The Ten Best Games of 2025

Jacob Geller Dec 11, 2025 16:51

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The passions that we fought with and subdued never quite die. | See tons of bonus videos and support more work like this by joining my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/JacobGeller Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/JacobGeller Buy my first book, “How a Game Lives:” https://www.harpercollins.com/products/how-a-game-lives-jacob-geller?variant=44008639135778 Buy my second book, “You’re Not Overthinking It:” https://www.lostincult.co.uk/overthinking Social media and merch links at https://jacobgeller.com/ Thanks to Jeremy Brauns Music for his cover of “Niamos:” https://youtu.be/6E7gfpGql7w?si=5aSopuyP0WcAYy_S Thanks to WillRock for his OCRemix, “Apollo Duck:” https://youtu.be/KfmiPl4oPiQ?si=loVp-W4ojJvJzHv9 Additional Footage of Death Stranding 2 provided by DefendtheHouse and EuroThug4000 https://youtu.be/dAk1hkY37pE?si=j3XRwM-F2yA4Wrvl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUW7_pM81GU&t=662s Source on Game Industry Layoffs: https://publish.obsidian.md/vg-layoffs/Archive/2025 Music (Chronologically): Mindless Regress (Sektori), Promenade dans Lumière (Clair Obscur), Niamos — Club Mix (Jeremy Brauns Music), Eternal Longing (Hades II), Flow State (Dead Letter Dept.), Mayoi Uta (Silent Hill F), Fading Glint (Citizen Sleeper 2), Lisrim — Golden (Lies of P: Overture), Story of Rainy (Death Stranding 2), Credits (Despelote), Glamorous (Consume Me), Gustave (Clair Obscur), Red Memory (Hollow Knight: Silksong), Tifa’s Theme (Final Fantasy VII Remake), Apollo Duck (OCRemix of “The Moon” from Duck Tales by WillRock) Additional Footage by Getty Images and Storyblocks Thumbnail and Graphic Design by https://bsky.app/profile/hotcyder.bsky.social Description Credit: “The Passions that we Fought with and Subdued” by Trumbull Stickney

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