Metacritic’s annual round-up of the worst reviewed video games of the 12 months is upon us. And, by and enormous, there have been quite a lot of good video video games in 2025. However there’ll at all times be a number of that hit the underside. And, effectively, should you’ve been maintaining with gaming information this 12 months, primary should not shock you.
As a reminder, the mixture web site determines the listing based mostly on video games launched between 1st January and thirty first December 2025 and with at the least 4 critic evaluations. Clearly some video games could have greater than others on this listing, so make of that what you’ll. And in multiplatform releases, solely the lowest-scoring platform will seem right here.
So, whereas primary must be pretty apparent to guess, quantity two was a little bit of a sobering reminder. Keep in mind earlier this 12 months when Nintendo shadow-dropped a Fireplace Emblem recreation on cell? And that it is a social deduction recreation? Uh, yeah, Fireplace Emblem Shadows occurred, and, yeah it looks like we weren’t the one ones who did not like the sport. The iOS model sits on a Metascore of 37, and consumer evaluations are no higher.
Tamagotchi Plaza – Nintendo Change 2 Version, Spy Drops (the PS5 model), Quick & Livid: Arcade Version (PS5), and QUByte Classics: Glover (PS5) have additionally all made the listing and are all out there on Change 1 and a couple of.
However nothing may actually high MindsEye this 12 months, may it? Simply learn our sister web site Push Sq.’s assessment and… ouch. Anyway, here is the listing in full:
Metacritic – The ten Worst Video Video games of 2025:
MindsEye – PS5 (28/100)
Fireplace Emblem Shadows – Cell (37/100)
Blood of Mehran – PS5 (38/100)
Spy Drops – PC (39/100)
Gore Physician – PS5 (40/100)
Tamagotchi Plaza – Nintendo Change 2 Version – Change 2 (43/100)
Ambulance Life: A Paramedic Simulator – PS5 (44/100)
QUByte Classics: Glover – PS5 (44/100)
Scar-Lead Salvation – PS5 (44/100)
Quick & Livid: Arcade Version – PS5 (45/100)
Final 12 months noticed Utopia Metropolis, a totally-sudden rerelease of a distinct segment 20-year-old shooter which arrived on Steam in November 2024, on the high spot. Look, we’re in Sport of the Yr season, so let’s give attention to the great things.
What do you consider this 12 months’s high 10? Do you suppose 2025 has been a very good 12 months for video games? Tell us within the feedback.
[source metacritic.com]
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Alana has been with Nintendo Life since 2022, and whereas RPGs are her past love, Nintendo is an in depth second. She enjoys nothing greater than overthinking battle methods, characters, and tales. She additionally needs she was a Sega air pirate.
