14 Of 2025's Best Games You Should Play This Easter

Forbes

13-04-2025

'Split Fiction' is your top choice if you want a great multiplayer experience this Easter, but there ... More are plenty more suggestions for great games to play over the April break.
Easter is finally upon us: the perfect long weekend to finally catch up on our backlogs. Still, trying to narrow down the best games to play can be tricky, given we've got lives to lead, kids to feed, or gardens to weed.
With this in mind, here's a collection of 14 games, released or ported since the start of 2025, that are absolutely worth your time over the April break. They've been split into 'how long to beat' status, meaning you can choose the right one for your circumstances. The RRPs are also listed, but make sure you cross-compare costs for multiplatform titles, because Easter's also a great time for sales.
Platforms: PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Price: $19.99 (also on Game Pass)
Roguelite FPS Mullet Madjack is a delirious cocktail of Hotline Miami, Duke Nukem, and Smash TV, hurling you into a neon-drenched capitalist hellscape where you've got ten seconds to live — unless you keep killing. You sprint through 80 floors of robotic enemies, deadly traps, and countless upgrades, all to rescue a kidnapped influencer princess.
'Mullet Madjack' is absolutely nuts, in all the best ways.
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It's fast, brutal, and gloriously self-aware. You'll punt robots into extractors, split skulls with anime comics, and survive by milliseconds in a haze of adrenaline and absurdity. New hazards and buffs slot in seamlessly, you rebuild your playstyle with every section, and every run feels like a bloody sprint against the clock. Despite a few technical glitches and a punishing final boss, Mullet Madjack delivers one of the most satisfyingly unhinged arcade shooters in years, even if it can give you a headache.
Read the other reasons to play this game here.
Platforms: PC
Price: $5.99
Spilled! might only last an hour, but it's one of the most blissfully cozy games you'll play all year. You pilot a tiny boat through trash-filled lakes, cleaning oil spills, rescuing animals, and gently restoring beauty to a world drowning in pollution. It's meditative, charming, and surprisingly moving for something which, on the surface, is so simple.
'Spilled!' provides one of the best hours of gaming you could ever hope for.
Created by solo Dutch developer Lente, who lives and works on a boat, Spilled! is a love letter to doing good things slowly. Each cleanup earns you cash to upgrade your vessel, unlocking new areas and mechanics in satisfying bursts. It's a completionist's dream, rewarding you with cleaner waters, happy animals, and little triumphs over environmental ruin.
Learn more about it in my review from March.
Platforms: PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5, Switch (consoles on April 17)
Price: $11.99
Leila, from Turkish indie dev Ubik Studios, is an introspective narrative game that pushes players deep into the mind of a middle-aged woman. Using a memory-exploring device, players journey through pivotal moments in Leila's life, experiencing memories firsthand in a storytelling masterclass that navigates insecurity, big mistakes, trauma, and self-forgiveness.
The game is packed with thoughtfully designed puzzles that tie directly into each chapter of Leila's story, unfolding across cleverly designed spaces between the 1980s and 2000s. You can confront or avoid memories, shaping the narrative path as you go. Save for a couple of surprisingly tricky puzzles, this hand-drawn experience is deeply personal, creative, and emotionally resonant.
Platforms: PC
Price: $9.99
Your House, an indie game by Spanish indie house Patrones & Escondites, is a challenging and deeply satisfying puzzle adventure that demands full mental engagement and old-school note-taking. Its striking art style and strong voice acting support a baffling but delightful story about a house that contains a boatload of secrets.
Though its final act falters a little, and puzzles can be occasionally unclear; on a wider game level, Your House requires the broadest skillset in problem-solving. However, it's a truly rewarding experience, especially for just $10.
Platforms: PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5, Switch
Price: $24.99
Sorry We're Closed is truly unforgettable — a surreal, low-poly survival horror that mixes Lynchian nightmares with Silent Hill and Killer7. You play Michelle, a lonely shop worker pulled into a demonic love story that spirals into feverish, reality-bending horror. It's eccentric, atmospheric, and surprisingly heartfelt — a stylish and deranged indie standout.
