Expedition 33 Tops HowLongToBeat's list of most "finished" games

As if Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 didn't take home enough awards this season, including Game of the Year at The Game Awards, Sandfall Interactive RPG – another achievement in line for the “most accomplished” game of 2025.

In a new post shared on social media, HowLongToBeat, a popular website used to track and log playthroughs, listed the year's “most accomplished” titles, among other highlights, with Expedition 33 taking the top spot.

In order, the games are:

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Donkey Kong Banana
Doom: The Dark Ages
Dispatch
Monster Hunter Wild
Mario Kart World
Silent Hill f
south of midnight
Hades 2

On the HowLongToBeat website, 8,000 people have logged in to say they have “Beat” Campaign 33, with another 1,100 or so players actively playing the game.

Of course, much of this list A) accounts for HowLongToBeat and B) is based on players' willingness to actively log their gaming time and status. Still, many people will do all that which speaks volumes for what kind of game Campaign 33 is.

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On a separate note, it's pretty wild to see a game as punishing as No. 2 ranked Silksong. The fact that Dispatch released its last episode in mid-November and the title finished at number 5 is also a testament to its popularity.

The lists don't stop there, though, as HowLongToBeat has categorized the top games that people have “retired” or given up on.

Delta Force's campaign may have been too much for players to handle

In a separate social media post, HowLongToBeat revealed its top 10 most “retired” games, topped by Persona 5: The Phantom X, a free-to-play spin-off title that drew ire from fans for alleged bias towards the game's Asian servers.

The full list is as follows:

Personality 5: The Phantom X
Delta Force
Where the wind meets
Hello Kitty Island Adventure
in the ZOI
Endless strands
Blue Prince
Accepted
Atomfall
Precinct

Delta Force being No. 2 makes a lot of sense when you consider how notoriously difficult the campaign was, with stiff competition in the shooter genre, including the long-awaited revival of Battlefield, which pushed players away.

Overall, it's a great way to help categorize gaming in 2025. Grand Theft Auto 6 must surely be the most “finished” game in 2026, right?

issued: April 24, 2025
ESRB: Mature 17+ / Blood and gore, strong language, suggestive themes, violence
developer(s): Sandfall Interactive
publisher(s): Kepler Interactive