Finally, Black Friday 2025 is here, and with it comes that single weekend every casual gamer waits for all year (for better or worse).

This is the perfect storm biggest releases of the year, holiday traffic, and admission by retailers that most people would rather wait for a discount than pay full price!

The deals aren't as predictable as they used to be. Back when every major game came out physically, you could count on door buster prices and $20 price drops like clockwork.

Now? Everything is “on sale,” physical stock is thinner, and storefronts experiment with random discounts every week.

Black Friday 2025 - 12 Major Games Worth Grabbing

Below, you’ll find 12 of 2025’s biggest games with genuine, time-limited Black Friday price drops worth paying attention to.

1. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2

PS5 / Xbox Series X|S - $30 (57% off)
Amazon / GameStop
One of the year’s most ambitious RPGs is already nearly 60% off. Massive world, deep systems, stunning performance. At $30? An easy recommendation.

2. Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater

PS5 / Xbox Series X|S -$50 (29% off)
Best Buy
A near-perfect restoration of a beloved classic. Not a fire-sale price, but strong for a prestige remake this fresh.

3. Doom: The Dark Ages

PS5 / Xbox Series X -$35 (50% off) Microsoft
$40 (43% off) Target
One of the year’s highest-rated shooters is already half-price. Xbox gets the better digital deal, but either way it’s a steal.

4. Assassin’s Creed Shadows

PS5 / Xbox Series X|S - $35 (50% off)
Best Buy
A huge discount on Ubisoft’s blockbuster Japanese-era AC entry. If you skipped at launch, now is the time.

5. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered

PS5 / Xbox Series X|S - $33.50 (33% off) Microsoft
$40 (20% off) Best Buy
Still new, still full-price elsewhere, and still one of the most nostalgia-charged releases of the year.

6. Death Stranding 2

PS5 - $50 (29% off)
Target
Not a deep cut, but strong for a GOTY frontrunner heading into awards season.

7. Elden Ring: Nightreign

PS5 / Xbox - $25 (38% off)
Amazon
It was only $40 to begin with, making $25 particularly impressive. One of the best multiplayer action RPGs of the year at a near-impulse price.

8. Monster Hunter Wilds

PS5 / Xbox - $30 (57% off)
Amazon / Best Buy
A huge discount for one of the year’s biggest open-world co-op games. This is a premium-tier deal.

9. Split Fiction

PS5 / Xbox - $40 (20% off)
Amazon / Target
Not the deepest discount, but the game hasn’t been out long and is still holding strong in the narrative-adventure space.

10. Silent Hill f

PS5 / Xbox Series X|S - $50 (29% off)
Best Buy
The long-awaited return of the Silent Hill name comes in with a respectable Black Friday cut.

11. Avowed

Xbox Series X|S - $47 (33% off)
Microsoft
Obsidian’s big fantasy RPG gets its first real discount, and it’s a solid one.

12. Borderlands 4

PS5 / Xbox Series X|S - $48 (31% off)
Amazon
Barely two months old and already nearly a third off. That alone puts it high on any Black Friday shortlist.

What’s Actually Worth Buying?

Anything 50% off or more that released this year is a strong pick-up simple as that.
This makes the clear standouts:

• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 - $30

• Monster Hunter Wilds - $30

• Assassin’s Creed Shadows - $35

• Doom: The Dark Ages (Xbox digital) -$35

These four deliver massive playtime, strong post-launch support, and the kind of value that makes waiting all year completely worth it.

What to Skip or At Least Think Twice About

A few titles are discounted more out of obligation than generosity:

• Death Stranding 2 at $50 feels like a “respectful reduction,” not a true Black Friday push.

• Split Fiction at only 20% off is fine, but not essential.

• Silent Hill f at $50 may still drop lower around Christmas.

Still, nothing on this list is a bad game it’s mainly about timing.

The Silent MVP - Elden Ring Nightreign

At $25, Nightreign might be the most surprising value.

Not the biggest markdown.

Not the biggest price drop.

But in terms of value?

That is one of the best deals of Black Friday 2025.

It is rare for a new FromSoftware game, especially a game with heavy multiplayer, to be at this price point so soon after it released.

If you missed the boat on it the first time around, this is the time to buy.