Crafted by British duo à la mode games, its six-hour story blends classic fixed-camera exploration with inventive first-person combat via a 'third eye' mechanic, which reveals twisted realities. Add in weird characters, haunting sound design, and multiple endings, and you've got a cult classic — one that thoroughly needs a sequel.
Check out my review of the game here.
Platforms: PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5, Switch
Price: $14.99
Atari knows how to get the absolute most out of its aging properties, and Breakout Beyond is no exception. Across 72 levels — plus an unlockable infinite mode — this high-score-focused game starts slowly but soon becomes a compulsive, hard-to-put-down experience with plenty of replay value for record seekers.
Level design is varied and intriguing, supercharged by power-ups and made easier with a slowdown feature, giving you time to breathe or respond to on-screen madness at the expense of your final score. Each challenge tier reduces your time; run out the clock, and you'll see each row slowly become indestructible, meaning time is of the essence.
Platforms: PC, PS5 (Xbox Series X/S coming soon)
Price: $24.99
Karma: The Dark World is a trippy, slow-burn experience that doesn't explain itself, but that's kind of the point. In this action-adventure puzzler, you play as a memory-diving agent in a grim, alternate East Germany, uncovering twisted personal histories while the world flickers between bleak realism and surreal nightmares.
'Karma: The Dark World' is one of the most beautiful indie games of the last few years.
It's slow, sometimes frustratingly so, and you won't always know what's happening, but it rewards patience with rich worldbuilding and absolutely stunning art direction that'll stick with you long after it's over. It's not without its faults — clunky controls, the occasional flat line delivery, and missed opportunities to get the most out of its setting. Still, it's absolutely worth your time if you're into games like Soma or Observer.
Here's my full review, if you want to learn more.
Platforms: Xbox Series X/S, PS5, PC (and coming to Switch 2)
Price: $49.99
Of all the games of 2025 so far, few have brought quite as much joy and inventiveness as Split Fiction. Sure, you need a friend to play with you — thankfully, only one of you needs a copy of the game for online co-op — but it deserves a place on GOTY shortlists this awards season.
Taking narratives to a whole new level, Split Fiction casts you and your significant other as Mio and Zoe, a pair of down-on-their-luck writers who become trapped in a combination of their stories (sci-fi meets fantasy) due to an accident at a groundbreaking literary tech firm. It's far-fetched in all the right ways, and in typical Hazelight fashion, what follows is a constantly evolving and thought-provoking masterpiece.
It's the perfect shared experience — it's probably the best story-focused multiplayer game I've played with my friend on the other side of the Atlantic. It regularly demands problem-solving skills, precision, and patience, but rewards you with big laughs, top-tier storytelling, excellent performances, and some of the most memorable moments of any game in the last five years. For $50 new (though you'll likely find it for $35 or less now), it's a no-brainer.
Platforms: Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5, PC
Price: $49.99 (also on Game Pass)
Atomfall is Fallout in Northern England — Fall-owt, if you will. Rebellion's first-person action RPG, which debuted day one on Game Pass, is based on the very real Windscale fire of 1957, though the reasons for the in-game disaster aren't nuclear, but something altogether more sinister.
It offers a 'choose your own adventure' approach, encouraging you to follow clues, explore areas, uncover hidden paths, with multiple endings based on who you trust (or don't). As survival experiences go, it's superb — its smaller, interconnected maps have much more than meets the eye, while bartering, rationing, crafting, and careful planning are all essential for success, especially at its recommended harder difficulty.
Platforms: Xbox Series X/S, PC, PS5
Price: $69.99 (and on Game Pass)
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle was initially released on the Xbox and PC in December 2024, but it's coming to PS5 on Maundy Thursday (April 17), giving you the perfect 24-hour window to download it just in time for Good Friday.
