Ranking by year

The best games of 2025.

87 games compete in this selection. Hollow Knight: Silksong tops it with 1,963 points: the ranking comes from player votes alone, and moves with every duel settled.

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In detail

The best games of 2025, what this ranking says

Hollow Knight: Silksong leads this selection with 1,963 ELO points, ahead of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Kingdom Come: Deliverance II. The 87 games competing in it have played 8,209 duels.

This selection in figures
Games competing in this selection	87
Duels played by those games	8,209
Game in the lead	Hollow Knight: Silksong (2025)
Score of the leading game, in ELO points	1,963
Point gap between 1st and 10th	365
Best represented genre	Action RPG
Last reading	September 18, 2026

The best game of every genre in 2025

A selection is not read in one block: here is what leads each of its brackets.

The best game of every genre in 2025
Genre	Games competing	In the lead	ELO score	Duels played
Action RPG	21	Kingdom Come: Deliverance II	1,690	207
Platformer	7	Donkey Kong Bananza	1,638	89
TPS	8	ARC Raiders	1,611	142
FPS	7	Doom: The Dark Ages	1,606	139
Roguelite	8	Hades II	1,600	203
Simulation	5	My Summer Car	1,482	75

What moved this week

The ranking changes with every duel settled. Over the past seven days, the score of 84 games in this selection moved.

What moved this week
Game	Points gained in 7 days	ELO score
EA Sports FC 26	+67	1,419
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers	+65	1,568
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond	+59	1,638

The most contested match-ups

These pairs of games have faced each other more than any others in this selection.

The most contested match-ups
Wins	Against	Duels played	Win rate
Ball x Pit	R.E.P.O.	3	67%
Blue Prince	R.E.P.O.	3	67%

How this ranking is established

No jury, no press score, no sales figures: two games face off, players vote, and every vote updates an ELO score. This page is a view of the world ranking, never a standing kept apart.

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FAQ

What players ask

What is the best game of 2025?

According to community votes, the best game of 2025 is Hollow Knight: Silksong, with 1,963 ELO points in the world ranking. It stands ahead of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, and its place is replayed with every duel.

How many games of 2025 are ranked?

87 games of this selection take part in the duels, and they have played 8,209 of them so far. The full site catalogue is much wider: only games kept for their fame enter the running.

Which game of 2025 is climbing right now?

EA Sports FC 26 is the strongest climb in this selection over the past seven days, with 67 ELO points gained. Over the same period, the score of 84 games in the selection moved.