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Highest-rated video games of the year as of October 2025, based on Metascore

Game (release year)	Metacritic score
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (Jun 2025)	95
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (Jun 2025)	95
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Apr 2025)	92
Blue Prince (Apr 2025)	92
Hollow Knight: Silksong	91
Split Fiction (Mar 2025)	91
Donkey Kong Bananza (Jul 2025)	91
The Talos Principle: Reawakened (Apr 2025)	90
Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter (Sep 2025)	90
despelote (May 2025)	89

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September 2025

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Survey time period

January to October 2025

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based on Metacritic Metascore; wider industry metrics may vary

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According to Metacritic:
"The Metascore is a single score that represents the critical consensus for games, movies, TV shows and albums. We curate a diverse group of highly respected critics and assign scores to their reviews. The weighted average of those scores results in a single number and color, the Metascore."

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Released in April 2025, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was the highest-rated new video game of the year based on aggregate critic score. The role-playing video game was developed by Sandfall Interactive and published by Kepler Interactive and generated a Metascore of 92. However, the Nintendo Switch 2 releases of the previously released titles The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild claimed the first and second places with 95 points each.