Our third-place finisher is Verdant Mysteries, from the sadly unreleased Earthblade, winning 6 votes to 5 over Clair Obscur’s Une vie à t’aimer (a song I feel like would make me cry if I encountered it in-context, or maybe even if I … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2025: Final Results

Earthblade Verdant Mysteries 5 6 Deltarune Chapter 3+4 Neverending Night Absolom The Underking 6 4 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Une vie à t’aimer Final round! Head-to-head matchups now, single elimination, ties broken by rng. Round’s open until April 27 at … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2025: Finals

Earthblade Verdant Mysteries 8 4 Hollow Knight: Silksong Cogwork Dancers Rift of the Necrodancer RAVEVENGE 1 10 Deltarune Chapter 3+4 Neverending Night Absolom The Underking 6* 6 Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector Another Cycle Silent Hill f The Bird’s Lament … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2025: Top 4

Earthblade Verdant Mysteries 9 3 Hollow Knight: Silksong Skarrsinger Karmelita Hollow Knight: Silksong Cogwork Dancers 8 4 Silent Hill f Native F Rift of the Necrodancer RAVEVENGE 9 2 Absolum Fire Swamps Deltarune Chapter 3+4 Neverending Night 8 3 Clair … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2025: Top 8

Earthblade Verdant Mysteries 6 3 Atomic Owl The HoloBlade Once Upon a Katamari Skyscraper(s) 3 9 Hollow Knight: Silksong Skarrsinger Karmelita Hollow Knight: Silksong Cogwork Dancers 6* 6 Earthblade Accept Your Fate Silent Hill f Native F 8 3 Donkey … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2025: Top 16

The Midnight Walk Grans 7 1 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Ancient Sanctuary – Megabot#33 Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector Darkside 4 3 Silent Hill f Shichibi no Tasogare Absolom The Underking 4 3 Absolum Absolum, A Broken Dream Herdling Herdling … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2025: Top 32

Hollow Knight: Silksong Phantom 1 8 Earthblade Verdant Mysteries Absolum Uchawi’s Hearth 2 6 Atomic Owl The HoloBlade Earthblade DEPOSE 3 6 Once Upon a Katamari Skyscraper(s) Hollow Knight: Silksong Skarrsinger Karmelita 5 3 Mario Kart World DS Shroom Ridge … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2025: Top 64 (Group 2 of 2)

Hollow Knight: Silksong Choral Chambers 5 3 Bits & Bops Ocean Mixtape Hollow Knight: Silksong Bilewater 3 5 Ball x Pit The Dragon Prince Silent Hill f The Bird’s Lament 7 0 Monster Hunter Wilds Rey Dau BGM – Battle … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2025: Top 64 (Group 1 of 2)

The Midnight Walk Grans 5 3 Ghost of Yotei Rei and Retribution Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Ancient Sanctuary – Megabot#33 8 2 Mario Kart World Bowser’s Highway Showdown Mario Kart World World Bowser 3 7 Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2025: Top 128 (Part 4 of 4)

Donkey Kong Bananza Kong Bananza 3 5 Urban Myth Dissolution Center Investigation Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Clair-Obscur 4 5 Absolom Dracoraptor Mountains Sorry We’re Closed Open Your Eyes (Car Radio) 4 5 Rift of the Necrodancer RAVEVENGE Tempest Rising Leading … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2025: Top 128 (Part 3 of 4)

Hollow Knight: Silksong Phantom 6 5 Silent Hill f TSUKIYONOINERIME Earthblade Verdant Mysteries 6 4 Earthion Dawn of Earthion Mario Kart World Title Theme 4 6 Absolum Uchawi’s Hearth Atomic Owl The HoloBlade 7 3 Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2025: Top 128 (Part 2 of 4)

Ghost of Yotei Rei and Retribution 10 0 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Dechire la Toile Trails Through Daybreak II Work Out a Solution -Command Battle- 2 7 Mario Kart World Rainbow Road (Section 2) Sorry We’re Closed Dream Eater (Palace … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2025: Top 128 (Part 1 of 4)

After 12 rounds of group play, we’re nearly ready for the playoffs! But before we begin, we must note that Mario Kart World, at 13 songs, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (at 11) are well-represented enough that they must earn … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2025: Runoff

Results! We have 279 songs this time, broken into 12 group of 24[footnote]As always, the final group is the runt of the litter.[/footnote] For this round, you may vote for as many songs as you like! Songs will be ranked … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2025: Group 12

Results! We have 279 songs this time, broken into 12 group of 24[footnote]As always, the final group is the runt of the litter.[/footnote] For this round, you may vote for as many songs as you like! Songs will be ranked … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2025: Group 11

Results! We have 279 songs this time, broken into 12 group of 24[footnote]As always, the final group is the runt of the litter.[/footnote] For this round, you may vote for as many songs as you like! Songs will be ranked … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2025: Group 10

Results! We have 279 songs this time, broken into 12 group of 24[footnote]As always, the final group is the runt of the litter.[/footnote] For this round, you may vote for as many songs as you like! Songs will be ranked … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2025: Group 9

Results! We have 279 songs this time, broken into 12 group of 24[footnote]As always, the final group is the runt of the litter.[/footnote] For this round, you may vote for as many songs as you like! Songs will be ranked … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2025: Group 8

We have 279 songs this time, broken into 12 group of 24[footnote]As always, the final group is the runt of the litter.[/footnote] For this round, you may vote for as many songs as you like! Songs will be ranked based … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2025: Group 7