In January 2026, the official German gaming charts (published by game) were dominated by returning classics rather than new releases. Most of these were published by Electronic Arts, accounting for almost half of the top 20 games.
Popular games from recent years dominate the January 2026 charts at the start of the new year. EA Sports FC 26, which topped the charts last month, remains in first place. It is followed by two games from Rockstar: Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2. Five titles are making a comeback in the charts: EA Sports UFC 5, A Way Out, Fallout 4, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and Star Wars Battlefront II. Fallout has benefited from the second season of the Amazon Prime series. A similar trend is evident with Ubisoft's Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, which rises from 13th to 6th place thanks to the release of the third film in the franchise. There are no new entries in the charts.
Nine of the top 20 games are published Electronic Arts (three of which are from Hazelight Studios), three are from Ubisoft and two are from Rockstar Games. Incidentally, there are no Nintendo titles in the top 20, partly because digital sales from the Nintendo eShop are not included. ARC Raiders is also not represented in the charts because Embark Studios does not report sales figures to GSD.
Note: The number in brackets indicates the position in the previous month. RE means a re-entry into the charts, New means a position in the top 20 for the first time.
The data is collected by Games Sales Data (GSD), a platform launched by Video Games Europe to measure physical and digital sales of computer and video games. The charts provide a unique and comprehensive overview of the most successful games in Germany in a given month. The charts are published monthly by game - the German Games Industry Association. Digital sales of Nintendo titles from the Nintendo eShop are not included.
To the German Games Charts for the previous month (GM+).
