Most Innovative Game of 2025

VGChartz’s Mark Nielsen: “One relatively common complaint among gamers is that developers stick to the same formula and games, be it in the form of remakes or remasters, and as much as a remake or remaster of the right game at the right time can turn out to be incredible, it’s not difficult to see why people feel that way given just how many of them there are. Even within the world of full sequels many end up playing it so safe that you need to slap a different year on the box to tell the difference – and some actually do. The games featured in this article are essentially the opposite of that; they’re the ones that are not only something fresh from the developer, but to a large extent feature things we haven’t seen at all before in the world of games.”