The main games of May by the numbers: the biggest releases on PC and consoles in terms of revenue, sales, and other metrics

We're summarizing last month, taking a detailed look at and analyzing the results of game releases in May 2025. Inside, you'll find many figures and data regarding both AAA titles like Doom: The Dark Ages and indie hits like Monster Train 2.

Games discussed in this article

• Major new releases in May for PC and consoles: Elden Ring Nightreign, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time, DOOM: The Dark Ages, RoadCraft, F1 25.
• The most successful indie releases of the month: Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon, The Precinct, Monster Train 2, and others.

In preparing this material, we relied not only on official data from developers and publishers but also on information from third-party sources. Among these are charts from Steam, GfK (UK), and Famitsu (Japan), as well as data from analytics companies like Circana, VG Insights, and GameDiscoverCo.