Most expensive RPGs ever made
Horizon Forbidden West tops this ranking with $212 million, ahead of Assassin's Creed Shadows (over $116 million) and Lost Ark (over $85.4 million). Development budgets from court filings, publisher reports and serious press. 6 games ranked.
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Which one cost more to make?
| # | Game | Number | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Horizon Forbidden WestDevelopment cost only (excluding marketing), Sony document from FTC v. Microsoft | $212 million | June 2023 | Game Developer |
| 2 | Assassin's Creed ShadowsAnnounced budget "over €100M" (unclear scope) | over $116 million | July 2025 | GamingBolt |
| 3 | Lost ArkDevelopment budget ("more than 100 billion won"), unspecified scope | over $85.4 million | November 2019 | Pulse (Maeil Business News Korea) |
| 4 | Black Myth: WukongDevelopment cost only (marketing not specified), over 300M yuan | over $42.3 million | October 2024 | Game World Observer |
| 5 | Kingdom Come: Deliverance IIDevelopment cost of "about one billion koruna" (CZK), scope not specified | $41.2 million | February 2025 | Seznam Zprávy (Stream.cz) |
| 6 | FalloutApproximate development budget (audio, cinematics and publisher overhead included) | $3 million | April 2012 | Rock Paper Shotgun |
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