2025 is halfway over, making now a great time to look back at the best-reviewed games of the year so far. While the final list at the end of 2025 will likely look quite different, with more Switch 2 games and PlayStation exclusives like Ghost of Yotei still coming in 2025. Potential heavy hitters on the Switch 2 include Donkey Kong Bananza and Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, but the list so far does include a couple of games available on the Switch 2. For this list, I’m using the Metacritic list of best-reviewed games so far in 2025, and I’ve bundled two games into a single list item, but that will make sense once we get there.