New Releases: July 31-August 6, 2025

This week, Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2 (pictured) delivers demon-destroying bonds, while Hello Kitty Island Adventure trades swordplay for seaside serenity. PC players can check out Mashina, Earthion, and the turn-based tactics of Mecharashi, while Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound slices its way onto nearly every platform. Whether you’re into brewing bubble tea, merging capybaras, or just investigating The Odd Crime Scene, here’s the full list of games launching across PC and consoles for the week of July 31–August 6:

PlayStation 4

9 Years of Shadows (digital, $19.99)
Above Snakes (digital, $24.99)
Astral Takers (digital, $17.99)
Cook Serve Forever (digital, $29.99)
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2 (digital, $59.99)
Holo’s Hanafuda (digital, $22.49)
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound (digital, $24.99)

PlayStation 5

Esophaguys (digital, $14.99)
God of Weapons (digital, $9.99)
Hello Kitty Island Adventure (digital, $39.99)
Noctuary (digital, $19.99)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge – Ultimate Edition (physical, $34.99)
Time Flies (digital, $14.99)

Switch

AirJet Fighter: Sky Assault (digital, $7.99)
Alien Breakout (digital, $4.99)
Ants Empire Colony (digital, $9.99)
Astral Takers (digital, $17.99)
Boba Tea Merge (digital, $4.99)
Capybara and Friends Cozy Bundle (digital, $9.99)
Cats Visiting the Cinema (digital, $3.99)
Cloudy Valley (digital, $6.99)
Cook Serve Forever (digital, $29.99)
Date with Devils (digital, $13.49)
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2 (digital, $59.99)
EGGCONSOLE Manhattan Requiem: Angels Flying In The Dark PC-8801 (digital, $6.49)
Esophaguys (digital, $14.99)
Escape Game: The Odd Crime Scene (digital, $4.99)
Find the Text! (digital, $2.99)
Groove Coaster Future Performers (digital, $49.99)
Holo’s Hanafuda (digital, $22.49)
Ion Shift (digital, $5.99)
Korean Drone Flying Tour Hangang Park (digital, $1.00)
Missing Owner! (digital, $2.99)
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound (digital, $24.99)
Noctuary (digital, $19.99)
Paws and Whiskers (digital, $4.99)
Pinedrop Vale (digital, $5.99)
Pokettohiro (digital, $9.99)
Spell Disk (digital, $14.99)
Spy Drops (digital, $14.99)
The Aquarium Does Not Dance (digital, $15.99)
The Organized Capy God (digital, $5.99)
The Wizard of Bug (digital, $12.99)
Time Flies (digital, $14.99)
Troublemaker (digital, $19.99)
Turbo Kid (digital, $19.99)
Whip/Sky/Fly (digital, $1.00)
Yosei Wars (digital, $4.99)

Switch 2

Dear me, I was … (digital, $7.99)
Handy Hockey (digital, $7.00)

Xbox One

9 Years of Shadows (digital, $19.99)
Above Snakes (digital, $24.99)
Astral Takers (digital, $17.99)
Cook Serve Forever (digital, $29.99)
Date with Devils (digital, $13.49)
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2 (digital, $59.99)
Esophaguys (digital, $14.99)
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound (digital, $24.99)

PC

Atomic Owl ($15.99)
Dead Take ($13.49)
Earthion ($19.99)
Empire Game: Pixel Hero ($TBA)
Esophaguys ($14.99)
Hell Galaxy ($14.99)
Hungry Meem ($23.99)
Lakeside Bar ($5.39)
Mashina ($16.19)
Mecharashi (free to play)
Misc. A Tiny Tale ($16.99)
Mr. Billion: Idle Rich Tycoon ($5.94)
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound ($24.99)
Rusty Rangers ($13.49)
Spy Drops ($14.99)
SWAT Commander ($17.99)
Tall Trails ($TBA)
Time Flies ($14.99)
Tiny Terraces ($6.29)

Rob’s Pick: Earthion delivers the kind of sleek side-scrolling action that recalls the golden era of shoot-‘em ups. Despite the presence of Yuzo Koshiro (Streets of Rage, ActRaiser) searing soundtrack, this isn’t an exercise in hollow nostalgia. Instead, Earthion contributes a modular ship system and plenty of difficulty settings to offset some of the antiquities of the genre. What I like best is the variation across stages. As you soar above neon-lit cities and alien wastelands, each level has its own personality and playstyle. Yet, there’s enough coherence so Earthion avoids feeling like a projectile dodging patchwork.

Meanwhile, Mashina’s drops you into its stop-motion animation world. As a friendly mining robot, you’ll split your time between delving deep underground in search of rare minerals and building up an eccentric robot community above ground. If you appreciate games where relaxed exploration is rendered in a handmade, quirky aesthetic, Mashina comes recommended. Lastly, I’ll probably be playing a bit of Holo’s Hanafuda to brush up. Last time I was in Hawaii, I played with a group of trash-talking octogenarians and was sent home, licking my wounds. This time, I plan to savor the taste of quiet vengeance.

Ryan’s pick: Holo’s Hanafuda takes first this week, offering an opportunity to finally learn how to play hanafuda and an intro to some of the Hololive talent. Regrettably I never really spent the time to learn hanafuda after Summer Wars got me interested in it about ten years ago, so I think this could be a good time to do so. Karuta is also on this same list of games I need to learn, so fingers crossed that this traditional card game also gets some equal anime crossover attention on consoles. I recently had a chance to talk to some true Hololive fans and was humbled by my lack of knowledge about them, so this is another perk to give this a try.

Weird is beautiful so that’s what Mashina gets a brief mention here. There was something very strange yet attractive about stop motion in the 80’s starting with Gumby, Sesame Street shorts, the California Raisins, and then Mr. Bogus. This game does a great job of portraying this oddness through the medium of digging and maneuvering around a 3D overworld. While this one is a bit of a departure from flashy sprites and high-poly textured 3D models I usually pick, I still think there’s a lot to like with the game as I really think it will be pretty relaxing. One additional plus is that it uses old synthesizers for the music and sfx, so count me in.

Matt S’ pick (editor, DigitallyDownloaded): I’m not the world’s biggest follower of Hololive, but I am a hardcore fan of Hanafuda. I have five different physical decks of the cards! So, on that basis I’m looking forward to getting stuck into Holo’s Hanafuda. If nothing else, it’s the biggest budget Hanafuda game that we’ve seen in quite some time… if not ever.

I’m also quite keen on checking out Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound. I’ve been hearing very (very) good things, so while I wouldn’t normally pay too much attention to an action game, for this I’ll definitely make an exception.