Game Informer Readers Top 50 Games Of 2025

This year was absolutely overflowing with amazing games, but from our readers’ perspective, there was one very, very clear winner for game of the year. We used ranked positional voting – the Borda count method – to gather the results. Readers sent us their top five games of the year and 73% or respondents ranked Clair Obscur in their top five.

You can find your top 10 list below, as well as an additional 40 games. Thanks to everyone who sent us their top five list!

Sword of the Sea

50. The Roottrees Are Dead
49. Atomfall
48. Keeper
47. Mafia: The Old Country
46. Hell is Us
45. Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time
44. Absolum
43. Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
42. Sword of the Sea
41. The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy

The Alters

40. Ninja Gaiden 4
39. Lies of P: Overture
38. Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition
37. Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake
36. The Alters
35. Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
34. Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
33. Cronos: The New Dawn
32. Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
31. Digimon Story Time Stranger

South of Midnight

30. South of Midnight
29. Deltarune Chapters 3+4
28. Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
27. Peak
26. Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter
25. Assassin’s Creed Shadows
24. Monster Hunter Wilds
23. Elden Ring Nightreign
22. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
21. Ball x Pit

Split Fiction

20. Pokémon Legends: Z-A
19. Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles
18. Mario Kart World
17. Borderlands 4
16. Avowed
15. Doom: The Dark Ages
14. Silent Hill f
13. The Outer Worlds 2
12. Battlefield 6
11. Split Fiction

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

10. ARC Raiders
9. Blue Prince
8. Dispatch
7. Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
6. Donkey Kong Bananza
5. Ghost of Yōtei
4. Hollow Knight: Silksong
3. Hades II
2. Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
1. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33