Here Are The Top Games Of 2025, Ranked By Gamers

2025 was an eventful year for indie and AAA gaming alike—but what were the actual most-played new releases of 2025? Sales and Steam charts can only tell so much of the story by themselves, but Alinea Analytics have published a report with a strong estimate on the top games by players in 2025 across Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox platforms including MS Store/PC Game Pass.

The top 15 is full of familiar names we've covered this year, with the FPS genre rounding out the top and bottom—EA's Battlefield 6 reigns supreme at #1 cross-platform, with 23.8 million players. Meanwhile, ARC Raiders, developed and published by Embark Studios with some funding from Korean giant Nexon, rounds out the list at #15 with 6.7 million players. On PC, both titles have been praised for their high fidelity without sacrificing high performance, and they also enjoyed healthy ...