If you’re looking for what games are releasing in April 2025, we’ve got you covered. Weekly Game Launch is your summary of what games to expect this week. So let’s see what the first week has in store for us.
Thankfully, after nearly 90 odd games releasing over the last two weeks, we’ve got a quieter one this week. But, not without some notable releases, particularly Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which we’re very excited about.
21 April 2025
Delta Force (Android, iOS, PC)
Delta Force is back! The iconic series returns as the definitive free-to-play modern team-based tactical shooter and featuring three distinct gameplay modes: large-scale PvP warfare, intense extraction shooter action, and a remake of the legendary Black Hawk Down campaign.
22 April 2025
Escape the Mad Empire (PC)
Escape the Mad Empire is a party-based, rogue-like dungeon crawler with intense and deeply tactical combat. Overcome the challenges as a band of heroes, and preserve their lives and sanity by managing resources and growing your base. Can you Escape the Mad Empire?
Maliki: Poison of the Past (PC, Switch)
Join Maliki and her wacky family in their epic battle against Poison, a fearsome plant creature that has colonized space-time. Go along on a fantastic odyssey through the ages that provides a unique mix of exploration, temporal riddles and turn-based fights full of surprises.
Post Trauma (PC, PS5, Xbox Series)
Puzzle Horror game inspired by PS2 era classics. Navigate environments, tackle threats, and meet other lost characters in the depths of the Gloom.
Steel Seed (PC, PS5, Xbox Series)
Steel Seed is a single player stealth-action adventure game set in a dark sci-fi world. In her epic journey inside a hostile underground facility run by AIs, Zoe is alone with Koby, a flying drone, as her only companion.
WAR RATS: The Rat Em Up (PC)
The rats told me to make this game. Run and gun alongside your troops in the Great Rat War against the vile TechnoRat armies. Recruit units, build structures, collect gear and upgrade your weapons to turn the tide of battle in your favor. The TechnoRat is all consuming!
23 April 2025
Beholder: Conductor (PC)
A Beholder series spin-off. Become a conductor of the Determination Bringer train: monitor passengers, report incidents, and carry out important Ministry assignments "” whose level of secrecy depends only on your loyalty. And remember: mission success is very important to you!
Cooking (Xbox One, Xbox Series) – already available on Swtich
Run your own restaurant and prepare the most iconic Japanese dishes and traditional drinks. Take orders, prepare meals, decorate your restaurant and develop your cooking skills each day.
Elements Divided (PC)
Bend fire, water, earth and air in chaotic online combat and co-op! Elements Divided lets you become a peak elemental warrior, moving your hands to summon attacks and defenses, levelling up your character, and using your powers to hurl yourself across arenas.
Golden Rails: Valuable Package Collector’s Edition (Xbox One, Xbox Series) – already available on PC, PS4, PS5, Switch
An exciting new adventure in the world of mail delivery! After being chased by bandits and losing some valuable packages, postman Philip turns to his new friends, Jack and Jill, for help in delivering all the remaining packages to their rightful owners.
Hegzis (PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series)
Master the hex grid as you puzzle through colorfully chill stages, clearing lines and strategically using tools to assist! Put your brain to the test across dozens of unique challenges in Hegzis, a chill hex-grid puzzle game presented in colorful 2D style! Select a stage from Serene Beach, Whispering Forest and more, then progress through multiple levels in each world, placing pieces of connected hexes to form lines in any direction.
Old Skies (PC, Switch)
A time travel adventure spanning two hundred years! Dive into the past with time agent Fia Quinn as she embarks on seven trips through time. History is up for grabs, from the speakeasies of Prohibition to the vicious gangs of the Gilded Age to the World Trade Center on September 10, 2001.
Once Upon a Puppet (PC, PS5, Switch, Xbox Series)
Welcome to Once Upon a Puppet, a 2.5D puzzle-platformer that unfolds within a vibrant world of theater. Take part in a magical tale that combines classic platforming with puppet-inspired gameplay, in a captivating story of friendship, self-discovery, and redemption.
