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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Entertainment
Vicky Jessop

Ready player one! The best games of 2025 so far, from Doom to Split Fiction

In the blink of an eye, we’re already halfway through the year. And that means there’s a whole six months’ worth of gaming content to catch up with, too.

Though this year hasn’t seen a massive outpouring of AAA titles like, say, 2023 (hello, Baldur’s Gate 3), there’s still been plenty to enjoy. We’ve had JRPGs, co-op multiplayers and, most pleasingly, a slew of standout indie titles addressing everything from burnout to ancient family mysteries.

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