As Xbox hikes game prices, the three highest-reviewed games of 2025 so far on Metacritic--Clair Obscur, Blue Prince, and Split Fiction--are all budget titles (Jason Schreier/Bloomberg)

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As Xbox hikes game prices, the three highest-reviewed games of 2025 so far on Metacritic—Clair Obscur, Blue Prince, and Split Fiction—are all budget titles  —  As Xbox announces a price hike, the year's best-reviewed games are all budget titles  —  Hi everyone.