While 2025 has been a great year for video games thanks to numerous releases and even a new console so far, it looks like Assassin’s Creed Shadows is leading the charts in Europe when it comes to sales for games released this year. According to a report by The Game Business, Ubisoft’s open-world title has beaten out games like Split Fiction, Monster Hunter Wilds, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, and Mario Kart World to lead the charts for 2025 releases.
According to the report, there have been a total of 71 million games sold in 2025 across PC and consoles in Europe, which marks a 6 percent drop over the same period from 2024. This data accounts for sales having taken place up to July 28. Of the 71 million game sales, 52 million were digital copies, while 19.7 million were physical copies. These are 3 percent and 9 percent reductions over the previous year, and around 74 percent of games sold this year in Europe have been digital, which, when it comes to percentages, is a 2 percent rise from 2024.
The best-selling game in Europe in 2025 has been EA Sports FC 25. The title was released back in 2024, and taking it into account, Assassin’s Creed Shadows currently sits in the number 2 spot for game sales overall in Europe across PC and consoles. The top 20 sales chart, which you can check out below, also include other games released this year, including The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, Elden Ring: Nightreign, and Nintendo Switch 2 launch title Mario Kart World. It is worth noting that digital sales data for Nintendo games hasn’t been revealed.
The data, coming from official European charts company GSD, also interestingly omits Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. It was noted as being missing because publisher Kepler Interactive hasn’t shared sales data for the game with GSD. An analyst from GSD, Sam Naji, also revealed some details about how game spending has changed for PC and consoles over the year.
In his analysis, Naji said that the first 19 weeks of 2025 saw spending drop by 2 percent compared to 2024, down to €1.33 billion, while the number of copies sold dropped by 9 percent. He attributed this to the average price of games having gone up by around 8 percent, with gamers spending an average of €29 per game, when compared to 2024’s average of €27 per game. He also noted that digital spending had gone up by 8 percent compared to a 6 percent drop in number of units sold, attributing it to a 15 percent rise in average price for digital games – €22 to €25 per game.
Best Selling Games in Europe for 2025 Across PC and Consoles:
- EA Sports FC 25 (EA)
- Assassin’s Creed Shadows (Ubisoft)
- Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar)
- Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros)
- Split Fiction (EA)
- Monster Hunter Wilds (Capcom)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Activision Blizzard)
- Mario Kart World (Nintendo)
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 (Plaion)
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered (Bethesda)
- Star Wars Battlefront 2 (EA)
- Elden Ring: Nightreign (Bandai Namco)
- It Takes Two (EA)
- Grand Theft Auto Online (Rockstar)
- NBA 2K25 (2K Games)
- F1 25 (EA)
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege (Ubisoft)
- Mario Kart 8: Deluxe (Nintendo)
- Battlefield 1 (EA)
