Most anticipated games of 2025

Grand Theft Auto VI leads the Video Games 2025 ranking with 1499 ELO points over 395 duels, ahead of Assassin's Creed Shadows and Ghost of Yotei.

The podium reveals a commanding lead: Grand Theft Auto VI sits 130 ELO points ahead of Assassin's Creed Shadows, the sharpest gap in the ranking and a testament to the franchise's enduring pull. With a 74 percent win rate, the Rockstar title dominates its matchups. Ghost of Yotei holds third with 1352 points and a 61 percent win rate, followed by Mafia: The Old Country at 1274 and Kingdom Come: Deliverance II at 1260. The gap between first and second dwarfs the intervals below, suggesting a clear consensus at the top. At the bottom, Judas lands at rank 24 with 1055 points, while Civilization VII and 2XKO occupy the penultimate spots with 1081 and 1090 points respectively. The spread suggests a community drawn to blockbuster action and open-world exploration, less convinced by strategy franchises or experimental offerings.

This ranking draws from 5652 duels across 76 players, weighing 24 contenders as of 12 October 2026. Cast your own vote and shift the standings: every duel refines the list and surfaces the games the community wants most. The final order depends on your choices.

Updated on October 12, 2026

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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