The Best-Selling Physical Games in Europe in the First Half of 2025

In the first half of 2025, no game sold more copies in physical retail in Europe than EA Sports FC 25. This was followed by Assassin's Creed Shadows and Minecraft. However, in Germany and Austria, a Nintendo game topped the charts.

EA Sports FC 25 was the best-selling boxed video game in Europe in the first six months of 2025. The football game from Electronic Arts topped the charts in twelve of the seventeen countries surveyed, including Italy, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and Spain.

Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Shadows came second in the six-month rankings, proving particularly popular in France (first place) and Belgium and Finland (second place). The long-selling Minecraft took third place, receiving an additional boost from the cinema release of A Minecraft Movie. Other high-performing games included Super Mario Party Jamboree, which topped the charts in Germany and Austria, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, which is set in medieval Bohemia, took first place in the Czech Republic and second place in Slovakia.

These cross-platform, six-monthly game charts were compiled by GfK Entertainment. They are based on sales of video and PC games in the physical market in the following countries: Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Finland, France, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Slovakia, Spain, the Czech Republic and Hungary.

Top 3 Console and PC Games in Europe from January to June 2025 (cross-platform)

Overall

1. EA Sports FC 25 (Electronic Arts)
2. Assassin's Creed Shadows (Ubisoft)
3. Minecraft (Nintendo/U&I Ent./Sony/Microsoft)

Belgium

1. EA Sports FC 25
2. Assassin's Creed Shadows
3. Minecraft

Denmark

1. EA Sports FC 25
2. Minecraft
3. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Germany

1. Super Mario Party Jamboree
2. EA Sports FC 25
3. Minecraft

Norway

1. EA Sports FC 25
2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
3. Minecraft

Slovakia

1. EA Sports FC 25
2. Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
3. GTA V

Finland

1. Minecraft
2. Assassin's Creed Shadows
3. EA Sports FC 25

Austria

1. Super Mario Party Jamboree
2. Minecraft
3. EA Sports FC 25

Spain

1. EA Sports FC 25
2. Minecraft
3. Assassin's Creed Shadows

France

1. Assassin's Creed Shadows
2. EA Sports FC 25
3. Minecraft

Portugal

1. EA Sports FC 25
2. Minecraft
3. GTA V

Czech Republic

1. Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
2. EA Sports FC 25
3. Minecraft

Italy

1. EA Sports FC 25
2. Minecraft
3. GTA V

Sweden

1. EA Sports FC 25
2. Minecraft
3. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Hungary

1. EA Sports FC 25
2. GTA V
3. Assassin's Creed Shadows

Netherlands

1. EA Sports FC 25
2. Minecraft
3. Super Mario Party Jamboree

Switzerland

1. EA Sports FC 25
2. Minecraft
3. Super Mario Party Jamboree

United Kingdom

1. EA Sports FC 25
2. Hogwarts Legacy
3. Assassin's Creed Shadows

Best-selling Console and PC Boxed Games in Germany in the First Half of 2025, Organised by Platform

Super Mario Party Jamboree was the best-selling game across all platforms. Mario Kart World is the best-selling Switch 2 game, ahead of Cyberpunk 2077 and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Assassin's Creed Shadows is the best-selling game on both the PS5 and the Xbox Series X|S. However, on PC, the Ubisoft game is beaten by Farming Simulator 25.

Germany Overall

1. Super Mario Party Jamboree (Nintendo)
2. EA Sports FC 25 (Electronic Arts)
3. Minecraft (Nintendo/U&I Entertainment/Sony)

Switch 2

1. Mario Kart World
2. Cyberpunk 2077
3. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

PS4

1. EA Sports FC 25
2. GTA V
3. Red Dead Redemption 2

Switch

1. Super Mario Party Jamboree
2. Minecraft
3. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Xbox Series X|S

1. Assassin's Creed Shadows
2. EA Sports FC 25 3 Split Fiction

PS5

1. Assassin's Creed Shadows
2. Split Fiction
3. EA Sports FC 25

PC

1. Farming Simulator 25
2. Assassin's Creed Shadows
3. Sid Meier's Civilization VI

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