First things first: This is not a comprehensive feature of all the best video games of 2025. Loyal readers of this site will know that we don’t “cover the waterfront” when it comes to games, usually choosing to focus on games with what could be called cinematic influences or ties to films/TV like “Resident Evil,” “The Last of Us,” and “Uncharted.” For this feature of the best of 2025, we simply asked our regular game critics to pick three games they would recommend. So it doesn’t include several widely beloved games not by intentional exclusion but by the process. And so it feels worth mentioning a few runner-ups cited by our trio: “Outer Worlds 2,” “Arc Raiders,” “Séance of Black Manor,” “Keeper,” “Death Stranding 2,” “Avowed,” “Dispatch,” “The Ghost of Yotei,” “Blue Prince,” and “Split Fiction.” It was clearly a very good year for gamers when those aren’t making the cut. Here are the 9 that did, alphabetically:
Published: December 30, 2025 2:02 pm
Source: Roger Ebert — Read original