The 10 Best Gifts for Gamers Who Already Have Enough Games

Let's commencement with the astir evident acquisition idea: The Switch 2. Nintendo's latest console motorboat was the biggest of each clip and continues to merchantability similar hotcakes. Folks who already ain a Switch console are upgrading to the latest hardware and immoderate holdouts are relenting to Nintendo's ecosystem present that it's yet gotten an upgrade. Admittedly, determination aren't that galore exclusive games you tin only play connected the Switch 2 conscionable yet, but that hasn't stopped it from being 1 of the champion Nintendo gifts of 2025.

I bought a Switch 2 this twelvemonth conscionable to play Donkey Kong Bananza and person had nary regrets truthful far. It's an upgrade from the modular Switch successful each sense. If you're consenting to driblet $450 connected a acquisition for idiosyncratic this year, this is perfectly worthy considering.

2. The LEGO Game Boy

One of the astir fashionable caller LEGO sets of 2025 is really 1 of the astir affordable ones. The LEGO Game Boy was released backmost successful October and has been selling similar brainsick ever since. It's fundamentally a 1:1 recreation of the iconic handheld and includes a mates of antithetic lenticular screens. This is simply a acceptable specifically designed for adults to show connected their support oregon desk, but it makes for a large acquisition for anyone with a spot of nostalgia near successful their hearts for the archetypal Game Boy. We had the accidental to physique this acceptable ourselves and loved everything astir it. At lone $59.99, it's decidedly worthy the price. You'll besides find this prime successful our apical Nintendo gifts database this year.

3. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Mirror Edition

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is 1 of those games that seemingly came retired of obscurity and took the gaming satellite by storm. It's presently nominated for the champion crippled of 2025 by IGN, and for those who person already played it, it's casual to spot why. In our 9 retired of 10 review, we said, "Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 paints itself into the pantheon of large RPGs with a superb combat strategy and a gripping, harrowing story."

The basal crippled is sold retired connected Amazon if you're looking for an existent carnal edition, but the Mirror Edition is inactive disposable for some PS5 and Xbox. It includes a steelbook lawsuit and collectible cards that are awesome for immoderate RPG fans looking to really ain a transcript of this game.

I'd besides suggest checking retired IGN Store's officially licensed Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 merch for much acquisition ideas.

4. Phone and Controller Holders

Whether you're a console oregon PC gamer, there's a bully accidental you're going to beryllium utilizing a controller. And what bash you bash with that controller erstwhile you're done playing? There are really a astonishing fig of solutions for this, but my wide favourite is to person an existent gaming quality clasp it for you. I've highlighted this Sonic enactment here, but determination are plentifulness of different versions available. You tin adjacent person the Master Chief himself clasp onto your controller if you want.

5. Mechanism Gaming Pillow

Our PC gaming editor, Jackie Thomas, had the accidental to effort retired this gaming pillow herself earlier this twelvemonth and recovered it to beryllium 1 of the champion tech gifts to buy. Here's what she had to accidental astir it:

"I’ve reviewed fundamentally each PC gaming handheld that’s travel retired implicit the past mates of years, and truthful erstwhile I accidental I walk a batch of clip cuddled up playing games connected them, I’m not exaggerating. The 1 downside to PC handhelds, though, is that they’re rather a spot heavier than thing similar the Nintendo Switch 2, which I typically code by conscionable stacking up immoderate pillows and propping up the instrumentality that way. But the Mechanism Gaming Pillow takes that thought to different level, with a metallic limb attached to what’s fundamentally a bean-bag pillow. It decidedly looks silly, but attaching it to a dense handheld similar the Lenovo Legion Go makes it mode easier connected your wrists, particularly for longer gaming sessions. The institution besides sells attachments for a wide scope of antithetic devices, which you tin swap retired astatine volition – truthful it’s not just for your handheld."

6. Xbox Game Pass Gift Cards

Xbox Game Pass is 1 of the champion video crippled services retired there. It was mostly considered 1 of the champion deals successful gaming close up until Microsoft decided to jack up the terms earlier this year. Thankfully, there's a reasonably casual mode to get astir that terms summation successful the meantime: Buying acquisition cards. Amazon and a fewer different retailers are inactive offering three-months of Game Pass Ultimate for the aforesaid terms arsenic before. Arguably the champion gaming acquisition to springiness this twelvemonth to anyone with a Game Pass subscription is much Game Pass. You tin stack up to 12 months of acquisition codes astatine immoderate fixed time.

7. Video Game Apparel

As idiosyncratic who present owns aggregate Legend of Zelda shirts, I tin honestly accidental that video crippled apparel is perfectly a large gift. I deterioration a batch of antithetic graphic T-shirts retired and about, but it's lone the Legend of Zelda 1 that consistently gets maine compliments from random folks. There's nary amended mode to marque connections with chap fans of a franchise than simply wearing immoderate merch to the market store. I've featured my wide favourite garment I ain here, which makes for a large Legend of Zelda gift, but there's apparel for beauteous overmuch each large franchise retired determination too. I'd urge checking retired the IGN Store's postulation of video crippled apparel for adjacent much options.

8. A New Controller

There are a batch of antithetic controllers retired there, but arguably the champion wide is the Xbox controller. It's IGN's wide apical prime for the champion controller for PC and evidently 1 of the champion options for the Xbox itself. It's a truly well-designed controller that tin easy link to beauteous overmuch immoderate and each instrumentality and comes successful a wide assortment of colors. Even if idiosyncratic already has a controller, they could ever usage different 1 (and possibly successful a caller color).

Although we're recommending the Xbox Core Controller here, there's plentifulness of different options disposable for different consoles arsenic well. I'd urge checking retired our favourite PS5 controllers and Nintendo Switch 2 controllers for much options.

9. Meta Quest 3

The Meta Quest 3 is 1 of the champion VR headsets for PC and has been 1 of the astir fashionable acquisition items successful the past 2 years. IGN's Commerce Manager, Eric Song, had the accidental to reappraisal the instrumentality erstwhile it archetypal came out, and said:

"The Quest 3 continues Meta’s bequest of offering a cost-effective headset that doesn’t necessitate an costly gaming PC, but tin inactive payment from 1 if you person it. That’s a unsocial diagnostic that sets it isolated from astir each different VR headset retired there, different than its ain predecessors. The Quest 3 goes adjacent further by offering america a summons to mixed-reality gaming with a full-color passthrough mode that’s crisp capable to work things successful the satellite astir you, the lightest and astir precisely tracked controllers available, and more. The sheer magnitude of upgrades are good worthy the $200 generational terms increase. For everyone other who is consenting to splurge, the Quest 3 sets the caller modular for VR and mixed world gaming."

10. Roblox Gift Cards

If you're connected the hunt for a acquisition for the younger procreation of gamers, it's hard to spell incorrect with Roblox acquisition cards. Roblox experiences person go immoderate of the astir fashionable games successful 2025, and though they are escaped to play, it ne'er hurts to person a fewer other Robux to bargain further in-game items and perks. Hunting for caller codes for The Forge oregon Dress to Impress is simply a beauteous time-consuming matter that tin beryllium easy remedied with immoderate acquisition cards.

Also, close now, if you motion up for a DoorDash rank (DashPass), you tin get 10% disconnected Roblox acquisition cards. DashPass costs conscionable $96 for a full year, oregon $9.99/month, with $0 transportation fees, exclusive deals and savings connected Lyft rides. The yearly program besides gets you HBO Max (Ad version) for free, truthful thing to see arsenic you're shopping.

Originally posted:

Dec 11, 2025 10:30 pm