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🎮 Best Video Games of 2025-2026

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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 15 🗡️ RPG 30 🌍 Adventure 18 🗺️ Open World 5 🔫 Shooter 12 ⚽ Sports 8 ♟️ Strategy 6 🍄 Platformer 7 🎛️ Simulation 8 🥊 Fighting 4 👻 Horror 8 🎨 Indie 20 🪂 Battle Royale 3 🛡️ MOBA 2
36 games · 2024-2026

🔥 Most Played Games

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt #1 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
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
Grand Theft Auto VI #3 9.8
Grand Theft Auto VI
Action · 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
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild #4 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
Red Dead Redemption 2 #5 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
Stardew Valley #6 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
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
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom #8 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
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
The Last of Us #11 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
Astro Bot #12 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
Resident Evil 4 Remake #13 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
Persona 5 Royal #14 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
Portal 2 #15 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
Super Mario Odyssey #16 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
God of War Ragnarök #17 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
Minecraft #18 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
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
Outer Wilds #21 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
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 #22 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
Split Fiction #23 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
Bloodborne #24 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
Balatro #25 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
It Takes Two #26 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
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe #27 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
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice #28 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
Half-Life 2 #29 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
Grand Theft Auto V #30 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
Factorio #31 9.2
Factorio
Strategy · 2020
You build automated factories on a hostile planet until your conveyor belt is a work of art. Dangerously addictive.
PC Switch
Ori and the Will of the Wisps #32 9.2
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Platformer · 2020
The sequel widens the world, improves combat and keeps the emotion raw. Moon Studios polished everything that already worked.
Xbox Series PC Switch
Inside #33 9.2
Inside
Indie · 2016
A boy moves through a monochrome dystopian world without a single word of explanation. Playdead perfects the Limbo formula.
PS4 Xbox One PC Switch
NieR: Automata #34 9.2
NieR: Automata
RPG · 2017
Androids, existential philosophy and multiple endings that change what you thought you knew. Yoko Taro's absolute cult hit.
PS5 Xbox Series PC Switch
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End #35 9.2
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Action · 2016
Nathan Drake's farewell: cinematic adventure, shootouts and Hollywood-grade set pieces. Naughty Dog in its element.
PS5 PC
Metaphor: ReFantazio #36 9.2
Metaphor: ReFantazio
RPG · 2024
The Persona creators go fantasy with a political, elegant JRPG. Style to spare and polished turn-based combat.
PS5 Xbox Series PC
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