Best 2025 Video Games for AI behavior

#1 Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
4.7

AI and NPC behavior were praised for believable reactions, routines, crime responses, and increased sophistication over the first game.

Pros: soundtrack quality, fun factor

Cons: checkpoint system, family friendliness

#2 Arc Raiders
4.6

Reviewers generally praised Arc enemies as unusually intelligent, dangerous, and unpredictable, though one review noted moments where enemies lose track or navigate poorly.

Pros: frame rate stability, platform-specific feature support

Cons: voice acting, writing quality

#3 Absolum
4.5

AI behavior received limited but positive support for enemy responses that punish careless play.

Pros: mission design, world interactivity

Cons: quest design, endgame content

#4 Ghost of Yōtei
4.5

Enemy perception receives positive attention where stealth is described as sound-driven, with enemies reacting to audio as well as sight.

Pros: movement feel, environmental detail

Cons: puzzle design, age appropriateness

#5 Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
4.1

Enemy AI drew positive notes when reviewers noticed smarter or more active opponents, though the praise was modest rather than central.

Pros: emotional impact, polish

Cons: bug frequency, crash stability

#6 Borderlands 4
4.0

AI behavior has limited scored evidence, but enemies are credited with making the player adapt to tactics in memorable ways.

Pros: sandbox freedom, art direction

Cons: polish, save system reliability

#7 Digimon Story Time Stranger
4.0

Auto-battle AI was positively noted as capable of clearing straightforward fights, especially during grinding.

Pros: atmosphere, world-building

Cons: HUD clarity, fast travel convenience

#8 Assassin's Creed Shadows
3.8

AI behavior gets qualified praise for reacting to sound and light, though one reviewer noted stealth AI can still be cheesed.

Pros: environmental detail, cross-save support

Cons: writing quality, enemy variety

#9 Avowed
3.5

Enemy AI was considered serviceable but not especially smart; later impressions suggested fights remain engaging without feeling brain-dead.

Pros: tutorial quality, level design

Cons: stealth mechanics, endgame content

#10 The Outer Worlds 2
3.1

Enemy AI was sharply split between smart tactical behavior and complaints about idling, aggro, detection, or rough enemy decisions.

Pros: world-building, mission design

Cons: mission variety, enemy variety

#11 Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
2.8

Enemy AI is a repeated weak spot, with reviewers noting it is not especially sharp even when combat remains fun.

Pros: animation quality, facial animations

Cons: quest design, AI behavior

#12 Capcom Fighting Collection 2
2.8

AI behavior is a minor concern in Power Stone 2 ranked, where CPU players can affect rank outcomes.

Pros: emotional impact, sound design

Cons: cross-play support, boss design

#13 Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
2.7

Enemy AI is divisive: some reviewers found it over-tuned or basic, while one credited it as sharper than the original.

Pros: world interactivity, sandbox freedom

Cons: crash stability, learning curve

#14 Civilization VII
2.6

AI impressions varied sharply, from weak challenge and war-happy behavior to later praise that AI had become smarter or more competent.

Pros: animation quality, controls responsiveness

Cons: matchmaking quality, user interface design

#15 Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
2.5

AI behavior draws criticism where arcade opponents appear to block and counter nearly everything immediately.

Pros: emotional impact, animation quality

Cons: enemy variety, server reliability

#16 Atomfall
2.5

AI behavior was a major concern, with many complaints about dumb, inconsistent, or exploitable enemies, balanced by a few positive notes on warning behavior and faction reactions.

Pros: art direction, frame rate stability

Cons: boss design, camera behavior

#17 Little Nightmares III
2.1

AI behavior leaned negative due to glitches, slow combat responses, and partner mistakes, though a few reviews described only mild clunkiness.

Pros: load times, haptic feedback integration

Cons: save system reliability, aiming precision

#18 Monster Hunter Wilds
2.0

AI behavior drew criticism where mount and monster pathing broke down, especially when navigation systems got stuck or failed to react cleanly.

Pros: art direction, cross-play support

Cons: dialogue quality, monetization fairness

#19 Silent Hill f
2.0

Enemy AI was criticized in IGN’s written and video reviews for being easy to exploit by breaking line of sight or skipping encounters.

Pros: voice acting, emotional impact

Cons: family friendliness, menu usability

#20 Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake
2.0

One reviewer criticized the automated battle behavior, saying the AI made poor choices rather than feeling genuinely wise.

Pros: visual effects quality, environmental detail

Cons: AI behavior, level design

#21 Elden Ring Nightreign
2.0

Enemy AI was criticized as confused when multiple human players overwhelm standard encounters.

Pros: emotional impact, visual effects quality

Cons: crash stability, cross-play support

#22 Mario Kart World Review
2.0

AI behavior drew negative evidence where computer racers and rubber-banding were described as harsh or frustrating.

Pros: animation quality, sound design

Cons: difficulty balance, AI behavior

#23 The First Berserker: Khazan
2.0

AI behavior is criticized where it appears, with one review calling it braindead.

Pros: core gameplay loop, controls responsiveness

Cons: mission design, learning curve

#24 Battlefield 6
1.8

AI behavior was one of the most criticized areas, especially in the campaign.

Pros: haptic feedback integration, performance optimization

Cons: pacing, microtransaction impact

#25 Kirby Air Riders
1.5

One reviewer strongly criticized CPU behavior as too random for difficulty settings to matter.

Pros: flying mechanics, exploration quality

Cons: AI behavior, boss design

#26 Pokémon Legends: Z-A
1.0

AI behavior drew harsh criticism in one review for pathfinding and battle behavior problems.

Pros: crash stability, gameplay mechanics

Cons: AI behavior, monetization fairness