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FGS Best of gamescom 2025

Recording
Aired
Aug 24, 2025
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After scouring the gamescom show floor for the most unique and creative AAA, AA and indie games, the FGS team will help viewers discover something new with exclusive gameplay demos, booth tours and insight-loaded developer interviews. You can see the 'best of' the four-day gamescom event in a little under an hour during our special broadcast.

Demand rose after the show

Not measured: none of the 32 games had a reading from before the show.

Line-up 32

  1. Onimusha: Way of the Sword September 4, 2026 · Switch 2, PC, PS5 +1 75
  2. Phantom Blade Zero October 29, 2026 · PC, PS5 73
  3. Halloween: The Game September 8, 2026 · PC, PS5, Xbox Series 57
  4. Hell Let Loose: Vietnam August 13, 2026 · PC, PS5, Xbox Series 54
  5. LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight May 22, 2026 · Switch 2, PC, PS5 +1 50
  6. Active Matter September 15, 2026 · Linux, PC, PS5 +1 44
  7. Hell Is Us September 4, 2025 · Switch 2, PC, PS5 +1 35
  8. Black Myth: Zhong Kui TBA · PS5 35
  9. Stormforge TBA · PC 33
  10. Wild Blue Skies August 13, 2026 · Switch, PC, PS5 +1 32
  11. Cinder City TBA · PC 29
  12. Servant of the Lake August 13, 2026 · Android, Mac, PC +1 28
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  1. BPM: Bitcrushed 2026 · Switch, PC, PS5 +1 26
  2. Den of Wolves TBA · PC 25
  3. Capy Castaway August 6, 2026 · Mac, PC 24
  4. PVKK: Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant 2027 · Mac, PC 24
  5. Last Flag April 14, 2026 · PC, PS5, Xbox Series 20
  6. 1348: Ex Voto March 12, 2026 · PC, PS5, Xbox Series —
  7. Bloodgrounds March 12, 2026 · Mac, PC —
  8. Death by Scrolling October 28, 2025 · Linux, Mac, Switch +3 —
  9. Denshattack! July 15, 2026 · Switch 2, PC, PS5 +1 —
  10. EverSiege: Untold Ages March 26, 2026 · PC —
  11. John Carpenter's Toxic Commando March 12, 2026 · PC, PS5, Xbox Series —
  12. Pragmata April 17, 2026 · Switch 2, PC, PS5 +1 —
  13. Reanimal February 13, 2026 · Switch 2, PC, PS5 +1 —
  14. Resident Evil Requiem February 27, 2026 · Switch 2, PC, PS5 +1 —
  15. Romeo is a Dead Man February 11, 2026 · PC, PS5, Xbox Series —
  16. Star Trek: Infection March 31, 2026 · Meta Quest 3, SteamVR —
  17. Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown February 18, 2026 · Switch 2, PC, PS5 +1 —
  18. Styx: Blades of Greed February 19, 2026 · PC, PS5, Xbox Series —
  19. World of Tanks: Heat May 26, 2026 · PC, PS5, Xbox Series —
  20. Zero Parades: For Dead Spies May 21, 2026 · PC —

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