Skin Deep: Year End Roundup
I thought I’d gather up some year-end writeups that include Skin Deep:
- PC Gamer: Best Immersive Sim
- GamesRadar: Year in Review 2025
- GameSpot: Best PC Games of 2025
- GameSpot: Best Cat Game
- Green Man Gaming: 10 Best Indie Games of 2025
- Slant Magazine: 25 Best Video Games of 2025
- GamesRadar: Year in Review 2025
- The Guardian: video games you may have missed in 2025
- EDGE Magazine: PC Game of the Year Runner-up
- Rock Paper Shotgun: Bonus Games of the Year
- Rogue: The Roguesies
- Eurogamer: The 50 best games of 2025
- Eurogamer: readers’ top 50 games of 2025
- Eurogamer: Games of 2025
PC Gamer: Best Immersive Sim
PC Gamer named their Game of the Year Awards, and Skin Deep was their BEST IMMERSIVE SIM OF 2025!
(additionally, the anecdotes described in this writeup have been some of my favorite anecdotes of Skin Deep)
GameSpot: Best PC Games of 2025
Skin Deep is on GameSpot’s Best PC Games of 2025!
GameSpot: Best Cat Game
Skin Deep was GameSpot’s Best Cat Game!
Green Man Gaming: 10 Best Indie Games of 2025
Skin Deep is on Green Man Gaming’s 10 Best Video Games of 2025!
Slant Magazine: 25 Best Video Games of 2025
Skin Deep is on Slant Magazine’s 25 Best Video Games of 2025!
GamesRadar: Year in Review 2025
Skin Deep was featured in GamesRadar’s Year In Review 2025, with perhaps my favorite headline ever.
The Guardian: video games you may have missed in 2025
Skin Deep was featured in The Guardian’s video games you may have missed in 2025!
EDGE Magazine: PC Game of the Year Runner-up
Skin Deep was Edge Magazine’s 2025 runner-up to PC Game of the Year!
Edge Magazine #419, February 2026
Fun fact: EDGE Magazine’s PC Game of the Year was the fantastic Spooky Express – Spooky Express and Skin Deep share the same talented music composer: Priscilla Snow!
Rock Paper Shotgun: Bonus Games of the Year
Skin Deep was featured in Rock Paper Shotgun’s Bonus Games of the Year!
Rogue: The Roguesies
Skin Deep was featured in Rogue’s Biggest Surprises of 2025!
Eurogamer: The 50 best games of 2025
Skin Deep was featured in Eurogamer’s 50 best games of 2025!
Eurogamer: readers’ top 50 games of 2025
Skin Deep was featured in Eurogamer’s readers’ top 50 games of 2025!
Eurogamer: Games of 2025
And last but not least, Skin Deep was featured in a very lovely writeup in Eurogamer’s ‘Games of 2025’ roundup.
Et al
I’m very proud of what we made together.
Skin Deep was a collaborative effort of artists, designers, programmers, writers, musicians, voice actors, and more sharing their incredible ideas, bringing in their personal experiences, and showcasing their expertise. I feel so fortunate to have made something alongside them.
Amazing things are possible when a group of creative people are allowed to be creative. I believe Skin Deep is an example of that.
Thanks all!
Edit January 1, 2026: Added more entries.