Best New Games Releasing This Week: December 15 – 21

By Daniel Burrows "Windfell_" New Game Releases
15 December 2025 no comments

Explore the best new games releasing this week as we delve into the hot new releases ahead of the holiday period. Discover new roguelikes, JRPGs, and PvE action games at great prices.

Major Game Releases of the Week

Raiders of Blackveil

Join the rebellion and take on the evil corporation in Raiders of Blackveil, a new top-down action roguelike with RPG-style loot, MOBA-like champions, and online co-op support. Select your rebel and infiltrate the Blackveil factory, creating a unique build with a deep Class Perk System of over 300 perks and eight classes, utilizing powerful ability combinations to destroy everything and everyone in your path to farm equipment, sell for profit, and enhance your base, The Liberator.

Utawarerumono: ZAN

Utawarerumono: ZAN retells the story of 2015’s tactical JRPG, Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception, with a streamlined narrative and action-packed battles. Build an epic and unstoppable team of four fighters, equipping and enhancing gear to improve stats and abilities before unleashing deadly chain attacks in button-smashing combat. Epic story, more action!

Pure Badminton

The most realistic badminton sim to date, Pure Badminton, launches on PC. Featuring realistic shuttle physics and player animations, the game offers an authentic experience that matches the “flow and intensity of real matches.” Begin your career from the bottom and rise to the top through tournaments and an online ranking system, and take on friends in four-player local multiplayer.

Varthos – Heir to the Throne

Varthos – Heir to the Throne is an isometric action RPG promising gripping, intense gameplay and a variety of modes that support up to three players. This hack-and-slash roguelite features randomly generated dungeons and heroes without fixed classes, where players fight evil, explore a dark, grim world, and develop their character with complete freedom. Your death is only the beginning.

Out of Time

Fast-paced co-op roguelite Out of Time is an all-new, chaotic PvE action game where players work together to smash through corrupted enemies, defeat challenging bosses, complete mini-games, and loot powerful gear before time runs out. The game’s unique Tether System means players must stay close to one another, sharing buffs, heals, and over-the-top abilities, or risk losing it all by attempting to divide and conquer.

• Raiders of Blackveil (15/12 PC)
• Utawarerumono: ZANl (16/12 PC)
• Pure Badminton (16/12 PC)
• Varthos – Heir to the Throne (16/12 PC)
• Out of Time (16/12 PC)

Monday, December 15

Raiders of Blackveil

Tuesday, December 16

Utawarerumono: ZAN

Pure Badminton

Varthos – Heir to the Throne

Out of Time

Daniel Burrows "Windfell_"

Fueled by a passion for gaming and the ever-evolving world of gaming news, Daniel loves connecting with seasoned and new players to bring games to life on the page, exploring their narratives and gaming trends. A self-published fiction and fantasy author, Daniel has nearly 20 years of experience writing gaming news and a love for storytelling that drives his enthusiasm to deliver breaking news, in-depth analysis, and industry innovations. You will find him in-game as "Windfell."

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