Construct a Rocket Boy’s troubled single-player motion recreation, MindsEye, is the worst recreation of 2025, in response to weighted common overview scores from Metacritic.
Because the 12 months involves an in depth, the overview curation website presents a near-complete image of the perfect and worst video games of 2025, in response to its aggregated critiques from “the world’s most revered critics.”
In response to Metacritic’s rankings, MindsEye was the worst-reviewed recreation of 2025, with a Metascore of simply 37 – decrease than all however eight video games launched within the final 5 years.
The debut recreation from GTA producer Leslie Benzies’ new studio launched with important technical points earlier this 12 months, a state of affairs that deteriorated to the extent that PlayStation started refunding gamers, a uncommon prevalence that beforehand befell through the troubled launch of Cyberpunk 2077.
The second-worst-reviewed recreation of the 12 months was Bandai Namco’s Nintendo Swap 2 mini-game assortment, Tamagotchi Plaza (43), which was closely criticized by critics for its simplistic and repetitive gameplay.
Different notable video games rounding off 2025’s backside ten embrace Nintendo’s $10 interactive expertise, Swap 2 Welcome Tour (54), and Restricted Run’s assortment of Bubsy video games, The Purrfect Assortment.
Simply outdoors the underside ten is Swery65 and Suda51’s horror collaboration, Resort Barcelona (56), and Meta Quest Star Wars title, Victory Past (57).
Launched in 1999, Metacritic says it curates critiques from solely “the world’s most revered critics.” The best-reviewed video games of 2025 to date embrace Hades 2, Clair Obscure: Expedition 33, and Blue Prince.
Metacritic’s worst video games of 2025
- MindsEye (PC) – 37
- Tamagotchi Plaza (Swap 2) – 43
- Ambulance Life: A Pandemic Simulator (PS5) – 44
- Scar-Lead Salvation (PS5) – 44
- Captain Blood (PC) – 50
- Neptunia Riders VS Dogoos (PS5) – 51
- Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Affect – 53
- Bubsy in: The Purrfect Assortment (PS5) – 53
- Nintendo Swap 2 Welcome Tour (Swap 2) – 54
- Quick & Livid: Arcade Version (PS5) – 55
