The 10 WORST Video Games of 2025

“Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour” (2025)

Is “Welcome Tour” a terrible game? Not entirely. For ten bucks, what you get is a tech demo that showcases all of the different things your Switch 2 can do and even explains how the console’s different features work. It's somewhat educational. But that’s really as interesting as it gets for the entire hour or two you spend on this, which is why we’re putting it on the list. The minigames themselves are super basic and boring overall. Nintendo, did you guys really need the ten bucks that badly? For a game no one is going to revisit after launch week? Who do you owe money to? Who’s hurting you?

“Neptunia Riders vs. Dogoos” (2025)

The “Neptunia” games are generally fine if you like goofy anime centered around video games and waifus that represent plastic boxes. But “Neptunia Riders vs. Dogoos” is not a good representation of the IP. To its credit, it does have interesting ideas with customizing your bike to aid in your Dogoo-capturing antics. Ultimately though, it falls flat on its face. The gameplay is super mundane and never gets anything imaginative beyond the bike. Before you know it, the game is over in just a couple of short hours. Maybe we need to just stick to the RPGs, guys…

“Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings Game” (2025)

On paper, a game like “Tales of the Shire” sounds super appealing. Rather than another war-fueled story we’ve experienced in several other “Lord of the Rings” games, we can experience the quiet, calm life of a Hobbit. Thing is that “Tales of the Shire” is too quiet and too calm. There isn’t much to do outside of cooking and foraging, the world feels totally void of landmarks and life, and it’s a wonder how technically unstable the game is. This should have been a sleeper hit, but man… The stink on “Lord of the Rings” is getting really rancid.

“Captain Blood” (2025)

The reason “Captain Blood” was never released way, way back in the mid-2000s like it was supposed to is because of legal problems, forcing the game to be shelved for the next twenty or so years. Well, it finally launched in 2025, and you know… maybe it should have stayed as vaporware. “Captain Blood” is essentially “God of War at home” with a pirate hat on, and it’s not amusing in the slightest. The pacing between missions and story beats is all over the place, and the combat is super dull even after unlocking the majority of abilities. If you were looking for something that looks and feels archaic in design and visuals, maybe you didn’t mind “Captain Blood”. However, this is definitely a game that is mediocre at best, obnoxiously milquetoast at worst.

“TRON: Catalyst” (2025)

Developer Bithell Games saw some success in its first attempt at a “TRON” video game with 2023’s “TRON: Identity”. “TRON: Catalyst” is the follow-up to that, and we’re not exactly sure what happened with this one. Light Cycles are frustrating to control whereas combat never evolves beyond mashing the same button over and over again. As for exploration, one would have hoped there’d be something to make “TRON’s” virtual world somewhat captivating. Alas, that is not the case. This IP deserves better, man.

“Tamagotchi Plaza” (2025)

The Switch 2’s launch month was a good time to remind people why Tamagotchis were so much fun to have way back when. Millennials likely got suckered into “Tamagotchi Plaza” only to find a game that demanded way too much money for such a tedious experience. Hope you like minigames because that’s all there is to this game! As a shopkeeper, you will play the same handful of basic minigames for minute rewards to improve your store’s capabilities. And get this - there are no tutorials to guide you through these minigames! You’ll just have to play and figure them out for yourself. Good luck!

“Terrifier: The ARTcade Game” (2025)

A “Terrifier” video game sounds like an exciting idea… until you stop and ask, “What exactly does a ‘Terrifier’ game even look like?” According to developer Relevo, it’s just another 2D beat ‘em up, which we’ve seen an influx of in recent years. What makes this insulting to fans is how just lazily cobbled together it is. Combat is nothing more than mashing the same button while occasionally finishing off enemies. And none of it feels good to pull off either. Not even the viscera matches up to the magnitude seen in the movies. Gotta wonder what the point of making this game was… and then you look at the ninety-dollar “Limited Edition”. Ah… that’s why.

“Venus Vacation Prism: Dead Or Alive Xtreme” (2025)

The “Dead Or Alive” franchise has been on life support because of the “Xtreme” spin-offs to the point where it's slowly overtaking the identity of the mainline series. “Venus Vacation Prism” is the next step in that direction as you’ll photograph and romance your favorite “Dead Or Alive” characters, like…u m, wait, it's just Honoka? Who are you people!? Yes, it’s a “Dead Or Alive” spin-off loaded with characters who have nothing to do with the franchise, and none of them are remotely interesting. To make matters worse, your only dialogue only ever seems to be “act super shy and stupid” or “be an obnoxious flirt”. It’s a game that constantly puts you in weird conversations as Misaki gets belittled for her less-than-voluptuous assets for the umpteenth time. What the hell is this game, dude?

“Call of Duty: Black Ops 7” (2025)

As if the ugly side of gaming couldn’t get any weirder in 2025, “Call of Duty” decided to jump an even bigger shark than they did with the whole space thing in “Ghosts”. “Black Ops 7” is loaded with so many moments that are frustratingly confusing as the campaign goes full MCU with its nonsense. The plot meanders around as you bounce in and out of old missions from previous games with some of the most absurd boss fights in the franchise’s history. As for the multiplayer, the AI art that plagues the in-game store is absolutely disgusting. Granted, “Call of Duty” hasn’t been respecting players for well over a decade, arguably longer than that. But we didn’t think it’d ever stoop THIS low.

“MindsEye” (2025)

Even after the weird blights we’ve seen this year, “MindsEye” will forever be the worst game we played throughout 2025. Directed and co-written by ex-GTA producer Leslie Benzies, “MindsEye” delivers a haphazardly thrown together story with a broken technical mess of a game that relies way too heavily on user-generated content. Expect AAA-levels of quality in lazily implemented motion blur, dumb as bricks AI that can’t shoot for s**t, and vehicle physics that allow even the tiniest bump to send you flipping and spinning offroad. Following this awful launch came leaks about how mismanaged the entire game was by both Benzies and his executives. To make matters worse, both Benzies and his executives spent an extensive amount of time trying to discredit outlets over their coverage of “MindsEye”, claiming that saboteurs were trying to ruin his credibility before the game was even out. To call this game “a circus” is an understatement.

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