September 2025 was already a big launch month to kick off the fall season and October doesn’t appear to slow things down. Super Mario‘s 40th anniversary kicks off with its packaged Super Mario Galaxy games. Monster battling games, Digimon Story: Time Stranger and Pokémon Legends: Z-A arrive for fans to enjoy creating their own monster dream team. The latest Little Nightmares game sets off this spooky month along with thriller films such as Chainsaw Man, Frankenstein (2025) and Black Phone 2.

Summer anime now wrapped up, the fall season of anime kicks off the first weekend of October, with the return of Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill, Let This Grieving Soul Retire, Spy x Family, and the final season of My Hero Academia. New anime also kicks in with Digimon Beatbreak, My Gift Lvl 9999 Unlimited Gacha: Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon, I’m Out for Revenge!, and Let’s Play.

Here’s what releases are coming out you’ll want to look out for in October 2025.

Video Games

Ghost of Yotei (PS5) – October 2nd

Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Switch 2) – October 2nd

Digimon Story Time Stranger (PS5, XBS X/S, PC) – October 3rd (Our review)

Absolum (Switch, PS4, PS5, PC) – October 9th

Brave x Junction (Switch, PS4, PS5, PC) – October 9th

Bye Sweet Carole (Switch, PS4, PS5, XBS X/S, PC) – October 9th

Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch (Switch, PS5, XBS X/S, PC) – October 9th

Obakeidoro 2: Chase & Seek (Switch 2) – October 9th

Yooka-Replaylee (Switch, Switch 2, PS5, XBS X/S, PC) – October 9th

Battlefield 6 (PS5, XBS X/S, PC) – October 10th

Disgaea 7 Complete (Switch 2) – October 10th (Our Review)

Dreams of Another (PS5, PC) – October 10th

Little Nightmares Enhanced Edition (Switch 2, PS5, XBS X/S, PC) – October 10th

Little Nightmares 3 (Switch, Switch 2, PS4, PS5, XB1, XBS X/S, PC) – October 10th

Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga (Switch, PS4, PS5, PC) – October 10th

NASCAR 25 (Switch, PS5, XBS X/S, PC) – October 14th

BALL x PIT (Switch, PS5, XBS X/S, PC) – October 15th

Pokémon Legends: Z-A (Switch, Switch 2) – October 16th

Time Treker (Switch) – October 16th

Keeper (XBS X/S, PC) – October 17th

Ninja Gaiden 4 (PS5, XBS X/S, PC) – October 21st

Painkiller (PS5, XBS X/S, PC) – October 21st

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 (PS5, XBS X/S, PC) – October 21st

Dispatch (PS5, PC) – October 22nd

Double Dragon Revive (Switch, PS4, PS5, XB1, XBS X/S, PC) – October 23rd

Full Metal Schoolgirl (Switch 2, PS5, PC) – October 23rd

Persona 3 Reload (Switch 2) – October 23rd

Tormented Souls 2 (PS5, XBS X/S, PC) – October 23rd

Once Upon a KATAMARI (Switch, PS5, XBS X/S, PC) – October 24th

Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1 + (PS4) – October 28th

Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation (PS4) – October 28th

Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3: V Generation (PS4) – October 28th

ARC Raiders (PS5, XBS X/S, PC) – October 30th

Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake (Switch, Switch 2, PS5, XBS X/S, PC) – October 30th

Majogami (Switch, Switch 2) – October 30th

Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection (Switch, Switch 2, PS5, XB1, XBS X/S, PC) – October 30th

Mina the Hollower (Switch, Switch 2, PS4, PS5, XB1, XBS X/S, PC) – October 31st

Tales of Xillia Remastered (Switch, PS5, XBS X/S, PC) – October 31st

Terminator 2D: NO FATE (Switch, PS4, PS5, XB1, XBS X/S, PC) – October 31st

Anime

Let’s Play (Crunchyroll) – October 1st

My Awkward Senpai (Crunchyroll) – October 2nd

Pass the Monster Meat, Milady! (Crunchyroll) – October 2nd

May I Ask for One Final Thing? (Crunchyroll) – October 3rd

My Gift Lvl 9999 Unlimited Gacha: Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon, I’m Out for Revenge! (HiDive) – October 3rd

Perfect Blue 4K (Theaters) – October 3rd

The Banished Court Magician Aims to Become the Strongest (Crunchyroll) – October 4th

Digimon Beatbreak (Crunchyroll) – October 4th

Let This Grieving Soul Retire Cour 2 (Crunchyroll) – October 4th

My Hero Academia Season 8 (Crunchyroll) – October 4th

My Friend’s Little Sister Has It In for Me! (Crunchyroll) – October 4th

Ranma 1/2 Season 2 (Netflix) – October 4th

SPY x FAMILY Season 3 (Crunchyroll) – October 4th

Tales of Wedding Rings Season 2 (Crunchyroll) – October 4th

Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider (Crunchyroll) – October 4th

A Wild Last Boss Appeared! (Crunchyroll) – October 4th

To Your Eternity Season 3 (Crunchyroll) – October 4th

Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family! (Crunchyroll) – October 5th

Dad is a hero, Mom is a spirit, I’m a reincarnator (Crunchyroll) – October 5th

One-Punch Man Season 3 (Crunchyroll) – October 5th

GINTAMA – Mr.Ginpachi’s Zany Class (Crunchyroll) – October 6th

My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s (Crunchyroll) – October 6th

Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill Season 2 (Crunchyroll) – October 7th

A Gatherer’s Adventure in Isekai (Crunchyroll) – October 7th

Li’l Miss Vampire Can’t Suck Right (Crunchyroll) – October 12th

Isekai Quartet3 (Crunchyroll) – October 13th

Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc (Theaters) – October 29th

So You’re Raising a Warrior (Crunchyroll) – October 30th

Movies/TV

The Smashing Machine (Theaters) – October 2nd

Good Boy (Theaters) – October 3rd

Monster: The Ed Gein Story (Netflix) – October 3rd

A House of Dynamite (Theaters) – October 10th, (Netflix) – October 24th

The Last Frontier Season 1 (Apple TV+) – October 10th

Roofman (Theaters) – October 10th

Tron: Ares (Theaters) – October 10th

The Woman in Cabin 10 (Netflix) – October 10th

Splinter Cell: Deathwatch Season 1 (Netflix) – October 14th

The Diplomat Season 3 (Netflix) – October 16th

Black Phone 2 (Theaters) – October 17th

Good Fortune (Theaters) – October 17th

After the Hunt (Theaters) – October 17th

Frankenstein (2025) (Theaters) – October 17th

Queens of the Dead (Theaters) – October 24th

IT: Welcome to Derry Season 1 (HBO Max) – October 26th

Talamasca: The Secret Order Season 1 (AMC) – October 26th

Stitch Head (Theaters) – October 29th

Bugonia (Theaters) – October 31st