GameDiscoverCo: Top releases of October 2025 on PC and consoles
Battlefield 6 is leading everywhere.
A small announcement before we start - I’ll get some time off in the next couple of weeks to recharge. Expect me back with new, interesting reports on November 24!
Top New Releases on Steam - Copies Sold
Battlefield 6 was the biggest hit of the month, selling over 7 million copies on Steam by the end of October (including 2.5 million pre-orders).
RV There Yet? (1.7 million copies) and Escape from Duckov (also 1.7 million) ranked second and third among new releases by units sold on the platform.
ARC Raiders sold 1.5 million copies on Steam in October, just within its first two days.
Dispatch sold over 830,000 copies on Steam in its first week, and more than 1 million copies in total.
Top New Releases on Steam - Gross Revenue
Battlefield 6 generated $424.9 million on Steam in October, making it the clear revenue leader.
ARC Raiders ranked second with $55.3 million (again, in just two days).
Digimon Story: Time Stranger placed third with $37.9 million in revenue.
Top Steam Games in October - Copies Sold
(F2P releases excluded)
Battlefield 6 sold 4.7 million copies on Steam in October.
It’s notable to see Megabonk (2.2 million copies - over 3 million total), RV There Yet? (1.7 million), and Escape from Duckov (1.7 million).
Hogwarts Legacy sold 890,000 copies in October thanks to a $9 discount.
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Top New Releases on PlayStation, Xbox, and Subscription Services
On PlayStation, Battlefield 6 sold 4.6 million copies in October.
Ghost of Yotei also launched strongly with 2.7 million copies sold (34% from the U.S., 13% from China, 5% from Japan).
ARC Raiders ranked third on PlayStation 5 with 498.9K copies sold in the first couple of days.
Dispatch sold just 78.9K copies on PlayStation - 10 times less than on PC.
Among new PlayStation Plus titles: Goat Simulator 3 (+1.9M players), Alan Wake II (+1.2M), and Cocoon (+300K).
On Xbox Series S|X, aside from Battlefield 6 (2.9M copies), ARC Raiders performed modestly with 80.3K copies sold - six times less than on PlayStation.
Top new Game Pass titles included Supermarket Simulator (+1M players), Ninja Gaiden 4 (+650K), and PowerWash Simulator 2 (+453.6K).
On Nintendo’s eShop, Pokémon Z-A sold over 1.1 million copies in October. Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 sold more than 500K copies during the same period.
Notable 3rd-party releases in the eShop are Ball X Pit (124K copies) and Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted (77K).