The best games of 2025
Games released in 2025, ranked by their combined critic and player score on IGDB. Kingdom Come: Deliverance II leads with 93/100, followed by Hollow Knight: Silksong and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
Updated · Data from IGDB.com
Ranking
- Rank 1
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
February 4, 2025 · RPG, Simulator, Adventure
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- Switch 2
- PC
Score 93 271 ratings - Rank 2
Hollow Knight: Silksong
September 4, 2025 · Platform, Adventure, Indie
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- Switch 2
- PC
- Switch
- PS4
- Xbox One
- Mac
- Linux
Score 91 517 ratings - Rank 3
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
April 24, 2025 · RPG, Turn-based strategy, Adventure
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- PC
Score 89 976 ratings - Rank 4 Score 90 249 ratings
- Rank 5
Hades II
September 25, 2025 · RPG, Hack and slash, Adventure
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- Switch 2
- PC
- Switch
- Mac
Score 91 175 ratings - Rank 6 Score 91 123 ratings
- Rank 7 Score 91 86 ratings
- Rank 8 Score 89 129 ratings
- Rank 9
Dispatch
October 22, 2025 · Point-and-click, Strategy, Adventure
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- Switch 2
- PC
- Switch
- browser
Score 86 304 ratings - Rank 10 Score 88 108 ratings
- Rank 11 Score 85 275 ratings
- Rank 12 Score 85 135 ratings
- Rank 13
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
August 28, 2025 · Shooter, Tactical, Adventure
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- PC
Score 88 65 ratings - Rank 14 Score 85 165 ratings
- Rank 15
Monster Hunter Wilds
February 28, 2025 · RPG, Hack and slash, Adventure
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- Switch 2
- PC
Score 85 76 ratings - Rank 16 Score 90 29 ratings
- Rank 17 Score 82 154 ratings
- Rank 18 Score 83 91 ratings
- Rank 19
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
June 5, 2025 · Puzzle, Adventure
- Switch 2
Score 100 13 ratings - Rank 20 Score 82 108 ratings
- Rank 21
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
August 29, 2025 · Platform, Hack and slash
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- Switch 2
- PC
- Switch
- PS4
- Xbox One
Score 89 28 ratings - Rank 22 Score 84 51 ratings
- Rank 23
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound
July 31, 2025 · Platform, Hack and slash, Adventure
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- PC
- Switch
- PS4
- Xbox One
Score 86 38 ratings - Rank 24 Score 80 183 ratings
- Rank 25 Score 81 78 ratings
- Rank 26 Score 80 106 ratings
- Rank 27 Score 87 23 ratings
- Rank 28 Score 84 35 ratings
- Rank 29 Score 83 40 ratings
- Rank 30
Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist
January 22, 2025 · Platform, RPG, Adventure
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- PC
- Switch
- PS4
- Xbox One
Score 85 26 ratings - Rank 31 Score 79 152 ratings
- Rank 32 Score 82 48 ratings
- Rank 33 Score 91 14 ratings
- Rank 34 Score 79 126 ratings
- Rank 35
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
September 17, 2025 · Shooter
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- Switch 2
- PC
- Switch
- iOS
- Android
Score 81 46 ratings - Rank 36 Score 80 69 ratings
- Rank 37 Score 87 18 ratings
- Rank 38 Score 84 24 ratings
- Rank 39 Score 87 18 ratings
- Rank 40 Score 89 15 ratings
- Rank 41 Score 89 14 ratings
- Rank 42 Score 80 43 ratings
- Rank 43
Digimon Story: Time Stranger
October 3, 2025 · Puzzle, RPG, Adventure
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- Switch 2
- PC
- Switch
Score 82 29 ratings - Rank 44
Two Point Museum
March 4, 2025 · Simulator, Strategy, Indie
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- Switch 2
- PC
- Mac
- Linux
Score 85 19 ratings - Rank 45 Score 86 17 ratings
- Rank 46 Score 87 15 ratings
- Rank 47 Score 84 21 ratings
- Rank 48
Ball x Pit
October 15, 2025 · Shooter, Indie, Arcade
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- Switch 2
- PC
- Switch
- Mac
- iOS
- Android
Score 79 61 ratings - Rank 49 Score 80 39 ratings
- Rank 50
Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter
September 19, 2025 · RPG, Turn-based strategy, Adventure
- PS5
- Switch 2
- PC
- Switch
Score 84 21 ratings
How this ranking works
We start from IGDB's average score, which combines critic reviews with player ratings. So that a game with a handful of votes can't overtake one rated by hundreds of people, the order uses a weighted average: the fewer votes a game has, the closer its score is pulled towards a neutral 70. That's why a game with a higher score can sit below one with more ratings.
The list includes full games, remakes, remasters and standalone expansions released in 2025, with at least one critic review and five player ratings. DLC, ports and special editions are left out. What counts is the first release date on any platform, so an older game that has just arrived on a new console doesn't appear.
The list updates automatically every month with data from IGDB.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the best game of 2025?
According to this ranking, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, with a score of 93/100 on IGDB from 271 ratings. It is followed by Hollow Knight: Silksong (91/100) and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (89/100). Data as of October 8, 2026.
Which other 2025 games stand out?
Rounding out the top 10 are Split Fiction, Hades II, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Donkey Kong Bananza, Blue Prince, Dispatch, and Ghost of Yotei. The full list of 50 games is on this page.
How often is the list updated?
Once a month, to pick up ratings that keep arriving after the release year. The date of the last update is shown at the top of the page.
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