If you've heard anything about it already, you'll know it nails the feeling of being Indy: whip cracking, trap dodging, and Nazi bashing. It's also got plenty in the way of clever puzzles, solid combat, and cinematic flair. Most importantly, it nails non-combat very nicely; patience is a virtue, and stealth is handled brilliantly.
Even though it's under the 10-to-20-hour header, that's the mainline length; side missions will bump that to 25+, and completionists can get ten more hours out of it. It's probably worth playing it on Xbox or PC, if it's an option; it's still on Game Pass, and costs $70 if you want it on PS5, even though it's worth it.
Platforms: PC, Xbox Series X/S, PS5, Switch
Price: $19.99
Robobeat brings a fresh, more forgiving twist to the rhythm-FPS genre, combining Superhot with Metal Hellsinger. It's just as enjoyable as its heavy metal comrade, and also much more forgiving, thanks to its tight controls, customizable timing windows, and changeable soundtrack with a varied BPM.
You play Ace, a bounty hunter hunting down the evil Frazzer across his ever-shifting lair. Its roguelite approach, built around temporary upgrades and permanent buffs, is chock-full of surprises and secrets, and constantly encourages you to go deeper and explore its surprisingly profound lore.
It has a few rough edges — its wide field of view and minor bugs might dissuade a few players — but Robobeat finds its rhythm, and solo dev Simon Fredholm continues to make it bigger and better with regular new content.
Platforms: PC, Xbox Series X/S
Price: $69.99 (also on Game Pass)
Action RPG Avowed takes a while to get going — its opening four hours are clunky, with awkward controls and too many tutorials. Honestly, stick with it; it's one hell of a game that offers a gorgeous world, sharp writing, fantastic voice acting, and great side quests.
The main narrative fades into the background quickly, but that's okay — the real fun is in exploring, making tough choices, and shaping your godlike character along the way. Your companions are memorable, the atmosphere is rich, and despite bugs and pacing hiccups, it never derails the overall experience. It's got that classic Obsidian charm, delivering clever systems, strong dialogue, and a world that sticks with you. It's not a flawless game, but it's one you can't avoid.
Avowed certainly has its quirks, though — check out my 11 top tips to get you started.
Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S
Price: $29.99 (also on Game Pass and PS Plus)
Blue Prince came out of nowhere, so much so that this recommendation is for me as much as you. This puzzler, which landed just this week (April 10), has attracted critical acclaim for its impeccable pacing, novel mechanics, and its ability to keep secrets hidden deep into the game.
In Blue Prince, you control Simon P Jones, who must find a hidden 46th room in his inherited mansion within one day to claim ownership. The mansion is a shifting grid of rooms that players explore by using keys, managing a limited number of footprints (steps), and strategically placing new rooms. Each area can contain items, tools, or puzzles, and failing to reach your goal resets the mansion, forcing you to start again.
The trailer is enough to sell it, but it's also available on both Game Pass and PS Plus, meaning you have every excuse to play it this Easter.
Platforms: PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5, Switch
Price: $29.99
Obviously, Tomb Raiders 4-6 aren't exactly new. Still, Aspyr has followed up its superb job on the original trilogy by remastering The Last Revelation, Chronicles, and PS2 franchise debut Legend, and it's once again made the most of the source material.
As with the first release, Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered quietly demands that you learn tank controls to get the experience as intended, especially given how surprisingly brutal the games can be, even when compared to the more difficult and baffling moments of Tomb Raider 3.
Chances are that this latest trio of games may be more of a 10-to-20-hour experience; Tomb Raider: Legend hasn't aged well, despite being the newest game, but that's personal preference — and the first two games are worth the ticket price alone, especially The Last Revelation.
This isn't a definitive list of the best games of 2025 — that's an impossible task, even at this early stage — but if you've got any recommendations, especially for lesser-known indie games, be sure to leave a comment and share the love.