Even though it feels like 2025 ended a while ago, the Entertainment Software Association’s Canada branch, or the ESA Canada for short, has revealed Canada’s top 20 best-selling games for all of 2025, with five developed in Canada by either the project lead or support studios working on any of those titles.
While released later in the year, Battlefield 6 took the number one spot, as the game brought the series back, and players leaned more into EA’s shooter than Call of Duty offered. The rest of the rankings sees many of the usual sports titles and single-player games taking a variety of spots in the top 20, with a hockey game, NHL 26, taking the number 2 spot; such an on-brand ranking for our hockey-loving country.
It looks like Ghost of Yōtei is selling really well for Sony as the PlayStation exclusive, even only on one platform, made it into 2025’s top 10 at the number 9 spot in ESA Canada’s rankings. Nintendo exclusives such as Pokémon Legends: Z-A and Donkey Kong Bananza also made the top 20. ESA Canada underscores that video games are a major driver of the country’s economy, contributing over $5.5 billion to Canada’s GDP annually. ESA Canada compiled the annual list, with data for its top 20 produced in collaboration with the marketing research firm Circana (formerly the NPD Group and IRI).
The full list of ESA Canada’s 2025 top-selling games in Canada rankings is listed below.
- Battlefield 6 (PC, PS5 & Xbox Series X|S) – Canadian Developed
- NHL 26 (PS5 & Xbox Series X|S) – Canadian Developed
- Monster Hunter Wilds (PC, PS5, & Xbox Series X|S)
- Borderlands 4 (PC, PS5 & Xbox Series X|S)
- EA Sports FC 25 (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, & Xbox Series X|S) – Canadian Developed
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, & Xbox Series X|S) – Canadian Developed
- NBA 2K26 (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S & Nintendo Switch)
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered (PC, PS5, & Xbox Series X|S)
- Ghost of Yōtei (PS5)
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 (PC, PS5, & Xbox Series X|S)
- Split Fiction (PC, PS5, & Xbox Series X|S)
- Minecraft (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, iOS & Android)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, & Xbox Series X|S) – Canadian Developed
- Pokémon Legends: Z-A (Nintendo Switch & Nintendo Switch 2)
- Forza Horizon 5 (PC, PS5, & Xbox Series X|S)
- Elden Ring Nightreign (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S)
- Civilization 7 (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, & Nintendo Switch)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (PC, PS4 & Xbox One)
- Grand Theft Auto V (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S)
- Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo Switch 2)
Just like when Donkey Kong Bananza took the top best selling spot in its launch month of July 2025 and ,Pokémon Legends: Z-A taking the number 2 spot in October 2025, ESA Canada notes that the digital sales of both Nintendo exclusives have been omitted for the 2025 rundown.
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Author: 360 Technology Group
