These are my picks for the five must-play indies of 2025, and I bet you can already guess what three of them are.
Tag: Xbox One
Sorry We’re Closed Review
Sorry We’re Closed exalts in colliding contrasting ideas and feelings against each other.
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound Review
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound embodies everything a retro action platformer should aspire to be.
Hollow Knight: Silksong Review
As a sequel to Hollow Knight, Silksong meets expectations. When expectations are this high, meeting them is no bad thing.
PowerWash Simulator Review
Incredible though it may seem, PowerWash Simulator is one of the most satisfying and fulfilling videogames I have ever played.
Ruffy and the Riverside Review
Ruffy and the Riverside needs to get out of its own way so I can enjoy its strengths and overlook its weaknesses.
Celeste Review
Celeste is one of the most incredible works of art in recent memory—in any medium.
Core Keeper Review
If the worst I can say is I only disliked Core Keeper’s sandbox in the last few hours of its fifty-plus hour adventure, that’s not such a terrible thing at all.
Sea of Stars – Throes of the Watchmaker Review
Throes of the Watchmaker is a disappointing but blessedly inconsequential addition to one of 2023’s best videogames.
A Little to the Left Review
The part of me that enjoys seeking out the common relationship between uncommon objects is overjoyed by A Little to the Left’s simple conceit.