🎮 Best Sports Games of 2025-2026

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.

7 games · Sports

🔥 Best Sports games

⚽ #1 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

⚽ #2 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

⚽ #3 8.6

Gran Turismo 7

Sports · 2022

Sony's driving sim returns to its roots. For genuine car lovers, a playable love letter.

PS5 PS4

⚽ #4 8.6

Rocket League

Sports · 2015

Football with rocket cars. Sounds absurd, works incredibly, and the skill ceiling is sky-high. Free and eternal.

PS5 Xbox Series PC Switch

⚽ #5 7.8

F1 24

Sports · 2024

Official Formula 1 with its career mode and the series' most refined physics. Every tenth counts on the grid.

PS5 Xbox Series PC

⚽ #6 7.6

EA Sports FC 25

Sports · 2024

FIFA's heir is still the king of virtual football. Ultimate Team, career mode and the community's eternal complaints.

PS5 Xbox Series PC Switch

⚽ #7 7.4

NBA 2K25

Sports · 2024

The most complete basketball sim there is, dragged down by microtransactions. On the court, unbeatable.

PS5 Xbox Series PC Switch