New Release Round-Up (October 23, 2025)

Welcome to RPGamer’s new release round-up. In this column, we look to provide our readers with details on the major RPGs released this week. Please note we do not currently include Early Access releases where the game is still in development. Pricing is shown in US dollars before application of any discounts, local pricing may vary.

Avernum 4: Greed and Glory

A ground-up remake of the fourth title in Spiderweb Software’s Avernum cRPG series that was originally released in 2005, Avernum 4: Greed and Glory is set in the eponymous lawless frontier of Avernum, which is marked by hundreds of miles of winding caverns. The game casts players as a reluctant hero when monstrous forces spread across the underworld and put the fate of Avernum at risk. The remake will include additional dungeons and over twenty new questlines, with quests giving players choices that impact Avernum’s future as well as potential allies and foes. Combat is turn-based, with players able to fully customise their party.

Dreamed Away

Pixel-art action adventure RPG Dreamed Away is set in 1990s France, in a small village in Brittany. The game follows Théo, a young boy who becomes lost in a dark world while searching for his sister Louise. Major themes include sibling bonds, fear of death, and questioning reality. It features a skill-based combat system made up of various mini-games.

Fantasy Maiden Wars: Dream of the Stray Dreamer

Touhou doujin strategy RPG Fantasy Maiden Wars: Dream of the Stray Dreamer is set in the world of Gensokyo, where humans, yokai, and gods coexist. The game sees players using a party from over 70 available characters in grid-based battles as they deal with a series of supernatural incidents. Players choose between Reimu Hakurei or Marisa Kirisame as the main protagonist, which impacts parts of the story. The game includes multiple difficulty levels, a tutorial system, and a detailed series encyclopedia.

Godbreakers

Hack-and-slash roguelike Godbreakers is set in a world where humankind has been annihilated by an artificial intelligence called the Monad. Players control vessels of humanity brought back by celestial beings to destroy the rogue AI. They fight Monad’s forces through six biomes, alone or with up to three other players. The game’s real-time combat features a Godbreak mechanic, which allows players to absorb enemies’ powers and use them against other foes.

Maid of Salvation

Maid of Salvation is a fast-paced action RPG. The game follows Shizuka, a maid of purgatory, who fights to bring salvation to lost souls. She is entrusted with a special mission that sees her take a portal into a purgatory overrun by fiends.

Malys

A new title from Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical developer Summerfall Studios, roguelite deckbuilder Malys puts players in the role of Noah, former priest turned exorcist and demon hunter. They venture through a city teeming with demons, hunting for a powerful and cunning demon named Malys. Players use their deck to expose demons in the city as well as to find combos and strategies that help them survive the city’s horrors. The game had been in Early Access since June 2025.

Pale Coins

Soulslike action RPG Pale Coins is set in the fantasy world of Grenmark and tasks players with finding the Champion’s Coin. It is billed as an old-school RPG that pits players against challenging bosses. The game features open-world exploration, and is filled with dungeons to conquer and quests to fulfill. Players can customise their characters with melee, ranged, and magic weapons, with loot allowing players to perform new movement abilities, summon minions, and more.

Persona 3 Reload

Persona 3 Reload is a full remake of PlayStation 2 title Persona 3. The game sees players controlling a new transfer student at Gekkoukan High School. They become involved in a series of incidents surrounding the temporary anomaly called the Dark Hour, using summoned beings known as Personas to fight against beings called Shadows. Those looking to read more about Persona 3 Reload can check out Luis Mauricio’s review of its PlayStation 5 release.

Successor

Roguelite tactical RPG Successor features tabletop-inspired gameplay, with players taking on the role of a lord commanding a party of heroes through an adventure in a medieval fantasy world. The game, which is available in both VR and non-VR, features real-time combat, with players able to pause as they wish to give orders and unleash special abilities. It includes six story campaigns, plus an Adventure Mode that lets players create custom runs against different factions.

The Crazy Hyper-Dungeon Chronicles

The Crazy Hyper-Dungeon Chronicles is a pixel-art dungeon‑crawling RPG. Players descend into an ever-shifting labyrinth, attempting to conquer its 50 levels while solving puzzles and engaging in turn-based combat featuring real-time elements.

The Lonesome Guild

Action RPG The Lonesome Guild puts players in the role of Ghost, a spirit in a world that is being consumed by loneliness. Ghost gathers a party of six misfits, attempting to stop the creeping mists that are spreading and corrupting the world. Players are able to switch seamlessly between characters in combat and exploration. Meanwhile, the game also includes puzzle-solving elements as well as allowing players to forge bonds between the characters that lead to both powerful combos and heartwarming events. Those looking to read more can check out Sam Wachter’s review of the game’s PlayStation 5 version.

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2

First-person action RPG Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is a follow-up to 2004 PC title Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines. Bloodlines 2 returns players to the world of the Masquerade, an agreement between all the vampire clans that requires vampires do not reveal themselves to the world. Players control a customisable, fully-voiced protagonist named Phyre, an Elder Kindred who has been asleep for 100 years before waking up in modern-day Seattle. Players also control Malkavian detective Fabien while Phyre rests between nights, witnessing Fabien’s past in 1920s Seattle and using his abilities to uncover the mysteries behind his murder.

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