Top 20 BEST Games of 2025 So Far [First Half]

2025 has been a year of relative highs for the gaming industry with a slew of new releases that have begun to make the most out of current-gen hardware and the advantages it brings to a game’s visuals as well as its gameplay. From a DLC to 2023’s Lies of P to a sequel to Hideo Kojima’s massive hit Death Stranding 2, creative studios have brought innovative twists to traditional formulas across genres.

While some ambitious games like MindsEye have failed to achieve the dizzying heights they aimed for, this has been a year of more hits than misses – a sign of more good things to come in the near future.

We take a look at 20 of the best games 2025 has given us so far.