Game of the Year Readers 2025
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Every year, we ask the Push Square community to vote for their favourite titles of the last 12 months — and it's always exciting to read through the results!

In this article, we'll be listing the top 20 PS5 games of 2025, according to you lot. The community vote also has a direct influence on our overall Game of the Year rankings, which, at the time of writing, are still being published day by day.

Just for reference, here are the previous winners of our community Game of the Year vote, dating back to 2018:

But what will take the crown here in 2025? There's only one way to find out!

This time around, a whopping 7,631 votes were cast across a total of 50 PS5 titles. Readers were asked to vote for up to five games in total, with a weighted points system in place to keep things fair.

And so, without further ado, here's your top 20...

20. Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter - 121 votes (2%)
19. The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered - 124 votes (2%)
18. Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles - 142 votes (2%)
17. Cronos: The New Dawn - 144 votes (2%)
16. Mafia: The Old Country - 148 votes (2%)
15. Dispatch - 160 votes (2%)
14. Blue Prince - 172 votes (2%)
13. DOOM: The Dark Ages - 181 votes (2%)
12. ARC Raiders - 185 votes (2%)
11. Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater - 194 votes (3%)
10. Battlefield 6 - 213 votes (3%)
9. Assassin's Creed Shadows - 228 votes (3%)
8. Split Fiction - 231 votes (3%)
7. Silent Hill F - 240 votes (3%)
6. Hollow Knight: Silksong - 243 votes (3%)
5. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle - 297 votes (4%)

Bronze Trophy: Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 - 420 votes (6%)

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2

Assuming they're actually good, immersive RPGs will almost always assemble a hardcore audience — those who have lived and breathed the game for tens of even hundreds of hours.

And let's face it, they don't come much better than Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. One of the year's most highly rated releases, this bigger — and widely considered better — follow-up to Warhorse's medieval debut is utterly engrossing at its best.

Packed with memorable side stories and all kinds of mental diversions, Henry's quest to regain his glory is deep, demanding, and often comically mundane. It's an historical romp that won't be for everyone, but get stuck in, and you'll seriously struggle to pull yourself away. Like standing in a massive mud puddle.

Silver Trophy: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach - 607 votes (8%)

Death Stranding 2

Although it's very much built on the existing bones of the first Death Stranding, Kojima Productions' bombastic sequel still manages to offer up surprise after surprise. It's a truly jaw-dropping game at times, and we mean that in far too many ways to count.

From its frankly absurd story beats to its crazy boss fights, Death Stranding 2 pulls out all the stops to deliver (pun intended) one of the most memorable experiences on PS5.

Benefitting massively from a more freeform gameplay structure while also refusing to get bogged down in the kind of convoluted cutscenes that could hold its predecessor's pacing back, Death Stranding 2 feels supremely confident in its crazy tone and incredibly polished presentation.

Gold Trophy: Ghost of Yotei - 829 votes (11%)

Ghost of Yotei

Some questions were raised about Sucker Punch's decision to move on from Jin Sakai — Ghost of Tsushima's lead — and jump forward in Japanese history a few hundred years, but judging by its place on this Game of the Year list, Ghost of Yotei turned out alright in the end.

This is another iterative sequel, but the developer does an excellent job of expanding on everything that the first game did well. Exploration feels far more organic, combat was given additional depth through new weapon types, and the boss battles... well, they're intense.

As a fluid open world experience, we think Yotei's really difficult to fault. Like its predecessor, it expertly weaves more meditative activities with bloody bouts of combat, resulting in a beautifully crafted slice of samurai fiction.

Platinum Trophy: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - 946 votes (12%)

Clair Obscur Expedition 33

Fun fact right off the bat: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is the first non-Sony release to win our readers' Game of the Year award. And if that's not high praise, we don't know what is.

Granted, the RPG wasn't that far ahead of its closest competitor, Ghost of Yotei, in terms of votes — but let's not forget that this year has offered up so many great titles. To climb to the top of this particular pile is some achievement.

Expedition 33 looked potentially special when it was first revealed, and there was clear excitement as we approached its release date. But even then, it seemed to shatter any and all expectations.

It brought a delightfully haunting European tone to the classic structure of a JRPG — and it blew up in ways that developer Sandfall Interactive could never have imagined. It's a triumph across the board; from the project's relatively meagre budget came an emotional story, endearing characters, creative visuals, engaging combat, and a soundtrack that simply never stops giving.

In other words, a worthy winner.

Do you agree with the Push Square community's top 20 PS5 games of 2025? Are there any titles that you think have been overlooked? Thanks to everyone who voted, and do try to be nice in the comments section below.