15 Best Looking Games of 2025

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Despite challenges like fluctuating GPU prices, speculation about next-generation consoles, and games struggling to run smoothly, 2025 still brought us some of the most visually impressive games ever made. Several titles particularly shone with their beautiful art styles and advanced technology, and truly delivered on the promise of rich, detailed game worlds.

So, which game truly has the best graphics? Let’s take a look at our picks for the top graphics of 2025, starting with…

Ghost of Yōtei

Sucker Punch’s sequel is a significant step up from Ghost of Tsushima in every way, and the graphics are a prime example. The game boasts much longer viewing distances with hardly any noticeable delays in loading details, plus richer textures, more realistic materials, and enhanced visual effects. It even features beautifully integrated ray tracing for more natural lighting. Whether you’re battling enemies with swords and mud flying, or exploring vibrant flower fields, Ghost of Yōtei consistently delivers a stunning experience.

Silent Hill f

Silent Hill f is a visually striking and disturbing game. The detailed environments, complete with realistic lighting and shadows, create a truly nightmarish atmosphere. Adding to the horror are the monsters, designed by kera, which are unsettlingly beautiful and terrifying at the same time.

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

Building on the already impressive Decima Engine from the first game, Death Stranding 2 takes visual fidelity to a new level. The game features stunning landscapes with no noticeable slowdown or texture loading issues, and incredibly realistic character models. It’s a beautiful game to look at, and the graphics only improve as you play. The initial fight with Neal and his soldiers, for example, is particularly breathtaking.

DOOM: The Dark Ages

id Software consistently pushes graphical boundaries, and with DOOM: The Dark Ages, they’ve seamlessly integrated advanced technology like ray tracing while maintaining excellent performance. The game, like previous DOOM titles, features incredibly fast-paced, yet more strategically deliberate, combat. It also boasts stunning visuals, including realistic reflections, detailed environmental damage, and immersive atmosphere – making it one of the most visually impressive shooters ever created.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows

Assassin’s Creed Shadows is another impressive demonstration of RTGI technology, beautifully recreating late Sengoku-era Japan. Beyond the graphics, the game excels in its small details – realistic weather and wind, and satisfying environmental destruction, like knocking over stalls and sending fruit rolling. The cities and castles are incredibly well-crafted, creating a world that feels truly alive.

Clair Obscur: Expedition

Sandfall Interactive’s first RPG wasn’t made by just a small team, but it’s still amazing how good it looks for a game of its size. The art style blends fantasy with realism, creating some incredibly beautiful and unusual landscapes and scenes, complete with detailed lighting and shadows. Even the world map, designed like a miniature diorama, is visually stunning.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2

If you enjoyed the graphics in the first Kingdom Come: Deliverance, you won’t be shocked by how good the sequel looks. But the improvement in visual quality is still amazing, especially given the game’s larger scope. The beautifully crafted cutscenes and realistic character faces are just the beginning – you’ll also see incredibly realistic fire, rain, and plants. Best of all, the game runs smoothly even with all these details.

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater

Beyond just updating character models and environments, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is visually stunning. It features incredibly detailed character skin, realistic clothing materials, and advanced lighting and shadow effects. Thankfully, Konami kept the original game’s unique and charming style, which is fantastic to see.

F1 25

Even with its upgrades, F1 25 truly showcases the stunning visuals the racing series is known for. The new LIDAR technology makes the tracks more realistic, but it’s the addition of path tracing – which improves lighting, reflections, and overall detail, especially in different weather – that really stands out. And, as always, Codemasters has done a fantastic job creating incredibly detailed and accurate F1 cars.

Battlefield 6

Considering the significant time and effort put into developing Battlefield 6, it’s impressive how good it looks, even without features like ray tracing. The game’s visuals are stunning, whether you’re in the middle of a chaotic battle with planes flying above or watching buildings crumble realistically. And it’s a major plus that it maintains smooth performance while delivering all of this.

Dying Light: The Beast

Techland’s Dying Light: The Beast looks fantastic, even without ray tracing. The game’s lighting is a key feature and is particularly well done. The parkour animations are fluid and realistic, and the updated damage system makes combat feel visceral – enemies realistically react to attacks with detailed cuts and injuries, adding a brutal edge to close-quarters fighting.

The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered

Virtuos took an interesting approach to this project, keeping the original game’s foundation intact while completely rebuilding the graphics using Unreal Engine 5. While this has caused a few issues, it’s made Cyrodiil more vibrant and detailed than ever before. From Emperor Uriel’s realistic features and clothing to the richly detailed environments and characters, the world feels incredibly alive.

ARC Raiders

Many new games made with Unreal Engine 5 have been criticized for running poorly. However, ARC Raiders is a notable exception, delivering surprisingly smooth performance. To achieve this, the developers chose not to use demanding features like Lumen and Nanite, but the game still looks fantastic. With realistic reflections, weather, and detailed destruction, it’s easy to get immersed, even though it’s a fast-paced multiplayer shooter.

Borderlands 4

If you can get past the technical issues on PC, Borderlands 4 is a visually stunning game. Gearbox has really refined their signature cel-shaded art style, making it more detailed than before. This is especially impressive considering the game’s large environments, smooth exploration, and the intricate designs of the characters and enemies.

Hell is Us

Hell is Us creates a genuinely unsettling feeling, enhanced by the strange Time Rifts and creatures found within surprisingly realistic, war-damaged settings. Although the game needed some performance improvements when it launched, moments of discovery – like finding a vibrant field of blue flowers at Lake Cynon or exploring the modern Auriga Museum – were truly striking, made even better by the game’s high-quality textures, lighting, and reflections.

And the title with the Best Graphics of 2025 is…

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

Honestly, most games lately haven’t really wowed us with their graphics. Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is a clear exception, and you notice it right away. The opening scenes of Mexico look incredibly realistic. The characters’ skin tones, complete with details like sweat and realistic eyes, make them feel remarkably lifelike. And that’s before you even get to Australia, where the game truly shines, showcasing a vast world with diverse environments and dynamic weather, including dust storms.

The fight with Neal really showcased the game’s stunning visuals, especially the clever use of lighting and reflections in puddles. What’s truly remarkable is that these effects are created using screen-space reflections, not the more demanding ray-tracing technology. Adding to this, the smooth transition from the main menu directly into gameplay highlights how innovative Death Stranding 2 is. For these reasons, and many others, we believe it has the best graphics of 2025.

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2026-01-01 14:43