Having already covered what Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo have in the pipeline for 2025, all that’s left is the multiplatform heroes that keep the lights on all year round for the big three.
Whether you’re Ubisoft, EA, Capcom, Devolver Digital, Annapurna, Square Enix, or anybody else, there are plenty of releases expected to drop in the next twelve months that have gamers everywhere salivating.
While only a few dates are known at this stage, we expect most are waiting for a little game called Grand Theft Auto VI to settle on a date before they all decide to steer clear a month on either side of that, such is the firepower of Rockstar’s money-printing IP.
So here’s a look at all of the biggest and best third-party video games to be excited for in 2025.
Grand Theft Auto VI
Release Date: TBC 2025
Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
Grand Theft Auto VI heads to the state of Leonida, home to the neon-soaked streets of Vice City and beyond in the biggest, most immersive evolution of the Grand Theft Auto series yet. Coming 2025 to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
Borderlands 4
Release Date: TBC 2025
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
Borderlands 4 is a mayhem-fueled looter shooter, jam-packed with billions of weapons, outrageous enemies, and intense co-op action. Break free from a dangerous hidden planet as one of four new badass Vault Hunters.
Elden Ring Nightrein
Release Date: TBC 2025
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Elden Ring Nightrein is a standalone adventure within the Elden Ring universe, crafted to bring a new gaming experience. Join forces with other players to take on the creeping night and the dangers within.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows
Release Date: February 14
Platforms: PC, Mac, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
Experience an epic action-adventure story set in Feudal Japan! Become a shinobi assassin and legendary samurai as you explore a beautiful open world in a time of chaos. Switch between these two unlikely allies as you discover their common destiny and usher in a new era for Japan.
Monster Hunter Wilds
Release Date: February 28
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
The unbridled force of nature runs wild and relentless, with environments transforming drastically from one moment to the next. This is a story of monsters and humans and their struggles to live in harmony in a world of duality.
Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
Release Date: February 21
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Embark on an over-the-top, modern-day pirate adventure with an ex-yakuza, now pirate captain & his crew. Engage in exhilarating combat on land and sea in the hunt for lost memories and treasure.
Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra
Release Date: TBC 2025
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
In the chaos of war, worlds collide. Captain America and Azzuri, the Black Panther of the 1940s, must overcome their differences and form an uneasy alliance to confront their common enemy.
Fighting alongside Gabriel Jones of the Howling Commandos, and Nanali, a Wakandan spy embedded in Occupied Paris, they must join forces to stop a sinister plot that threatens to turn the havoc of WWII into the ultimate rise of Hydra.
Lost Records: Bloom and Rage
Release Date: February 18
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
Embark on a new narrative journey by the creators of Life is Strange.
Film your summer of 1995 and create memories of a lifetime with your new friends. 27 years later, confront the dark secrets that made you all promise to never speak again after that fateful summer.
Mixtape
Release Date: TBC 2025
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
Civilization VII
Release Date: February 12
Platforms: PC, Mac, Linux
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Release Date: TBC 2025
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
Lead the members of Expedition 33 on their quest to destroy the Paintress so that she can never paint death again. Explore a world of wonders inspired by Belle Époque France and battle unique enemies in this turn-based RPG with real-time mechanics.
Split Fiction
Release Date: March 7
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
Dispatch
Release Date: TBC 2025,
Platforms: PC, Consoles TBC
Tales of the Shire: A Lord of the Rings Game
Release Date: March 25
Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
Click here to read our Tales of the Shire hands-on preview.
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
Release Date: February 1
Platforms: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
Atomfall
Release Date: March 2025
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Earthblade
Release Date: TBC 2025
Platforms: PC, Mac
The Alters
Release Date: Q1 2025
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
The First Berserker: Khazan
Release Date: March 27
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Directive 8020
Release Date: TBC 2025
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
2XKO
Release Date: TBC 2025
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
2XKO is an upcoming free-to-play fighting game developed and published by Riot Games in collaboration with Radiant Entertainment.
Crimson Desert
Release Date: Late 2025
Platforms: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Demonschool
Release Date: Q1 2025
Platforms: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Killing Floor 3
Release Date: March 2025
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
Dune: Awakening
Release Date: TBC 2025
Platforms: PC, Linux, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Mouse: P.I. For Hire
Release Date: TBC 2025
Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound
Release Date: TBC 2025
Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Possessor(s)
Release Date: TBC
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
Release Date: TBC 2025
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
FBC: Firebreak
Release Date: TBC 2025
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers
Release Date: TBC 2025
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
Skate Story
Release Date: TBC 2025
Platforms: PC, Mac
Lost in Random: The Eternal Die
Release Date: TBC 2025
Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
The Wolf Among Us 2
Release Date: TBC 2025
Platforms: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Fables are real and walk among us in The Wolf Among Us 2. There are no fairy tale endings.
Little Nightmares III
Release Date: TBC 2025
Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Little Nightmares III is an atmospheric adventure game in which you follow the journey of Low and Alone, two best friends in search of a way out of the Nowhere.
Rematch
Release Date: TBC 2025
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
Judas
Release Date: TBC 2025
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
Mafia: The Old Country
Release Date: TBC 2025
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
Hell Is Us
Release Date: TBC 2025
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
Hyper Light Breaker
Release Date: January 14 (Early Access)
Platforms: PC
Cairn
Release Date: TBC 2025
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
Kingdom Come Deliverance II
Release Date: February 4
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
Tron: Catalyst
Release Date: TBC 2025
Platforms: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2
Release Date: TBC 2025
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Untitled Virtua Fighter Title
Release Date: TBC
Platforms: TBC
An all-new title in the iconic Virtua Fighter series has been revealed at the hands of Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio.