This month has everything: Medieval role-playing, legendary strategy, unforgiving monster-hunting action, and a one-eyed yakuza who lost his memory and thinks he’s a pirate.
Seriously—there’s something for just about any kind of gamer here, from comedy to fantasy, and strategy to action. Last year was an excellent one for games, and it already seems like 2025 will hit the same heights.
Below are our favorite highlights from the month. And beyond these, a few honorable mentions worth watching include Ninja Five-O, Rift of the Necrodancer, and Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered.
Editor’s note: All of the games on this month’s list are traditional “Web2” video games with no known crypto or blockchain elements. But you might like ’em anyway.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
Release Date: February 4
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
The semi-historical RPG returns with a sequel, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II. This game picks up where the first left off, with an extensive cut-scene summing up the first game’s events for newcomers.
The game features two new maps to explore, each roughly the size of the first game. One centerpiece of the game is the massive city of Kuttenberg, which sports a scale and complexity that far outstrips the original game—and yet it still reportedly performs far better than the first does even today.
