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.
Kingdom’s Deck
Date: April 28, 2025
Genre: City Builder, Base Building
Platforms: PC
“Build by day, defend by night! Kingdom’s Deck is a card-based city builder where you build and protect your Kingdom from the enemy siege. Build your deck, deploy your cards wisely, defend your walls, manage your resources, and respond to various events that will shape your Kingdom!”
Badlands Crew
Date: April 28, 2025
Genre: Strategy, Simulation
Platforms: PC
“Create, customize and command your battle wagon to conquer crazed enemy factions and save innocent survivors scattered throughout the lawless Badlands in the aftermath of a devastating apocalypse. Do you have what it takes to Build, Evolve and Fight to survive?”
Many Nights a Whisper
Date: April 29, 2025
Genre: Casual, Adventure
Platforms: PC
“A short interactive essay on dreams, pressure, and expectations. Take part in an ancient ritual where one shot determines the fate of a generation.”
Moroi
Date: April 30, 2025
Genre: Action-Adventure
Platforms: PC
“Moroi is a grimdark fairytale with an even darker sense of humor. Experience frantic combat, perplexing puzzles, and a twisting narrative anchored by a bizarre cast of characters. Can you break free from eternal madness?”
MotoGP 25
Date: April 30, 2025
Genre: Racing, Sports
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
“Rev up your engines for the 2025 season! Feel the authentic MotoGP™ thrills with refined sound design and exciting challenges. Train with new disciplines in Race Off mode and choose the Arcade or Pro Experience for ultimate fun or realism!”
KIBORG
Date: April 30, 2025
Genre: Action RPG, Roguelike
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
“KIBORG is a relentless rogue-lite beat’em up where you enhance your body with new cybernetic implants each run. You’ve been sent to the worst prison in the galaxy for crimes you didn’t commit. Death won’t provide an escape, but a violent reality show may offer a way out.”
Skin Deep
Date: April 30, 2025
Genre: FPS, Immersive Sim
Platforms: PC
“Skin Deep is an immersive first-person shooter. We got sneezing. We got things getting stuck in your feet. Stalk through a vast non-linear starship and sneak, subvert, and sabotage to survive in this stellar sandbox. You’re outnumbered, outgunned, and have no shoes. Welcome to Skin Deep!”
StarVaders
Date: April 30, 2025
Genre: Turn-Based Tactics, Deckbuilding
Platforms: PC
“Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.”
The Horror at Highrook
Date: May 1, 2025
Genre: Horror, Deckbuilding
Platforms: PC
“The Horror at Highrook is an occult card crafting narrative RPG. Explore a haunted mansion with your team of investigators, summon dark entities, craft powerful protections, uncover the fate of the missing family, and choose your own path through the darkness.”
Freeride
Date: May 1, 2025
Genre: Adventure
Platforms: PC
“Freeride is a game about YOU. Board a train to the Spirit World in our oddball RPG where you make friends, use telekinesis, find secrets, consume ice cream and chart your own path. Each character is uniquely troubled, and in helping them find their way, you might just find yourself, too.”
Shotgun Cop Man
Date: May 1, 2025
Genre: Action, Precision Platformer
Platforms: PC, Switch
“GO TO HELL, ARREST SATAN. Propel yourself to justice and glory on a journey through hell in this punchy, crunchy, son-of-a-gun precision platformer from the creator of My Friend Pedro.”
despelote
Date: May 1, 2025
Genre: Adventure, Sports
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch
“A slice-of-life adventure about childhood and the magical grip soccer held over the people of Quito, Ecuador in 2001.”
Freeride
Have I ever wanted a video game to psychoanalyse me? Probably depends on the game. But considering that Freeride is just that game, then sure, I’ll let it. There aren’t a lot of games out there that takes on personality tests as the main mechanic, but with a story to it, the test will be forgotten. Freeride looks really cute and unique, can’t wait to be read to filth.
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.
