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 Marathon
3.3

Enemy AI is dangerous, aggressive, and often smart enough to flank, pressure, or expose players to rival squads. Balance has shifted through patches, and some players still find the bots...

Pros: world interactivity, voice acting

Cons: menu usability, HUD clarity

#11 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

#12 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

#13 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

#14 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

#15 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

#16 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

#17 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

#18 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

#19 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

#20 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

#21 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

#22 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

#23 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

#24 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

#25 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

#26 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

#27 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