2025 in video games

In the video game industry, 2025 will see the release of Nintendo's next-generation Nintendo Switch 2 console and many new video games.

The following table lists the top-rated games released in 2025 based on Metacritic, which generally considers expansions as separate entities.

• January 9 – Alan Emrich, 65, video game writer who coined the term 4X.
• January 12 – Robert Machray, 79, actor with voice roles in The Dark Eye and Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader.
• January 15 – David Lynch, 78, surrealist filmmaker whose work influenced numerous video games, including the Alan Wake series, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, Silent Hill 2, Disco Elysium, and Deadly Premonition.
• January 24 – Tetsuhisa Seko, 54, president of Nippon Ichi Software.
• January 30 – Wayne June, voice actor who was announcer for Dota 2 and narrator of Darkest Dungeon.
• February 3 – Stéphane Picq, 59, composer who scored Dune, MegaRace, Lost Eden, Atlantis: The Lost Tales, and Riverworld.
• February 14 - William Roberts, 80, voice actor who voiced Vesemir in The Witcher series and Dromarch in Xenoblade Chronicles 2.
• February 16 – Viktor Antonov, 52, art director of Half-Life 2 and Dishonored.
• February 21 – Peter Jason, 80, actor with voice roles in Fallout 2 and Gears of War.
• March 11 – Dave Mallow, 76, voice actor who voiced Akuma in the Street Fighter and Marvel vs. Capcom series.
• March 12 – Thomas Lee, 59, former EA employee who worked on games such as Final Fantasy IX, Parasite Eve, and Wing Commander III.
• March 12 – Takashi Inagaki, 87, voice actor who voiced Yen Sid in the Kingdom Hearts series, Epic Mickey, and Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two.
• March 25 – Abdulaziz “HAX$” Al-Yami, 30, pro Super Smash Bros. Melee player.
• April 3 – Narayana "River Boy" Johnson, audio director and composer for Cult of the Lamb.
• April 5 – Bill Petras, art director for Blizzard Entertainment on several games, including StarCraft, World of Warcraft and Overwatch.