2025 was a great year for Board Game Arena. Every table played, every game discovered, every friend and every late-night session added up to something truly amazing. Looking back at 2025, one thing is clear: you made the year unforgettable.
Countless Hours, Shared Moments
Together, you spent over 69 million hours playing in 2025. That is more than 7876 years of games in just one year... Victories or defeats, new or old games, whether you jumped in for a quick session or played for hours with friends. It all amounted to a whole lot of fun!
Just over 78 million tables were completed in real-time mode and 17.5 million in turn-based mode.
Players From All Around the World
In 2025, players joined in from all over the world, turning BGA into a truly global experience. From Brazil to Italy to India, to many, many, more countries- our community crossed borders, time zones, and languages: all connected by the same love of play.
Speaking of languages, there were over 355k translations done in 2025. A whopping 298 new tutorials were created to help the Community with new games. And last but not least, 227 new games were added to BGA in 2025. These are impressive numbers. A huge shout out to those of you who contributed in making these available to everyone on BGA whether you are a game developer, a translator, or a content creator. You can be proud of yourselves, and we bow to you! Let's not forget the moderators who spend hours browsing the forums and investigating reports to make sure BGA is a safe place.
In 2025, we dabbled in new ways to share games with you: we had a blast being part of the Twitch Plays Catan event. We are looking forward to renewing and expanding on such experiences.
At some point this year, more than 6.3k real-time tables were opened at the same time. Turn-based tables were a hit and we reached a peak of 316k on-going games in 2025.
The Games You Loved Most
When looking at the number of distinct players, one title led the way: 6 Nimmt!, closely followed by Azul and Catan. If we look at the time spent on a game, Ark Nova clearly stole the show with 7.1 million hours played. Catan and Terraforming Mars were close when it comes to the time spent on games.
Whether you choose long expert games or prefer short energetic ones, each game creates moments you will not forget.
BGA is Competitive
Even if it is all fun and games, Board Game Arena also offers some competition. You organized, and finished, almost 80k tournaments in 2025. Altered saw the largest number of registered participants for a single tournament with over 1.2k who joined.
The games that saw the most tournaments being organized are none other than Carcassonne with 6.5k tournaments, Can’t Stop with 5k, and Azul with 4k tournaments organized in 2025.
The Arena also got a lot of interest, and the top three Arena games are Azul, Ark Nova and Ticket to Ride. These 3 games combined gathered over 4 million tables created in Arena in 2025.
A Year of Growth and Improvements
We know everything is not perfect on BGA and we are constantly trying to improve.
In 2025, we proposed enhanced tools for developers to help them improve their games’ quality and hopefully make their role easier. We worked hard, behind the scenes, to allow our platform to keep growing and support more players, more games, and to make sure you can share our common passion for them.
We hired new people to facilitate the above, to better follow games under development, as well as our internal development's, and to facilitate the conversation with you. We met many of you during physical events such as SPIEL ESSEN in Germany, Cannes in France, or PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia, to only name a few.
We still have a long way to go in 2026, and we want to improve the community’s experience on BGA. It is all worth it, as long as we keep bringing players together to discovering new games, making friends and being part of this wonderful community.
Thank You for Playing
These stats are not just numbers, they are stories. They represent friendships formed, skills improved, and communities built. Every hour played and every country represented is part of what makes Board Game Arena feel like home.
None of this would be possible without you. We are excited to keep building, improving, and playing together. If 2025 showed us anything, it is that the best part of gaming is you, the players.
Next week, we will start the BGA Awards, where you will get to choose your favorite new games of 2025. So, keep your eyes open and do not forget: take care and play fair!
