For the second year in a row, Xbox has revealed the games awarded with its signature stamp of excellence in the Xbox Excellence Awards. The awards list 20 titles in four categories, though several of them are repeats, which means only 55 individual titles have made the cut this year. Of those 55, included are titles like ARC Raiders, Battlefield 6, Helldivers 2, and Hollow Knight Silksong, all of which made the cut as some of the best-selling games on the Xbox platform in 2025.
The games are listed alphabetically in the Xbox Wire post announcing the winners, so we don't know which title actually ranked first in any of the categories, which are: Store Rating, Player Engagement, Daily Active Users, and Units Sold.
Interestingly, no individual title made it in all four categories. Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Borderlands 4 were the only titles to make three out of four lists, with any other repeats only making it on two out of four lists. While Borderlands 4 missed out on the Store Rating list, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 missed out on the Player Engagement list.
On the Units Sold list, other notable inclusions besides the aforementioned titles are Borderlands 4, Elden Ring Nightreign, Monster Hunter Wilds and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered. You can check out the full chart below.
| Store Rating | Player Engagement | Daily Active Users | Units Sold |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 | Borderlands 4 | ARC Raiders | ARC Raiders |
| Crime Scene Cleaner | Dynasty Warriors: Origins | Battlefield 6 | Battlefield 6 |
| Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2 | EA Sports College Football 26 | Borderlands 4 | Borderlands 4 |
| Digimon Story: Time Stranger | EA Sports FC 26 | Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 | Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 |
| Dreamcore | Elden Ring Nightreign | DOOM: The Dark Ages | EA Sports Madden NFL 26 |
| Dynasty Warriors: Origins | Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time | Elden Ring Nightreign | EA Sports College Football 26 |
| Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time | Farm Together 2 | Fortnite | EA Sports FC 26 |
| Final Fantasy XVI | Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles | Forza Horizon 5 | Elden Ring Nightreign |
| Lies of P: Overture | Helldivers 2 | Grand Theft Auto V | Grand Theft Auto V |
| Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii | Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road | Grounded 2 | Helldivers 2 |
| Little Nightmares III | Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 | Helldivers 2 | Hollow Knight: Silksong |
| Marvel VS. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics | Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii | Marvel Rivals | Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 |
| Minami Lane | MLB The Show 25 | Minecraft | MLB The Show 25 |
| Mullet MadJack | Monster Hunter Wilds | NBA 2K26 | Monster Hunter Wilds |
| Poppy Playtime Chapter 4 | NBA 2K26 | Rematch | NBA 2K26 |
| Satisfactory | NHL 26 | Roblox | PGA Tour 2K25 |
| Silent Hill 2 | Rust | Rocket League | Ready or Not |
| Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds | Satisfactory | The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered | The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered |
| The First Berserker: Khazan | The First Berserker: Khazan | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege | WWE 2K25 |
About the author: David has been writing about videogames, technology, and culture since 2020, with a focus on reporting daily news across multiple publications, including GameDaily.Biz, GameSkinny, and PlayStation Universe before joining Wccftech in 2025. David started contributing as Canada/US reporter for Wccftech's gaming section in 2025. Besides being up-to-date on the industry's movements, he loves interviewing developers, reviewing games, and writing intricate essays about the symbolism and layered meanings to be found in rich narratives as he's done for publications like GamesIndustry.Biz, LostInCult, and others. Outside of games he loves movies, music, theatre, his hometown, and his family, though not necessarily in that order.
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