The Most Dope Video games We have Performed Throughout Gamescom 2025

Gamescom 2025 has begun, and I am on web site in Cologne, Germany, testing greater than two dozen new and upcoming video games, starting from Hole Knight: Silksong to The Outer Worlds 2 to 007 First Mild and past! I will be doing particular person write-ups for a lot of of those video games, however I will even be writing condensed quick-hit ideas on the best video games I’ve performed to this point, and you’ll learn them proper right here (so bookmark this web page, people!). 

The Most Dope Video games We have Performed Throughout Gamescom 2025

Under, you may discover a operating record of the video games I’ve performed throughout Gamescom 2025. They’re going to be listed in reverse-chronological order, so the newest recreation I’ve performed might be on the high and the primary recreation I performed might be on the very backside!

Hole Knight: Silksong

It is actual, y’all. Hole Knight: Silksong exists and is playable, and I checked out the sport’s very first degree, Moss Grotto. After a short cutscene that reveals Hornet trapped in a Cinderella-like carriage (that she then breaks out of), I take management. Instantly, Hornet is way quicker than the primary recreation’s protagonist, each as she platforms round and together with her assaults. She has a brand new means referred to as Bind (utilized by urgent B on an Xbox controller) that heals her. Nevertheless, you possibly can’t spam this means because it requires utilizing a bar on display that should be full. 

It recharges over time and by defeating enemies, and I discovered it fairly simple to get it full for an additional Bind. Platforming round Moss Grotto feels so much like 2017’s Hole Knight, although Hornet is extra nimble and might mantle up cliffs and platforms. The enemies listed below are simple to defeat, and it isn’t till I battle the demo’s boss, Moss Mom, that I am challenged. It is a enjoyable battle, however nonetheless principally simple. 

With the demo and my hands-on time with Silksong behind me, I am excited to see what else awaits me within the full recreation. If this primary degree is any indication, it’ll be a terrific Metroidvania, very similar to the primary recreation. That mentioned, I am not satisfied it’ll break by way of the hype and make a mark on the style like the primary recreation did. I am additionally not satisfied it must, although. 

For extra, learn my full Hole Knight: Silksong hands-on ideas right here.