Each week there are plenty of new games coming out. Although with so much going on it can be hard to keep track of them all. Thankfully, Checkpoint is here to sift through them all and bring you our highlights of the week.
So let’s jump in and have a look at what’s coming out in gaming this week.
Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To
Date: February 3, 2025
Genre: Puzzle, Visual Novel
Platforms: PC
“Cast spells, be queer, and crash the biggest concert of the year! Spirit Swap is an action-puzzle meets narrative game set in a lush world of witchy demons.”
Blood Bar Tycoon
Date: February 4, 2025
Genre: Simulation, Management
Platforms: PC
“Blood Bar Tycoon is a vampire bar management game. Build bars and blood factories, lure humans to harvest their blood, process it, and serve your customers: other vampires. Research quirky machines and deal with hunters! Expand through Crimson City to become a mighty Elder!”
Rift of the NecroDancer
Date: February 5, 2025
Genre: Rhythm, RPG
Platforms: PC
“The NecroDancer’s back in an all-new rhythm game! Dragged into a strange new world, Cadence must engage in musical combat with monsters surging through the Rift! Face pulse-pounding Rhythm Rifts where every beat is a battle, all set to an original soundtrack by Danny Baranowsky & friends.”
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
Date: February 5, 2025
Genre: RPG, Action-Adventure
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
“A thrilling story-driven action RPG, with a rich open world, set in 15th century Medieval Europe. Experience the ultimate medieval adventure – through the eyes of young Henry – as you embark on a journey of epic proportions.”
Locks
Date: February 5, 2025
Genre: Horror, Puzzle
Platforms: PC
“Locks is a horror puzzle-platformer set in a puppet show. The game features a new type of puzzle, and the evil doesn’t chase the puppet, as it usually does in platformers, it chases you.”
Big Helmet Heroes
Date: February 6, 2025
Genre: Beat ‘Em Up, Arcade
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch
“Throw yourself into an epic 3D beat’em up adventure with adorable knights, full of surprising worlds and situations. Grab your buddy and play in 2 player co-op to save the princess, but this is only the beginning!”
Keep Driving
Date: February 6, 2025
Genre: RPG, Adventure
Platforms: PC
“An atmospheric management RPG about life on the open road. Pick up hitchhikers, work odd jobs, customize and repair your car, and map your route across the country. Use upgrades, skills and items to overcome challenges. And remember to take it easy. You’re young. You have time.”
Stray Path
Date: February 6, 2025
Genre: Card Battler, Strategy
Platforms: PC
“Stray Path is an innovative adventure and strategy game that blends FreeCell mechanics with roguelike gameplay. Choose from colourful characters and explore a randomly generated world. Drag cards, optimize your choices, select equipment, and uncover the mysteries of this mysterious stray world!”
Border Pioneer
Date: February 6, 2025
Genre: Tower Defence, Strategy
Platforms: PC
“As the kingdom’s most promising pioneer, embark on a legendary journey to tame the frontier! Build thriving towns across various landscapes, fending off waves of diverse enemies until you establish a firm foothold and have explored everything the eye can see!”
Ailuri
Date: February 7, 2025
Genre: Adventure, Platformer
Platforms: PC
“A hand-drawn, 2D platformer following the breathtaking story of an endangered red panda, named Ailuri. Climb, explore and survive the intricate levels while trying to defeat enemies to restore balance of life in the world.”
Slender Threads
Date: February 7, 2025
Genre: Psychological Horror, Point and Click
Platforms: PC
“In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.”
Blood Bar Tycoon
Every management tycoon game brings their own little spins and scenarios to the genre. It makes each one unique, and as we’ll see with Blood Bar Tycoon, it certainly is unique. A game set as a bar management sim, but catering to vampires, it’s fantastic. While tycoon-type games aren’t my jam, I can see myself sinking way too many hours into this.
Be sure to check out last week’s Coming Out to see what you may have missed!
What new titles coming out are you most excited about this week? Let us know!
About the Author
Missy Taylor
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Missy is a disabled writer on Boon wurrung land, who is obsessed with Garrus Vakarian and Captain America. You can find them talking about the art of Drag and eating Korean and Japanese food.
