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Worldwide search interest in video games — where it comes from, how it has moved, and the full Top 100.

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Video game search interest behaves like almost nothing else in entertainment. A major launch produces a vertical spike as millions of players simultaneously look up reviews, performance guides, and walkthroughs — and then, unlike a film opening, the interest sustains for months as live-service updates, seasonal events, patches, and balance changes give players fresh reasons to search. Esports tournaments and speedrunning events layer further peaks on top.

Longevity is the quiet headline of gaming trends. Titles a decade old still rank among the most-searched games in the world thanks to thriving modding scenes, competitive ladders, and new generations of players arriving on new hardware. The list below spans that whole spectrum — this season's headline releases, the evergreen multiplayer giants, and the classics whose communities simply never left.

  1. 1 Grand Theft Auto VI 2,997,000 searches
  2. 2 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 1,377,000 searches
  3. 3 Elden Ring 960,000 searches
  4. 4 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 814,000 searches
  5. 5 Red Dead Redemption 2 719,000 searches
  6. 6 Grand Theft Auto V 686,000 searches
  7. 7 The Last of Us 492,000 searches
  8. 8 God of War 543,000 searches
  9. 9 Minecraft 380,000 searches
  10. 10 Super Mario Odyssey 416,000 searches
  11. 11 Halo: Combat Evolved 348,000 searches
  12. 12 Half-Life 2 342,000 searches
  13. 13 Portal 2 262,000 searches
  14. 14 BioShock 268,000 searches
  15. 15 Mass Effect 2 268,000 searches
  16. 16 Skyrim 304,000 searches
  17. 17 Fallout: New Vegas 224,000 searches
  18. 18 Dark Souls 238,000 searches
  19. 19 Bloodborne 233,000 searches
  20. 20 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice 239,000 searches
  21. 21 Hollow Knight 248,000 searches
  22. 22 Hades 209,000 searches
  23. 23 Celeste 167,000 searches
  24. 24 Stardew Valley 208,000 searches
  25. 25 Undertale 200,000 searches
  26. 26 Cuphead 203,000 searches
  27. 27 Overwatch 180,000 searches
  28. 28 Fortnite 189,000 searches
  29. 29 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 132,000 searches
  30. 30 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 183,000 searches
  31. 31 Valorant 159,000 searches
  32. 32 League of Legends 153,000 searches
  33. 33 Dota 2 123,000 searches
  34. 34 World of Warcraft 141,000 searches
  35. 35 Final Fantasy VII 115,000 searches
  36. 36 Final Fantasy X 119,000 searches
  37. 37 Chrono Trigger 130,000 searches
  38. 38 Persona 5 137,000 searches
  39. 39 Kingdom Hearts 146,000 searches
  40. 40 Metal Gear Solid 133,000 searches
  41. 41 Resident Evil 4 119,000 searches
  42. 42 Silent Hill 2 96,000 searches
  43. 43 Death Stranding 121,000 searches
  44. 44 Cyberpunk 2077 107,000 searches
  45. 45 Horizon Zero Dawn 127,000 searches
  46. 46 Ghost of Tsushima 96,000 searches
  47. 47 Spider-Man 87,000 searches
  48. 48 Uncharted 4: A Thief's End 94,000 searches
  49. 49 Assassin's Creed II 100,000 searches
  50. 50 Far Cry 3 89,000 searches
  51. 51 Watch Dogs 109,000 searches
  52. 52 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 112,000 searches
  53. 53 Tomb Raider 82,000 searches
  54. 54 Batman: Arkham City 78,000 searches
  55. 55 Sonic the Hedgehog 90,000 searches
  56. 56 Super Mario Bros. 76,000 searches
  57. 57 Pac-Man 86,000 searches
  58. 58 Tetris 104,000 searches
  59. 59 Donkey Kong 76,000 searches
  60. 60 Street Fighter II 88,000 searches
  61. 61 Mortal Kombat 95,000 searches
  62. 62 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 86,000 searches
  63. 63 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 89,000 searches
  64. 64 Animal Crossing: New Horizons 75,000 searches
  65. 65 Pokémon Red and Blue 86,000 searches
  66. 66 Pokémon GO 92,000 searches
  67. 67 The Sims 4 66,000 searches
  68. 68 Roblox 66,000 searches
  69. 69 Among Us 78,000 searches
  70. 70 Fall Guys 79,000 searches
  71. 71 Apex Legends 66,000 searches
  72. 72 PUBG: Battlegrounds 75,000 searches
  73. 73 Rocket League 61,000 searches
  74. 74 FIFA 23 80,000 searches
  75. 75 NBA 2K23 71,000 searches
  76. 76 Diablo IV 74,000 searches
  77. 77 Starcraft 69,000 searches
  78. 78 Age of Empires II 72,000 searches
  79. 79 Civilization VI 59,000 searches
  80. 80 The Elder Scrolls Online 76,000 searches
  81. 81 Destiny 2 68,000 searches
  82. 82 Forza Horizon 6 65,000 searches
  83. 83 Genshin Impact 58,000 searches
  84. 84 Baldur's Gate 3 69,000 searches
  85. 85 Divinity: Original Sin 2 54,000 searches
  86. 86 Disco Elysium 66,000 searches
  87. 87 Outer Wilds 59,000 searches
  88. 88 Return of the Obra Dinn 66,000 searches
  89. 89 Inside 60,000 searches
  90. 90 Limbo 62,000 searches
  91. 91 Ori and the Blind Forest 60,000 searches
  92. 92 Little Nightmares 56,000 searches
  93. 93 It Takes Two 57,000 searches
  94. 94 A Way Out 56,000 searches
  95. 95 Detroit: Become Human 56,000 searches
  96. 96 Doom 48,000 searches
  97. 97 Doom Eternal 57,000 searches
  98. 98 Wolfenstein: The New Order 55,000 searches
  99. 99 Borderlands 2 56,000 searches
  100. 100 Left 4 Dead 2 60,000 searches
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Top Trends 100 curates the world's most-searched video games into a single ranked Top 100, refreshed from aggregated public interest signals. Rankings reflect relative search interest and are updated regularly.