2025：年度回顧
2025 年對 Board Game Arena 來說是精彩的一年。每一場遊戲、每一款新發現的遊戲、每位朋友、每一次深夜遊戲，都匯聚成一段無比美好的回憶。回首 2025 年，有一點毋庸置疑：是你們讓這一年如此難忘。
無數小時，無數個共同的瞬間
2025 年，你們總共玩了超過6900 萬小時的遊戲。這相當於一年內玩了超過 7876 年的遊戲……無論輸贏，無論玩的是新遊戲還是老遊戲，無論你是快速玩一會兒還是和朋友一起玩上幾個小時，這一切都帶來了無窮的樂趣！
在即時制模式下完成了超過 7800 萬張遊戲桌，回合制模式下完成了 1750 萬張遊戲桌。
來自世界各地的玩家
2025年，來自世界各地的玩家加入進來，使BGA成為真正的全球體驗。從巴西到義大利到印度，再到更多其他國家——我們的社群跨越了國界、時區和語言：所有人都因對遊戲的熱愛而聯繫在一起。
說到語言，2025 年完成了超過 355,000 個翻譯。為了幫助社群成員更好地體驗新遊戲，我們新增了 298 個教學。此外，2025 年 BGA 也新增了 227 款遊戲。這些數字令人印象深刻。在此，我們要向所有為 BGA 貢獻力量的人們致以崇高的敬意，無論你們是遊戲開發者、翻譯人員還是內容創作者。你們值得驕傲，我們向你們致敬！同時，我們也不能忘記那些花費大量時間瀏覽論壇、調查舉報的版主們，正是他們的辛勤付出，才使得 BGA 成為一個安全可靠的平台。
2025 年，我們嘗試了與大家分享遊戲的新方式：參與 Twitch 一起玩卡坦島的活動讓我們非常開心。我們期待著繼續拓展和豐富此類體驗。
今年某個時候，同時在線的即時制遊戲桌數量超過** 6300 張**。回合制遊戲桌大受歡迎，2025 年同時進行的牌桌數量達到了** 31.6 萬張**的高峰值。
你最愛的遊戲們
從玩家人數來看，表現最亮眼的是 誰是牛頭王，緊追在後的是 花磚物語 和 卡坦島 。若以遊玩時數來看，方舟動物園 以 710 萬小時 明顯領先。卡坦島 與 重塑火星 在遊玩時間方面也相當接近。
無論你選擇冗長而深度的專家級遊戲，還是偏好短小而節奏明快的對局，每一款遊戲都會為你創造難忘的時刻。
BGA 具有競爭性
即使一切都以娛樂為主，Board Game Arena 也提供了一些競技機會。2025 年，你們舉辦並完成了近** 8 萬場錦標賽**。 奇境幻旅錦標賽的參賽人數創下單場錦標賽最高紀錄，超過 1200 人參加。
在 2025 年，舉辦錦標賽數量最多的遊戲是 卡卡頌 6500 場 、欲罷不能 5000 場，以及花磚物語 4000 場。
競技場模式也備受關注，前三名的競技場遊戲分別是花磚物語、方舟動物園和鐵道任務。這三款遊戲在 2025 年共創造了超過 400 萬張競技場遊戲桌。
成長與進步的一年
我們知道 BGA 並非完美無缺，我們也一直在努力改進。
2025 年，我們提出了一系列增強型開發者工具，旨在幫助他們提升遊戲品質，並簡化他們的工作。我們一直在幕後努力，確保我們的平台能夠持續發展壯大，支援更多玩家和更多遊戲，並讓你與我們分享對遊戲的共同熱情。
我們聘請了新員工來協助完成上述工作，更好地追蹤遊戲開發進度以及我們內部的開發工作，並促進與各位的溝通。我們曾在一些線下活動中與各位見面，例如德國埃森遊戲展、法國坎城遊戲展和費城 PAX Unplugged 遊戲展等等。
2026 年還有很長的路要走，我們希望能改善 BGA 社群的體驗。只要我們能繼續讓玩家們聚集在一起，發現新遊戲，結交朋友，並成為這個美好社區的一份子，這一切就都是值得的。
感謝遊玩
這些數據不僅僅是數字，它們講述一個個故事。它們代表著友誼的建立、技能的提升和社群的建構。每一小時的遊戲時間和每一個參與的國家，都讓 Board Game Arena 擁有了家的感覺。
沒有你們，這一切都不可能實現。我們很高興能繼續與你們一起建造、改進和玩耍。如果說 2025 年教會了我們什麼，那就是遊戲最精彩的部分就是你們──玩家。
下週我們將開始 BGA 大獎評選，屆時您可以選出您最喜歡的2025年新遊戲。請持續關注，也別忘了：請保重並公平競爭！
