Get the latest gossip
The Best Video Games of 2025 (So Far)
Games keep getting bigger, but it’s those with a clarity of vision that are leaving the greatest impression.
February, on the contrary, was ludicrous, delivering a deluge of life-consuming experiences, from Civilization VII ’s grand strategy soap opera to Kingdom Come: Deliverance II ’s medieval RPG of beguiling, maddening detail. The standout early releases of 2025 are those that exude greater focus: a melancholic sci-fi game brought to life through die-rolling chance, the thrill of seeing prehistoric behemoths roam a teeming fantasy realm. It is the small rituals that accumulate into something more profound: conversations that veer between banal and cosmic, sustenance on sugary snacks and scalding cups of coffee, pulling into a gas station and filling up not a cent more than your bank balance allows.
Or read this on VULTURE