Skin Deep: Year End Roundup

21 Dec 2025 / Brendon

I thought I’d gather up some year-end writeups about Skin Deep:

PCGamer: Best Immersive Sim

PCGamer named their Game of the Year Awards, and Skin Deep was their BEST IMMERSIVE SIM OF 2025!

(additionally, the anecdotes described in this writeup have been some of my favorite anecdotes of Skin Deep)

Skin Deep is on GameSpot’s list of Best PC Games of 2025!

Skin Deep is on Green Man Gaming’s 10 Best Video Games of 2025!

Skin Deep is on Slant Magazine’s 25 Best Video Games of 2025!

Skin Deep was featured in GamesRadar’s Year In Review 2025, with perhaps my favorite headline ever.

I’m very proud of what we made together.

Skin Deep was a collaborative effort of artists, designers, programmers, writers, musicians, voice actors, and more sharing their incredible ideas, bringing in their personal experiences, and showcasing their expertise. I feel so fortunate to have made something alongside them.

Amazing things are possible when you allow a group of creative people to be creative. I believe Skin Deep is an example of that.

Thanks all!