Best New Video Games Releasing in November 2025

While writing this column is a privilege, it’s also a burden. Nothing disrupts those savings goals quite like researching and writing lists of cool stuff to buy. Sometimes I think ignorance would be bliss. Then again, I love the buzz that comes from booting up a newly installed game on launch day.

At least 60 new video games are launching throughout November 2025, all vying for your time and hard-earned money. So, where do you start? Right here, of course! Well, actually a few lines down, but it’s always wise to start at the top. This month crams in a lot of great content regardless of your platform of choice, and there’s even some interesting stuff happening in the VR space! With a host of PC favourites returning, Xbox games copping major updates, and PlayStation hits venturing into the deep, dark abyss, this month is all about some heavy-hitting franchises.

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 will more than suffice. With the return of a cinematic 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 November 2025.

Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition

• Platform: PlayStation
• Release date: November 4

Microsoft continues sharing with its competitors as the latest Age of Empires lands on PS5. This real-time strategy experience won a bunch of awards on release and this Anniversary Edition includes additional civilisations and maps for your empire-building pleasure. 

Football Manager 26

• Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, Mobile
• Release date: November 4

A good manager effectively communicates, provides clear direction and creates a supportive environment. It’s no different on the field. Craft a football philosophy and transform a squad with new foundations and advanced tools. With fully licensed clubs and advanced player movements, you can expect rich game-day experiences.

Satisfactory

• Platforms: PlayStation, Xbox
• Release date: November 4

The acclaimed factory-building, action-adventure game finally comes to consoles. And if you’re unfamiliar with Satisfactory, then that description must seem bonkers. Explore an alien planet and conquer nature by building massive factories. Venture out on expeditions, gathering resources and fending off nature. Play solo or with friends and enter conveyor belt heaven.

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment

• Platform: Switch 2
• Release date: November 6

Dynasty Warriors meets Tears of the Kingdom in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment. Play as Princess Zelda, King Rauru and other familiar faces as you fight to reclaim your homeland from Demon King Ganondorf and his invading forces. Play solo or in two-player co-op on split-screen or on two Switch 2s using Gameshare.

Lumines Arise

• Platforms: PC, PlayStation, PSVR2
• Release date: November 11

Expect a mind-blowing, fiendishly addictive reinvention of the puzzle classic Lumines, from the studio behind Tetris Effect. You’ll manipulate blocks falling from the top of the screen for an experience elevated through an eclectic soundtrack and dazzling visuals synched to the beat. Make sure you slip into a set of headphones to immerse in this one.

Anno 117: Pax Romana

• Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox
• Release date: November 13

Shape the Roman Empire, building cities, expanding your influence and govern using diplomacy, skills or military might. Improve your production efficiency and military opportunities. Build relations or showcase your might through land battles and naval combat. You may even defy the emperor himself, but not without consequences.  In this genre-defining strategic builder, every decision matters.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7

• Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox
• Release date: November 14

The year is 2035 and the world is on the brink of chaos. Squad up or go solo in a co-op campaign of high-stakes challenges across neon-lit rooftops, the Mediterranean coast and beyond. Black Ops 7 multiplayer explodes with 16 electrifying 6v6 maps and two 20v20 maps at launch. In the new round-based Zombies mode, you’re thrust into a vast, ever-shifting hellscape. This isn’t just survival. It’s a descent into madness.

Where Winds Meet

• Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Mobile
• Release date: November 14

This epic Wuxia open-world action RPG is set in ancient China during the tenth century. Assume the role of a young sword master on a journey to uncover the mystery of their own identity. Drawing early attention for its stunning visuals and immersive movement, Where Winds Meet is one to watch.

SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide

• Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch 2
• Release date: November 18

A clash between the Flying Dutchman and King Neptune unleashes ghostly mayhem all over Bikini Bottom. SpongeBob and Patrick will need all their skills (or lack thereof) to return life to what passes for normal in their undersea home. Switch seamlessly between the two heroes, combine their unique platforming abilities and battle epic bosses on their ghostliest adventure yet!

Marvel’s Deadpool VR

• Platforms: Meta Quest 3
• Release date: November 18

The merc with a mouth returns for a VR hack ‘n’ slash game exclusive to Meta Quest 3 headsets. With a shiny new contract, Deadpool’s out to kidnap a bunch of villains for Mojo’s interdimensional game show. Flow from parkour to punching bad guys with your weapons, their weapons, their severed limbs or whatever chimis your changas.  

Demonschool

• Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
• Release date: November 19

Demonschool is described as a new-style tactics RPG where motion equals action. Defeat big weirdos in between the human and demon worlds as Faye and her misfit companions, while navigating university life on a mysterious island.