Oppidum (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series)
Face the challenges of Oppidum, a survival adventure for 1-4 players with a unique story waiting to be unraveled. Build a camp, collect everything a fantastic land can offer, and use it to push forward through the island.
Out of Moves (PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series)
In a world of mysterious mazes, every move could mean the difference between glory and defeat. With limited moves, you must carefully plan each step to reach the jewel before time runs out. But beware! The path is filled with deadly dangers"”sharp spikes, tricky arrows, and strategic teleporters that can either be your salvation or your downfall.
Sunderfolk (PC, PS5, Switch, Xbox Series)
Sunderfolk is a shared turn-based tactical RPG adventure where your phone becomes the controller. Inspired by gathering around a table with friends, it is built with a couch co-op experience in mind. Up to four players adventure across the magical and dangerous Sunderlands.
Viking Heroes V Collector’s Edition (Xbox One, Xbox Series) – already available on PC, PS4, PS5, Switch
Embark on a festive journey as the vikings prepare for Yule! Amidst enchanting festivities, the Viking siblings discover Odin has lost control over the threads of fate, prompting a mysterious journey throughout the famous realms of the nine worlds. It is up to you to help the vikings confront mystical challenges, unveil the truth of their surroundings and rediscover the lost Rune of Balance.
24 April 2025
9th Dawn Remake (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series) – already available on PC
Rediscover the magic of the 9th Dawn series with this complete re-imagining of the original game. Venture into a massive 2.5D open world. Explore 45 new dungeons in single-player or online/local co-op, craft weapons, raise pets, play a deck-building card game, and take down the Castle of Maltyr!
Amerzone – The Explorer’s Legacy (PC, PS5, Xbox Series)
As a young journalist, you've been entrusted with a crucial mission: to cross the globe and reach the heart of a mysterious, faraway land...
Your goal is to bring back the last egg of the mythical "Great White Birds". According to legend, they are bound up with the fate of the only country they call home: a land with strange, dangerous plants and wildlife that has been devastated by years of bloody dictatorship.
ANNIE: Last Hope (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series) – already available on PC
ANNIE: Last Hope is an HD voxel top-down shooting game set in the 1990s. After a sudden invasion of unknown creatures, Annie is separated from her fiancé and embarks on a perilous journey to find him. However, what seems like a simple search soon unravels into a web of conspiracies, revealing the dark secrets hidden beneath the end of the world…
BOKURA: planet (PC)
“Back to the same planet, together… That’s all I wanted…” BOKURA: planet is a two-player puzzle adventure that explores new possibilities in cooperative gaming. Players take on the role of the crew on a space exploration ship as they try to escape from a planet where they have crash-landed on.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series)
Lead the members of Expedition 33 on their quest to destroy the Paintress – so she can never paint death again. Explore a world of wonders inspired by Belle Époque France and battle unique enemies in this turn-based RPG with real-time mechanics.
Deep Deep Deep Nightmare (PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series)
Deep Deep Deep Nightmare is a 2D Top Down Shooter. A little boy didn't listen to his mother's warnings that eating too much at night would cause nightmares. Now, he must face hordes of monsters and defeat the nightmare bosses to escape.
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series)
26 years on, a brand-new entry in the Fatal Fury series is set to arrive on the scene! FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves features a unique art style that stimulates the senses and an innovative REV System that supercharges the excitement. Here, at long last, a new legend is about to unfold...
Monster Prom 4: Monster Con (PC)
Can you find love at the nerdiest convention ever? “Monster Con” goes back to the multiplayer dating sim formula: go through absurd and funny situations as you find love among six sexy monsters! Who will you romance? The mimic who cosplays? The idol clown? Or the eldritch cutie? (There’s also Liam).
NanoApostle (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series) – already available on PC, Switch
NanoApostle is a dark sci-fi boss rush game with intense reaction-based combat and the unique “Destruction Point” system. Play as Anita, a child augmented with lethal nanomachines, as she battles against twisted cybernetic experiments to escape a top-secret facility.
Super Technos World: River City & Arcade Classics (PC, PS5, Switch)
This exciting collection brings you 12 games in one, from developer Technos Japan known for creating the legendary River City and Double Dragon series. From arcade classics to region-exclusive titles, you'll have plenty to explore in this collection! Get your hands on these rare games of legend!
