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Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases (www.gamingonlinux.com)

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[–] southernbrewer@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Haven't played a single game from 2025. I don't even think I saw any that caught my eye tbh.

Oh no i lie - World of goo 2 is definitely on my wishlist. Maybe next year though, I'm still busy with Satisfactory at the moment

[–] dangrousperson@feddit.org 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

I know this is patient gamers, but this was one of the best years in gaming for a while.

My personal top 3:

Silksong - I played like 2h of Hollow Knight many years ago, then took a small break, but was so lost when I returned that I never touched it again, until Silksong got a release date and the hype made me check it out again. Amazing game and Silksong is even better. I 100% Silksong and I'm super excited for the free DLC next year. I kind of rushed Hollow Knight though, so I might return for some late-game stuff.

DK Bananza - honestly didn't expect to to enjoy it as much as I did, really fun and creative 3D platformer with some of the best and smoothest movements in any of them.

Expedition 33 - Honestly this was mostly off my radar for m9st of the year. I had heard about it now and then, but the turn based combat didn't sound appealing to me. When it was nominated for more VGA awards then any game before it, I checked it out as well. Also an absolute banger. Great Art, Story and the turn based combat is a lot more fun than I thought it would be, really in depth to get the most out of each character. While J personally enjoyed Silksong the most this year, I can definitely understand the hype around it

I'm also looking forward to playing metroid prime 4, probably some.time next year