Poll: What Is Your Xbox Game Of The Year For 2025?

It's that time of year again! We're looking to crown a Pure Xbox Game of the Year for 2025, and in order to do that, we're going to need you to vote for the best Xbox games of the past 12 months — only the top ten will make the final cut!

Last year's winner ended up being Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, closely followed by Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2. Before that, the the 2023 winner was Starfield, the 2022 winner was Elden Ring, the 2021 winner was Halo Infinite, and the 2020 winner was Ori and the Will of the Wisps!

We'll publish the full top ten here at Pure Xbox around Christmas time, but we'll need a few days to put the results together — so we're asking if you can submit your votes by Wednesday, December 17th. If the game you want to vote for isn't in the poll below, write it in the comments instead and tell us how many points you would have given it.

Remember, your Game of the Year is the one you should give five points to!

There are so many potential winners this year, from a ton of Xbox first-party greats like Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2 to third-party classics such as Hollow Knight: Silksong and Split Fiction. Truth be told, we think it's going to be hard for anything to beat Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 though...

Bring on the votes, and may the best game win! If you haven't played enough games to vote for all five this year, that's not a problem - you just need to choose one game at a minimum in the poll down below.

What Is Your Xbox Game Of The Year For 2025? (5,597 votes)

  1. ARC Raiders3%
  2. Assassin's Creed Shadows3%
  3. Atomfall2%
  4. Avowed8%
  5. Ball x Pit2%
  6. Battlefield 63%
  7. Blue Prince2%
  8. Borderlands 42%
  9. Call of Duty: Black Ops 7  0.7%
  10. Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector  0.3%
  11. Clair Obscur: Expedition 3315%
  12. Cronos: The New Dawn  0.8%
  13. Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor1%
  14. Delta Force  0.2%
  15. Despelote  0.1%
  16. Digimon Story: Time Stranger  0.6%
  17. DOOM: The Dark Ages6%
  18. Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD Remake  0.4%
  19. Dying Light: The Beast  0.8%
  20. EA Sports College Football 26  0.1%
  21. EA Sports FC 26  0.2%
  22. Elden Ring Nightreign  0.4%
  23. Eternal Strands  0.3%
  24. Final Fantasy XVI1%
  25. Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles  0.6%
  26. Frostpunk 2  0.1%
  27. Gears of War: Reloaded1%
  28. Grounded 2  0.7%
  29. Helldivers 22%
  30. Hell is Us  0.3%
  31. Heretic + Hexen  0.3%
  32. Hollow Knight: Silksong2%
  33. Jurassic World Evolution 3  0.3%
  34. Keeper2%
  35. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 24%
  36. Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii  0.8%
  37. Lost Records: Bloom & Rage  0.2%
  38. Madden NFL 26  0.1%
  39. Mafia: The Old Country1%
  40. Marvel Cosmic Invasion  0.5%
  41. Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater  0.6%
  42. Monster Hunter Wilds  0.5%
  43. Monster Train 2  0.2%
  44. Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection  0.2%
  45. NBA 2K26  0.1%
  46. Ninja Gaiden 2 Black  0.5%
  47. Ninja Gaiden 42%
  48. Ninja Gaiden Ragebound  0.2%
  49. Octopath Traveler 0  0.3%
  50. PowerWash Simulator 2  0.7%
  51. Ready Or Not  0.5%
  52. Rematch  0.2%
  53. RoadCraft  0.2%
  54. RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business  0.7%
  55. Routine  0.2%
  56. Shinobi: Art of Vengeance  0.5%
  57. Sid Meier's Civilization VII  0.2%
  58. Silent Hill 22%
  59. Silent Hill F1%
  60. Skate  0.1%
  61. Sniper Elite: Resistance  0.8%
  62. Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds  0.6%
  63. South of Midnight4%
  64. Split Fiction2%
  65. Terminator 2D: No Fate  0.5%
  66. The Alters  0.8%
  67. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered3%
  68. The First Berserker: Khazan  0.4%
  69. The Outer Worlds 25%
  70. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4  0.8%
  71. Two Point Museum  0.4%
  72. Warhammer 40K: Space Marine Master Crafted Edition  0.4%
  73. Wuchang: Fallen Feathers  0.7%
  74. WWE 2K25  0.2%
  75. Other (tell us in the comments below!)  0.3%