Finance and sales

Recently, FireFly Studios released Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition on PC — a reissue of the iconic strategy game with enhanced graphics and many other updates. Within the first 48 hours, the game was purchased over 100,000 times

Gamescom 2025 is poised to set new records, as organizers have reported a 11% increase in exhibitor bookings compared to the same period last year.

The parent company of publisher Focus Entertainment Publishing reported on the first fiscal quarter, which lasted from April 1 to June 30, 2025. PulluP Entertainment is doing well.

While Counter-Strike 2 continues to lead the top-grossing products on Steam for the sixth consecutive week, there are some shifts happening in the rest of the chart. Below are the most notable changes from July 8-15

GDEV Corporation continues to share the successes of its games. Just three weeks ago, it announced that the mobile game Hero Wars earned $1.7 billion, and now it has shared data on the desktop version of the title — Hero Wars: Dominion Era

We conclude the week with a major feature on the most successful game releases of the past six months. Today, we'll discuss the biggest blockbusters, top sellers, and leading indie games on PC and consoles. If a title hasn't been given its own section — it's almost certainly featured on one of the numerous charts.

Sultan's Game is a card-based RPG inspired by the tales from "One Thousand and One Nights." Since its release three and a half months ago, it has been purchased over a million times worldwide

In a recent investment report, Aream & Co. did not list the largest gaming deals for the first half of 2025; however, they did compile a list for April to June 2025

Circana's May 2025 U.S. sales report highlights that "Elden Ring: Nightreign" emerged as the top-selling premium game for the month. Additionally, it ranks as the eleventh best-selling game of 2025 so far. The spin-off from FromSoftware's Elden Ring series led sales across PlayStation, Xbox, and PC platforms.

The cooperative climbing simulator Peak continues to sell remarkably well. Aggro Crab, one of the two studios behind the game, discussed surpassing the milestone of 4.5 million copies in a conversation with Simon Carless, the founder of the GameDiscoverCo service.

The retail chain "M.Video-Eldorado" shared data on console sales in Russia for the first quarter of 2025. We have highlighted the key points from the report

Before summarizing the first half of the year, let's focus on the results of June's new game releases. In today's piece, there are plenty of figures and data about the extremely successful launch of Mario Kart World, the initial sales of Death Stranding 2, an unexpected FMV hit from China, as well as other key releases from the past month

Metacore Studio, known for the mobile puzzle game Merge Mansion, has reported its financial results for 2024. The company proudly announced that the team has, for the first time, turned a profit, with an annual profit of 18.7 million euros.

The service GameDiscoverCo attempted to determine the real size of the Steam market (Total Addressable Market) and calculate the revenue of different game categories. They conducted an experiment by leaving only two key tags for each game that earned more than a million dollars — one for the genre and one for the subgenre.

On the Nintendo website, a chart has been posted showing Nintendo Switch 2 sales as of June 30. According to it, less than a month since sales began on June 5, 5 million units of the console have been sold worldwide

The service GameDiscoverCo attempted to determine the actual size of the Steam market (Total Addressable Market) and calculate the revenue across different game categories. They conducted an experiment by leaving only two key tags for each game that earned more than a million dollars—one for the genre and the other for the subgenre.

The cooperative indie hit Peak took nine days to sell over 2 million copies. The developers from Aggro Crab and Landfall announced this new achievement in the game's Steam community.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has climbed back into the Top 10 of Newzoo's overall revenue chart for May, after initially entering at No. 13 in April

In an unintended move, Sega Sammy released confidential sales figures through a presentation available on its investor relations website

Anton Slashchev, the director at Playhero studio, prepared a report on the mobile gaming market for January-March 2025 based on AppMagic data. Below are the key figures

The South Korean publisher Neowiz and its subsidiary studio Round8 Studio have boasted that the soulslike adventure game Lies of P, which is about the adventures of Pinocchio, has sold 3 million copies since its release in September 2023. This refers specifically to sales, as the game's overall audience is much larger—last year, it reached 7 million people.

Despite the rapid success of Nintendo's latest Switch 2 hardware, ranking as one of the fastest-selling consoles in history, reports indicate that sales of third-party games have been underwhelming and have failed to meet projections

The mobile dating gacha simulator Love and Deepspace, created by the Chinese studio Papergames, is earning significantly. According to estimates by analysts from Sensor Tower, by mid-June, gamers had spent $650 million on the game

The Polish company President Studio has become a public company. It made its debut on the NewConnect exchange, a platform organized by the Warsaw Stock Exchange specifically for small companies

The Nintendo Switch 2 has surpassed 1.1 million units sold in the U.S., setting a new benchmark for gaming hardware launch week sales.

