Seven Knights Rivers Named Google Play's Best Game Of The Year
Nov 19, 2025
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While Google Play announced '2025' that shined this year' on the 19th, Netmarble's 'Seven Knights Rivers' was selected as 'Best Game of the Year' in Korea.
At the end of each year, Google Play selects the most loved apps and games in each country and announces them in various sectors. Winners in each category are selected by comprehensively considering various criteria such as downloading and user evaluation, and consumers can look back on the app and game trends they are interested in throughout the year.
The most prominent trend in the game market this year is 'Expansion of Multi-Platform Gaming', which evaluates that games that break the boundaries between PC and mobile and provide a perfect cross-play experience have been strong.
In the meantime, Google Play evaluated that in the case of 'Seven Knights Rivers', which was selected in the game category, it met the expectations of long-time fans through the same background music and character illustrations as the existing popular IP 'Seven Knights', while providing a new gaming experience through drastic changes based on the turn system setting.
In addition, 'Junny of Monarch' was selected as a multi-device game' that shined out this year', reinterpreted the 'Lineage'IP to provide a consistent experience between PCs, tablets, and mobiles, and the 'Delfar Force' in the 'Competing Game' category was praised for its large-scale combat supporting PC-mobile cross-play.
Selected as a `PC Game of the Year'Ordin: Valhalla Rising', it said it supported the trend with strong performance on the Google Play Games on PC (Google Play Games on PC) platform. 'Kingshot' was selected as a 'Casual Game that Shined This Year' by combining strategic elements that require concentration and neglected elements for the convenience of users, and 'Click Three Kingdoms' was listed as an 'Indie Game that Shined This Year' by building a system that can grow quickly with simple manipulation, providing a satisfactory user experience.
In addition, 'SD Gundamji Generation Eternal' for the Story Game that Shined This Year', 'WOS: Whiteout Survival' for the Longevity Game that Shined This Year', and 'Dredge' for the Play Pass Game that Shined This Year were honored respectively.
Meanwhile, Gravity's 'Ragnarok Crush: Match & Merge' was named the `Casual Game that Shined the Year' in Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Singapore, while in the Indian market, Krafton's 'Cookie Run India: Running Game" published 'Best Game of the Year' and 'Casual Game that Shined the Year' won two awards.
In addition, Kakao Games' 'Oddin: Valhalla Rising' was selected in the U.S., and NCsoft's 'Junny of Monarch' was selected in Taiwan as 'PC Game of the Year'.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
