Games & Numbers (February 5 - February 18, 2025)
A bi-weekly report of milestones that PC/Console/Mobile games reached.
PC/Console Games
Grand Theft Auto V has been purchased 210 million times. Red Dead Redemption II sales stand at 70 million copies. These figures were shared by Take-Two in their latest report.
Phasmophobia has sold over 2 million copies on consoles. The game's total sales have surpassed 22 million copies.
One Piece Pirate Warriors 4 has been bought 4 million times.
Farming Simulator 25 continues to harvest success effectively - the game has already sold over 3 million copies. In total, games in the series have been purchased more than 40 million times.
Consider subscribing to the GameDev Reports Premium tier to support the newsletter. Get access to the list of curated articles & archive of Gaming Reports that I’ve been collecting since 2020.
Kingdom Come Deliverance II sold 2 million copies in less than 2 weeks. The studio called the release a "triumph". The first million copies were sold in less than 24 hours.
Alan Wake II sales have exceeded 2 million copies. The project has fully recouped its costs, and the studio has finally started profiting from it.
Dynasty Warriors: Origins has sold 1 million copies. The game's demo version has been downloaded by over 2 million people.
A Game About Digging A Hole, where players (guess what?) dig a hole in their garden plot, has been purchased more than 250,000 times in a week. Gameplay videos are garnering millions of views on social media (particularly on TikTok).
Mobile Games
Pokemon Trading Card revenue has exceeded $500 million. The game is only 22 days behind Pokemon GO in terms of speed to reach this milestone (97 days vs 75). While new updates are receiving mixed reactions from the audience, they are significantly boosting revenue.
Fire Emblem Heroes - Nintendo's most successful mobile game - has earned $1.3 billion over 8 years.
War Robots has earned over $1 billion across all platforms since its release. 94% of all revenue came from mobile devices.
Capybara Go has surpassed the $100 million revenue mark. It took the game 5 months to achieve this.
Users have spent over $50 million in Royal Kingdom by Dream Games, according to AppMagic. This figure includes money earned during the soft launch period.
In the first month after release, Archero II earned $32.8 million from IAPs. This is before taxes and commissions.
