
- Elden Ring: Nightreign - 3-player Elden Ring standalone adventure (Steam)
- Enshrouded (1.0 launch) - 16-player survival crafting RPG (Steam)
- Eternal Strands - 3rd person spell-em-up (Steam)
- Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream - Period drama meets isometric narrative (Steam)
- Falling Frontier - Logistics-heavy space grand strategy (Steam)
- Gears of War: E-Day - The Marcus Fenix origin story (Steam)
- Generation Exile - Space colony simulator (Steam)
- Grand Theft Auto 6 - Crime returns to Vice City (Site)
- Hell Clock - Dark fantasy Diablo-style ARPG (Steam)
- Hell is Us - Mankind vs. Mankind vs. Demons (Steam)
- Henry Halfhead - Co-op adventure with Katamari whimsy (Steam)
- I Am Jesus Christ - First Person Savior (Steam)
- Island of Winds - Icelandic folklore-inspired adventure game (Steam)
- Kingmakers - Change medieval history with machine guns (Steam)
- The Legend of Baboo - Dog companion action adventure (Xbox Store)
- Light Odyssey - Top-down boss rush Souls-like (Steam)
- Little Nightmares 3 - Frightening platforming (Steam)
- Lost Isle - Procgen fantasy survival (Steam)
- Lunar Remastered Collection - Two classic JRPGs with a QoL pass (Steam)
- Mafia: The Old Country - Historical organized crime (Steam)
- Menace - XCOM-like RPG from the Battle Brothers studio (Steam)
- Merchants of Rosewall - Fantasy shopkeeper simulator (Steam)
- The Midnight Walk - Claymation horror (Steam)
- Mistfall Hunter - PvPvE extraction RPG (Steam)
- Mixtape - Music-fueled narrative adventure (Steam)
- Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault - Shopkeeping RPG sequel (Steam)
- Mohrta - Surreal FPS-RPG soulslike (Steam)
- Mouse - Classic cartoon style FPS (Steam)
- Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound - Nostalgic side-scroller from Blasphemous devs (Steam)
- Nivalis - Cyberpunk slice-of-life (Steam)
- Node - Soviet era puzzle platforming (Steam)
- One Move Away - Strategic and cozy car-packing (Steam)
- The Outer Worlds 2 - A new frontier in Obsidian's sci-fi series (Steam)
- Pathologic 3 - Latest narrative horror (Steam)
- Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero - Recruit and combine Phantoms (Steam)
- Prologue: Go Wayback! - PUBG creator's solo survival game (Steam)
- QubiQuest: Castle Craft - Voxel-based castle building and defense (Steam)
- Skate - Return of the skateboarding series (Site)
- Skate Story - Surreal skateboarding (Steam)
- Shadow Labyrinth - Pac-Man, but make it twisted and 2D (Steam)
- Slay the Spire 2 - Roguelike card sequel (Early Access) (Steam)
- Sol Mates - Overcooked in space (Steam)
- Solasta 2 - D&D 5E RPG sequel to 2021's Solasta (Early Access) (Steam)
- South of Midnight - Action-adventure southern folktale (Steam)
- SpaceCraft (Early Access) - Interplanetary logistics and deep space survival (Steam)
- Sonokuni - Japanese hip-hop meets martial arts (Steam)
- Splitgate 2 - PvP shooter with portals (Steam)
- Starlight Re:Volver - Anime-inspired, dreamy roguelike (Steam)
- Steel Seed - Stealthy parkour action vs. robots (Steam)
- Streets of Rogue 2 - Immersive roguelike sandbox (Steam)
- Subnautica 2 - Subsurface survival sequel (Steam)
- Super Fantasy Kingdom - Vampire Survivor mechanics in a city builder (Steam)
- Surviving Deponia - More Deponia, now a colony sim (Steam)
- Tales of Seikyu - A fantasy farming sim full of demons (Steam)
- Tears of Metal - Co-op hack-and-slash roguelike (Steam)
- TMNT: Tactical Takedown - I Am Your Beast dev's turn-based Ninja Turtles (Steam)
- Tombwater - Rootin' tootin' metroidvania in the wild west (Steam)
- Total Chaos - Former Doom mod turned full-blown horror FPS (Steam)
- Tenebris Somnia - 8-bit horror with FMV cutscenes (Steam)
- Thrasher - Rhythm game follow-up to Thumper (Steam)
- Umbratica Tactics - Vampire-hunting tactics (Steam)
- Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 - Revamped RPG (Steam)
- Voyagers of Nera (Early Access) - Ocean-going survival (Steam)
- We Might Die - Mech-based roguelike shooter (Steam)
- Wheel World - Open world bike adventure (Steam)
- While Waiting - The art of doing nothing (Steam)
- Wild Tactics - Zootopia gone wrong strategy RPG (Steam)
- Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori (Early Access) - Ride horses in Mongolia (Steam)
- Winter Burrow - Cozy, 2D woodland mouse survival (Steam)
- Wreckless - Online skatepark (Steam)
- Wuchang: Fallen Feathers - Bird-afflicted Ming dynasty soulslike (Steam)
More upcoming games
Although they don't have release dates or years yet, here are more upcoming games to keep an eye on that could still land sometime in 2025.
