Party Select’s Game of the Year 2025

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It's that time of year! Against our better interests, we decided to hash out our collective top five video games of 2025. The fact that it was so hard to do proves what an amazing year for video games this was. Leave your favorite games in the comments below! Enjoy!

GAMES DISCUSSED: Atomfall, Ball X Pit, Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, Claur Oscure: Expedition 33, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Dispatch, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, Ghost of Yotei, Hades II, Hell is Us, Is This Seat Taken?, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, PokePath Tower Defense, Skate Story, South of Midnight, Split Fiction, Sword of the Sea, The Alters, The Midnight Walk, The Outer Worlds 2

CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) Welcome to Party Select
(00:05:50) The Long List
(01:32:35) The Short List
(01:50:28) The Top 5
(02:13:00) Join Our Party!

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