It’s harder than ever for a new video game to crack the top of the most-played list. According to the Circana Player Engagement Tracker and video game market analyst Mat Piscatella, in 2025, the top ...

Honorable mentions/games I didn’t play enough of for proper top 20 consideration: Drywall Eating Simulator, Eternal Strands, ...

On Xbox, the top five most-played games for 2025 in the US in order were Fortnite, Call of Duty, GTA V, Minecraft, and Roblox ...

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To that end, Kotaku ‘s top games of 2025 list this year will go back to straddling the Goldilocks GOTY middle ground of 12 best games. We are still ranking them and describing why each made the cut, ...

The games that fell out of the top 10 this year are: Doom (1993), Minecraft, Persona 5 Royal, and Half-Life 2. New to the top ...

Yesterday Apple revealed the top Apple Arcade downloads of the year, alongside its top charts for iPhone apps and non-Arcade games. The most popular Arcade titles seem to point to a surprisingly ...

One of the first things that stands out when looking at the best Nintendo Switch 2 games is how balanced […] This post, ...