Steam has released its list of the 100 top-selling games from January 1st to December 1st in 2025, and Xbox has a title on every tier.
In an extensive list, full of familiar titles, Steam has given us a comprehensive breakdown of its 100 top-selling games of 2025. They’ve tiered each ranking with Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum as the naming convention.
BRONZE (51st to 100, not in order)
We have Street Fighter 6, The Elder Scrolls Online, Wuthering Waves, F1 25, Hearts of Iron IV, Phasmaphobia, Umamusume Pretty Derby, NBA 2K26, World of Warships, Runescape: Dragonwilds, ARMA Reforger, Where Winds Meet, No Man’s Sky, Limbus Company, Wallpaper Engine, Dynasty Warriors Origins, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time, Black Myth WUKONG, Total War: Warhammer III, Hogwarts Legacy, Black Desert, Final Fantasy XIV, Sons of the Forest, Europa Universalis IV, Stardew Valley, Naraka Bladepoint, Crusader Kings III, REMATCH, Ark: Survival Ascended, Risk of Rain 2, Ghosts of Tsushima, The First Descendant, Deltarune, It Takes Two, Diablo IV, Rimworld, Digimon Story: Time Stranger, RV There Yet, LOST ARK, Overwatch 2, Stellaris, ANNO 117: Pax Romana, Farming Simulator 25, MARVEL’s Spider-Man 2, Fallout 76, DOOM: The Dark Ages, Euro Truck Simulator 2, Team Fortress 2, Palworld, & Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel.
Mama mia, there’s half the list, not in listicle form as Google hates that.
Silver (25-50th, not in order)
Throne & Liberty, Peak, Stellar Blade, Destiny 2, Inzoi, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II, Path of Exile, Rainbow Six Siege X, Grand Theft Auto V, Once Human, Ready or Not, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Forza Horizon 5, Rust, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Dune Awakening, NBA 2K25, Civilization VII, War Thunder, Dispatch, EA Sports FC 25, Dying Light: The Beast, The Sims 4, Delta Force, & Elden Ring.
A surprising amount of older games coming through via a mix of microtransactions and constantly being on sale. For a late release, Dying Light: The Beast did amazingly well, showing that the franchise has legs.
Gold (13-24th, not in order)
Elden Ring: Nightreign, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Baldur’s Gate III, SPLIT/FICTION, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, EA Sports FC 26, Cyberpunk 2077, Red Dead Redemption II, Warframe, Dead by Daylight, & Helldivers II.
Heck of a list. Not a bad game among them, with some of my favorites of all-time in the mix. It’s impressive to see BG3 and HD2 still going so strong, especially as the former has no microtransactions.
Platinum (The top 12, not in order)
- R.E.P.O.
- PUBG Battlegrounds
- Borderlands 4
- Battlefield 6
- MARVEL Rivals
- DOTA 2
- Schedule I
- Counter-Strike 2
- ARC Raiders
- Monster Hunter Wilds
- Apex Legends
- Call of Duty
Even in a down year, Call of Duty manages to be a big-time money maker on Steam. The CCUs were the focus, but money was made. Battlefield 6 had an insanely fast start, though it has dipped dramatically in player counts since launch. ARC Raiders is holding strong, and the typical money-laundering titles from Valve are all still there
It is funny how Valve and their lootboxes/gambling games like CS2 and DOTA 2 fly under the gaming media radar so often. There are literally billions of dollars that flow through those titles, with Counter-Strike 2 being one of the most played games on the planet every single day.
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