Our most anticipated video games of 2025: GTA 6, Metroid Prime 4, and more

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On a personal note, 2024 was one of my favorite years for video games in recent memory. It may not have been filled with giant franchise sequels, but it was loaded with surprises that made for an eclectic year. If all goes according to plan, that’s going to change in 2025. And that’s something I didn’t even realize until I sat down to write this list of Digital Trends’ most anticipated games of 2025.

While only a handful of big games have release dates currently, publishers have some major releases slated to release at some point in 2025. That’s, of course, headlined by Grand Theft Auto 6, but there’s so much beyond that (so long as delays don’t derail plans). And this is all before factoring in the Nintendo Switch 2’s impending launch, which will undoubtedly fill the year with some top-tier games that are currently a deep secret. It’s difficult to narrow a “most anticipated” list down to just 10 games this year, but I’ve done my best here. These are the games that should be on your radar in 2025 — at minimum!

Grand Theft Auto 6

We can’t talk about 2025 without talking about Grand Theft Auto 6. Rockstar’s long-awaited open-world game is the most hyped game of all time, putting some huge expectations on it. We still don’t know much about it, but we almost don’t need to at this point. The Grand Theft Auto formula is rock-solid and it’ll just be great to play a new game in the series for the first time in over a decade. I’m especially excited about its Vice City setting, which should give us the modern Florida satire that a series like this is made for Now let’s just hope it doesn’t get delayed into 2026 …

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

We don’t know much about Nintendo’s game lineup for 2025 yet, but what we do know is a big deal. Met