Welcome back to the Canadian edition of Charting in the Clouds, our monthly look at Canada’s best-selling games and the latest Canadian game sales trends. Thanks to new data from the Entertainment Software Association of Canada (ESA) and Circana, we now have a clear snapshot of what Canadians were buying in December 2025.
December’s chart brought a mix of big shooters, yearly sports releases, and first-party favourites. Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 took the top spot, with NHL 26 and Battlefield 6 right behind it. EA Sports FC 26 stayed in the top five, while Pokémon Legends: Z-A and Metroid Prime 4: Beyond kept Nintendo firmly in the conversation even without digital sales counted here.
We have included cloud gaming availability again this month. Many of December’s top games can be played in the cloud on platforms like GeForce NOW, Xbox Cloud Gaming, Amazon Luna, and Boosteroid.
Let’s take a closer look at Canada’s top-selling games for December 2025.
Canada’s Top-Selling Games of December 2025
Here’s a look at Canada’s ten top-selling games of December 2025, along with their cloud gaming availability. Some of these titles can be streamed on several services, while others remain tied to local console or PC play.
| Rank | Title | Cloud Gaming Availability | Review link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 | Boosteroid, GeForce NOW, Xbox Cloud Gaming, AirGPU, CloudDeck, Shadow PC | Review |
| 2 | NHL 26 | Not available in the cloud | Review |
| 3 | Battlefield 6 | GeForce NOW, PlayStation Cloud Gaming | Review |
| 4 | EA Sports FC 26 | Amazon Luna | Review |
| 5 | Pokémon Legends: Z-A | Not available in the cloud | Review |
| 6 | Metroid Prime 4: Beyond | Not available in the cloud | Review |
| 7 | NBA 2K26 | Boosteroid, PlayStation Cloud Gaming, Xbox Cloud Gaming, AirGPU, CloudDeck, Shadow PC | Review |
| 8 | Minecraft | AirGPU, Shadow PC | |
| 9 | Ghost of Yōtei | PlayStation Cloud Gaming | Review |
| 10 | Madden NFL 26 | Amazon Luna, Xbox Cloud Gaming, AirGPU, CloudDeck, Shadow PC | Review |
December’s chart feels like a mix of holiday picks and long-running habits. Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 taking first place is not exactly shocking, but it still matters that it did so at the end of a packed year. With Battlefield 6 sitting in third, you have two big shooters sharing attention at the same time, and both are playable through a range of cloud services if you prefer streaming over local installs.
NHL 26 holding onto second shows how strong hockey remains in Canada. Even with new shooters and RPGs in the mix, the yearly NHL release stays near the top. EA Sports FC 26 at fourth keeps EA’s football entry visible too, while NBA 2K26 lower in the top ten proves basketball still has a steady, if smaller, base here.
Pokémon Legends: Z-A and Metroid Prime 4: Beyond landing fifth and sixth is impressive once you remember that digital sales are not included for Nintendo. These rankings are built on physical sales only. Even so, both games still reached the national top ten, which says a lot about how quickly Canadians show up for Pokémon and Metroid.
Minecraft in eighth is the opposite story. It is not new, but it never really disappears. It just moves up or down a few spots depending on what else launches. Ghost of Yōtei returning in ninth shows that it kept some pull after its earlier launch months, and Madden NFL 26 closing out the list gives EA another sports title in the mix to finish the year.
December 2025 Wrap Up and Look Ahead
December felt like a proper year-end mix. Big names showed up at the top, familiar sports releases refused to leave, and you could almost sense people locking in what they would play over the holidays. Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 leading the chart made sense, but it was interesting to see NHL 26 and Battlefield 6 sitting right behind it, with EA Sports FC 26 not far off. Shooters and sports games shared a lot of the spotlight as the year closed out.
What made this list interesting is how different the middle of the chart looks compared to the top. Pokémon Legends: Z-A and Metroid Prime 4: Beyond held their ground even without Nintendo’s digital numbers in the mix, showing how strong those series remain in Canada. Then you have Minecraft still hanging around like it always does, and Ghost of Yōtei plus Madden NFL 26 filling out the back end. It’s a mix of new releases, yearly favourites, and one game that never really leaves.
Now that we’re into early 2026, this breakdown works as a clean snapshot of where things landed at the end of last year. More cloud platforms are pulling in games like Call of Duty, Battlefield, and NBA 2K, while Nintendo’s biggest releases remain tied to its own hardware. Each monthly chart ends up showing that split pretty clearly: some games are easy to jump into through cloud gaming almost anywhere, others still live on one console in your setup. December’s results give us a solid baseline for watching how that balance shifts in the new year.
What about you? Which of these December games did you play, and did you jump in through the cloud or stick to local hardware?
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