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July was a fun month for copies sold on PlayStation.

Two million-plus sellers, new launches, Forza (AGAIN), and more.

Get the full analysis, and me ranting about the $100 GTA discourse, in the latest @alineaanalytics.bsky.social Substack newsletter:

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Two in one week 👀👇

Another packed data and insights newsletter drop 🗞️🎮👇

Forza Horizon 5 is now 2025’s top-selling new PS5 game, racing past copies sold for huge first-party PlayStation titles Plus, updated Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox numbers for titles like Monster Hunter Wilds, Assassin's Creed Shadows, and Expedition 33. And a quick analysis of why Xbox is transitioning from console.

And 2025's top PlayStation game by copies sold (so far) is ...

Forza Horizon 5 with 3 million copies sold.

Wild times.

More numbers and good stuff in the new Substack:

Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox’s most downloaded games (week 28): College Football 26 and Tony Hawk score Plus, a look at Steam's top games by copies sold, a video of our appearance on the world's most popular PlayStation podcast, RimWorld's new DLC smashing it, and more.

Just published a new edition of the newsletter on Substack, and it's a juicy one!

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June’s most downloaded games, PlayStation sales data, and why it’s so hard to succeed in live services It's cross-platform madness! Plus, Death Stranding 2’s launch, how PlayStation’s PC ports can benefit sales on PS5, and a look at Q2's game investments. Also, sports, sports and more sports.

Just published a huge data-packed newsletter!

Insights include:

Forza Horizon 5 selling almost as many copies as Astro Bot on PS5

June's most downloaded games across Steam, PS, and Xbox

Death Stranding's launch sales.

And loads more!

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June's top 10 PlayStation games by copies sold (estimates):

🥇EA FC 25: 905 K
🥈Death Stranding 2: 687 K
🥉Rematch: 569 K
4️⃣Nightreign: 558 K
5️⃣Forza Horizon 5: 555 K
6️⃣Grand Theft Auto V: 431 K
7️⃣Minecraft: 416 K
8️⃣Stellar Blade: 241 K
9️⃣Expedition 33: 240 K
🔟TLOU2: 150 K

Full analysis with lotsa data:

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June 2025 – Top 10 New Releases on Steam 📊

June delivered one of the most balanced and interesting release lineups of the year. From high-profile PC debuts and major franchise entries to viral indie successes, the month had something for everyone. And the numbers reflect that. 👇

Last week was a WILD one for Steam copies sold!

We've got new releases, a Chinese FMV dating sim nobody saw coming, indies galore, an eight-year-old Star Wars game, and TWO football games.

Full analysis: alineaanalytics.substack.com/p/last-week-...

Our latest newsletter just dropped! 👀

@superhys.bsky.social covers a lot this time!

Have a gander!

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Great week for copies sold on Steam last week.

The top 10 has three new releases, discounted classics galore, and some neat indies.

Also, play The Alters. It's rad

Full analysis including a whole lotta data: alineaanalytics.com/blog/steam_w...

China helped Stellar Blade become PlayStation’s fastest-selling PC port yet, selling over a million on Steam Stellar Blade, a Korean-made hack-and-slash title, finally launched on Steam on June 11, following over a year of PlayStation exclusivity. As we covered last week, Stellar Blade was the #5 Steam game ...

Three wild stats from our Stellar Blade Steam estimates:

56% of players are in China

It's PlayStation's fast-selling Steam port yet.

Best for last: There's 10 hentai games in the list of games that over 10% of Stellar Blade players have played

Full blog: alineaanalytics.com/blog/stellar...

Deltarune, Dune, and Elden Ring Nightreign dominated our Steam charts last week!

Indies, AA, AAA, and ports all smashing it. Love it.

Dune and Stellar Blade hadn't even fully launched yet, but you can find launch data in the article.

Also, play Deltarune

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✨ Top Gainers on Steam Following Summer Game Fest (June 6–8)

🥇 Resident Evil Requiem (RE9) – A mainline Resident Evil announcement is always a momentum driver.

🥈 ILL – Team Clout’s body-horror made a major impact.

🥉 Chronicles: Medieval – An unannounced standout.

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Xbox games dominate PS5, Elden Ring Nightreign finds success, and an upcoming Chinese souls-like to watch Forza’s HUGE PS5 success, May’s top Steam and PlayStation games, an upcoming roguelike nobody’s talking about (but should be?), and Helldivers 2’s big comeback.

I know you're probably playing Mario Kart right now, but I just dropped a big data-drop newsletter.

I'd LOVE you to read it, subscribe, and all that

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May’s top Steam games by copies sold: Two new big launches, Helldivers 2’s return, and ongoing indie smash hits It’s that time again. We already published our May data on Steam’s top new games by revenues, but now it’s time to look at the top-performing Steam games by copies sold.

May’s top 10 Steam games by copies sold analysis is here!

Get a full deep dive on the @alineaanalytics.bsky.social blog:

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DEEP DIVE
🧧 WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers - China’s next $100M+ breakout title?

✅ In the blog post, we break down WUCHANG, from estimated dev budget to forecasted global sales. How to model with confidence using Alinea Analytics data.

👉 Read the full deep dive here: alineaanalytics.com/blog/wuchang...

📢 Tomorrow, we’re dropping a data-driven deep dive into what could be the next $100M+ breakout title

Here’s a hint: it’s targeting the now-mainstream Souls-like and Dark Fantasy TAM, an audience worth $100M+ per month and 30M+ monthly active users on Steam alone.

Any guesses? Stay tuned. 👀

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May 2025 – Top 10 New Releases on Steam 📊

Elden Ring: Nightreign drove the biggest numbers, while standout debuts like Fantasy Life i and DOOM: The Dark Ages ensured the month remained competitive across genres.

May’s biggest game isn't out yet; April was a HUGE month for games Launch-to-date data on the games that dominated April, Elden Ring Nightreign’s imminent splash, and other JUICY data drops from Alinea Analytics.

NEW NEWSLETTER. First edition includes:

A peek at our pre-launch data for Elden Ring Nightreign. Spoiler: it's gonna be big.

An update on copies sold for April's biggest games.

Forza overtaking Assassin's Creed Shadows sales on PS5.

A cameo from @michaelpachter.bsky.social

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12 million gamers have played Elden Ring for 100+ hours across Steam and PlayStation.

Also, 10.9% of Elden Ring players on PS and 10.2% on Steam have unlocked every achievement vs 3.7% on Xbox. Git gud, Xbox gamers.

More on @alineaanalytics.bsky.social's blog: alineaanalytics.com/blog/elden-r...

🚀 Top Trending Upcoming Steam Titles – Week 20

🎯 Stellar Blade takes center stage. Originally a PS5 exclusive, Stellar Blade is making its way to PC with enhanced visuals.

Thank you! :)

Dune: Awakening – On Track to Become One of 2025’s Biggest Launches on Steam

👇 Below is a performance snapshot, charting daily sales trends from 60 days before launch through 30 days after, benchmarked against a selection of key 2025 titles.