From The Witcher 3 to Octopath Traveler 0, and more - these are the games we're immersing ourselves into this Christmas season

With some welcome downtime on the horizon, here are the TechRadar Gaming team’s Christmas games for 2025 Committing to something this Christmas (Image credit: D-Cell Games) (Image credit: Square Enix) (Image credit: CD Projekt Red) (Image credit: Kingdom Come Deliverance II) The concept of a ‘Christmas game’ is one I’ve enjoyed since my teenage years. A game that you’ve reserved for the Christmas holidays, to fully dive into during the downtime that you (hopefully) get. Maybe you’re enjoying it in front of the fire with some delicious food and drink while it’s cold and miserable outside (in the Northern Hemisphere, at least). It doesn’t necessarily have to be a festive-themed game in itself - though choosing a game filled with snowy landscapes would only enhance the experience, I think - but something you’ve been waiting to sink into without distraction for a week or two. While in previous years, I’ve reserved a release from the same year to sink hours into, that doesn’t really need to be the case - something I can personally attest to, below - as a good game to play over Christmas is just going to be a good game that you enjoy, regardless of when it came out. I’ve asked the team what’s going to be their go-to game for the holidays this year, too, and they’ve shared their choices and some reasons behind their decisions below. Unbeatable Now here’s a game that I’ve had my eyes on for over a year and can’t wait to finally dive into come the Christmas break, now that it’s finally out. Unbeatable looks like pretty much all I could ever want from an indie game, and I don’t say that lightly. Set in 1999, it’s a musical adventure with anime-inspired visuals that are bathed in stunning pastel colors and nostalgic retro charm. You play as Beat, a pink-haired musician trying to navigate an oppressive world where music is illegal. The story takes around eight hours with plenty of characters to chat to and unique environments to explore, but the real star of the show is its rhythm sections, which have you frantically mashing buttons in time with the beat to smash up your surroundings. It looks wonderfully cathartic, and I can imagine it being the perfect wind-down after a long day of eating festive snacks. There’s also an expansive arcade mode that I’m keen to chip away at over the next couple of weeks - letting you perfect your skills with highly repeatable tracks to unlock a wealth of cute customization items. Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more. Dashiell Wood, Gaming Editor Octopath Traveler 0 To me, a Christmas game is something that I can easily take away from the home office and down onto the living room armchair. Preferably surrounded by a king’s feast of Maltesers, Cheeselets, pork pies, and those little cocktail sausages that are just awful but weirdly impossible to stop eating. Enter Octopath Traveler 0 , which is...

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