Alinea Analytics: PlayStation Top 10 in May 2025 by Copies Sold
Microsoft games accounted for 44% of all copies in the top 10 sold. What a twist.
Forza Horizon 5 was the best-selling game on PlayStation in May. It was purchased 1.3 million times in a month—total sales on PS5 reached 2.2 million copies, and total revenue surpassed $100 million. 28% of Forza Horizon 5 owners on PlayStation also played Gran Turismo 7, and 54% played The Crew 2.
Forza Horizon 5 surpassed Assassin's Creed Shadows in PlayStation sales. The latter stalled at 1.8 million copies. In April, the game was 5th in sales, but in May it dropped out of the top 10.
Elden Ring Nightreign debuted at #2 with 752,000 copies sold in 2 days. 85% of buyers also own the original Elden Ring. 38% of sales came from the US, another 13% from Japan—these are the project’s largest markets.
Total sales of EA FC 25 on PlayStation reached 18 million—in May, 729,000 copies were sold amid an 80% discount. Interestingly, 61% of EA FC 24 owners have not yet purchased the new installment. But this could be because the previous game was included in the PS Plus subscription.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 finished the month with 614,000 copies sold. On PlayStation, the game’s run has already exceeded one million copies.
Minecraft was purchased 491,000 times in May, a figure achieved thanks to the movie release. In total, the game has sold 350 million copies—a truly remarkable number.
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Grand Theft Auto V, even with the new installment on the horizon, continues to sell well (437,000 copies in May). At the end of April, the game left PS Plus, resulting in a 100,000 unit sales jump.
DOOM: The Dark Ages seems to have launched less strongly than many expected. In May, the game was purchased 270,000 times on PlayStation. The total player count surpassed 3 million, but most of them downloaded the game for free via Xbox Game Pass.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered was purchased 190,000 times in May—the game is ranked 10th.
Microsoft games accounted for 44% of all top-10 copies sold on PlayStation in May. Who could have imagined this a few years ago?