VG Insights: Elden Ring: Nightreign sold over 4 million copies in its first week
The game is a solid hit despite the release negativity.
Steam accounts for 58% of game sales. PlayStation accounts for 30%, while Xbox accounts for 11%. One percent is missing due to rounding.
85% of users who bought Elden Ring: Nightreign also own the original Elden Ring.
36% of all early sales came from the US, 9% from China, 7% from Germany, 5% from the UK, and another 5% from Japan.
The average playtime in the first week was 16 hours—a very high figure.
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The project’s success wasn’t hindered by mixed launch reviews (as of writing, already 78% of reviews are positive). The developers quickly released post-launch patches and fixed the most critical issues.
Simon Carless from GameDiscoverCo calculated that Elden Ring: Nightreign was the most successful new Steam release in May, both in terms of copies sold (852,500, according to the service) and gross revenue ($30.9 million). And that’s despite launching on May 30.
