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🎮 Best Video Games of 2025-2026

Honest take on the most played titles — platforms, ratings and real opinions

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Here you won't find numerical scores from press outlets or system requirements. What you'll find are the games people are actually playing right now, the ones being talked about in chat, and the ones worth knowing even if you're not a lifelong gamer. Some are from 2024, some from 2025, a couple are 2026 launches. All of them are worth your time.

🎮 All 💥 Action 14 🗡️ RPG 29 🌍 Adventure 18 🗺️ Open World 5 🔫 Shooter 11 ⚽ Sports 7 ♟️ Strategy 6 🍄 Platformer 7 🎛️ Simulation 8 🥊 Fighting 4 👻 Horror 8 🎨 Indie 20 🪂 Battle Royale 3 🛡️ MOBA 2
36 games · 2024-2026

🔥 Most Played Games

Grand Theft Auto VI #1 9.8
Grand Theft Auto VI
Acción / Mundo abierto · 2025
The long-awaited sixth installment in Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto franchise. Returns to Vice City featuring the series' first female protagonist. The most ambitious Rockstar game to date with an unprecedented open world.
PS5 Xbox Series X|S PC
Baldur's Gate 3 #2 9.8
Baldur's Gate 3
RPG · 2023
Larian turned tabletop D&D into an RPG where you can genuinely do (almost) anything. Three acts of pure freedom.
PS5 Xbox Series PC
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt #3 9.8
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
RPG · 2015
Geralt hunts for Ciri in an open world where even side quests are better written than most films. The benchmark for modern RPGs.
PS5 Xbox Series PC Switch
Red Dead Redemption 2 #4 9.8
Red Dead Redemption 2
Open World · 2018
The twilight of the Wild West told with obsessive detail. Arthur Morgan is one of the finest characters the medium has produced.
PS4 Xbox One PC
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild #5 9.8
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Adventure · 2017
The game that redefined open worlds: climb any mountain you can see. Hyrule never invited you to get lost quite like this.
Switch Wii U
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom #6 9.7
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Adventure · 2023
The Breath of the Wild sequel lets you build impossible machines and break the game however you like. Boundless creativity.
Switch
Elden Ring #7 9.7
Elden Ring
Open World · 2022
FromSoftware meets George R.R. Martin: you die hundreds of times and come back for more. Open world suits the Souls formula perfectly.
PS5 Xbox Series PC
Stardew Valley #8 9.7
Stardew Valley
Simulation · 2016
You inherit grandpa's farm and suddenly it's 3am and you're still planting. Made by one person, and the love shows.
PS4 Xbox One PC Switch Móvil
Hades #9 9.7
Hades
Indie · 2020
You escape the underworld, die, try again, and the story advances with each death. The roguelike that hooked everyone.
PS5 Xbox Series PC Switch
Hollow Knight #10 9.6
Hollow Knight
Indie · 2017
A metroidvania made by three people that puts hundred-strong studios to shame. Hallownest is melancholic, vast and gorgeous.
PS4 Xbox One PC Switch
Minecraft #11 9.6
Minecraft
Simulation · 2011
Fifteen years on, still the biggest playground on the internet. You start with a shack and end with a working computer.
PS5 Xbox Series PC Switch Móvil
God of War Ragnarök #12 9.6
God of War Ragnarök
Action · 2022
Kratos and Atreus against the end of the Norse world. Punchy combat, father and son, a finale worthy of the 2018 reboot.
PS5 PS4 PC
Super Mario Odyssey #13 9.6
Super Mario Odyssey
Platformer · 2017
Mario throws his cap, possesses enemies and tours wild kingdoms. 3D platforming at its most imaginative and playful.
Switch
Portal 2 #14 9.6
Portal 2
Platformer · 2011
Portal puzzles, Valve's dark humor and a memorable co-op. Few games make you feel this clever.
PS3 Xbox 360 PC
Persona 5 Royal #15 9.6
Persona 5 Royal
RPG · 2019
Phantom thieves with the sharpest visual style in JRPGs. School by day, dungeons by night, and a killer soundtrack.
PS5 Xbox Series PC Switch
Resident Evil 4 Remake #16 9.6
Resident Evil 4 Remake
Horror · 2023
