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.
Leila
Date: April 7, 2025
Genre: Point and Click, Puzzle
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch
“Enter the world of an everyday woman as you explore her past in this point & click narrative game. Hand-drawn animations bring her memories to life, and thought-provoking puzzles lay bare the reasons behind her choices. Immerse yourself in a story unfolds as you decipher its intricate pieces.”
PEPPERED: an existential platformer
Date: April 7, 2025
Genre: Platformer
Platforms: PC
“An existential platformer where Doomsday is just around the corner. Save the world or become an eternal corporate slave for the God of Death. Choices matter. Or do they? Goof around and find out.”
Cursed Dawn
Date: April 7, 2025
Genre: Horror, Co-Op
Platforms: PC
“Cursed Dawn is a wave survival FPS featuring complex maps packed with secrets, dynamic spawns, and hordes of zombies to turn into gory mulch. Plan your defense, stay on the move, and master the maps. Remember: Nowhere is safe, death is assured, how long until you’re zombie chow?”
South of Midnight
Date: April 8, 2025
Genre: Action-Adventure
Platforms: PC, Xbox Series X|S
“South of Midnight is a new action-adventure from Compulsion Games. Explore the mythos and confront mysterious creatures of the Deep South in this modern folktale while learning to weave an ancient power to surmount obstacles and unravel your family’s hidden past.”
Descenders Next
Date: April 9, 2025
Genre: Sports, Action
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
“Grab your board and master the mountain! Descenders Next is the ultimate extreme sports game, with sprawling snowy peaks, winding dirt tracks, and tons of parks to conquer. Will you and your friends become the Next Ultimate Descenders?”
Commandos: Origins
Date: April 9, 2025
Genre: Real Time Strategy, Action-Adventure
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
“ALARM! You have been selected for a mission which will shape the fate of the entire world. Witness the very beginning of the legendary elite WWII force in Commandos: Origins. The long-awaited sequel to the Commandos series brings you right back to the foundation of the real-time tactics genre.”
Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
Date: April 9, 2025
Genre: Horror, Survival
Platforms: PC
“Texas, 1980. Walton City has fallen to a zombie outbreak. Lead a band of desperate survivors from refuge to refuge by scavenging, crafting, and fighting in a relentless struggle for survival. Plan wisely, stick together, and — above all — keep moving if you want to make it out alive.”
All in Abyss: Judge the Fake
Date: April 10, 2025
Genre: Card Battler, Visual Novel
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Switch
“Either I die, or the Witches perish. I challenge thee to a deathmatch!” Asuha, a self-proclaimed gambling prodigy, challenges the Witch ruling the gambling district. Poised to win, she is defeated by a mysterious power. An adventure of gambling, exposing frauds and earning fortunes through poker.”
Willow Guard
Date: April 10, 2025
Genre: Hack and Slash, Action RPG
Platforms: PC
“Willow Guard is a single player story-driven fantasy RPG that combines dungeon-crawling action gameplay with a choice-based interactive fiction.”
Jumping Jazz Cats
Date: April 10, 2025
Genre: Party, 3D Platformer
Platforms: PC
“Play, race and hang with your feline friends in this online platformer party game! Purrfect your pussycat parkour as you sprint, jump, bounce, swing, skid and slide through a collection of collaborative and competitive mini-games set in a grandiose cartoon mansion. Get jumpin’, jazz cats!”
Crashlands 2
Date: April 10, 2025
Genre: Survival, RPG
Platforms: PC, iOS, Android
“Slap your way across a vibrant world where interstellar friendships are the key to your survival. Befriend eccentric aliens, craft bizarre weaponry, and stick it to the man in this sequel to the award-winning open world crafting RPG Crashlands.”
Progress Orders
Date: April 10, 2025
Genre: JRPG, Tactical RPG
Platforms: PC, Switch
“Progress Orders is the guild where many adventurers meet. Your unique story begins as you support your companions as the guild master!”
Blue Prince
Date: April 10, 2025
Genre: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
“Welcome to Mt. Holly, where every dawn unveils a new mystery. Navigate through shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers in this genre-defying strategy puzzle adventure. But will your unpredictable path lead you to the rumored Room 46?”
The Talos Principle: Reawakened
Date: April 10, 2025
Genre: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
“Step back into a world of thought-provoking puzzles, philosophical intrigue, and breathtaking visuals with The Talos Principle: Reawakened – a first-person puzzle masterpiece for both new players and long-time fans alike.”
Kaya’s Prophecy
Date: April 10, 2025
Genre: City Builder, Colony Sim
Platforms: PC
“Kaya’s Prophecy is a unique card based village builder! establish your village, gather resources, and craft tools and buildings in a vibrant world. Explore and combat various challenges and other groups in this colourful, deck-builder while appeasing your god to earn his favour.”
Star Overdrive
Date: April 10, 2025
Genre: Action-Adventure, Open World
Platforms: Switch
“Star Overdrive is a high-speed action adventure set in an open world. Race across an alien planet on your Hoverboard, mastering tricks, battling enemies, solving puzzles, and using your powers to overcome challenges and shape your destiny!”
Promise Mascot Agency
Date: April 10, 2025
Genre: RPG, Adventure
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch
“Explore a cursed Japanese town! Recruit mascot friends and come to the rescue when disaster strikes! Solve the mystery of your exile! Help a living finger work through her many anger issues! Turn Promise Mascot Agency into the best agency in Japan in this open-world narrative adventure!”
Game Over – A Musical RPG??
Date: April 11, 2025
Genre: RPG, Rhythm
Platforms: PC
“An adventure RPG with rhythm based combat encounters, zany characters, moral conundrums and platforming elements? Oh sorry I didn’t know this was a question. Yes.”
Traveler’s Refrain
Date: April 11, 2025
Genre: Action, RPG
Platforms: PC
“Wield your magical instrument and defy the mecha-goddesses of fate in this Song-Casting Story Driven Action-RPG. Explore a forbidden forest as Traveler. Help him reunite with his long lost love as you fight through abominations and solve mysterious puzzles, all while an ancient conflict unfolds.”
Promise Mascot Agency
The whole world of Japanese mascots is fascinating! A mascot is something most corporations or sports teams would have. In Japan (called Yuru-chara), they promote not only corporations, but places, regions and events! Promise Mascot Agency’s premise has you making friends while finding out the mysteries of the location you’ve found yourself. It looks ridiculous, but it looks fun, and that’s the most important bit.
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.
