2025’s Most Anticipated Games – Nick’s Picks

2025's Most Anticipated Games - Nick's Picks

2025 is shaping up to be one of the biggest years in video games of all time. No matter whether you play on PC, PlayStation 4 or 5, Xbox One or Series X|S, or the Nintendo Switch, and maybe the upcoming Switch successor, you’re going to have a lot to play in 2025. Given that, we couldn’t simply pool the team’s thoughts into one top 10 countdown of the most anticipated games, so we solicited 10 from each person to discuss. Today, hear what Nick has to say about their 10 most anticipated games of 2025.

P2 Most Anticipated 2025 - Judas

10. Judas

When Ken Levine left Irrational Games following the conclusion of the Bioshock series, one of the recurring ideas he talked about was the idea of narrative Lego, where the story would be built out of player actions, leading to multiple outcomes. Judas is the first game by Ghost Story Games, founded on that idea of a modular story, and set on a failing generational spaceship. This entry does not constitute consent to be spoken to about Bioshock Infinite.

P2 Most Anticipated 2025 - Paralives

9. Paralives

C’mon, it’s got to be ready soon! Paralives has been hanging on steam wishlists around the world for years, and maybe if the game development gods bestow favour upon the developers, this interesting take on a life sim might find its way out of the ether and become something we can play, and perhaps even be a bonafide alternate to The Sims.

P2 Most Anticipated 2025 - Nivalis

8. Nivalis

Another kind of life simulator, this one set in a voxel cyberpunk future. Initially presented as a restaurant manager in a futuristic setting, the scope of Nivalis has grown to be a much fuller engagement in a virtual future. The slice-of-life stuff doesn’t look to the future often, and while the aesthetics have connotations we associate with our own likely dystopian collapse, there’s a quaintness to it.

P2 Most Anticipated 2025 - inKONBINI

7. inKONBINI

Surprise, it’s another slice-of-life narrative sim coupled with a store management sim. This one is set inside a Japanese convenience store, and looks amazingly cozy. If you’re the type to settle into small character narratives, or throw a lofi rainy screensaver on in the background, you’ll be waiting for this too.

P2 Most Anticipated 2025 - The Alters

6. The Alters

An amazing concept that takes the idea of the untrodden path of alternate lives, where a small change in your life could completely change the person you become and brings them all together. Imagine coming face to face with a version of yourself that never dropped out of school, joined the army, had a terrible accident, or became a famous scientist. Now imagine you and even more of your alternate selves had to work together to escape a dangerous planet! 

P2 Most Anticipated 2025 - Light No Fire

5. Light No Fire

From Hello Games, developers of No Man’s Sky, is a whole damn world to explore, build, fight, and more. After adding so much to NMS to win back the goodwill of everyone, there is well-founded hope that Light No Fire will live up to its initial expectations, and continue to receive the same level of support as the previous title.

P2 Most Anticipated 2025 - The August Before

4. The August Before

A first-person cleaning game that sits in the middle of a spectrum between Life is Strange and Unpacking. It has good vibes, a slow building narrative, and is generally a nice relaxing jaunt.

P2 Most Anticipated 2025 - Hello Kitty Island Adventure

3. Hello Kitty Island Adventure

In the absence of news about a new Animal Crossing game, the switch release of Hello Kitty Island Adventure is probably the closest one could hope for. While still different in activities, and villagers, there’s enough overlap to whet the appetite. 

P2 Most Anticipated 2025 - Tales Of The Shire

2. Tales of the Shire

Whether you’re drawn to the idea of living your coziest hobbit life,or treating it as a practice run for starting your own agri-socialist commune, Tales of the Shire looks like an amazing time. Steering clear of some of the dire side of Middle Earth, this captures what it is that all the turmoil was on behalf of, the thing that was worth saving. If you aren’t in the habit of walking barefoot through the grass, this is your chance to try it virtually.

P2 Most Anticipated 2025 - Red Dead Redemption II

1. Red Dead Redemption II (Next-Gen)

I’ve fallen back deep into the Red Dead pit, and I would like to stay there. Earlier this year, there were rumours that before the release of GTA 6, Rockstar might put out a higher-fidelity version of RDR2, and while those rumours haven’t been substantiated, I’d happily spend another few hundred hours with Arthur and the rest of the Van Der Linde gang. Still one of the most amazing high profile games with a world you can get lost in, with a narrative that hits even harder when you know what’s coming.

So that concludes Nick’s list of their most anticipated games of 2025. What are some of yours? Hit us up via social media to let us know what games you are keen on in 2025!

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