Interesting that they didn’t include Ninja Gaiden 4 in an otherwise incredibly exhaustive list, but apart from that I think this is as close to “every notable 2025 release, summarised and collected” as you’re going to get.
No Avowed or Outer Worlds 2 either, which are high on my personal list. And before someone wants to tell me they were divisive, they both reviewed far better than the likes of To a T or Lost Records.
I forgot about those because I never played them myself and honestly this year has been awash with so many good releases that they kind of slipped my mind. But you’re absolutely right!
That’s a surprisingly deep list.
NPR reviews games now?
Their reviews aren’t frequent. This is more of a “we ask around the org for what everyone liked this year.” It’s a consistently good list year after year.
Search on their site shows best of year lists going back to like 2011
Didn’t bother going further as soon as I saw “Interactive list” 😮💨
I mean it’s just filters so you can get a more relevant list for yourself. The PC-only filter was useful for me.






