Everything We're Excited About from The Game Awards 2025

Another Game Awards has come and gone–and with it an amount of cringe and commercialization that wouldn’t fly with other award shows. But it's also the best place to see all of the cool upcoming games in one place. Here’s a list of games that were announced or featured at The Game Awards that we’re most excited about:

Orbitals:

Last time I went all in for a game based on art style alone was Cuphead, which worked out great. I know art style isn’t everything, but Orbitals achieves a unique retro anime aesthetic I haven’t seen in a game before.  Add in co-op gameplay, and I’m totally into it.  

Ontos:

Frictional Games is one of my favorite developers. They make up for their lack of volume with some truly high quality fare. The Amnesia series is renowned, and I still tell people that Soma is a must-play. Ontos looks like a spiritual successor to Soma in a lot of ways. It’s a shame developer Frictional Games (not Fractional, Geoff) isn’t returning to its isolated desolation roots (think the Penumbra series) but Ontos looks like it’ll be a whole new form of mind fuck. 

TankRat:

At first glance, TankRat looked like a mindless action game, but it has a few mechanics  that really got me interested. As you fight your way through a devastated containment area teeming with monstrous mechs, you use parts to upgrade and reshape your Tank to make sure you’re up to the task. Your ultimate goal is an area called “Highpoint” where the “only way out is through.” Truthfully, they had me sold at “TankRat” so everything else is just icing. 

Coven of the Chicken Foot:

Coven of the Chicken Foot is definitely a standout title. Playing as an elderly woman who can’t fight or get around and has to rely on her companion wasn’t on my radar  but after watching the trailer I can’t wait.

Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic 

I loved Knights of the Old Republic, and I’m a Mass Effect fan, so having Casey Hudson’s new studio Humanoid Origin release a new Star Wars game set during the Old Republic era is a literal dream come true. We haven’t gotten to see much, but my hype levels are higher than Anakin’s midichlorian count.

Star Wars: Galactic Racer

This game is nostalgia bait, and I’m here for it. This is another Star Wars game we didn’t get to see too much of, but what we saw was amazing. Now, this isn’t podracing, but it looks fast and gritty in a way that plucks those nostalgia strings. They know what they’re doing. They even featured an older looking Sebulba. I wonder if he’s finally given up his sabotaging ways ( I doubt it.) I saw some people saying that he outlived his old foe Anakin, but I say that Ani just beat him to the grave. 

Bradley the Badger

I was hesitant about putting this on the list because it doesn't necessarily look good. In fact, the humor seems like it's from an earlier era–and in a bad, cringe sort of way. But there’s also something about parody that I love, and while some games have pulled it off (just barely) the vast majority fail hard. The mixture of 3D platforming and live action managed to get this one onto this list. I can’t help but love Evan Peters.

Decrepit 

I’m a huge first person fan. If you can play in first person, I’d probably choose that as my preference. (Yes, I played all of Grand Theft Auto 5 in first person.) But I’m also a huge Dark Souls fan. It’s hard to reconcile the two things, but Decrepit is attempting to bridge the gap. Violent, dark, and with soulslike risk-reward, Decrepit is high on my “I can’t wait.” list. Just look at that creature design! 

Tomb Raider(s)

Okay, I know there are actually two Tomb Raider games coming out–but I can’t help but be equally hyped for both. Does Tomb Raider 1 need another reimagining/remake? Yes please. Do we need a (presumably) new era Lara Croft at full potential in a new game? Fuck yes. Lara looks like she’s ready to raid some tombs and kick some ass. 

John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando

Okay, attach John Carpenter’s name to anything and I’ll check it out. I even watched Ghosts of Mars, and I genuinely feel like Carpenter owes me something for that one. I also loved Saber Interactive’s World War Z, and Toxic Commando looks like more of that–but with zombie-like monsters instead of just zombies. I’m actually going to ding this one for the IN YOUR FACE personality it’s trying to convey (I grew up in the 90’s. Fuck that noise.) But there’s a severe vacuum in the co-op zombie action space, and Toxic Commando can do a lot towards filling that. (Check out Warhammer 40,000 Darktide in the meantime for best-in-class.)

Total War: Warhammer 40,000

The mad bastards at Creative Assembly are doing it. After announcing a new game in the Medieval branch of Total War, they’ve also graduated from fantasy Warhammer into epic space Warhammer. In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war–and we’ll be able to wage that war on a grand scale. There hasn’t been a release date announced yet, but I’m hoping the wait won’t be too long. 

Forest 3 

This trailer had a bunch of clues to what franchise it was a part of, but I missed them all. It wasn’t until Forest 3 popped up that I realized I was, indeed, watching a trailer for a new The Forest/Sons of the Forest sequel. It seems like Forest 3 will be a departure for the series, but I really like the new sci-fi element. 

Did we miss one you're really excited for? Let us know in the comments.