Black Friday 2025 Game Deals on Elden Ring, KCD 2, sports hits, and more

Black Friday 2025 is unusually generous to anyone who waited to catch up on this year’s games. Large parts of the current release slate are already down to half price or less, while a few slightly older standouts have dropped to what is effectively budget territory.

Instead of listing every single discount, it’s more useful to separate the deals that meaningfully change the value of a game from the ones that are modest cuts on brand‑new releases. The focus here is on games that either hit 50% off or more, or that stand out for quality relative to their new price.

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The table below pulls together the clearest “no‑brainer” cuts: major releases with discounts of roughly 50% or more, plus a few slightly smaller cuts on games that are already priced lower than the usual $69.99 new‑release standard.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 and the “new big RPG” tier

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 sits right at the center of this year’s Black Friday wave. It is a long, historically grounded RPG set in 15th‑century Bohemia, built around first‑person combat, slow‑burn storytelling, and a simulation‑heavy open world that reacts to what you wear, how you fight, and whose side you choose. It is also one of 2025’s Game of the Year nominees, which makes the current price even more notable.

On PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, the standard edition is down to roughly $30, which is a cut of about 57 percent from the usual $69.99 launch price. That puts it in a different category to the usual “$10 or $15 off” you see on late‑year releases. For anyone who missed it at launch and is comfortable with methodical combat and lots of reading, this discount turns it from a cautious buy into a relatively low‑risk experiment.

There is also a Gold Edition on console that bundles a cosmetic kit and an expansion pass covering several story DLCs. That version has been discounted too, though not as sharply as the base game. The value case is still strongest if you start with the standard edition now and only step up to DLC once you know the tone and pacing work for you.

Elden Ring and Elden Ring Nightreign

Elden Ring has been steadily discounted over the past few years, but hitting $19.99 on console with a listed 60 percent cut from $49.99 is still a line in the sand. This is the full base game, not a budget re‑issue. For anyone who bounced off earlier FromSoftware titles but is curious what the fuss is about, this is the cleanest entry point you are likely to see for a while.

The newer Elden Ring Nightreign focuses on multiplayer action and co‑op, tightening the scale while doubling down on systems that reward coordination and aggressive play. It launched at a lower price than many full releases, around $39.99, and drops to roughly $24.99–$25 for Black Friday. That is only a 38 percent discount on paper, but given the already lower ceiling, it lands in the same psychological space as a deep cut on a bigger title.

If you want a long solo campaign, the base Elden Ring at $20 remains the obvious pick. If you already know you like the feel of FromSoftware combat and want something tuned around playing with friends, Nightreign becomes the more interesting Black Friday target.

Sports games: 2026 seasons at 2023 prices

EA and 2K have been unusually aggressive with their annual sports slate in 2025. Madden NFL 26, EA Sports FC 26, and NBA 2K26 are all sitting at $29.99 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, and in most cases Nintendo Switch 2 as well. That is roughly 57 percent off the standard $69.99 launch tag, within months of release.

In practice that means the current‑season NFL, world football, and NBA titles now cost less than many indie games and older remasters. If you rotate through these series every few years instead of buying annually, this is the moment to refresh your sports stack. Just note the platform caveats: some PC and Switch editions sit slightly above that $29.99 mark.

F1 25 rounds out the sports side at $34.99, or 50 percent off. It continues the simulation‑heavy Formula 1 template with updated cars and circuits, and at this price it slides out of “niche motorsport interest only” and into range for anyone with a passing curiosity about modern F1.

Action and adventure: Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Doom, and more

The action‑adventure and shooter categories are also well represented in the mid‑30‑dollar band.

