🥇 Game of the Year 2025: The Best Games

Long-awaited sequels landed, and a couple of newcomers walked straight past them. These are 2025's highest-rated releases, ranked by combined critic and player scores, with a vote threshold high enough to keep the list honest.

1. 1

   Kingdom Come: Deliverance II2025

   93 / 100Role-playing (RPG)SimulatorAdventure
2. 2

   Donkey Kong Bananza2025

   92 / 100PlatformAdventure
3. 3

   Death Stranding 2: On the Beach2025

   91 / 100ShooterAdventure
4. 4

   Hollow Knight: Silksong2025

   91 / 100PlatformAdventureIndie
5. 5

   Hades II2025

   91 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Hack and slash/Beat 'em upAdventure
6. 6

   Split Fiction2025

   90 / 100PlatformPuzzleAdventure🛋️ Split-screen up to 2
7. 7

   Clair Obscur: Expedition 332025

   89 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Turn-based strategy (TBS)Adventure
8. 8

   Blue Prince2025

   89 / 100PuzzleStrategyAdventure
9. 9

   Ghost of Yotei2025

   88 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Adventure
10. 10

    Dispatch2025

    86 / 100Point-and-clickStrategyAdventure
11. 11

    ARC Raiders2025

    86 / 100Shooter
12. 12

    Mario Kart World2025

    85 / 100RacingAdventure
13. 13

    Doom: The Dark Ages2025

    85 / 100Shooter
14. 14

    Deltarune2025

    84 / 100MusicPuzzleRole-playing (RPG)
15. 15

    The Alters2025

    83 / 100SimulatorAdventure