Most expensive games of the 2020s
Battlefield 6 tops this ranking with over $400 million, ahead of The Last of Us Part II ($220 million) and Horizon Forbidden West ($212 million). Development budgets from court filings, publisher reports and serious press. 9 games ranked.
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| # | Game | Number | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Battlefield 6Reported development budget (internal sources) | over $400 million | July 2025 | Kotaku |
| 2 | The Last of Us Part IIDevelopment cost only (excluding marketing), Sony document from FTC v. Microsoft | $220 million | June 2023 | Game Developer |
| 3 | Horizon Forbidden WestDevelopment cost only (excluding marketing), Sony document from FTC v. Microsoft | $212 million | June 2023 | Game Developer |
| 4 | The Callisto ProtocolDevelopment cost (over 200 billion won) | over $162 million | January 2023 | Video Games Chronicle |
| 5 | Skull and BonesProject cost as of July 2021 (≈ 3 years before release), scope not specified | over $120 million | July 2021 | Kotaku |
| 6 | Assassin's Creed ShadowsAnnounced budget "over €100M" (unclear scope) | over $116 million | July 2025 | GamingBolt |
| 7 | Black Myth: WukongDevelopment cost only (marketing not specified), over 300M yuan | over $42.3 million | October 2024 | Game World Observer |
| 8 | Kingdom Come: Deliverance IIDevelopment cost of "about one billion koruna" (CZK), scope not specified | $41.2 million | February 2025 | Seznam Zprávy (Stream.cz) |
| 9 | The Lord of the Rings: GollumProduction budget ("around 15 million euros") | $15.9 million | October 2023 | IGN |
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