• Assassin’s Creed Shadows is half‑price on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S at around $34.99–$35. It finally shifts the series to Japan and lets you bounce between two protagonists with different approaches to stealth and combat. Reviews have pointed to some rough edges in systems and performance, but at half‑price it becomes an easier recommendation for anyone who drifted away after the last few sprawling entries.
• Doom: The Dark Ages leans into a medieval‑inflected take on Doom’s movement and gunplay. On Xbox, the digital version is about $35, a full 50 percent cut; physical console copies at Target hover closer to $40. Either way, it is a notably quick drop for a heavily marketed shooter.
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered carries a smaller reduction — roughly $33.50 on Microsoft Store for Xbox, or $40 on physical copies — but that is a relatively early break for a remaster that only recently appeared. The core game remains a 2000s RPG underneath, but the new version smooths technical roughness and makes it easier to run on current hardware.

These prices reshape expectations: the Black Friday question is less “Is this worth full price?” and more “Is there enough here to justify a mid‑tier impulse buy?” For Shadows and Doom, the answer leans yes if you already like the franchise baseline and were mainly held back by the cost.

Horror and atmospheric games: Silent Hill and Little Nightmares

Two different flavors of horror discount well this year.

Silent Hill 2, the modern remake, drops to about $29.99 on console. That is roughly 40 percent off the listed $49.99 and brings a fully rebuilt version of one of the genre’s most influential games into the same price range as many AA releases. It adds new combat encounters, updated visuals, and fresh secrets on top of the original skeleton.

Silent Hill f is newer and stranger, with a heavier emphasis on story and multiple endings. At $49.99–$50 from its launch height of $69.99, it is not as dramatic a cut as some, but it is unusual to see a narrative horror entry in a marquee series discounted this quickly. It suits players who prioritize atmosphere and narrative over tight mechanical execution.

On a smaller scale, Little Nightmares III trims down from $39.99 to $29.99. It does not hit the same heights as the first two games, but the addition of online co‑op and some new twists on the series’ puzzle‑platforming makes it easier to justify at this lower price.

Dragon Ball and other character‑driven action

The anime‑licensed end of the market often sees steep discounts, and 2025 is no exception.

Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero — effectively a successor to the Budokai Tenkaichi line of 3D arena fighters — is down to $29.99 from $59.99. Its strengths are exactly what you would expect: a huge roster that spans eras, flashy effects, and a campaign that lets you replay the series’ big moments from different characters’ perspectives.

At full price, criticisms around balance and online longevity matter more. At half price, the proposition shifts; it becomes a couch‑multiplayer toy box first and a competitive platform second. For many players, especially those who mostly care about local matches and spectacle, that trade‑off is easier to accept at $30.

How to prioritize what to buy

With so much on sale at once, it is easy to treat the entire Black Friday window as urgency by default. In practice, there are clear tiers of how time‑sensitive these prices are likely to be.

• Unusual cuts on very new premium games. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 at $30, Monster Hunter Wilds at $30, Assassin’s Creed Shadows at $35, and Doom: The Dark Ages at $35–$40 all fall into this bucket. Deep discounts this close to launch are often tied directly to the Black Friday window.
• Steady “evergreen” drops. Elden Ring at $19.99, Horizon Forbidden West hovering around $19.99, and long‑running sports games at 50–60 percent off are likely to resurface in seasonal sales later. They are excellent prices, but not necessarily one‑week‑only events.
• Remasters and remakes. Oblivion Remastered and Silent Hill 2 are still in the early phase of their pricing curve. Expect these cuts to improve over the next year, but not necessarily to return to this exact configuration if you skip them now.

A simple way to filter is to ask two questions for each game:

• Is this the first time it has dropped this far?
• Will I realistically play it in the next three months?

If the answer is yes to both, it is a strong Black Friday pick. If not, you are effectively pre‑ordering your backlog at a discount — which can still make sense, but is no longer the kind of value that defines the event.

Black Friday 2025 does not radically change the shape of the year’s release slate, but it does compress a lot of decision‑making into a handful of numbers. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 at $30, Elden Ring at $20, and a spread of current‑season sports games under $35 are the clearest examples of the price floor dropping in a way that is hard to ignore. The rest comes down to how much time you have, and how much of it you want to spend in Bohemia, the Lands Between, or a packed F1 grid.