2025’s best video game remakes and remasters

Nostalgia is big business in video games — pretty much every publisher out there is consistently rereleasing more polished versions of their most beloved games for modern hardware. These remakes and remasters run the gamut from relatively straightforward new-gen ports to full-on reimaginings like the Final Fantasy 7 Remaketrilogy. And 2025 has been a banner year for reborn retro games — especially for fans of RPGs. Here are Polygon’s favorite remakes, remasters, and re-releases of 2025.

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