Every year, Spotify Wrapped throws a new angle into the mix to keep us on our toes. As well as the obvious cataloging of our most played artists and songs – even though we swear we haven't even listened to Taylor that much – there's always a trick. In the past, it was about which location in the world best suited our tastes, or a burger made up of our most played genres (remember that?). This year it was our age.
Whether we were down with the kids or chop and uncle (and I hear from my younger colleagues that anyone who says 'down with the kids' is automatically unc), our tastes reflected our spiritual age as music listeners. Spotify arrived at this number by looking at the years you most often come from. Listen to a lot of '90s stuff and you're assumed to be in your 40s – which is weird considering what the '90s were ten years ago?
But it's a little different in games. Most of us have been playing modern games this year instead of digging out old copies of Jak and Daxter. However, not all modern games are created equal. Let's see how old your gaming soul is based on the games you've played this year.
10 – Roblox
You are the youngest person ever! Either that or you're a bogeyman who harasses real kids playing Roblox. Please don't be the last.
Note: Chuck Fortnite and Schedule 1 are also here.
15 – Frontier 4
Hey, someone must find this funny.
Confession – I happen to enjoy Borderlands quite a bit, despite being too old for it. However, the urge to get wet outweighs the cost.
20 – Arc Raiders
20 is one of the coolest ages you can be, and Arc Raiders has come out of nowhere as one of the best games of the year. But it's specifically cool in that anything a 20-year-old likes is cool – that is, it's gross.
A more niche shooter than its broad appeal would suggest, Arc Raiders has often found itself in the headlines for its push to be taken seriously as a legitimate Game of the Year contender, while also suffering from the kind of selfish community spirit that refuses the occasional support that might propel it to even greater glory.
25 – The Blue Prince
Fantasy is an incredibly popular genre in gaming, and Prince Charming represents the biggest fantasy a 25-year-old can imagine – owning a house.
30 – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Not only because of the appropriate titular age. If you liked Expedition 33, and most people did, you probably recommended it to people saying “and it's not even that long!”. That makes you old. And in today's modern age, 40 is not the new 20. 30 is the new 50.
If the biggest appeal of a game about confronting your mortality is that it doesn't take up too much of your all-too-precious time left on Earth, you're probably going through the existential quagmire known as “being 30.”
Split Fiction is another game aimed squarely at 30-somethings, and Avowed is another game whose selling point was “short.”
35 – Date Everything
Someone once said that Date Everything's answers are written like you're a white millennial who says she loves rap because she listens to Hamilton. The man was right.
The debauchery of this game is mostly presented in the same way as those incredibly mind-boggling fast food menus that have 'mom's dirty fries' topped with 'daddy's cream'. It's pretty fun if you're prepared not to take it seriously, but it tries so hard to be erotic that it ends up circling around. Welcome to the mid-30s dating pool!
Hades 2 and Dispatch also have this vibe, albeit to a much lesser extent.
40 – Ball x Pit
Remember when pinball was a thing? Remember when pixels were a thing? Those were the days! And they can be with Ball x Pit again. Ah, youth.
45 – Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7
The world has moved on and you are old! Deal with it. Call of Duty is now firmly in the realm of dad games, and while it remains a titan of the industry played by gamers of all ages, these screechy-voiced youngsters have grown into big, bearded enthusiasts who sound like they could actually support the various threats of violence that go hand-in-hand with playing Call of Duty.
Warzone would age you a bit, but realistically, the pinnacle of the shooter genre can now be found in shinier and more colorful games. The world you grew up in is gone.
EA FC 26 really should be in that club, but the lack of competition means it still has a guaranteed younger audience.
50 – Hollow Knight: Silksong
Tell us what it was like when the first Hollow Knight came out when you were a little boy grandpa? Tell us a saga of waiting and waiting and waiting that you endured.
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September 4, 2025
- ESRB
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Everyone 10+ / Fantasy violence, mild gore
- Developers
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Team Cherry
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Team Cherry
