The Most Dope Games We’ve Played During Gamescom 2025

Gamescom 2025 has begun, and I am on web site in Cologne, Germany, trying out greater than two dozen new and upcoming video games, starting from Hole Knight: Silksong to The Outer Worlds 2 to 007 First Mild and past! I will be doing particular person write-ups for a lot of of those video games, however I will even be writing condensed quick-hit ideas on the best video games I’ve performed to date, and you’ll learn them proper right here (so bookmark this web page, of us!). 

The Most Dope Video games We have Performed Throughout Gamescom 2025

Under, you will discover a operating listing of the video games I’ve performed throughout Gamescom 2025. They will be listed in reverse-chronological order, so the most recent sport I’ve performed shall be on the prime and the primary sport I performed shall be on the very backside!

Hole Knight: Silksong

It is actual, y’all. Hole Knight: Silksong exists and is playable, and I checked out the sport’s very first degree, Moss Grotto. After a quick cutscene that reveals Hornet trapped in a Cinderella-like carriage (that she then breaks out of), I take management. Instantly, Hornet is far quicker than the primary sport’s protagonist, each as she platforms round and along with her assaults. She has a brand new potential known as Bind (utilized by urgent B on an Xbox controller) that heals her. Nonetheless, you’ll be able to’t spam this potential because it requires utilizing a bar on display screen that have to be full. 

It recharges over time and by defeating enemies, and I discovered it fairly simple to get it full for an additional Bind. Platforming round Moss Grotto feels rather a lot like 2017’s Hole Knight, although Hornet is extra nimble and may mantle up cliffs and platforms. The enemies listed here are simple to defeat, and it isn’t till I struggle the demo’s boss, Moss Mom, that I am challenged. It is a enjoyable struggle, however nonetheless principally simple. 

With the demo and my hands-on time with Silksong behind me, I am excited to see what else awaits me within the full sport. If this primary degree is any indication, it may be a fantastic Metroidvania, very like the primary sport. That mentioned, I am not satisfied it may break by the hype and make a mark on the style like the primary sport did. I am additionally not satisfied it must, although. 

For extra, learn my full Hole Knight: Silksong hands-on ideas right here.