Talking Point: What's The Best Game You've Played In 2025 So Far?

Today, we've been talking about how great South of Midnight is and how Xbox Game Pass has allowed a title like that to pleasantly surprise so many people - and it's far from the only game that's managed to do that in 2025 so far.

Yes, we're only three months in, but we've already seen a ridiculous number of great games landing on Xbox and beyond this year. Split Fiction, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, Avowed, Monster Hunter Wilds... the list goes on and on.

In fact, we highlighted the top 10 Xbox games of 2025 just last week here at Pure Xbox:

Xbox Game Pass has already been great to us this year as well. In addition to some awesome new (or new-ish) releases like Ninja Gaiden 2 Black, Atomfall, Balatro, Eternal Strands and so much more, we've also been surprised with some blasts from the past in Borderlands 3, Watch Dogs: Legion, Far Cry New Dawn and a various others.

Personally, Split Fiction is my number one as things stand. That experience was such a joy to play through (I still think the final level is the best of any game), but if South of Midnight's quality keeps up, it's going to be a close second!

So, come and give us your recommendations. What's the best game you've played in 2025 so far? Feel free to pick more than one - we just want to hear about all the greatest stuff down in the comments below!