Best Upcoming Games 2025: The Top 15 Must-Watch Releases Still to Come
The best upcoming games 2025 include Grand Theft Auto VI (delayed to 2026), Ghost of Yotei, Doom: The Dark Ages, Elden Ring Nightreign, Monster Hunter Wilds, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Borderlands 4, Fable, Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Split Fiction, Blue Prince, and South of Midnight. These titles dominate wishlists on Steam and IGN, with GTA 6 alone projected to generate $3 billion in launch quarter sales per analyst estimates, fueling a gaming market hitting $189 billion in 2025 per Newzoo—up 3.4% amid Switch 2's debut and live-service booms. Gaming's 2025 Renaissance: Blockbusters, Delays, and New Hardware We're halfway through what might be the most stacked year ever, but the back half—and spillover into 2026—promises even more chaos. After 2025's early hits like Split Fiction (10/10 from GameSpot) and Blue Prince (92 Metacritic), the pipeline overflows with sequels ...