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.
Maliki: Poison of the Past
Date: April 22, 2025
Genre: Turn-Based, Adventure
Platforms: PC, Switch
“Join Maliki and her wacky family in their epic battle against Poison, a fearsome plant creature that has colonized space-time. Go along on a fantastic odyssey through the ages that provides a unique mix of exploration, temporal riddles and turn-based fights full of surprises.”
Post Trauma
Date: April 22, 2025
Genre: Survival, Horror
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
“Puzzle Horror game inspired by PS2 era classics. Navigate environments, tackle threats, and meet other lost characters in the depths of the Gloom.”
Steel Seed
Date: April 22, 2025
Genre: Action-Adventure
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
“Steel Seed is a stealth-action adventure set in a dark sci-fi world on the brink of extinction. Play as Zoe and her drone Koby as they explore a hostile underground facility. Uncover secrets, survive dangers, search for answers, and humanity’s last hope.”
Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3
Date: April 22, 2025
Genre: Match-3, RPG
Platforms: PC
“MATCH DNA BUBBLES IN AN UNDERGROUND LAB TO KEEP YOUR PSYCHIC CLONE FROM INVADING YOUR MIND AND TURNING YOU INTO A CANNIBAL. This is the match-3 survival horror comedy RPG metroidvania you didn’t know you needed.”
Old Skies
Date: April 23, 2025
Genre: Point and Click, Adventure
Platforms: PC, Switch
“A time travel adventure spanning two hundred years! Dive into the past with time agent Fia Quinn as she embarks on seven trips through time. History is up for grabs, from the speakeasies of Prohibition to the vicious gangs of the Gilded Age to the World Trade Center on September 10, 2001.”
Detective Dotson
Date: April 23, 2025
Genre: Adventure, Casual
Platforms: PC
“A cozy mystery game about a detective with Bollywood dreams. It’s the first adventure game set in the colorful streets of India. Engage with adorable 2D characters living in a 3D world. Find clues and solve the evidence board. With each case, a larger mystery unfolds.”
Once Upon A Puppet
Date: April 24, 2025
Genre: Platformer
Platforms: PC
“Control the strings of fate and embark on a grand adventure with Drev and Nieve. A magical, story-driven 2.5D puzzle-platformer where puppeteering mechanics and a whimsical, theater-inspired world intertwine.”
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Date: April 24, 2025
Genre: Turn-Based Combat, JRPG
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
“Lead the members of Expedition 33 on their quest to destroy the Paintress so that she can never paint death again. Explore a world of wonders inspired by Belle Époque France and battle unique enemies in this turn-based RPG with real-time mechanics.”
FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves
Date: April 24, 2025
Genre: Fighter, Action
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5
“26 years on, a brand-new entry in the Fatal Fury series is set to arrive on the scene! FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves features a unique art style that stimulates the senses and an innovative REV System that supercharges the excitement. Here, at long last, a new legend is about to unfold…”
The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy-
Date: April 24, 2025
Genre: Adventure, Simulation
Platforms: PC, Switch
“Kazutaka Kodaka and Kotaro Uchikoshi join forces for the first time to deliver the ULTIMATE adventure game! 15 students are tasked with defending a school from grotesque monsters for 100 days. Can they make it to the end? And will they survive long enough to uncover the truth?”
Amerzone – The Explorer’s Legacy
Date: April 24, 2025
Genre: Adventure, Puzzle
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
“Set off on a quest for the Great White Birds in a mysterious land full of secrets! Answer the call of exploration as you travel to Amerzone, a forgotten Latin American country, to fulfill the last wishes of a late explorer.”
La Quimera
Date: April 25, 2025
Genre: FPS, Co-op
Platforms: PC
“La Quimera is a story-driven FPS set in dystopian future Latin America. In a fractured world where microstates rely on mercenary forces, you are an operative caught in a web of lies and deception. Play alone or with up to two friends geared with futuristic weapons, exoskeletons and combat abilities.”
Days Gone Remastered
Date: April 25, 2025
Genre: Survival, Action-Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 5
“Ride and fight into a deadly, post pandemic America. Play as Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who rides the broken road, fighting to survive while searching for a reason to live in this open-world action-adventure game.”
Detective Dotson
Video games are such an amazing platform. Being able to play games about cultures that you’re not affiliated with, is amazing. Detective Dotson is a love story to India and Bollywood, and it’s cool that the team at Masala Games are able to make their game. The pixel graphics makes the world so vibrant, and it looks like there will be lots of laughs.
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.
