GameDiscoverCo: Top releases of September 2025 on PC and consoles
The month of Hollow Knight: Silksong, EA Sports FC 26, Borderlands 4, NBA 2K26, and Dying Light: The Beast. Despite the competition, some indie titles managed to achieve solid results.
Top Steam Launches - Units Sold
Hollow Knight: Silksong exceeded GDCo’s expectations. Based on median wishlist conversion, the game was projected to sell around one million copies post-launch, but it actually moved 4.2 million on Steam alone. Median figures don’t always reflect reality.
Borderlands 4 had a strong launch in terms of units despite mixed player reviews. It sold 2.1 million copies in September - roughly 1 million of those were pre-orders.
Dying Light: The Beast sold 910 thousand copies, but this includes free copies given to Dying Light 2: Ultimate Edition owners.
Among indie titles, strong performers included Megabonk (671 thousand copies), Shape of Dreams (664 thousand), and No, I’m not a Human (493 thousand copies).
EA Sports FC 26 launched at position 6, but the genre isn’t particularly popular on Steam.
Top Steam Launches - Gross Revenue
Borderlands 4 generated $135.7 million in September - making it the month’s most successful release. Hollow Knight: Silksong came in second ($68.6 million), with Dying Light: The Beast in third place ($45.7 million).
Silent Hill F landed at position 6. Konami reported one million copies sold, but the title didn’t appear in GDCo’s data - possibly because the publisher included physical copies.
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Three projects exited Early Access to version 1.0 in September - Hades II (sold an additional 350 thousand copies, total of 2.5 million), Slime Rancher 2 (additional 75 thousand copies, total of 1.6 million), and Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor (additional 75 thousand copies, total of 1.85 million).
Top Steam Games in August - Units Sold
F2P releases are excluded from this chart.
Excluding new releases, Helldivers II continues to sell exceptionally well. The game sold 754 thousand copies on Steam in September.
Strong numbers for Path of Exile 2 (638 thousand copies) and Peak (463 thousand - the game has sold over 11.7 million copies total).
Top Steam Games in August - Gross Revenue
GameDiscoverCo includes F2P revenue in this chart.
Borderlands 4 ($135.7 million) edged out Counter-Strike 2 ($133.1 million) in September gross revenue.
DOTA 2 ($32 million), PUBG: Battlegrounds ($29.8 million), and Helldivers II ($26.9 million) continue generating solid income for their developers.
Top Console Launches in September
Sports titles dominate on consoles. EA Sports FC 26 sold over 10 million copies in September (8.1 million on PlayStation; 2.3 million on Xbox).
NBA 2K26 also launched strongly - 4.5 million copies on PlayStation and 2.7 million on Xbox.
Borderlands 4 moved approximately 750 thousand copies on PlayStation and 600 thousand on Xbox.
Hollow Knight: Silksong sold over 750 thousand copies on PlayStation - an excellent result for a 2D platformer on the platform. Xbox sales figures are difficult to calculate since the game launched day one into Xbox Game Pass.
Skate was downloaded over 18 million times across PC, PlayStation, and Xbox. The game’s DAU reached 4.8 million players in September. However, revenue figures (on Steam) are still far from top-10 territory.
Hollow Knight: Silksong sold over 850 thousand copies on Nintendo Switch 1/2. Hades II reached over 420 thousand players.
Subscription Services
The main September additions to Xbox Game Pass were Slime Rancher 2 (2.9 million players) and Hollow Knight: Silksong (2.1 million).
PlayStation Plus showed more modest September results - the subscription brought 770 thousand additional players to Stardew Valley and 300 thousand to Psychonauts 2.