SGJ Podcast #506 – The Games of 2025

Welcome, my friends, to our last show of 2025, and what a year it’s been for gaming! For example, my curator page’s best of list for this year is longer than any other year since I began keeping lists!

On the topic of games of 2025, this week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, and I look back at this amazing year of gaming and pick our best and worst games of the year. There were a few surprises among our choices, but honestly, if you know us at all, these choices shouldn’t be that surprising. What, to me, was the biggest surprise was the three-way tie for space game of the year between Spaz, Thorsten, and me! Check out the list below!

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We’ll see you back here on January 14th, 2026 for our next episode! May you all have a lovely holiday season and a joyous new year, and we’ll see y’all in 2026! As always, if you have any questions or comments, please drop them in the comments below, email us at hail@spacegamejunkie.com or hit us up on the forums.

Show Notes

Our Games of 2025

Most Disappointing Game of 2025

• Brian – Rogue Zodiacs
• Spaz – Skopje 83
• Julie – Tales of the Shire
• Thorston – N/A
• Jacob – Monster Hunter Wilds [PC Port]

Most Surprising Game of 2025

• Brian – Tie: Wobby Life and Skysavior
• Spaz – Tie: Megabonk and Deadzone: Rogue
• Julie – Tie: Dune: Awakening and Cyberpunk 2077 (Switch 2)
• Thorston – Skin Deep
• Jacob – Master of Command

Game We Can’t Stop Playing/Most Played Game of 2025

• Brian – Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr
• Spaz – Mount and Blade II: Bannerlord
• Julie – No Man’s Sky
• Thorston – Mini Airways
• Jacob – Guild Wars 2

Non-Space Game of 2025

• Brian – RoboCop: Rogue City – Unfinished Business
• Spaz – Dispatch
• Julie – Pokémon Legends: Z-A
• Thorston – Mount and Blade II: Bannerlord
• Jacob – Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

Space Game of 2025

• Brian – Tie: Approaching Infinity and SpaceBourne 2
• Spaz – Tie: Approaching Infinity and SpaceBourne 2
• Julie – Star Wars: Outlaws (Switch 2)
• Thorston – Tie: Approaching Infinity and SpaceBourne 2
• Jacob – RimWorld – Odyssey