Our top 100 games of 2025 went live earlier this week, and a strange phenomenon has happened. We don't have any goddamn MMOs on there. Just to make sure I wasn't seeing things, I checked all 100 entries: Not a single one. No World of Warcrafts, no Final Fantasy 14s, no Guild Wars 2s, no Elder Scrolls: Onlines. Lots of RPGs, mind, just not massively multiplayer ones. What gives?
Well, I've got a few theories, and I'd like to dig into them, but before I do: I think the MMO genre is actually in a pretty good place, right now. It's aging, certainly (we'll get into that later) but you certainly aren't spoiled for good offerings.
