2025 Videogames – Play Critically

Blitz Smash Ultimate Review

Blitz Smash Ultimate is an adequate top-down shooter that is eventually undermined by some fundamental design flaws.

Though SWORN feels unfinished right now, it is competent and has the potential to grow over time.

Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound embodies everything a retro action platformer should aspire to be.

As a sequel to Hollow Knight, Silksong meets expectations. When expectations are this high, meeting them is no bad thing.

While largely an ethereal and placid experience, Herdling surprises with moments of wonder, suspense, and sadness.

Whisper of the House is like its name: An inaudible sound, dismissed and forgotten as quickly as it is heard.

Radiant: Guardians of Light is a sloppy but well-intentioned synthesis of beat ’em up and action-RPG design.

Is This Seat Taken? is a unique puzzler filled with charm and ingenuity.

Wheel World is an enjoyable swoop through a melancholy countryside.

Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo feels destined to be one of 2025’s highlights.