With a new year comes new games! But also, we can look back at the last year and see what games topped the charts. Did people actually play those big hit Kickstarters after they finally shipped? Did anything actually challenge DnD's dominance? (Spoilers: nope)

When it comes to ourStartPlaying professional Game Masters, we can look at the data to give players what they want to play. For players, you can see what tables are actually firing off and if your beloved rogue system has a following on the site. So without further ado, the top RPGs on StartPlaying in 2025: 

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1. Dungeons & Dragons 5e

2. Pathfinder 2e

3. Daggerheart

4. Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition

5. Pathfinder 1e

6. Cyberpunk Red

7. Lancer

8. Call of Cthulhu

9. Star Wars RPG by Fantasy Flight Games

10. Fabula Ultima

11. Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay

12. World of Darkness

13. Monster of the Week

14. Star Wars 5e

15. Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition

16. Blades in the Dark

17. Level Up Advanced 5th Edition

18. Savage Worlds

19. Fallout: The Roleplaying Game

20. Shadowdark RPG

21. Pokemon Tabletop United

22. Draw Steel

23. Cosmere Roleplaying Game

24. Chronicles of Darkness

25. Masks: A New Generation

26. Indie TTRPG

27. Werewolf: The Apocalypse 5th Edition

28. The One Ring 2e

29. Starfinder 2e

30. Exalted 3rd Edition

31. Game Master Workshop

32. Star Trek Adventures - Second Edition

33. Mage the Ascension 20th Anniversary

34. Changeling: The Lost Second Edition

35. Shadowrun

36. Mass Effect 5e

37. A Song of Ice and Fire RPG

38. Mutants and Masterminds (3e)

39. Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game

40. Delta Green

41. Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay

42. Old-School Essentials

43. Warhammer 40,000 Imperium Maledictum

44. Mothership

45. Star Trek Adventures

46. Dragonbane

47. Mysteries of the Yokai

48. Power Rangers Roleplaying Game

49. Cypher System

50. City of Mist

51. Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2e

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Sergio Solórzano is the best Dungeon Master in the USA (according to an official D&D competition, anyway). He loves minis and terrain but also goes all-in on improv!