A look at the entire game release schedule for 2025

2025 promises to be an explosive year for the gaming community as a series of blockbuster games are about to hit the platforms. Not only the new Nintendo Switch, the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S lines are also entering a more "mature" phase, ready for top-notch experiences. In particular, the appearance of the PS5 Pro will be a new and attractive playground for developers to exploit the power of hardware.

GTA 6 is expected to be the biggest blockbuster of the gaming industry in 2025.

The hottest names this year are expected to include:

- Grand Theft Auto 6 (Rockstar Games): The long-awaited sequel to the hit open-world action game series.

- Metroid Prime 4: Beyond (Nintendo): New journey of female bounty hunter Samus Aran in the Metroid Prime universe.

- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Hideo Kojima): The next game from gaming genius Hideo Kojima, promises unique ideas and a deep storyline.

- Fable (Xbox Game Studios): Reboot of the legendary action role-playing game series.

- Perfect Dark (The Initiative): The return of female agent Joanna Dark in the classic first-person shooter.

Here is a detailed list of notable games expected to launch in 2025:

January 2025

- January 10: Freedom Wars Remastered (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch)

- January 14: Hyper Light Breaker (PC)

- January 16: Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (Switch)

- January 17: Dynasty Warriors: Origins (PC, PS5, XSX), Tales of Graces f Remastered (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XSX, XBO)

- January 22: Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XSX)

- January 23: Guilty Gear Strive (Switch), Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XSX, XBO), Synduality: Echo of Ada (PC, PS5, XSX).

- January 28: Cuisineer (PS5, Switch, XSX), Eternal Strands (PC, PS5, XSX), Neptunia Riders VS Dogoos (PS5, PS4, Switch), Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap (PC, XSX), The Stone of Madness (PC, PS5, Switch, XSX), Virtua Fighter 5 REVO (PC), and Warside (PC, PS5, PS4, XSX, XBO, Switch)

- January 30: Cardfight!! Vanguard Dear Days 2 (PC, Switch), Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero (PS5, PS4, Switch), Sniper Elite: Resistance (PC, PS5, PS4, XSX, XBO), Wizardry: The Five Ordeals (Switch).

February 2025

- February 5: Rift of the NecroDancer (PC, Switch)

- February 11: Sid Meier's Civilization VII (PC, Mac, PS5, PS4, Switch, XSX, XBO), Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (PC, PS5, XSX).

- February 13: Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XSX, XBO)

- February 14: Date Everything! (PC, PS5, Switch, XSX), The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch), Tomb Raider IV–VI Remastered (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XSX, XBO).

- February 18: Avowed (PC, XSX), Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Tape 1 (PC, PS5, XSX)

- February 20: Kamitsubaki City Regenerate (PC, Switch)

- February 21: Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii (PC, PS5, PS4, XSX, XBO)

- February 27: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? ~Fullland of Water and Light~ (PC, Switch)

- February 28: Monster Hunter Wilds (PC, PS5, XSX)

March 2025

- March 4: Two Point Museum (PC, Mac, PS5, XSX)

- March 6: FragPunk (PC, PS5, XSX), Split Fiction (PC, PS5, XSX), Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XSX, XBO)

- 11/3: Wanderstop (PC, PS5)

- March 18: Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Tape 2 (PC, PS5, XSX)

- March 20: Assassin's Creed Shadows (PC, Mac, PS5, XSX), BLEACH Rebirth of Souls (PC, PS5, PS4, XSX), Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition (Switch)

- March 21: Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XSX, XBO)

- March 25: Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings Game (PC, PS5, Switch, XSX)

- March 27: AI Limit (PC, PS5), Atomfall (PC, PS5, PS4, XSX, XBO), The First Berzerker: Khazan (PC, PS5, XSX)

- 3/28: inZOI (PC)

April 2025

- April 17: Koira (PC, PS5)

- April 24: Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves (PC, PS5, PS4, XSX), The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- (PC, Switch)

October 2025

October 23: Double Dragon Revive (PC, PS5, PS4, XSX, XBO)

Other games with unspecified release dates that have a fairly long book include: 2XKO, 33 Immortals, The Alters, Anno 117: Pax Romana, ARC Raiders, ArcheAge Chronicles, Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian, Ballad of Antara, Battle Vision Network, Big Walk, Biped 2, Borderlands 4, Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection, Cairn, Capcom Fighting Collection 2, Carmen Sandiego, Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone, Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector,.

Note: This list may change as developers update new information.

Micah Soto

Update 10 February 2025