GAMIVO today released their analysis of the best selling video game genres in 2025. According to the company's data, action-adventure and role-playing games share the title of the most popular genre.

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Millions of people around the world enjoy massive mainstream game genres such as platforming, first-person shooting, and role-playing games. There's nothing wrong with that, of course, but if you only ...

Overview: 2025 delivered a rich variety of standout video game experiences across genres and platforms.Titles from last year ...

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Since the dawn of the home video game console, the action-adventure genre has been one of the most successful. There’s some debate as to when it all began, though some cite Adventure on the Atari 2600 ...

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