Most Anticipated Games of 2025
With every new year, everything feels new and exciting. Who can really tell what lies ahead? Many of us certainly were not prepared for the excellent year that 2023 was, so 2024 featured a bit of a calmer lineup of video games. But as 2025 begins to gain momentum, it’s shaping up to be another notable twelve months on the calendar. And so, as we always enjoy doing, the staff here at NGN have voted for their 12 Most Anticipated Games of 2025, listed here in alphabetical order!
Avowed
Appearing on our list for the second year in a row, Avowed is a first-person fantasy action RPG from Obsidian Entertainment. You are the envoy of Aedyr, a distant land, sent to investigate rumors of a spreading plague throughout the Living Lands – an island full of mysteries and secrets, danger and adventure, and choices and consequences, and untamed wilderness. Mix and match swords, spells, guns, and shields to fight your way. Companions from a spread of species will fight alongside you, with their own unique set of abilities. Explore an island home to many different environments and landscapes, each with their own unique ecosystem.
When: February 18, 2025
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Civilization VII
Arriving almost a decade since the previous entry, Sid Meier’s Civilization VII is a 4X strategy game where players can rule as one of many legendary leaders from throughout history. Establish your civilization, construct cities and architectural wonders to expand your territory, conquer or cooperate with rival civilizations in pursuit of prosperity, and explore the far reaches of the unknown world.
When: February 11, 2025
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Cronos: The New Dawn
Developed by Bloober Team, Cronos: The New Dawn lets players assume the role of a Traveler acting as an agent for the enigmatic Collective, tasked with scouring the wastelands of the future in search of specific time rifts that will transport you back to 1980s-era Poland. Your mission is to locate key people from the past who perished in the ensuing apocalypse. Using your all-powerful Harvester, you can extract their Essences and have them accompany you into the future.
When: TBD 2025
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Dead Static Drive
Dead Static Drive is an indie survival-horror game following a nightmarish road trip across a 1980s Americana. At its core a survival game, Dead Static Drive sees the player needing to scavenge, fight, sneak, and explore in order to stop the continuing violence of an estranged father, who has fast-spiralled into a paranoid recluse convinced technology will ruin us all.
When: Q1/Q2 2025
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Doom: The Dark Ages
Inspired by the original DOOM (1993), players overcome the odds in The Dark Ages in firmly grounded, heavy-hitting clashes featuring destructible demons, vicious melee strikes and more. With the right combination of ranged bombardment & melee aggression, anyone stepping into the Slayer’s boots will make Hell quiver in theirs.
When: May 15, 2025
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Fable (2025)
Fable 2025 is an upcoming action role-playing game developed by Playground Games and published by Xbox Game Studios, and a return of the RPG series, with its first entry since 2012. A third-person action RPG with a mix of melee combat, spellcasting, and exploration, the game promises colorful visuals and humor across the fairytale land of Albion.
When: TBD 2025
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Grand Theft Auto VI
Grand Theft Auto VI heads to the state of Leonida, home to the neon-soaked streets of Vice City and beyond in what developers promise to be the biggest, most immersive evolution of the Grand Theft Auto series yet. The narrative will follow a criminal duo.
When: TBD 2025
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
Diving back into the world of 15th Century Bohemia (Central Europe), Kingdom Come: Deliverance II picks up where its predecessor left off, thrusting players into the shoes of Henry, the steadfast son of a blacksmith embroiled in a tumultuous tale of vengeance, betrayal, and self-discovery.
When: February 4, 2025
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Mixtape
In adventure game Mixtape, players can immerse themselves in the teenage wasteland, playing through a variety of narrative vignettes exploring the pivotal moments that shaped them. The story is delivered through a mixtape of comedic, joyful gameplay, from skateboarding and flying to taking photos after hours at an abandoned theme park, and more.
When: TBD 2025
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Tempest Rising
Tempest Rising is a real-time strategy game inspired by classic RTS titles of the 90s and 2000s, featuring a modern-day alternative history war scenario. The game emphasizes base-building, resource collection, and strategic army deployment.
When: April 24, 2025
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The Outer Worlds 2
The RPG sequel takes place in the Arcadia star system, which has been colonized entirely by megacorporation. Players will assume the role of an Earth Directorate Agent tasked with uncovering the source of emerging rifts that threaten to destroy the colony amidst a factional war. The sequel promises new companions, weapons, and environments to explore.
When: TBD 2025
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Titan Quest II
Titan Quest II is an action role-playing game, and a sequel to the 2006 original. Set in a mythical version of Ancient Greece, the game features a character system allowing for the combination of two masteries to create unique classes, along with deep customization options.
When: TBD 2025
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Let’s review how our 2024 predictions turned out, on the next page…
As is tradition, it can be fun to revisit our predictions. So, let’s see how our chosen anticipated games of 2024 turned out!
Avowed
The game didn’t make it to a 2024 launch window, but was once again on our list for 2025!
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
60/100: “Although still impressive and unmatched in its scale, the 2024 sequel to Microsoft Flight Simulator can’t be carried by its novelty alone. The added career mode seems competent on paper, and being able to step outside your aircraft adds immersion. But the entire experience is hamstrung by very disappointing visuals and data streaming issues, as well as plentiful bugs and design shortcomings.”
Hades II
The game didn’t make it to a 2024 launch window.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
83/100: “Indiana Jones makes a triumphant return in the Great Circle thanks to a stellar cast, good puzzles, gameplay variety, attention to detail, and solid technical performance. It is a must play for fans of the whip-cracking hero, and adventure gamers.”
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
The game didn’t make it to a 2024 launch window.
Pacific Drive
82/100: “Pacific Drive is a fantastic survival game with an addictive gameplay loop that involves forging deep connections to junctions, progressing deeper into an ever-changing Zone, upgrading a quirky vehicle, and navigating through challenges that appear on the road ahead.”
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
70/100: “Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II keeps the basics intact, and while a strong lead character, great animations, and simple but enjoyable combat continue to deliver, the poor pacing and performance issues prevent this sequel from breaking free of its past.”
Slime Rancher 2
The game didn’t make it to a 2024 launch window.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
69/100: “Despite the tremendous atmosphere, big open world, and familiar mechanics, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is an uneven experience due to AI flaws, combat annoyances, laborious exploration, and technical issues.”
Star Wars Outlaws
77/100: “The criminal undercurrent in Star Wars Outlaws creates an enjoyable and unpredictable story, and the competent stealth, gunplay, and space dogfights ensure that fans of the original trilogy will enjoy the stunning views while earning a reputation.”
Still Wakes the Deep
78/100: “Aided by its magnificent setting, purposeful suspense, and slick pacing, Still Wakes the Deep is a nicely crafted first-person horror game that needed more complexity.”
Thanks for reading our annual prediction article, and we hope to continue getting a bunch of our predictions correctly into 2025!