List Of Most And Least Grossing Games Of 2025

Most And Least Grossing Games: 2025 has been a year of so many game launches. From stand-alone titles to series games, from small games to AAA titles, games that were highly anticipated but turned into utter disappointment to those that were not even talked about before launch but were a huge hit after their release. From Indie games ruling the world of gaming to legacy games turning out to be not so impactful. A regular gamer knows what kind of year 2025 has been for game launches. But haven’t we already talked about it so much? Then why not talk about something different this time? Like how well all these games have earned?

Because, believe it or not, games are also considered successful based on how much money they have earned. Which means, no matter how bad the gameplay, music, characters, storyline, or visuals of the game are, if it has earned a lot of money due to audience hype, then it’s a hit. This makes it even more important to know which game has earned how much money to understand was it even worth it? So, let’s find out the list of maximum grossing and least grossing online games of 2025.

Highest grossing games of 2025

Battlefield 6:

The number 1 position in highest grossing games of 2025 has been backed by Battlefield 6. Released on 10th October 2025, Battlefield 6 is one of the top revenue-generating games globally of the previous year (especially on PC). That’s not all. The game is also the best-selling game of 2025 in the U.S. Its strong multiplayer feature, massive franchise fan following, and great gameplay worked wonders. And therefore crowned the game as number 1 grosser of the year 2025.

EA Sports FC 26:

The second spot has been backed by EA Sports FC 26. Released on 26th September 2025, The Electronics Arts sports Fan club was effortlessly able to manage its football dominance across the internet. The game has been named as the top grossing console game of 2025, thanks to the global esports fan base.

Monster Hunter Wilds:

Talking about the third game on this spot, Monster Hunter Wilds was crowned as the top revenue-generating game in 2025 for Steam platform. Released on 28th February 2025, the game witnessed huge launch sales due to its massive fan base available globally. The franchise ensured they don’t disappoint their loyal fans with a faulty game. In return, the huge fan base made sure the game landed on the highest grossing games’ list of the year.

ARC Raiders:

Not fully free, but Arc Raiders, the Embark Studios developer, was one of the top rankers as the best PC game of 2025. Released on 30th October 2025, its multiplayer-focused live-service model was the reason why the game was a huge hit and earned a decent amount of profit. However, since the game was released during the Halloween season, the festive spirit and holidays also brought a boast to this shooter game.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33:

When we are talking about the best grossing of 2025, how can we leave out the game that made the maximum buzz in 2025? Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was so good among players that it also won most of the nominations in The Game Awards 2025. Including the best game of the year. Talking about its revenue, the game’s strong RPG appeal made it one of the highest grossing of 2025. Released on 24th April 2025, the game maintained strong sales momentum throughout the year and even became a critically acclaimed online video game of 2025.

NBA 2K26:

The 6th position in this list has been backed by NBA 2K26. The sports game, released on 5th September 2025, is one of the consistently top-selling and high-earning games of the year in its genre. One of the reasons for its huge sales was also heavy micropayments due to its recurring spending model.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7:

Although Black Ops 7 was a bit of a controversial game because it received equally good and bad reviews from both critics and players, the game still managed to become one of the top revenue generators of the year. This surely happened because of its strong player base (thanks to the franchise) and impressive war zone ecosystem. Released on 14th November 2025, its long playtime and loyal fan base brought in more and more sales. Bringing the game to this list of most and least grossing games of 2025.

Civilization VII:

This one came out on 11th February 2025 and was welcomed with high expectations already. This made sure the game had great sales on its launch. On the top of that, Civilization VII had 6 DLCs and expansions to offer that brought in more sales. So much so that Civilization VII has been ranked as the top-selling title in multiple global gaming markets.

Lowest grossing games of 2025

MindsEye:

This one’s number one on our list and on the internet’s list as well, and the majority of the gamers know why. Mindseye, although released with decent anticipation, was the worst reviewed game of 2025. The game witnessed reviews like “infinite graphical glitches, poor voice over, a world that feels depressing, excessive cut scenes, terrible physics, clunky driving controls on the mouse” and what not. Released on 10th June 2025, the game witnessed commercial failure because of its poor reviews and ratings.

MechaBreak:

A mecha shooter game developed by Kingsoft’s subsidiary Amazing Seasun Games, MechaBreak became a commercial failure because of its crashing hardware and driver compatibility. The game had a powerful graphic setting. These settings, when they hit the ‘high precision’ mode, impose a lot of pressure on the GPU. Therefore, fully crashing the game and then its player base. Released on 1st June 2025, the game was one of the lowest grossing games of the year.

FBC: Firebreak:

Released on 17th June 2025, FBC: Firebreak is a first-person shooter game that had one of the lowest openings in its genre in 2025. The game had low player count and almost no hype when it launched. Its shallow gameplay didn’t interest gamers because the player count dropped drastically and resulted in low revenues.

Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion:

You know when a sequel to a game is awaited to be launched for a long time, the game automatically sees a lot of sales during its launch. That’s what happened with Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion. The sequel to Daemon X Machina, this one saw quite some sales when it was launched on 5th September 2025. But the game received mixed reviews in no time and therefore was unable to retain or attract gamers. All this led to the games’ underwhelming sales.

There’s more to the most and least grossing games

According to the sources, mobile games have majorly dominated the revenue market of 2025 as many games crossed $1B earnings annually. These games were not just those released in 2025 but in the previous years that witnessed continued sales in 2025.

Talking of console and PC gaming, these platforms still had strong sales with franchises like EA Sports FC & Battlefield. But if we look at the data, many games would not look like actual failures. They were the ones that just couldn’t recover their development costs and therefore suffered the consequences.

Also, did you know even though the online gaming industry is a pot full of gold, the majority of profit is earned by just 1% of the games released in an entire year? This is called the “winner-takes-most” model that was seen in the year 2025. In fact, according to the sources, up to 80% of games struggle to make meaningful revenue on platforms like Steam.

To Sum Up: Most And Least Grossing Games

Every year, so many games get released with different genres. Each game has a specific targeted platform where they wish to perform. Some are meant for mobile gaming, some for console gaming, others are launched for PC, and many are just live-streamed. But no matter the genre or the platform of the game, the game’s success is unpredictable. Because the ultimate decider of their fate is the audience. Which is why many games suffer a good number of failures, despite huge efforts by developers to make it work. While some earn so well both financially and in terms of review, despite any expectations. The profit and loss in the world of gaming works just like a game of gambling.

Well, we are done with presenting to you the lists of most and least grossing games of 2025. Now you do your work and let us know which games shocked you with their earnings and which ones were rightly predicted by you already? Stay tuned to mgcbuzz.com as we can bring you more such details to binge read on!

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