Games & Numbers (July 2 – July 15, 2025)
A bi-weekly report of milestones that PC/Console/Mobile games reached.
PC/Console Games
Lords of the Fallen has reached 5.5 million players. This includes players who got the game through subscriptions.
Indie hit Peak has sold 4.5 million copies, with the US, Russia, and the UK being the top markets.
Sultan's Game from the Chinese studio Double Cross hit 1 million copies sold.
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Death Stranding 2: On the Beach sold over 674,000 copies in its first 3 days, according to Video Game Insights. As of now, the platform reports over 1 million sold. Official sales figures have yet to be announced.
The Alters by Polish studio 11 bit studios sold 280,000 copies in just under a month.
Mafia: The Old Country has accumulated over 2.5 million wishlists across all platforms. The game releases on August 8.
Mobile Games
Over 9 years of operations, Pokémon GO has earned more than $8.8 billion (AppMagic data). The real figure is likely higher, since the project is available on alternative platforms and has a web shop.
Whiteout Survival surpassed $3 billion in gross revenue in less than 2.5 years (AppMagic). The game showed impressive growth: in its first full month, March 2023, it earned $9.9 million; in March 2024, $91.3 million; in March 2025, $205.9 million. The game has now reached a revenue plateau.
Zenless Zone Zero generated $442.1 million on mobile in its first year. That’s just 23% of Genshin Impact’s first-year mobile revenue, despite ZZZ having 45 million pre-registrations.
Clash Royale set a new post-pandemic daily revenue record: on July 8, the game earned $3.8 million – a record since December 20, 2021. The spike is linked to the new Merge Tactics mode.
Wittle Defender, a new title from Habby, hit $10 million in gross revenue. In its first month post-launch, the game earned $9.7 million (AppMagic data).
thatgamecompany announced that Sky: Children of the Light exceeded 270 million mobile downloads.
Com2Us reported 5 million installs of MLB Rivals over two years. According to AppMagic, the game generated $59 million for its creators during this period.
Valorant Mobile in China reached over 40 million pre-installs in 10 weeks.
Destiny: Rising collected 5 million pre-registrations worldwide. The launch is scheduled for August 28, 2025.
Platforms
Sales charts for Nintendo Switch 2 briefly appeared on Nintendo’s website before being removed. As of the end of June, over 5 million Nintendo Switch units were sold. 1.8 million devices were bought in the US, 1.47 million in Japan, 1.18 million in Europe. The remaining sales were distributed among other countries. However, it should be noted that Nintendo stated these figures do not reflect reality.
