Best New Video Games Releasing in July 2025

The second half of 2025 is officially underway! So, the sooner you get those tax returns done, the sooner any potential refund can go towards that Nintendo Switch 2 purchase or any number of the hot new games featured below. This month, Tony Hawk shreds onto screens once again but in higher resolution, and speaking of the Switch 2, Donkey Kong is back for a new next-gen platforming adventure. July 2025 also continues the RoboCop, Mario Party, Ninja Gaiden, Pac-Man and The Lord of the Rings franchises. Have you ever dreamed of designing your own Shire? Well, you’re in luck! 

Best New Video Games Releasing This Month

If you are looking for thrills, spills and some sick new tricks, this month’s slate of new video games is more than suffice. With the return of a cult extreme sports favourite, some new horror survival games and an icon of the past set to land in the imminent future, gaming is back on the menu. Here are the best new video games releasing in July 2025.

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4

• Platform: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch 2
• Release date: July 11

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 revamps two early noughties classics with improved visuals and additional skaters, skateparks and tunes for a modern yet nostalgic experience. Skate solo or online with up to 8 players competing simultaneously. There are also expanded Create-A-Skater and Create-A-Park modes with New Game + for more challenges once the credits roll. You’ll be shredding to Motorhead, Turnstile, Bodyjar and more.

Donkey Kong Bananza

• Platform: Switch 2
• Release date: July 17

Donkey Kong Bananza is DK’s first 3D adventure in 26 years (by my count). Coming exclusive to the Nintendo Switch 2, the popular primate delves into a rich underground world searching for stolen golden bananas. Pulverize the VoidCo enemies and destructible environments alike. The deeper you go, the more amazing the discoveries.

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers

• Platform: PC, PlayStation, Xbox
• Release date: July 24

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is the latest souls-like to draw from China’s history and mythology. Play as a skilled pirate warrior on a quest to uncover the truth of a mysterious disease spreading through the lands. Face abominations and boss battles while exploring forgotten temples, overgrown ruins, and shadowed paths fraught with peril. Delve into a dynamic combat system of combos and timing where every fight carries weight.

Killing Floor 3

• Platform: PC, PlayStation, Xbox
• Release date: July 24

Join up with Nightfall, the last line of defence against megacorp Horzine’s inhuman army of monstrous zeds. Dismantle zed hordes in savage six-player co-op, or brave the battlefield alone. Customize your arsenal to unleash your unique brand of carnage. Smarter, faster, deadlier: Killing Floor 3 promises the most lethal experience yet.

RoboCop: Rogue City – Unfinished Business

• Platform: PC, PlayStation, Xbox
• Release date: July 17

Highly trained mercenaries have taken over OmniTower, turning the complex into their fortress. As Detroit’s most advanced law enforcement officer, you’ll storm each floor, evade deadly traps and take out elite troops in the name of justice. RoboCop: Rogue City – Unfinished Business is a new standalone experience with new missions and familiar faces, expanding on the storyline of 2023’s Rogue City. Peter Weller returns as the voice of RoboCop.

Shadow Labyrinth

• Platform: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
• Release date: July 18

Shadow Labyrinth is a 2D action platformer and a genre-twisting take on the iconic Pac-Man. He leaves the arcade behind to become a companion to a swordsman awoken on a mysterious planet. As the swordsman, you search the remnants of an age-old intergalactic conflict, mastering fluid combat. Combine powerful skills, discover secrets, consume your enemies and grow from prey to apex predator.

Super Mario Party Jamboree Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV

• Platform: Switch 2
• Release date: July 24

Super Mario Party Jamboree gets a facelift and new features in its Nintendo Switch 2 upgrade. With seven gameboards, 22 playable characters and over 110 mini-games, this is the most robust Mario Party to date. This new edition includes better screen resolution and new modes, such as Jamboree TV and Bowser Live, a gameshow-like mode you and the family can bring to life with a compatible camera. Super Mario Party Jamboree Switch 2 Edition can be purchased outright or as an upgrade from the original edition for $30 AU or $20 US.  

Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound

• Platform: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
• Release date: July 31

The first new Ninja Gaiden game in over a decade takes the franchise back to its 2D roots. Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound is a side-scrolling action platformer drawing from the 8-bit era and packing the intensity of the more recent 3D entries. When the barrier between human and demon worlds shatters, a young ninja and a skilled assassin fight to restore order across a brutal, nostalgia-filled journey.

Tales of the Shire: a The Lord of the Rings Game

• Platform: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
• Release date: July 29

Live the cosy life of a Hobbit in the wonderfully serene landscape of the Shire. Design, decorate and share your idyllic corner of Middle-earth. Trade in Mordor’s dangers to decorate your own Hobbit hole, tend a garden, fish, forage, and feast with fellow Hobbits. Play a part in helping the quaint community flourish. You’ll enjoy days of splendour with much to see and more to do.

Total Chaos

• Platform: PC
• Release date: July 24

Total Chaos is survival horror stacked with mysteries and monstrosities. Fort Oasis is a decaying terrormare—Scavenge scraps to craft weapons and battle the island’s nightmarish foes. A cryptic voice on the radio guides you through the harrowing journey through the depths and towards the heart of the island, where the chilling truth awaits.

July 2025 Video Game Release Dates

• Anger Foot (PS5) July 1
• Mecha Break (PC, XBX/S) July 1
• No Heroes Here 2 (PC, PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XB1, NS) July 1
• Dead of Darkness (PC, PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XB1, NS) July 2
• Firmament (PC, PS5, PS4, PSVR2) — July 2
• Into the Emberlands (NS) — July 2
• Grappin (PS5) — July 4
• Missile Command Delta (PC, PS5, XBX/S, NS) — July 8
• Somber Echoes — (PS5, XBX/S) July 8
• EA Sports College Football 26 (PS5, XBX/S) — July 10
• Islanders: New Shores (PC, PS5, XBX/S, NS) — July 10
• Patapon 1+2 Replay (PC) — July 10
• Bendy and the Dark Revival (PS5, XBX/S, NS) — July 11
• Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 (PC, PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XB1, NS2, NS) — July 11
• Becoming Saint (PC) — July 15
• Edens Zero (PC, PS5, XBX/S) — July 15
• Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream (PC, PS5, XBX/S) — July 15
• Neverwinter Nights 2: Enhanced Edition (PC, PS5, XBX/S, NS) — July 15
• Ready or Not (PS5, XBX/S) — July 15 
• Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact (PC, PS5, NS) — July 16
• Bridge Constructor Studio (PC, PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XB1, NS) — July 17
• Donkey Kong: Bonanza (NS2) — July 17
• Drill Core (PC) — July 17
• Dragonball Z: Kakarot – Daima DLC (PC, PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XB1, NS) — July 17
• Golden Tee Arcade Classics (PC, PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XB1, NS) — July 17
• RoboCop: Rogue City – Unfinished Business (PC, PS5, XBX/S) — July 17
• The Drifter (PC) — July 17
• The Wandering Village (PC, PS5, XBX/S, NS) — July 17
• Shadow Labyrinth (PC, PS5, XBX/S, NS2, NS) — July 18
• Luto (PC, PS5, PS4) — July 22
• Misc. A Tiny Tale (PC, NS) — July 22
• Monument Valley 3 (PC, PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XB1, NS) — July 22
• Wildgate (PC, PS5, XBX/S) — July 22
• Wheel World (PC, PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XB1) — July 23
• Killing Floor 3 (PC, PS5, XBX/S) — July 24
• Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (NS2) — July 24
• Total Chaos (PC) — July 24
• Wuchang: Fallen Feathers — (PC, PS5, XBX/S) — July 24
• No Sleep for Kaname Date — (PC, NS2, NS) — July 25
• Wild Hearts S (NS2) — July 25
• Mado Monogatari: Fia and the Wondrous Academy — (PC, PS5, PS4, NS) July 29
• Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap (PS5) — July 29
• Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings Game (PC, PS5, XBX/S, NS) — July 29
• Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound (PC, PS5, PS4, XBX/S, XB1, NS2, NS) — July 31