Gamescom 2025, running from August 19 to 24 in Cologne, Germany, is a massive deal for gamers, packing in thousands of fans and a ton of games, from big-budget hits to cool indie projects. The main event, Opening Night Live (ONL) hosted by Geoff Keighley on August 19, dropped a bunch of new trailers, gameplay reveals, and surprise announcements. While ONL stole the show with major titles, the convention floor was buzzing with hands-on demos and booths showcasing even more games.
Here’s the full rundown of every game confirmed at Gamescom 2025, split into two parts: stuff from ONL and other titles spotted on the show floor. This list is as complete as it gets based on what we know as of August 20, 2025, but more might pop up as the event continues.
Games Announced or Showcased at Opening Night Live 2025
ONL was a two-hour blast of new games and updates, with everything from sequels to fresh IPs. Here’s the complete list, sorted alphabetically, with the latest details verified from multiple sources.
| Game Title | Developer/Publisher | Release Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Absolum | Not specified | October 9, 2025 | A slick action-adventure with Cuphead-style visuals, where you play as a hero saving a frog kid using shields and dodging skills. |
| Battlestar Galactica: Shattered Hopes | Dotemu | Early 2026 | A strategy game with cool art, managing spaceships in the Battlestar Galactica world, kind of like Stellaris. |
| Black Myth: Zhong Kui | Game Science | Not announced | Follow-up to Black Myth: Wukong, diving deeper into Chinese mythology with a tiger sidekick. |
| Bubsy 4D | Not specified | Not announced | The orange cat’s back in a 3D platformer for all consoles and PC. You can wishlist it now. |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 | Treyarch/Raven/Activision | November 14, 2025 | Set in 2035, this one’s got a co-op campaign with David Mason, creepy environments, and an Arcade Zombies mode. More news coming at Call of Duty Next on September 30. |
| Cinder City | BigFire Games/NCSOFT | 2026 | A post-apocalyptic MMO shooter with tactical gameplay, formerly called Project LLL. |
| Crimson Desert | Pearl Abyss | 2025 | An open-world action game with jaw-dropping visuals and intense combat. |
| Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion | Marvelous | September 5, 2025 | Mech action sequel with a free demo covering nine chapters and an open world. Your demo progress carries over. |
| Dawn of War 4 | Not specified (Relic?) | 2026 | Warhammer 40,000 RTS with Blood Marines, Orks, and Necron duking it out. |
| Deadpool VR | Twisted Pixel | December 2025 | A Meta Quest 3 VR game with Deadpool’s humor, voiced by John Leguizamo as Mojo. |
| Death by Scrolling | Ron Gilbert | Not announced | A roguelike adventure with scrolling gameplay, made by the legendary Ron Gilbert. |
| Denshattack | Not specified | Spring 2026 | A colorful skater game on rails, mixing Katamari and Crazy Taxi energy. |
| DOOM: The Dark Ages | id Software/Bethesda | Not announced | A medieval spin on DOOM with brutal combat and demons galore. |
| Dune: Awakening | Funcom | Not announced | A survival MMO on Arrakis, where you ride sandworms and build bases. |
| Ghost of Yotei | Sucker Punch/Sony | Not announced | The Ghost of Tsushima sequel, exploring new lands and samurai stories with upgraded combat. |
| Golf with your Friends 2 | Team17 | Not announced | A wild mini-golf sequel with new courses and multiplayer chaos. |
| He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction | Not specified | Not announced | An arcade beat-'em-up with He-Man and retro toy-inspired visuals. |
| Hollow Knight: Silksong | Team Cherry | 2025 | The long-awaited Metroidvania sequel, set for 2025, with a special announcement planned for August 21. |
| Indiana Jones and the Great Circle | MachineGames/Bethesda | 2026 (Switch 2) | An adventure game with a DLC, ‘The Order of Giants,’ hitting September 4, 2025, and a Switch 2 version coming later. |
| Keeper | Double Fine | October 17, 2025 | A touching story about a bird and a lighthouse, inspired by The Dark Crystal. |
| La Divina Commedia | Jyamma Games | Not announced | A third-person action game with sword fights and epic bosses. |
| Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight | TT Games/Warner Bros. | Not announced | Open-world Gotham adventure with Batmobiles and Matt Berry voicing Bane. |