Tempest Rising (PC)
Command distinct factions in a desperate struggle for power and resources in Tempest Rising – a classic RTS set on Earth after a nuclear war.
The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- (PC, Switch)
Kazutaka Kodaka and Kotaro Uchikoshi join forces for the first time to deliver the ULTIMATE adventure game! 15 students are tasked with defending a school from grotesque monsters for 100 days. Can they make it to the end? And will they survive long enough to uncover the truth?
Yasha: Legends of the Demon Blade (PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series)
Defeat malevolent forces in this stunning Japanese-inspired roguelite world! Become a master of the Demon Blades and combat swarms of demons in a fantasy realm set in the Edo period. Through every journey, you will unveil the hidden truths concealed within troubled times.
25 April 2025
Akinakes (PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series)
A fast-paced shoot 'em up game where you pilot a powerful ship through vibrant levels, collect upgrades to enhance your firepower, and take on epic boss battles. Immerse yourself in beautiful pixel art graphics and an energetic soundtrack.
Amaze! (Xbox One, Xbox Series) – already available on Android, iOS, PC, PS4, Switch
Let's pop & move the ball and paint - you've got to color and paint your way across the Amaze maze puzzles. Amaze gets harder as you play. Painting the maze puzzles sounds easy, but you have to be super strategic to color and fill every square. Let's pop this maze with color!
Days Gone Remastered (PC, PS5)
Fight to survive in the definitive Days Gone experience, remastered for the PlayStation®5 console. Face off against the harsh reality of the Farewell Wilderness - still infected by hordes of Freakers, two years after a devastating outbreak.
EcoGnomix (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series) – already available on PC, Switch
A quirky combination of roguelite and city builder mixed into one! Sitting atop a vast network of mystical caves is your little gnome village. Send out your team of gnomes on rogue-lite runs to bring back resources so you can expand your tiny kingdom. As you grow your village, you'll unlock new abilities, uncover new biomes, and take on bizarre creatures and extraordinary vegetation lurking underground.
Gnomes and Knights (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series) – already available on iOS, PC
Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of a gloomy medieval dark fantasy and try to find all the gnomes. Meet various characters on your way and try to figure out what happened to this damned world that you yourself (in fact, we) created.
Pacify (Xbox One, Xbox Series) – already available on PC, PS4, PS5
Pacify, weaken and capture supernatural monsters in this fun co-op horror. You just signed on with PAH Inc. Paranormal Activity Helpers Incorporated, yeah sounds corny, but the pay is great. They say you won’t ever be in any real danger, and they have tons of work right now. Start helping today!
Paper Dash – Las Vegas (Xbox One, Xbox Series) – already available on PC, PS4, PS5, Switch
Embark on an relaxing adventure as you take on the role of a courageous paper plane hunting down evil ghosts that haunt vibrant worlds across dimensions. Soar through captivating landscapes, from mystical forests to scary mansions, in search of these malevolent spirits. Utilize your flying skills and shoot all the ghosts, restore peace, and bring harmony to the realms in this visually stunning game.
Sky Revolver (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series)
Take control of the last remaining fighter in the war against the Empire. In this classic vertical-scroll shoot 'em up, you must break through enemy squadrons and destroy the fleet's command to turn the tide of battle.
Survivalist: Invisible Strain (PC, Xbox Series)
It’s ten years since the infection started. Long-established settlements are collapsing for unknown reasons. Survivors are running to the hills to escape, hoping for safety in remote places. As another refugee, you’re here to build a new life for yourself by any means necessary.
The Fairy’s Secret (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series) – already available on PC
Two years have passed since the events of The Fairy's Song, and Marnie has been happily living together with her adorable girlfriend, Lisbeth. Marnie is worried about her grandmother, Iris, who lives in the small, scenic village of Fenchapel. Soon events take a turn for the complicated when they run into a familiar face in Iris's garden. Edmund, the vengeful knight, has returned seemingly from beyond the grave to deliver a grim and alarming message.
What will you be picking up from this week’s new releases?
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