The 25 best games of 2015: top five – hulking monsters and epic quests

Blood, sand and chaos - our five favourite video games of the year

• The 25 best games of 2015: 25-21
• The 25 best games of 2015: 20-16
• The 25 best games of 2015: 15-11
• The 25 best games of 2015: 10-6

Here they are: the five best games of 2015. After a week of discussion, controversy and disbelief, we reach the end of our journey with - somewhat fittingly - five games that are about epic quests.

Once again, we based on our list on the titles the Guardian games writers actually played the most this year, and collectively we have probably lost thousands of hours to these adventures - and will continue to do so into 2016.