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Here’s the full list
by Fraser Gilbert Yesterday, 6pm
We recently mentioned how three Xbox first-party games had made the cut in the AP’s top 10 releases of 2025, and now we’ve got another list from Rolling Stone — a top 25 of 2025 roundup — that includes two Xbox first-party titles in theirs.
The two games are Ninja Gaiden 4 and South of Midnight, which finish in the #16 and #11 spots respectively. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 takes the #1 spot to the surprise of very few!
Here’s the full top 25:
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Hades 2
Donkey Kong Bananza
Dispatch
Ghost of Yotei
Blue Prince
The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Ball x Pit
ARC Raiders
South of Midnight
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Mario Kart World
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
Battlefield 6
Ninja Gaiden 4
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
Absolum
Despelote
The Séance of Blake Manor
Split Fiction
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
Rematch
Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
Silent Hill F
Looking at this list, it’s perhaps surprising that the likes of Split Fiction and Hollow Knight: Silksong are so low, while there’s no place for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, Monster Hunter Wilds or a large array of Xbox first-party games like The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered and DOOM: The Dark Ages.
Still, that’s the beauty with stuff like this – you never know what you’re going to get! We’re just glad to see Ninja Gaiden 4 and South of Midnight getting their flowers, especially in a year that’s delivered so many Game of the Year candidates.
What do you make of this top 25? Agree with the Xbox picks? Tell us down in the comments below.
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[source rollingstone.com]
Fraser is the News Editor at Pure Xbox, where he spends his time reporting on the biggest stories in the world of Xbox and beyond.
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