Kirby Air Riders

• Platform: Switch 2
• Release date: November 20

Reimagining a 22-year-old game that went below-the-radar racer, Kirby Air Riders features fast-paced, hover-based action through dazzling environments and that familiar Kirby charm. With enhanced graphics and expanded modes, this might be one to watch if you’ve moved on from Mario Kart World.

Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl

• Platform: PlayStation
• Release date: November 20

Another PC/Xbox game is fresh from the exclusive zone. Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl is the unforgiving survival adventure now coming to PS5 and benefits from a year’s worth of enhancements. Players explore the vast Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, brimming with enemies, anomalies and artifacts. This first-person survival shooter is tough in both gameplay and the choices you’ll make.

November 2025 Video Game Release Dates

• 1000xResist (PS5, XBX/S) — November 4
• Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition (PS5) — November 4
• Football Manager 26 (PC, PS5, XBX/S, NS2, NS, Mobile) — November 4
• Satisfactory (PS5, XBX/S) — November 4
• Biped 2 (PC, PS5, XBX/S, NS) — November 5
• Sonic Rumble (PC, Mobile) — November 5
• Hello Kitty and Friends: Freeze Tag Party (NS) — November 6
• Honeycomb: The World Beyond (PC, PS5, XBX/S) — November 6
• Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment (NS2) — November 6
• Kentum (PC, PS5, XBX/S, NS) — November 6
• Syberia Remastered (PC, PS5, XBX/S, Quest 3) — November 6
• Unbeatable (PC, PS5, XBX/S) — November 6
• Anima: Gate of Memories I & II Remaster (PC, PS5, XBX/S, NS2) — November 7
• A Pizza Delivery (PC, PS5, XBX/S) — November 7
• Voidtrain (PC, XBX/S) — November 7
• Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition (PC, PS5, XBX/S, NS2) — November 10
• Surviving Mars Relaunched (PC, PS5, XBX/S) — November 10
• Goodnight Universe (PC, PS5, XBX/S, NS2, NS) — November 11
• Lumines Arise (PC, PS5,PSVR2) — November 11
• P1: Anchor Light (XBX/S) — November 11
• Possessor(s) (PC, PS5) — November 11
• Rue Valley (PC, PS5, XBX/S, NS) — November 11
• Sacred 2: Fallen Angel Remaster (PC, PS5, XBX/S) — November 11
• Winter Burrow (PC, XBX/S, NS) — November 12
• Anno 117: Pax Romana (PC, PS5, XBX/S) — November 13
• Gigasword (PC, PS5, XBX/S, NS) — November 13
• Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road (PC, PS5, XBX/S, NS2, NS, Mobile) — November 13
• PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PS5, XBX/S) — November 13
• Rensport (PC, PS5, XBX/S) — November 13
• Yakuza Kiwami (NS2) — November 13
• Yakuza Kiwami 2 (NS2) — November 13
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 (PC, PS5, XBX/S) — November 14
• Clawpunk (PC, PS5, XBX/S, NS2, NS) — November 14
• Dark Atlas: Infernum (PC, PS5, XBX/S) — November 14
• Dragonball: Sparkling! Zero (NS2, NS) — November 14
• Monster Hunter Stories (XBX/S) — November 14
• Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin (XBX/S) — November 14
• Where Winds Meet (PC, PS5, Mobile) — November 14
• Escape from Tarkov (PC) — November 15
• The Berlin Apartment (PC, PS5, XBX/S) — November 17
• Indika (NS) — November 17
• Marvel’s Deadpool VR (Quest 3) — November 18
• Morsels (PC, PS5, XBX/S, NS) — November 18
• SpongeBob Squarepants: Titans of the Tide (PC, PS5, XBX/S, NS2) — November 18
• News Tower (PC) — November 18
• Demonschool (PC, PS5, XBX/S, NS) — November 19
• Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault early access (PC) — November 19
• Kirby Air Riders (NS2) — November 20
• Neon Inferno (PC, PS5, XBX/S, NS) — November 20
• Outlaws + Handful of Missions: Remaster (PC, PS5, XBX/S, NS) — November 20
• R-Type Delta: HD Boosted (PC, PS5, XBX/S, NS) — November 20
• Samurai Academy: Paws of Fury (PC, PS5, XBX/S, NS) — November 20
• Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl (PS5) — November 20
• The Last Case of John Morley (PC) — November 20
• Captain Wayne: Vacation Desperation (PC) — November 24
• Pools (PS5, PSVR2) — November 24
• Project Motor Racing (PC, PS5, XBX/S) — November 24
• Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved (PC, NS) — November 26
• Terminator 2D: No Fate (PC, PS5, XBX/S, NS) — November 26
• Bubble Bobble: Sugar Dungeons (PC, PS5, NS) — November 27