2025 top esports games on Twitch: CS outperforms League of Legends

Twitch viewership in 2025 once again highlighted the enduring strength of established esports titles, particularly those supported by long-running competitive circuits and creator-led broadcasts. While newer games struggled to break through at scale, a core group of esports staples continued to dominate hours watched throughout the year. This 2025 Esports Resullts report is sponsored by Hellcase, the world’s leading CS2 skin platform and a long-standing contributor to competitive esports communities. With the esports landscape constantly shifting, partners like HellCase help keep teams and organizations afloat and strengthen the ecosystem of the world’s prime digital competitions. Twitch viewership hosts its largest bases in North America and Europe, fortified by various other international audiences. The top esports titles on Twitch reflect the most popular esports games for these audiences, which reflect the prime choices for viewers from these dominant regions. Below, Esports Charts explores the top esports games of the year on the purple platform, beginning with Rainbow Six.  #5 Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege — 34.76M Hours Watched Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege rounded out the top five in 2025, supported by a smaller but highly dedicated esports audience. International majors and seasonal league play generated noticeable spikes, with the Six
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