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2024 was full of great games, with some bangers like Path of Exile 2<\/a> and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle<\/a> coming in hot in December. The first month of 2025 is comparatively quiet, but the calm won’t last long, as February is absurdly stacked with big games<\/a>. And quiet is of course relative\u2014lots of interesting games are out in January, including the early access release of Hyper Light Breaker, the long-awaited sequel to 2016’s Hyper Light Drifter.<\/p>\n

See what’s out in January below. For a more zoomed-out view of what’s coming out on PC this year, check out our list of 2025’s new PC games<\/a>.<\/p>\n

January’s big PC release dates<\/h2>\n
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Hyper Light Breaker<\/strong><\/a> | January 14 (Early Access)
<\/strong>The sequel to Hyper Light Drifter and one of our most anticipated games right now. “Hyper Light Breaker brought back all my memories of Dark Souls’ greatest boss, and it instantly became one of my favorite demos at Summer Game Fest,” Josh said when he tried it last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth<\/strong><\/a> | January 23
<\/strong>Part two of a trilogy-length remake of Final Fantasy 7 comes to PC after 11 months of console exclusivity. The PS5-exclusive-to-PC pipeline seems to be speeding up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Eternal Strands<\/strong><\/a> | January 28
<\/strong>A fantasy adventure from Yellow Brick Games, a studio founded by Dragon Age creative director Mike Laidlaw. A demo will be available on Steam before it releases: Laidlaw says it’s a game we’ll benefit from “feeling” before we make up our minds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sniper Elite: Resistance<\/strong><\/a> | January 30
<\/strong>A new entry in the reliably fun and gore-heavy Sniper Elite series. This time, the Nazi-hunting takes place in occupied France.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Citizen Sleeper 2<\/strong><\/a> | January 31<\/strong>
It’s still about an android in trouble, but in his preview last year<\/a>, Harvey said that Citizen Sleeper 2 “is going to feel almost completely different” to the first game, which was one of our favorite RPGs of 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Marvel’s Spider-Man 2<\/strong><\/a> | January 30
<\/strong>Another PlayStation exclusive comes to PC after a little over a year, and sees Peter Parker and Miles Morales team up and adds Brooklyn and Queens to the series’ rendition of New York City.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

January gaming events<\/h2>\n