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With 2024 coming to a close, gamers across the board are excited about what's in store for 2025, especially fans of the roleplaying game (RPG) genre. Anticipated RPG releases for 2025 cover games coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox, PC, and the Nintendo Switch, including heavy hitters such as the new Fable game and Borderlands 4. Many different types of RPGs are expected in 2025, from MMORPGs such as Dune: Awakening to turn-based indie strategy RPGs like Maliki: Poison Of The Past to big AAA RPGs Elden Ring Nightreign and possibly The Witcher 4.
This breakdown of RPG releases for 2025 is organized based on quarterly releases, with the projected release date and platforms that each game will be available on listed below. This list is subject to updates throughout the year, and does not include most remasters or remakes of older games. Many 2025 RPGs do not yet have specific release dates and have been included in a section at the end. Here's a look at what 2025 has in store for roleplaying fans on every platform, and a brief overview of some of the notable releases from each quarter.
Every RPG Releasing In Q1 2025
Roleplaying Games Releasing Between January 1 - March 31
Q1 2025 promises to give gamers plenty of RPGs to choose from, with notable releases such as Monster Hunter Wilds, Dune: Awakening, and Avowed, an action-RPG from Oblivion and Xbox Studios set in the same universe as the Pillars of Eternity. Avowed was originally scheduled to arrive in 2024, before being delayed to a February 2025 release.
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Other exciting releases from Q1 include Rogue Waters, a turn-based pirate roguelite RPG, as well as one of two new Atelier installments coming out in 2025, The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land. There's also the sequel to the cult classic Tails of Iron, and the anticipated action RPG, The First Berserker: Khazan, set to release March 27.
Here are all the RPGs releasing in Q1 2025:
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Wuthering Waves |
January 2 |
PS5 |
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Sea Fantasy |
January 7 |
PC |
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Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter |
January 28 |
PC, PS5, Switch, Xbox |
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Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero |
January 30 |
PS5, Switch |
|
Wizardry: The Five Ordeals |
January 30 |
Switch |
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Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector |
January 31 |
PC, PS5, Switch, Xbox |
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 |
February 4 |
PC, PS5, Xbox |
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Rogue Waters |
February 4 |
PS5, Switch, Xbox |
|
Avowed |
February 18 |
PC, Xbox |
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Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii |
February 21 |
PC, PS5, Xbox |
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Monster Hunter: Wilds |
February 28 |
PC, PS5, Xbox |
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Dragonkin: The Banished |
February Release |
PC, PS5, Xbox |
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Maliki: Poison of the Past |
March 11 |
PC, Switch |
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Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land |
March 21 |
PC, PS5, Switch, Xbox |
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The First Berserker: Khazan |
March 27 |
PC, PS5, Xbox |
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Sky of Tides |
Q1 Release |
PC, Switch, PS5, Xbox |
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Dune: Awakening |
Q1/Q2 Release |
PC |
Every RPG Releasing In Q2 2025
Roleplaying Games Releasing Between April 1 - June 30
In Q2 2025, there are some amazing RPG releases, with notable games such as Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time and Bloodlines 2, the anticipated sequel to the 2004 hit based on the tabletop roleplaying game Vampire: The Masquerade. Only a few Q2 releases have specific release dates, but many games are slotted to arrive at some point during that timeframe, including Yukikaze Studio's upcoming spiritual successor to the Shadow Hearts series, Penny Blood. There's also the first chapter in Oaths of Light, a quirky take on a classic JRPG experience.
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All in Abyss: Judge the Fake |
April 10 |
PC, PS5, Switch |
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Mandragora |
April 17 |
PC, PS5, Switch, Xbox |
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The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy |
April 24 |
PC, Switch |
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Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time |
April Release |
Switch |
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Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road |
June Release |
PC, PS5, Switch |
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 |
Q2 Release |
PC, PS5, Xbox |
|
Mononoke no Kuni |
Q2 Release |
PC, Switch |
|
Nivalis |
Q2 Release |
PC |
|
Oaths of Light - Chapter 1 |
Q2 Release |
PC |
|
Penny Blood |
Q2 Release |
PC, PS5, Xbox |
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Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 |
Q2 Release |
PC, PS5, Xbox |
Every RPG Releasing In Q3 & Q4 2025
Roleplaying Games Releasing Between July 1 - December 31
While there are no games with specific release dates during Q3, a couple of games have been announced for an undesignated Q3 release over the summer of 2025. Major releases between July 1 and September 30 include the new Dying Light standalone experience, Dying Light: The Beast, and while GTA 6's RPG validity is debatable, it is slotted for a potential Q3 or Q4 release in 2025. The only confirmed Q4 releases so far are the full release of early acces games Beastieball and Kristala.
RPGs releasing in Q3 and Q4 2025 include the following:
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Dying Light: The Beast |
Q3 Release |
PC, PS5, Xbox |
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Grand Theft Auto 6 |
Q3/Q4 Release |
PS5, Xbox |
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Beastieball |
Q4 Release |
PC |
|
Kristala |
Q4 Release |
PC |
Every 2025 RPG With An Unconfirmed Release Date (So Far)
Confirmed Roleplaying Games Expected To Launch This Year
Most major 2025 roleplaying releases don't have a specific release date, at least not yet. This list is subject to change but includes some of the most anticipated RPG titles of the coming year, including The Witcher 4, the new take on the classic Souls experience, Elden Ring Nightreign, as well as Borderlands 4.
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Other exciting releases include The Outer Worlds 2, as well as the new installment in the epic Fable franchise. 2025 is going to be a big year for RPGs and players are going to be spoiled for choice.
Games with an unconfirmed release date in 2025 include:
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Arisen Force: Vonimir |
Switch, PS5, Xbox |
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Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian |
PC, Switch, PS5 |
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ArcheAge Chronicles |
PC, PS5, Xbox |
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Ballad of Antara |
PC, PS5 |
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Borderlands 4 |
PC, PS5, Xbox |
|
Brighter Shores |
PC |
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Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone |
PC, PS5, Xbox |
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Chrono Sword |
PC, Switch, PS5, Xbox |
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Coromon: Rogue Planet |
PC, Switch |
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Death End Request: Code Z |
PS5 |
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Deltarune: Chapters 3 & 4 |
PC |
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Edens Zero |
PC, PS5, Xbox |
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Elden Ring Nightreign |
PC, PS5, Xbox |
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Empyreal |
PC, PS5, Xbox |
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Enshrouded |
PC, PS5, Xbox |
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Fable |
PC, Xbox |
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Game of Thrones: Kingsroad |
Unannounced |
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Lost Hellden |
PC, Switch, PS5, Xbox |
|
Mewgenics |
PC |
|
Mistfall Hunter |
PC, Xbox |
|
Of Ash and Steel |
PC |
|
The Outer Worlds 2 |
PC, PS5, Xbox |
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Pokémon Legends: Z-A |
Switch |
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Showa American Story |
PC, PS5 |
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The Witcher 4 |
PC, PS5, Xbox |
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