Square Enix is the best video game publisher of 2025 according to Metacritic

2025 Publisher Ranking Shows Sony Near Last, Square Enix, Capcom At Top

Sega and EA make the top 10 while Sony's best-reviewed game was a PC port of a PS4 remaster

Square Enix is the best video game publisher of 2025 according to Metacritic

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Square Enix Tops Metacritic's 2026 Game Publisher Rankings

Japanese developer Square Enix has topped Metacritic's 2026 Game Publisher rankings. Ever since 2010, this yearly chart ranks the best game publishers according to the following four factors: This year, for the first time in the history of Metacritic's Game Publisher Rankings, the winner is Square Enix. The studio managed to improve its average Metacritic score by five points (from 79 to 84) compared to the previous year, when it was ranked sixt…

2026 Game Publisher Rankings

We reveal the past year's best and worst video game publishers (based on their 2025 releases) in the 16th edition of our annual Game Publisher Rankings.

Microsoft Beats Out Sony & Nintendo In Metacritic's 2026 Game Publisher Rankings

A spot in the top five! - Metacritic has today revealed its list of top game publishers for 2026 (based on their 2025 output), and this year, Microsoft has m...

Nintendo Misses Out On Top 10 In Metacritic's 16th Annual Game Publisher Rankings

A big improvement on 2024, though - Metacritic has today released its annual Game Publisher Rankings, which covers the biggest video game publishers of 2025 ...