The Biggest Game Releases Of May 2025

As we approach the mid-point of the year, May generally sees fewer fresh releases. However, there’s still a lot to anticipate beyond the major releases this month, as innovative titles from smaller developers and long-awaited sequels are set to shine among highly awaited games such as Doom: The Dark Ages and Elden Ring Nightreign.

Additional highlights this month include a fresh compilation of Capcom’s fighting game classics, appealing horror experiences, and a boomer-shooter that could rival Doom. Remember, this is the last month leading up to the Switch 2 launch, but thanks to backward compatibility, Switch titles should be playable on the new console as well.

For a detailed overview of what else is coming in 2025, visit GameSpot’s compilation of upcoming 2025 video games, the top-rated games of 2025 thus far, and a preview of the most eagerly awaited titles across various platforms:

• PC
• PS5
• Xbox
• Switch

• Release date: May 1
• Platforms: PC, Switch

Curious about what the creators of My Name Is Pedro have been working on? They’ve developed a new action title with an eccentric hero named Shotgun Cop Man. What sets this game apart is that the main method of movement involves shooting, as Shotgun Cop Man utilizes the inertia from his firearms to traverse various levels. The gameplay promises to be swift and chaotic, includes a level editor, and is available for an appealing price of just $10.

• Release date: May 6
• Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S

May seems promising for boomer-shooters, with Metal Eden serving as an exciting prelude before Doom: The Dark Ages. This sci-fi action title, developed by the team behind the well-received Ruiner, focuses on speed, parkour, and intense combat. Interested players can access an extensive demo via Steam and PSN.

• Release date: May 6
• Platforms: PS5

Who would have imagined witnessing Age of Empires 2 on a PlayStation console? The definitive edition of this iconic sequel is arriving on PS5, complete with a controller scheme tailored for consoles. This modification facilitates commanding troops and managing a thriving city, all while benefiting from upgraded graphics and abundant content.

• Release date: May 6
• Platforms: PC

Innersloth continues to innovate Among Us, introducing new features and content. This month, players can hunt for the imposter in a dimension of 3D terror. Among Us 3D transforms the experience to a first-person perspective, allowing cross-platform lobbies with gamers on various VR systems.

• Release date: May 7
• Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch

You’ve explored haunted houses throughout your gaming journey, but have you ever considered managing your own? In Deck of Haunts, a fresh strategy and base-building experience integrated with roguelite and deckbuilding mechanics, you can entice individuals, confine them, and extract their essence to enhance your sinister mansion into an inescapable fortress. A solid foundation during the day will set you up, while utilizing your deck of dark cards at night to summon spirits and manipulate corridors will help protect your Heart room core.

• Release date: May 7
• Platforms: PC via Steam Early Access

Survival Machine adds a unique twist to the zombie apocalypse; not only must you oversee a mobile base that serves as your stronghold, home, and transport by day, but also fend off hordes of undead during the night. You can actively defend your base, and…

when you’re not setting up barriers against the undead, you can collaborate with your allies to gather supplies for your stronghold during daylight.

• Launch date: May 8
• Systems: PC, PS5

You don’t often encounter soothing horror titles, but The Midnight Walk might show you that you can enjoy a relaxed experience while facing a few frights along the journey. The Midnight Walk resembles a stop-motion animation in progress, thanks to its meticulously crafted elements that were 3D-scanned directly into the game. As the character known as The Burnt One, it is your mission to restore light to a shadowy realm while confronting some disturbing fears.

• Launch date: May 8
• Systems: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S

Similar to its predecessor, Spirit of the North 2 is a reflective journey through the wilderness where you embody a fox seeking to return home. Separated from their pack, the fox embarks on a quest to locate the legendary guardians lost to history and liberate them from the clutches of the malevolent shaman Grimnir.

• Launch date: May 8
• Systems: PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S

This sequel to 2021’s Journey to the Savage Planet invites you to vibrant environments that are ripe for exploration and exploitation. Revenge of the Savage Planet combines satire with collaborative adventure, offering a critique of Google and its flawed Stadia platform, while the developer, Raccoon Logic Studios, builds on the original’s charm and enhances those features.

• Launch date: May 14
• Systems: PC

Navigating oceans is so last year, and in Void Sails, you can energize the engines of your cutting-edge flying vessel and soar through the skies instead. Tasked with locating your missing father, this action-RPG provides extensive ship customization, enigmatic worlds to uncover, and decisions that will shape the narrative.

• Launch date: May 15
• Systems: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S

Id Software is revisiting the past in its next Doom installment, allowing players to uncover the secret history of the nearly unstoppable Doom Slayer. Doom: The Dark Ages unveils how the walking weapon evolved into a legendary figure, expanding the lore and gameplay of the franchise with fierce weaponry, cyber-dragons, and a techno-medieval aesthetic while players brutally hack their way through hell’s armies.

• Launch date: May 16
• Systems: PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch

Capcom’s classic collections have set an impressive standard over the years, and for the upcoming entry in its Fighting Collection, the company is reintroducing several beloved brawlers to PC and consoles. The highlight titles here include the re-releases of the Power Stone games — last seen in the Power Stone Collection for PSP — and all titles will be playable online with rollback netcode. Below is the complete list of games featured in the collection:

• Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 Pro
• Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millenium 2001
• Capcom Fighting Evolution
• Street Fighter Alpha 3 Upper
• Power Stone
• Power Stone 2
• Project Justice
• Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein

• Launch date: May 20
• Systems: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S

Created by Saber Interactive, the team behind Space Marine 2, RoadCraft focuses on rebuilding locations ravaged by natural disasters. As the head of a construction team, you’ll control machinery to clear rubble, reconstruct roads, and revive areas affected by severe weather.

• Launch date: May 21
• Systems: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch

Shiny Shoe’s roguelike deckbuilder has made a significant impact in its niche genre, and years later, its sequel has large expectations to meet. Monster Train 2 promises to build upon the foundations of its predecessor while introducing new adversaries to defeat, additional cards to gather, and an endless mode that will challenge your deck-building prowess, among various other new elements.

• Launch date: May 22
• Systems: PC

It was simply a matter of time before we received a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles strategic tactics game! Tactical Takedown invites Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello to unite for a tactical confrontation against Shredder and his Foot clan over 20 levels. Developed by Strange Scaffold, the studios behind Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator and I Am Your Beast, Tactical Takedown even hints at a captivating narrative about the Turtles drifting apart as they mature into adulthood.

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