Games & Numbers (January 23 - February 4, 2025)

A bi-weekly report of milestones that PC/Console/Mobile games reached.

PC/Console Games

• Capcom reported that sales of the Monster Hunter series have exceeded 100 million copies.

• Human: Fall Flat has been purchased by 55 million people. The game was released in 2016, and the developer is currently working on a sequel.

• The Dying Light series has attracted more than 45 million players. In January 2023, the company reported selling 30 million copies.

• Niko Partners estimates that the global sales of Black Myth: Wukong have already exceeded 25 million copies. The game was released in August 2024.

• Games based on The Walking Dead franchise have earned more than $1 billion. This includes both PC/console and mobile adaptations of the series.

• Fortnite creators received $352 million from Epic Games in 2024. 7 teams received more than $10 million, 14 teams - more than $3 million, 37 - more than $1 million.

• DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO has surpassed 5 million copies sold, which took just under 4 months. This is the best-selling part of the series, with 3 million copies sold in the first 24 hours.

• Mortal Kombat 1 has been purchased more than 5 million times. The studio noted that it will continue to develop the project.

• Satya Nadella reported that more than 4 million people have played Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. This is not about sales, as the game was available on Game Pass from day one.

• Sales of the Silent Hill 2 remake have surpassed 2 million copies.

• Pathfinder: Kingmaker has exceeded 2 million copies sold. The first million was announced in August 2021.

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• Prince of Persia: Lost Crown sold 1.3 million copies in its first year. However, the team that worked on the project no longer exists—some people left Ubisoft, and some switched to other projects.

• Konami's eFootball has been downloaded more than 800 million times, including installs on PCs, consoles, and mobile devices.

• The creators of Neopets (a browser game about collecting virtual pets) boasted an achievement of 400,000 MAU and a peak DAU of 250,000 users. An important detail: the first version of the project was launched in 1999. So it's a solid achievement!

• The off-road driving simulator over the hill received more than 100,000 wishlists in the first 5 days of being on Steam. This is not the developers' first game, and they also worked with the audience on Instagram and TikTok before the launch of the Steam page, as well as secured publications in several leading media outlets together with a partner.

Mobile Games

• According to AppMagic, people have spent more than $5 billion on Royal Match throughout its operation. In May 2024, the same AppMagic reported $3 billion in Gross Revenue.

• Goddess of Victory: Nikke has earned more than $1 billion on mobile devices. In Japan, the game collected 54% of revenue, in South Korea - 16.2%, in the USA - 16%. The game is also available on PC.

• Love and Deepspace earned $400 million in its first year on mobile devices. Data from AppMagic, means the figures are without taxes and store commissions. In December, the game set a revenue record - $61 million ($10.5 million of this amount was paid by users on December 31). The developers reported in official channels that the game has been downloaded by more than 50 million people.

• Pokemon Sleep has earned $140 million in 1.5 years. 73% of all revenue came from Japan. The trend is negative.

• Hypercasual publisher Homa boasted that its games have been downloaded more than 2 billion times. Sky Roller, Merge Master, and Attack Hole account for 21% of all downloads.