Gradius Origins

Gradius Origins is an arcade game developed by M2 Co.,LTD and released in 2025. It was published by Konami. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 31 achievements to unlock.

Gradius Origins holds a critic score of 88 out of 100. That places it above 93% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 10 points above the year average.

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5 6400, 8 GB RAM and Intel HD Graphics 530 nVidia Geforce GT730. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 3GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

Full requirements and PC checker →

Gradius Origins launched on 7 August 2025, within three weeks of Mafia: The Old Country, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Donkey Kong Bananza and Wuchang: Fallen Feathers. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Mafia: The Old Country, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Donkey Kong Bananza, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers.

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Gradius Origins yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

Know one? Send it in and we will test it →