Most Played Games on PlayStation and Xbox for 2025 are Nearly Identical to 2024 - News

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Senior Director and Video Game Industry Advisor at Circana Mat Piscatella has revealed the five most played games on PlayStation and Xbox in the US for 2025. The order of games are ranked by percent of the active panel by Circana.

The list for PlayStation in 2025 is identical to 2024, while for Xbox only the order of the top five games are different.

Top five most played games on PlayStation in 2025:

1. Fortnite
2. Call of Duty
3. Grand Theft Auto V
4. Roblox
5. Minecraft

Top five most played games on PlayStation in 2024:

1. Fortnite
2. Call of Duty
3. Grand Theft Auto V
4. Roblox
5. Minecraft

Top five most played games on Xbox in 2025:

1. Fortnite
2. Call of Duty
3. Grand Theft Auto V
4. Minecraft
5. Roblox

Top five most played games on Xbox in 2024:

1. Call of Duty
2. Fortnite
3. Minecraft
4. Grand Theft Auto V
5. Roblox

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can follow the author on Bluesky.

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G2ThaUNiT (on 07 January 2026)

That’s depressing lol. Maturing is realizing that if you play non-live service games, you're now in the minority.

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Koragg (on 08 January 2026)

All crap, except for Minecraft.

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dane007 (on 07 January 2026)

I hate multiplayer games as there's no story , no exploration.

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Pemalite dane007 (on 08 January 2026)

..Minecraft has plenty of exploration though?

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dane007 Pemalite (on 10 January 2026)

But no story. . Minecraft I don't mind as it's not multiplayer like fortnite or pubg or cod and so on. At Minecraft helps develop creativity

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Pemalite dane007 (on 10 January 2026)

Not all games need dialog (Written, verbal or otherwise) to create a story.

Super Metroid demonstrated this perfectly back 30 years ago, alien bounty hunter, exploring the depths of a planet... Exploring WAS the actual story.

Same goes for Minecraft.

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dane007 Pemalite (on 12 January 2026)

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rapsuperstar31 (on 07 January 2026)

And I didn't play any of those in 2025. I have played GTA V many years ago, but none of the others.

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LivncA_Dis3 (on 10 January 2026)

Lots of trash on the top 5

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Bizwas (on 08 January 2026)

Wow, the year on year shake-up that happened on the XBOX side of things is absolutely mind-boggling. Only Roblox kept its place in the top 5, the rest is utter chaos! How should any analyst have been able to predict that?

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