Across this past year, I have played something like 91 different video games. The actual figure will be higher, as there’s a lot of stuff I try and discard and forget to write down. As we’ll soon see, the difference between the list of things I played and things I finished is very stark. I’m very okay with this state of affairs; many games these days are hugely time-demanding to see through to their conclusion, and as should be obvious from the other 2025 posts I’ve published this week, I spend my time on many different media – and that’s not even mentioning my own creative efforts.
Note that I’ve included demos in this list, as I want to remember the stuff I tried out as in many cases I will follow up on it quite a bit later. Other times it’s just interesting to note stuff I tried, even if I don’t expect I will play the full game, such as DreamCore. Also, a demo is a game, it’s just a small piece of one, and as established this isn’t a list of games I finished.
As with my 2025 in film post, I won’t say much about most of these games. I will identify the games I actually finished in bold, and anything I played a lot will get some sort of comment. Otherwise I’ll only remark on things I thought particularly interesting, whether for positive or negative reasons.