Darkest Dungeon has reached a new milestone, almost eight years since its Early Access launch. Red Hook Studios’ roguelike game about heroes with different psychological stresses continues to show impressive long-tail sales.

Euro Truck Simulator 2 has celebrated its 10th anniversary. In honor of this milestone, SCS Software looked back on its journey and shared some figures related to the game, including its sales.

Slime Rancher 2, a sequel to the 2017 hit first-person simulation game, came out to a massive success. According to indie studio Monomi Park, the title has sold over 300k units in less than a week since its launch.

Detroit: Become Human is now officially the most commercially successful game in the history of Quantic Dream. The title has sold over 6.5 million units worldwide since its launch In April 2018.

Elden Ring has shown the biggest launch among all FromSoftware’s games. The title has sold 12 million units worldwide since February 25.

In February 2022, the video game industry consumer spend in the US saw a slight decline year-over-year, the NPD Group reported. Overall sales were $4.4 billion, which is down 6% compared to a year ago.

GTA V has surpassed 160 million units sold since its launch on September 17, 2013. These whopping numbers look even more impressive compared to other notable video games.

It Takes Two, a co-op hit game developed by Hazelight Studios, has reached a new milestone with 5 million units sold. This happened almost a year after its launch.

With more than 6.5 million copies sold in the first week, Pokémon Legends: Arceus is another blockbuster in the world-famous franchise. Despite the huge success, a lot of users have issues with the game’s visuals. So is there anything that could have been done to make it look if not stunning but at least decent?

Nintendo has disclosed new data on the sales of its games. While Mario Kart 8 and Animal Crossing continue to generate huge numbers as expected, Metroid Dread is on the way to becoming the biggest-selling title of the whole franchise.

Valve has revealed the top-selling and most played Steam games of 2021. Battlefield 2042 and Valheim were among leaders by revenue, while Cyberpunk 2077 and Halo Infinite topped the charts by concurrent players.

Discoverability expert Simon Carless has shared his thoughts on how developers can quantify their game’s success on Steam based on the number of user reviews. According to his calculations, only 1.5% of new titles released in October 2021 sold at least 40k units in week one.

While Battlefield 2042 had many technical problems at launch and got negative reviews from players, the game still might be doing great in terms of sales. According to a new report, the shooter reached 4.23 million units sold in its first week.

Farming Simulator 22 has become Giants Software’s first self-published release, and it is already showing strong numbers. The game reached 1.5 million units sold in its first week, breaking the series’ previous record.

Timberborn, a city builder where players control beaver societies, has reached 130K units since launch. The game, which was released in Early Access on September 15, has now 95% of positive reviews on Steam.

Potion Craft, developed by Russian indie studio niceplay games, has reached 100K copies sold in just three days. While being released in Early Access, it currently has 92% of positive reviews on Steam.

Bandai Namco has revealed that its new RPG Tales of Arise has sold over 1 million copies globally in just a week. It helped bring the total shipments of the famous Japanese series to 25 million units.

Publisher Koch Media has shared official sales data for RPG Pathfinder: Kingmaker ahead of its sequel’s release. The Owlcat Games-developed RPG sold over 1 million copies globally.

Despite some mixed reviews from critics, players met The Ascent with generally positive reviews. And the game has already surpassed $5 million in revenue, which is a record for publisher Curve Digital.