5 Great Video Games You May Have Missed (2025): Blippo+, Sektori, Dispatch, Blue Prince
it is hard Track every game launch. While a handful of titles like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Hollow Knight: Silksongor Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Sure to top best-of-the-year lists, many others will go unnoticed for brilliance, fun, or sheer absurdity.
The good news is, we’ve got you covered. Whether you’re stuck at home for the holidays and itching to play, or you just want to make sure no hidden gems slip under your radar, here are five games from this year’s slate that you shouldn’t miss.
Blippo+
by Yacht; Telefantasy Studio; noble robot
If you’re in the mood for something, start with it Blippo+. The game was first released on the Playdate handheld console in May, and was released for PC and Switch in September.
At first, it’s a game about channel surfing. You’ll browse through a variety of broadcasts, each featuring quirky, retro action broadcasts of roughly a minute or more, from the nightly news and soap operas to racing shows and fuzzy software. Each channel runs on a schedule, which means you have to decide which shows to watch live and which ones to try again the next night. The more you watch, the easier it becomes to piece together the overall weird, sci-fi story Blippo+which is broadcast on these strange channels. Think of the 80s TV show Maximum headbut the vibe of it all – including the retro soundtrack by Yacht’s Jona Bechtolt and composer Rob Kieswetter.
Blippo+ is one of the most original games of the year, so much so that it almost defies explanation. The less you know the better. Better to embrace its absurdity by diving right in.
Buy $15: PC, Nintendo Switch, Playdate ($10)
blue prince
Dogubomb’s blue prince (a play about “plans”) is for puzzle lovers. in leaf house mode, players explore a mansion whose rooms are constantly changing in search of Room 46. Things are made more difficult by the fact that you can only take 50 steps per day to begin with, and your path is redrawn each cycle depending on the rooms you choose to explore.
