After a few weeks of deliberation and voting, our top games of 2025 are finally being unveiled! We're starting with titles that garnered honorable mentions; these nominees received a significant amount of votes but fell just short of making the cut. Come back tomorrow to start the countdown of WorthPlaying's top 20 titles of 2025!

Neverness To Everness is a supernatural urban open-world RPG that unfolds in a unique world where the ordinary and extraordinary coexist – a city teeming with anomalies and humans alike.

For the next week, the Epic Games Store is offering one title for free: Trine Classic Collection.

Michał Kiciński, co-founder of CD PROJEKT and one of its major shareholders, has acquired 100% of the shares in GOG, formerly part of the CD PROJEKT Group.

For the next week, the Epic Games Store is offering one title for free: Viewfinder.

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is a first-person, action-adventure game set in the open world of the never-before-seen Western Frontier of Pandora.

An Action/RPG based in the Torchlight universe, Torchlight: Infinite is set to give players the freedom to create a build that complements their preferred playstyle.

For the next week, the Epic Games Store is offering one title for free: Cassette Beasts.

007 First Light features a wholly original Bond story and will see players earn their 00 status in the very first James Bond origin story.

For the next week, the Epic Games Store is offering one title for free: We Were Here Together.

The entire WorthPlaying staff would like to say "Merry Christmas!" to our readers, fans, contributors & staff all around the world. We hope everybody has a wonderful holiday, loads of good food, and a joyful time with friends & family. May Santa bring you all the games you wished for, but above all, stay healthy & stay safe!

For the next week, the Epic Games Store is offering one title for free: Disco Elysium - The Final Cut.

This week Nintendo added eighteen Nintendo Switch, one Nintendo Switch 2, and one Nintendo Music title to the eShop Channels.

For the next week, the Epic Games Store is offering one title for free: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.

Yakuza Kiwami 3 is an extreme remake of the action-adventure beat 'em up Yakuza 3 featuring ex-yakuza Kazuma Kiryu's fight to protect those he loves.

Titan Quest II is an Action/RPG where players will be immersed in the mythological realm of ancient Greece, facing unimaginable challenges, striving for exquisite loot, and combining different masteries to create unique, powerful character builds.

In Digimon Story Time Stranger you travel between worlds and through time in an engaging RPG with an incredible array of Digimon to tame and train to join their quest.

Vince Zampella, former CEO of Call of Duty's Infinity Ward and CEO/co-founder of Respawn Entertainment known for Titanfall and Apex Legends, has tragically passed away after getting into a car crash.

Gachiakuta: The Game is a stylish survival action/RPG that captures the anime series' gritty worldview, graffiti-inspired visuals, and dynamic action.

For the next week, the Epic Games Store is offering one title for free: Paradise Killer.