2025 was an absolutely insane year for games.

Whether you’re on Xbox, Windows PC, Steam, data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/nintendo-switch” data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/nintendo-switch”>Nintendo Switch, or PlayStation, one thing unites all platforms: there was a seriously huge amount of high-quality games to play this year.

The bangers came in all shapes and sizes. Whether it was the huge AAA budgeted dozens-of-hours behemoths from the mega-publishers, or small and scrappy teams with viral indie hits — the backlog is absolutely real.

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2025 was an absolutely insane year for games.

Whether you’re on Xbox, Windows PC, Steam, data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/nintendo-switch” data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/nintendo-switch”>Nintendo Switch, or PlayStation, one thing unites all platforms: there was a seriously huge amount of high-quality games to play this year.

The bangers came in all shapes and sizes. Whether it was the huge AAA budgeted dozens-of-hours behemoths from the mega-publishers, or small and scrappy teams with viral indie hits — the backlog is absolutely real.

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