Assassin’s Creed Shadows is the highest-selling new game of 2025

The top 20 best-selling games throughout Europe have now been revealed. Despite much negativity surrounding Ubisoft, Assassin's Creed Shadows still managed to beat out every other major release so far this year.

The Game Business has published its list of the top 20 best-selling games of the year, focused exclusively on the European market. Assassin's Creed Shadows currently holds the number one spot, unless you count EA FC 25, which actually released last year, but has still managed to out-sell every game released in 2025. Soon, EA FC 25 will be replaced by this year's game, EA FC 26.

Speaking of older games dominating the sales chart – Grand Theft Auto V is still a top 3 game, 12 years on from the game's original release on Xbox 360 and PS3. Red Dead Redemption 2 also continues to do well, holding the number four spot.

Here is the full top 20:

1. EA Sports FC 25 (EA)
2. Assassin’s Creed Shadows (Ubisoft)
3. Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar)
4. Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar)
5. Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros)
6. Split Fiction (EA)
7. Monster Hunter Wilds (Capcom)
8. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Activision Blizzard)
9. Mario Kart World (Nintendo)
10. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 (Plaion)
11. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered (Bethesda)
12. Star Wars Battlefront 2 (EA)
13. Elden Ring: Nightreign (Bandai Namco)
14. It Takes Two (EA)
15. Grand Theft Auto Online (Rockstar)
16. NBA 2K25 (2K Games)
17. F1 25 (EA)
18. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege (Ubisoft)
19. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe (Nintendo)
20. Battlefield 1 (EA)

In the case of Nintendo, both Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart World would likely be even higher in the list, but Nintendo only reports physical sales for these games, while every other publisher on the list reports both digital and physical game sales.

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