| Long Gone | Not specified | Not announced | A pixel-art adventure in a post-apocalyptic world with a deep story. |
| Lords of the Fallen 2 | Hexworks/CI Games | 2026 | A darker, faster soulslike sequel set 100 years after the original. |
| Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault | Not specified | Not announced | Action RPG sequel blending shopkeeping and combat, hitting early access soon. |
| Monster Hunter Wilds | Capcom | Not announced | A monster-hunting epic with a Final Fantasy 14 crossover, including chocobo skins and new mounts. |
| Neverness to Everness | Not specified | Not announced | Open-world action with gacha elements and GTA-style gameplay. |
| Ninja Gaiden 4 | Koei Tecmo | Not announced | Fast-paced ninja action with intense combat. |
| Onimusha: Way of the Sword | Capcom | Not announced | Sword-focused action with parries and big boss fights. |
| Outlaws | Nightdive Studios | Not announced | A remaster of the classic LucasArts Western shooter, like DOOM with cowboys. |
| PVKK | Kepler Interactive | Summer 2026 | A retrofuturistic missile defense game, think Steel Battalion meets Missile Command. |
| Resident Evil Requiem | Capcom | February 27, 2027 | A new horror game with zombies and survival gameplay, starring Grace Ashcroft. |
| Road Kings | Saber/Focus | 2026 | A trucking sim set in the American South, dealing with tough weather. |
| Routine | Not specified (Lunar Software?) | Late 2025 | A spooky exploration game in an abandoned quarantine zone, like Dead Space. |
| Sekiro: No Defeat | Crunchyroll | 2026 | An anime adaptation of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, not a game, directed by Kenichi Kutsuna. |
| Silent Hill F | Konami | Not announced | A psychological horror sequel with a fresh story and mechanics. |
| Sonic Racing Crossworlds (Pac-Man Crossover) | Sega/Bandai Namco | Later 2025 | A racing game mixing Sonic and Pac-Man worlds. |
| Swords of Legends | Aurogon Shanghai | Not announced | A soulslike with Chinese mythology, big monsters, and summons. |
| The Outer Worlds 2 | Obsidian Entertainment/Microsoft | Not announced | An RPG sequel with a deeper story and dystopian exploration. |
| Unbeatable | D-CELL Games | November 6, 2025 | A rhythm adventure with anime-style art. |
| Valor Mortis | One More Level | Not announced | First-person action with revolutionary war themes, swords, and magic. |
| World of Tanks 2.0 | Wargaming | September 2025 | A huge update for the tank battle MMO, launching September 1 in APAC. |
| Zero Parades | ZA/UM | Not announced | A story-heavy espionage CRPG, following in Disco Elysium’s footsteps. |
Other Games Showcased at Gamescom 2025
Outside of ONL, the show floor was packed with demos, booths, and indie games. Based on exhibitor lists and reports, here’s what else was on display, sorted alphabetically:
- Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
- Age of Mythology: Retold
- Borderlands 4
- CrisisX
- Cronos: The New Dawn
- Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition
- Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade
- Fragpunk
- Freedom Wars Remastered
- Genso Manege
- Gravitators
- Grimoire Groves
- Guards II: Chaos in Hell
- Hades 2
- Hell is Us
- Heroes of Hammerwatch 2
- HPL: Nyarlathotep Rising
- Hyper Light Breaker
- IDUN
- Immortal Hunters
- Into the Emberlands
- Invincible VS
- Keep Driving
- Kingdom Come Deliverance II
- Learn to Play Vol. 10 - Gravity Space Walk
- Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders
- Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Tape 1
- Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Tape 2
- Lost Soul Aside
- Lunar Remastered Collection
- Magic Inn
- Mandragora
- Mark of the Deep
- Metal Eden
- Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
- Montezuma's Revenge - The 40th Anniversary Edition
- Moons of Darsalon
- Mother Machine
- Mudborne
- Neptunia Riders Vs Dogoos
- Nif Nif
- Ninja Five-0
- Omega 6: The Triangle Stars
- Orcs Must Die!
- Pokemon Legends Z-A
- PowerWash Simulator 2
- Sniper Elite: Resistance
- Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4
These games were available as playable demos, trailers, or developer showcases across the event. With hundreds of exhibitors, Gamescom 2025 mixed in-person and online experiences, including a Steam event running alongside it. Keep an eye out for more news as the show rolls on—there’s plenty more to discover!
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