In Japan, hardware sales for the Nintendo Switch 2 have nearly hit the one million mark, marking the largest console launch in the country's history.

Nintendo announced the first sales figures for the Nintendo Switch 2, revealing that the console sold over 3.5 million units in the first four days after its release.

Capcom boasted that Street Fighter 6 has been purchased 5 million times. It took the fighting game a little over two years to reach this milestone, as it celebrated its second anniversary last week

The Nintendo Switch 2 has achieved global sales exceeding 3.5 million units, becoming the best-selling Nintendo hardware within the initial four days of its launch

Nintendo has announced the initial sales figures for the Nintendo Switch 2. The company revealed that the console sold over 3.5 million units within four days of its release

Games for Change, the non-profit dedicated to enabling game creators and social innovators to create impact via digital games and immersive technology, has broadened its board with the addition of five new members: Samir El Agili of Tilting Point and Brandible, Benjamin Golant of Tencent Americas, a representative from Xbox at Microsoft, Evan Segal of Segal Ventures, and Mark Stanley of Yelnats Collective

Last week, Zenless Zone Zero celebrated its one-year anniversary, and to commemorate the occasion, miHoYo released a major 2.0 update and held celebratory events. As a result, at least mobile version users spent significantly more money in the game than usual

The analytical service VG Insights examined the initial sales of Elden Ring Nightreign. According to their data, by the end of the debut week, FromSoftware and Bandai Namco sold 4.3 million copies of the game, more than half of which were for the PC version.

Under the Waves is a narrative adventure about a diver coping with loss, developed by Parallel Studio and published by Quantic Dream. The companies announced that the number of copies sold has surpassed one million

Wrapping up the past month, we take an in-depth look at and analyze the outcomes of May 2025 game releases. Inside, you'll find plenty of figures and data on both AAA titles like Doom: The Dark Ages and indie hits like Monster Train 2

In July of last year, the studio Arrowhead sold 15.75% of its shares to Tencent, according to Di Digital. The publication claims that the deal valued the market worth of the creators of Helldivers 2 at 5.1 billion Swedish kronor, or 533 million dollars at the current exchange rate

During the week from May 27 to June 3, the top spot on the Steam best-selling products chart was taken by Elden Ring Nightreign. The cooperative spin-off of Elden Ring earned more in a week than the regular chart topper Counter-Strike.

Another indie hit has appeared in the publisher Hooded Horse's portfolio. The company announced that the roguelike about building a kingdom, 9 Kings, sold over 250,000 copies in its debut week

FromSoftware announced the initial achievement of Elden Ring Nightreign. By the end of the first day of release, the cooperative novelty sold 2 million copies worldwide

CD Projekt Red has disclosed its financial outcomes for the quarter concluding on March 31, 2025, indicating a slight decline in both sales and net profits for the initial quarter.

Yesterday, Kepler Interactive boasted about the success of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 — the French JRPG was purchased 3.3 million times in 33 days. It turned out that the same press release also contained new sales figures for another game it published, Sifu

Embracer Group has released its financial results for the fourth quarter ending March 2025, showing decreases in both its PC/console and mobile divisions for the quarter as well as throughout the fiscal year.

The last financial year (April 2024 - March 2025) was mixed for Embracer Group. The holding's revenue decreased across all sectors, but this did not prevent it from turning a profit and achieving a net income

NetEase has released its financial performance for the first quarter of 2025, indicating a 12.1% increase in its gaming division, reaching RMB 24 billion ($3.3 billion)

In April 2025, "The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered" led Circana's rankings for video game sales in the United States, emerging as the third highest seller for the year so far. Meanwhile, there was a slight decline in consumer spending on video games, hardware, and accessories compared to the previous year, with decreases of 2%, 8%, and 2%, respectively.

Circana analyst Mat Piscatella published a monthly report on the American gaming market. He revealed that the top hit in April in the US was The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered.

Take-Two Interactive has announced plans to issue 4.75 million new shares. The company aims to raise $1.04 billion from their sale.

The gaming company GDEV reported results for the first fiscal quarter of this year, which ended on March 31. Here are the key figures from the report

Take-Two Interactive shared its report for the fiscal year 2025 (April 2024 - March 2025). Its revenue increased, but it was unable to avoid significant losses. The company also provided updated sales figures for games and mentioned that another delay for GTA VI is unlikely

The Chinese giant Tencent also released its report for the first quarter of 2025. We have selected the key points from the document