Mest populära spelen 2025

Alinea Analytics has presented an analytical report summarizing the results of 2025, highlighting the most successful game releases and the financial achievements of the Steam platform.

According to the collected data, the most popular release of 2025 was the shooter Battlefield 6. The game managed to attract over 26 million players, while sales of the standard edition exceeded 20 million copies.

Second place in the ranking was taken by the skate. reboot, which experts described as a true cultural phenomenon. Thanks to its free-to-play model, the game was able to attract around 23 million users. The top three was completed by the unexpected hit R.E.P.O., which gathered 19.6 million users and confirmed strong demand for cooperative horror games.

The top five most popular games of the year also included the climbing simulator PEAK and the football simulator EA Sports FC 26. PEAK attracted more than 15 million Steam users, largely due to its built-in voice chat and the active spread of memes on social media. At the same time, EA Sports FC 26 delivered mixed results: copy sales declined by 15%, but overall revenue increased thanks to the intensive monetization of the Ultimate Team mode.

As for Steam, the gaming platform’s revenue in 2025 reached $17.7 billion, which is 15% higher compared to the previous year. Analysts emphasized that, contrary to common belief, the main share of revenue—78%—was generated by premium games rather than free-to-play projects. The indie segment accounted for 25% of total turnover, equivalent to approximately $4.5 billion.

Among independent releases, the strongest financial results were demonstrated by Schedule I, R.E.P.O., PEAK, Escape from Duckov, and the long-awaited Hollow Knight: Silksong. The combined revenue of these five games exceeded $500 million.

The report also provides data on sales of other notable releases of the year. Expedition 33 sold 6.1 million copies and received an additional surge in popularity after winning at The Game Awards 2025. The action game Monster Hunter Wilds nearly reached the mark of 11 million copies sold. Meanwhile, Split Fiction surpassed 5 million copies sold, with more than one-third of its total audience coming from the Chinese market.

The presented statistics demonstrate that 2025 turned out to be a very successful year for the gaming industry.