Top 10 Most Anticipated Games of 2025

Top 10 Most Anticipated Games of 2025

Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for 2025’s biggest video game releases that we can’t wait to play.

#10: “Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater” (2025)

Finally, Konami has started to get on the remake train. This began with “Silent Hill 2” in 2024, which defied expectations to be one of the year’s best releases and is set to continue with a remake of “Metal Gear Solid 3”. It’s been years since we had a mainline “Metal Gear” game thanks to Konami parting ways with Hideo Kojima – to put it lightly. But with a beloved template to work from, we’re sure that “Delta” will prove to be massively popular. If you didn’t play the original, this one follows Naked Snake as he’s sent deep into Soviet territory to extract a valuable rocket scientist and, of course, eliminate the latest Metal Gear that the USSR has built.

#9: “Death Stranding 2: On the Beach” (2025)

While Konami is trying to capitalize on Kojima’s enduring popularity, Kojima himself is releasing the sequel to 2019’s “Death Stranding” in 2025, too. Subtitled “On the Beach”, Norman Reedus will return as Sam Porter Bridges, and the game will supposedly examine the pandemic, according to Kojima. We’re sure it’ll be even weirder than the original game now that we’ve already been introduced to the bizarre world of BTs, BBs, and Monster Energy Drink, and the nine-minute trailer did not disappoint. It was extremely strange in ways only Kojima can dream of, featuring robot dogs, a guitar gun, and a talking Guillermo del Toro puppet so far.

#8: “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33” (2025)

Heading to all major platforms sometime next year is this turn-based RPG from Sandfall Interactive, a new and unproven studio hoping to make its name with this ambitious title. The RPG is set in Belle Époque France and follows a group of would-be heroes as they try to take down a goddess, the Paintress, who annually wipes out everyone of a certain age from existence. One day, she’ll reach zero, and everybody will be dead. Though it’s turn-based, the combat also features dodge and parry mechanics, making it look to us like if FromSoftware decided to make a turn-based RPG. That bodes very well indeed, and we can’t wait to see exactly how the game turns out.

#7: “Fable” (2025)

A reboot of the beloved “Fable” franchise is slated to drop on PC and Xbox in 2025 and yes, it’ll be landing on Game Pass day one. “Fable” is another once-huge Xbox IP that’s been left to languish for years, and we’re very excited to finally get our hands on a new one. Developed by Playground and running on its proprietary ForzaTech engine, we’re sure of one thing: the game will look phenomenal, with best-in-a-generation graphics. We don’t know much about the plot, but we have seen and heard a lot of popular, British comedians in the trailers. It’s been in development for at least seven years, though, and was announced in 2020. Will it be the reboot “Fable” deserves? We hope so.

#6: “Doom: The Dark Ages” (2025)

It will have been five long years since the launch of “Doom Eternal” at the beginning of the pandemic, and id Software is finally back to give us another instalment of top tier FPS gameplay. While “Doom Eternal” moved the story along and brought things down to Earth, “The Dark Ages” is a prequel following the Doom Slayer’s rise to demon-slaying, hell-defeating glory. Though “Doom” is now owned by Microsoft, “The Dark Ages” won’t be confined to PC and Xbox, and WILL be landing on PS5, too. It’s also going to lean into more fantasy elements with a pseudo-Medieval setting, in contrast with the higher level sci-fi of the other games, hence the name.

#5: “Avowed” (2025)

Finally, it’s time for a game with a concrete release date – February 18th. “Avowed” is the next game from Obsidian and is a first-person ARPG set in the universe of “Pillars of Eternity”. Considering “The Elder Scrolls VI” is probably still a decade away at this point, “Avowed” is the next best thing – and could potentially be an “Elder Scrolls” killer if Obsidian’s glowing track record is anything to go by. It was originally slated to release in late 2024, but was delayed to avoid competing with other big games – only for many of those games to be delayed, too. But “Avowed” will be a great way to introduce new players to the rich lore of “Pillars of Eternity”.

#4: “Monster Hunter Wilds” (2025)

Always a popular series, “Monster Hunter” is returning in 2025. This time, it’s going to be launching across PC, Xbox and PS5 first, as opposed to “Rise’s” Nintendo Switch launch. Dropping on February 28th, we’re sure it’ll prove to be a big hit from Capcom. It’s going to be yet another visual masterpiece from the series, sure to push the limits of what the current console generation can do. Recent trailers have shown off one of the most bizarre monsters the franchise has yet produced, the Black Flame, a giant octopus-like creature that breathes fire and is covered with oil.

#3: “Metroid Prime 4: Beyond” (2025)

Is the wait finally over? “Metroid Prime 3” released all the way back in 2007, and after restarting development, it looks like “Metroid Prime 4” is finally going to drop on Switch in 2025. It’s yet another game with no concrete release date, but Nintendo HAS given it a year, which must mean the company is confident enough that it’ll come out within twelve months. It’s also still announced for the Nintendo Switch, which could suggest it’ll come out earlier in the year, before the Switch 2. But unlike some other big Nintendo games slated for next year, we HAVE seen gameplay, and it looks fantastic, even on a seven-year-old console.

#2: “Ghost of Yōtei” (2025)

Coming five years after the release of “Ghost of Tsushima”, Sucker Punch’s follow-up is sure to be a system seller for the PS5 Pro. “Yōtei” will be moving the series to the seventeenth century and the northern island of Hokkaido, and it’ll follow a character called Atsu as she takes on the mantle of “The Ghost”, following in Jin Sakai’s footsteps. We’re extremely excited to get to go to Hokkaido in an open-world game like this, and though “Tsushima” is a tough act to follow, “Yōtei” so far looks extremely promising. It has no release date, but we’d be surprised to see a delay out of 2025; the original game came out in summer, so perhaps “Yōtei” will be another mid-year release. Before we unveil our top pick, here are a few Honorable Mentions:

“Pokémon Legends: Z-A” (2025)

The follow-up to “Pokémon Legends: Arceus” is dropping on Switch next year.

“Sid Meier’s Civilization VII” (2025)

We’ll be taking over the world all over again on February 11th.

“Judas” (2025)

Ken Levine’s next “BioShock”-like is slated to release by March at the latest.

#1: “Grand Theft Auto VI” (2025)

Even though it will have been twelve years since the last “GTA” game, it’s still hard to believe that “GTA VI” might finally be landing on consoles in 2025 – though, we wouldn’t be surprised to see it hit with a delay. The long development period is believed to be thanks to Rockstar taking the bold step to try and eliminate crunch from its studios after the 2018 scandal ahead of “Red Dead 2’s” launch. We’re going back to Vice City and the state of Leonida, in what’s sure to be a sprawling, highly detailed map. We’d be surprised to hear of a single gamer out there who isn’t planning to play “GTA VI” as soon as humanly possible. Let us know which games are already on YOUR wish list!