The Best Game Cosplays of 2025 — from Clair Obscur to Silent Hill f
Spring is already knocking at our doors, and winter reluctantly retreats, taking with it memories of the holidays and the trailing tail of the year before. I’ll admit: 2025 surprised me in spots — some releases hit in neat, unexpected ways, others left questions. Still, there was plenty to ogle and admire.
Let’s take a moment to dive into memories and highlight what made the past year, 2025, so memorable!
Dispatch — Blondie Blazer and Malevola Gibb
Undoubtedly, one of the most talked-about new releases last year was Dispatch (2025). It doesn’t pretend to be a mechanical masterpiece; instead it leans into that everyday-superhero vibe (think less capes, more coffee runs), and people warmed to it.
The duo Lady Melamory and Lada Lyumos served up the hottest looks from the team of champions. Confession: I still wish Malevola’s subplot had gone further — anyone else?
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 — Mael
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 took awards like it was collecting stickers — an absurd tally, really. That said, talk about a cultural moment; forums were full of fan art for weeks.
AGflower did Mael with her real hair (PS: no wig), and somehow that choice made the whole portrait feel unforced and oddly intimate. It reads less like cosplay and more like a quiet embodiment.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 — Katerina
A lot of people expected the sequel to dominate, and while it didn’t sweep everything, Kingdom Come: Deliverance — part 2 — still landed proudly on the podium. For once, the follow-up didn’t just coattail on nostalgia; it sharpened what came before.
MIVELT’s Katerina shoot is the kind that makes you smell hay through the screen. That literal farm setup — cows, sheep, goats — and a 300 km round trip from Moscow show what fandom looks like when someone gets stubborn and committed.
Hollow Knight: Silksong — Hornet
Our editorial pick placed Hollow Knight: Silksong high in the year’s conversations. The game’s difficulty had fans both elated and exasperated; devs later smoothed some rough edges, which sparked its own mini-debate.
Teio nailed Hornet’s aesthetic — the costume detail was tight. Note: the mask kills peripheral vision, so festival navigation turns into a slow, careful dance. Teio handled that like a pro.
Death Stranding 2 — Fragile
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach didn’t take home Game Awards trophies, per the Game Awards 2025 writeups, but Kojima’s thing found its believers. Expect polarized reactions — and lush visuals.
Olga Haku and Kira Mitenkova’s collaborations keep delivering cinematic shoots that feel faithful and theatrical at once. Their Fragile set? Moody, composed, and oddly tender.
Zaychik — Forest Master
The visual novel Zaychik left some fans unhappy after the finale; many voiced displeasure with the ending and how the characters aged. The devs listened fast, apologized, and announced a major rethink — so, credit where it’s due: feedback loop in action (FYI: mobile port and series in the pipeline).
RossoFiore tackled the rarer Forest Master role, and the set’s mix of B/W and color images actually suits the source’s mood. We’ve seen that split-frame vibe before — remember this roundup? Tsiri, Friren, and Zelda pulled something similar.
Silent Hill f — Hinako Shimizu
Horror fans got a new twist with Silent Hill f, a schoolgirl-centered story that shifts the series’ tone. The game departs from the old formula but manages to land its own eerie notes.
ZEFIRKA_NATSUKI has a habit of leaning into darker roles — recall the Pennywise cosplay from Halloween? We featured it then, and the approach shows up again in Hinako’s unsettling stills.
Hades II — Melinoa
Hades II closed out many year-end discussions, not by convention but by vibe: fans tackled Melinoa with everything from resin props to improvised lighting rigs. The images ran the gamut — raw close-ups, staged tableaux, some intentionally messy experiments.
Photogs and cosplayers leaned into atmosphere (tbh, mood > polish in several sets), choosing gritty backdrops and amber tones to push the character’s mythology. If 2025 taught us anything about cosplay, it’s that folks will push props and lighting until a concept stubbornly becomes real.