10 AMAZING Recent Video Games NO ONE Saw Coming
9. Bionic Bay
It's nothing short of criminal that Bionic Bay has just a few hundred user reviews on Steam, because it's easily one of 2025's most unexpected surprises so far, materialising as it did seemingly out of thin air.
At first glance, it's easy to compare this visually stunning indie puzzle-platformer to kings of the genre like Limbo and Inside, but Bionic Bay is very much its own beast.
For starters, it's an at times brutally difficult game as you navigate an oppressive world replete with dangers.
However, a number of inspired special powers - such as the ability to swap places with an object in the environment and also gravity manipulation - require players to use their noggin and get creative in order to make forward progress.
Fusing an intriguingly minimalist story with eye-wateringly beautiful art direction and clever physics-based gameplay, Bionic Bay is a game that absolutely deserves all the flowers. Don't sleep on it any longer.