Remaking an untouchable classic and improving it. Leon returns to the village, the tension is fresh, and the charm remains.
PS5 Xbox Series PC
Astro Bot #17 9.6
Astro Bot
Platformer · 2024
The platformer that reminded Sony it can make mascots. Pure joy, ideas galore, and a love letter to PlayStation.
PS5
The Last of Us #18 9.6
The Last of Us
Action · 2013
Joel and Ellie cross a United States ravaged by a fungus and by people. Naughty Dog turned a survival game into a character drama that defined an era.
PS5 PS4 PC
Disco Elysium #19 9.6
Disco Elysium
RPG · 2019
An alcoholic detective, zero combat, and the best writing in any game. Your own mind is the worst enemy.
PS5 Xbox Series PC Switch
Celeste #20 9.5
Celeste
Platformer · 2018
Climbing a mountain becomes the best-told metaphor for anxiety in gaming. Hard, fair, and a soundtrack that hugs you.
PS4 Xbox One PC Switch
Grand Theft Auto V #21 9.4
Grand Theft Auto V
Open World · 2013
Three robbers, a huge city, and an online mode that's made Rockstar money for a decade. The sandbox that won't die.
PS5 Xbox Series PC
Half-Life 2 #22 9.4
Half-Life 2
Shooter · 2004
Twenty years on, its physics and environmental storytelling still teach lessons. City 17 was a turning point.
PC Xbox
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice #23 9.4
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Action · 2019
FromSoftware swaps shields for perfect parries. Harder and faster than Souls: learn the rhythm or die.
PS4 Xbox One PC
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe #24 9.4
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Sports · 2017
The definitive kart racer: the one you bring out when friends visit, still selling years later. Blue shells included.
Switch
It Takes Two #25 9.4
It Takes Two
Adventure · 2021
Mandatory co-op that reinvents its mechanics every level. It won GOTY and genuinely never repeats itself.
PS5 Xbox Series PC Switch
Balatro #26 9.4
Balatro
Indie · 2024
Poker fused with roguelike that ate 2024. You start a quick run and suddenly three hours have passed.
PS5 Xbox Series PC Switch Móvil
Bloodborne #27 9.4
Bloodborne
RPG · 2015
The most aggressive, gothic Souls, exclusive to PlayStation. Yharnam is a Victorian nightmare you won't want to leave.
PS4
Split Fiction #28 9.4
Split Fiction
Adventure · 2025
The new co-op from the It Takes Two creators. Two writers leap between fantasy and sci-fi without pause.
PS5 Xbox Series PC
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 #29 9.4
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
RPG · 2025
A French turn-based JRPG with real-time parrying and dazzling art direction. The surprise of 2025.
PS5 Xbox Series PC
Outer Wilds #30 9.4
Outer Wilds
Adventure · 2019
Twenty-two minutes until the sun explodes, then start over with everything you've learned. A knowledge puzzle without equal.
PS5 Xbox Series PC Switch
The Last of Us Part II #31 9.2
The Last of Us Part II
Action · 2020
Naughty Dog dared to make players uncomfortable and split the fandom in two. Technically staggering, narratively brave.
PS5 PS4
Terraria #32 9.2
Terraria
Adventure · 2011
Like a 2D Minecraft but with far more to explore and fight. Hundreds of hours of digging, building and battling.
PS4 Xbox One PC Switch Móvil
Forza Horizon 5 #33 9.2
Forza Horizon 5
Sports · 2021
Arcade driving through a gorgeous, huge Mexico. The prettiest and most accessible car festival around.
Xbox Series PC
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim #34 9.2
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
RPG · 2011
Re-released a thousand times and we've bought it a thousand times. You're the Dovahkiin with an arrow to the knee.
PS5 Xbox Series PC Switch
Dark Souls III #35 9.2
Dark Souls III
RPG · 2016
The trilogy finale that taught the world to die with dignity. Unforgettable bosses and a magnetic ruined world.
PS4 Xbox One PC
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate #36 9.2
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Fighting · 2018
Every fighter in Nintendo history in one game. The most complete party fighter ever made.
Switch
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