- 33 Immortals - Co-op roguelike with up to 32 friends (Epic)
- Alliance of the Sacred Suns - 4X Space Strategy (Steam)
- Ark 2 - More dinosaurs, plus Vin Diesel (Steam)
- Ascent of Ashes (Early Access) - Dystopic colony sim (Steam)
- Arknights: Endfield - Action RPG spinoff of the mobile gacha game (Site)
- Baby Steps - Bennett Foddy's next torture engine (Steam)
- Blade - Third-person Marvel action game from Arkane (Site)
- Blue Protocol - Online anime action RPG (Steam)
- Bounty Star - Mech combat meets farmsteading (Steam)
- Cart Life - Street vendor life sim (Steam)
- Chrono Odyssey - Fantasy MMO (Steam)
- Crescent County - Magic broom courier sim (Steam)
- Crisol: Theater of Idols - Blood-fueled first-person horror (Steam)
- The Constructors - Construction company sim (Site)
- Control 2 - Surrealist adventure sequel (Site)
- Creature Keeper - Real-time combat creature collector (Steam)
- Deepest Fear - Thalassophobia-inducing horror (Steam)
- Deer & Boy - Cinematic platformer with a deer pal (Steam)
- Den of Wolves - Co-op futuristic heist game from Payday devs (Steam)
- Drivers of the Apocalypse - Car-to-car combat, Mad Max style (Steam)
- Earthblade - Action-platformer from Celeste devs (Steam)
- Empyreal - Destiny's aesthetic with a melee focus (Steam)
- Enter the Chronosphere - Fast-paced, time controlling roguelike (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)
- Industria 2 - Narrative FPS in AI infested otherworld (Steam)
- Intergalactic Pawn Shop - Adventure sci-fi pawn shop sim (Steam)
- Judas - BioShock director's next FPS (Steam)
- Jurassic Park: Survival - Action-adventure set right after original film (Steam)
- Kemuri - Urban fantasy parkour from Ikumi Nakamura's new studio (Site)
- Killer Bean - Sentient coffee bean assassin roguelike (Steam)
- Knights in Tight Spaces - Tight fights go fantasy (Steam)
- Kyora - The Core Keeper studio's next survival crafting sandbox (Steam)
- Last Sentinel - Dystopian action game by Lightspeed Studios (Site)
- Legends of Awen: Rise of the Fianna - Celtic folklore-inspired CRPG (Steam)
- Light No Fire - An even bigger game from No Man's Sky's team (Steam)
- The Lost Wild - Dinosaur survival horror (Steam)
- Mecha Break - Multiplayer mech combat (Steam)
- Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater - What a thrill (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)
- Pragmata - Outerspace action adventure (Site)
- Project Robot - Fumito Ueda's (Ico, Shadow of the Colossus) mysterious next game
- R-Type Tactics I - II Cosmos - Tactics spinoff of side-scroll shooter (Steam)
- Rematch - 5v5, arcade-style football matches from the Sifu dev (Steam)
- Remnant Protocol - Sci-fi flight sim plus rebellion management (Steam)
- Replaced - Sci-fi action platformer (Steam)
- Robots at Midnight - Luxury living vs hostile robot takeover (Steam)
- Rogue Eclipse - Arabesque Futurism and Starfox dogfights (Steam)
- Ruffy and the Riverside - Colorful character platformer (Steam)
- She Dreams Elsewhere - Retro-surreal adventure RPG (Steam)
- The Simulation - Meta horror investigation (Site)
- Simon the Sorcerer Origins - Point & click prequel (Steam)
- Sleep Awake - Psychedelic sleep horror (Site)
- Sonic Team Racing CrossWorlds - More Sonic racing, but with Keanu Reeves (Site)
- Steel Hunters - Free-to-play, PvPvE mech battles (Steam)
- Sunset Devils - Western top-down shooter (Steam)
- Witchbrook - Wizarding school life sim (Steam)
- Wrestle Story - turn-based pro wrestling RPG (Steam)
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