These Indie Games Quietly Killed It In 2025

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While everyone was busy talking about Hades 2, Silksong, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, Arc Raiders and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, some of the most interesting games of the year came from much smaller studios. Games like Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon, The Alters, Witchfire, Mortal Sin, Dispatch, Blue Prince, Hell Is Us, The Seance of Blake Manor, VOIN and VOID/BREAKER did far more heavy lifting than anything coming out of the major AAA publishers, and not enough people are talking about them. These are the indie and AA games from 2025 that deserve a spot on your wishlist, whether you’ve heard of them or not. Watch more: Indie Games Just Brutally Embarrassed AAA https://youtu.be/z9AWK8pmFQs AAA’s Worst Nightmare Just Happened https://youtu.be/UQuj74uA3Ts ▶ Playlist: The Fall of AAA https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeumzA5hYMVQwXf17llwkQpBPy9wI7bnk #taintedgrail #mortalsin #voidbreaker #blueprince #voin #dispatch #hellisus #theseanceofblakemanor #clairobscur #kingdomcom

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