Monster Hunter Wilds was February’s huge success on the gross sales charts, although certainly not the one one, in line with industry-tracking agency Circana. A number of video games launched this month have damaged onto the U.S. bestsellers chart, with Monster Hunter Wilds taking the highest spot. Nevertheless, it wasn’t sufficient to offset the continued decline of gross sales on the gross sales charts, which proceed to be within the negatives — notably the {hardware} gross sales.
| February 2025 Greenback Gross sales, Tens of millions | Feb 2024 | Feb 2025 | Change |
| Complete Video Recreation Gross sales | $4,795 | $4,507 | -6% |
| Video Recreation Content material (Bodily & Digital Full Recreation, DLC/MTX and Subscription shopper spending throughout Console, Cloud, Cell*, Moveable, PC and VR platforms) | $4,217 | $4,031 | -4% |
| Video Recreation {Hardware} | $341 | $256 | -25% |
| Video Recreation Equipment | $238 | $220 | -8% |
“February online game {hardware} spending fell by 25% when in comparison with a yr in the past, to $256 million. That is the bottom February complete for online game {hardware} spending because the $184 million reached in February 2020,” mentioned Mat Piscatella, Circana’s government producer for video games experiences. “After every platform’s first 52 months in market, PlayStation 5 unit gross sales exceed PlayStation 4’s gross sales tempo by 7%, whereas Xbox Sequence now trails Xbox One by 19%.”
It’s value noting that the decline in {hardware} gross sales is from an already steep decline, as February 2024 gross sales had been already down 30/% from February 2023. Equipment gross sales, which have operated generally inversely to {hardware}, have additionally been in decline, with Circana noting that gamepad gross sales have declined 17% year-to-date, and headset spending is down 25% for a similar interval.
| 12 months-to-Date 2025 Greenback Gross sales, Tens of millions | 2024 YTD | 2025 YTD | Change |
| Complete Video Recreation Gross sales | $10,116 | $9,020 | -11% |
| Video Recreation Content material (Bodily & Digital Full Recreation, DLC/MTX and Subscription shopper spending throughout Console, Cloud, Cell*, Moveable, PC and VR platforms) | $8,899 | $8,146 | -8% |
| Video Recreation {Hardware} | $712 | $461 | -35% |
| Video Recreation Equipment | $505 | $413 | -18% |
Monster Hunter Wilds was one among six new video games to leap onto the bestsellers record, however which may mirror participant reply to the widely tepid market of January. This multitude of huge — and profitable — recreation launches isn’t sufficient to offset the final downward development of market gross sales, which have been on the decline for a while.
Circana February 2025: High 20 best-selling video games within the U.S.
| Rank | Final Month Rank | Title | Writer |
| 1 | NEW | Monster Hunter: Wilds | Capcom USA |
| 2 | NEW | Kingdom Come: Deliverance II | Plaion |
| 3 | NEW | Civilization VII | Take-Two Interactive |
| 4 | NEW | PGA Tour 2K25 | Take-Two Interactive |
| 5 | 2 | NBA 2K25 | Take-Two Interactive |
| 6 | 1 | Name of Obligation: Black Ops 6 | Microsoft (Corp) |
| 7 | NEW | Avowed | Microsoft (Corp) |
| 8 | NEW | Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii | Sega |
| 9 | 4 | Grand Theft Auto V | Take-Two Interactive |
| 10 | 3 | Madden NFL 25 | Digital Arts |
| 11 | 8 | Minecraft^^ | A number of Video Recreation Producers |
| 12 | 6 | EA Sports activities FC 25 | Digital Arts |
| 13 | 9 | Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 | Sony (Corp) |
| 14 | 7 | Crimson Lifeless Redemption II | Take-Two Interactive |
| 15 | 12 | Hogwarts Legacy | Warner Bros. Video games |
| 16 | 10 | EA Sports activities School Soccer 25 | Digital Arts |
| 17 | 14 | Helldivers II | Sony (Corp) |
| 18 | 18 | Elden Ring | Bandai Namco Leisure |
| 19 | 16 | Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero | Bandai Namco Leisure |
| 20 | 15 | Astro Bot | Sony (Corp) |
After January’s somewhat tepid gross sales, which didn’t actually see many new video games on the gross sales charts, February’s charts are an explosion of recent titles. One factor value noting is that, for the primary time shortly, there aren’t any Nintendo video games on the gross sales chart. Donkey Kong Nation Returns was the one new recreation to grace the January charts, nevertheless it’s shortly been shoved out of the record by February’s multitude of recent titles.
Monster Hunter Wilds is the plain winner, being high of the record. In accordance with Piscatella, Monster Hunter Wilds was the highest vendor on PlayStation, Xbox and Steam, and Steam accounted for over half of the sport’s complete greenback gross sales. This dovetails with Capcom’s reveal that the sport had offered greater than eight million copies in simply three days in the marketplace.
February’s different huge winners
Except for Monster Hunter wilds, Warhorse’s RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance II was additionally an enormous hit in the marketplace, with Piscatella noting that the launch month greenback gross sales for the sequel had been greater than 5 instances increased than these of the unique when it launched in 2018. It’s one among 4 video games which have collectively shoved Name of Obligation, historically at all times a lead contender, right down to fifth place, the others being Firaxis’s Civilization VII and PGA Tour 2K25.
Obsidian’s Avowed and RGG Studio’s Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii seem barely additional down the record, rounding out the secure of February titles to make it huge this month. If nothing else, it proves the market has an urge for food for a number of expansive video games directly, as most of the video games fall into the “open-world” and “RPG” classes.
Circana February 2025: 20 best-selling video games of 2024 to this point
| Rank | Final Month Rank | Title | Writer |
| 1 | NEW | Monster Hunter: Wilds | Capcom USA |
| 2 | NEW | Kingdom Come: Deliverance II | Plaion |
| 3 | NEW | Civilization VII | Take-Two Interactive |
| 4 | 1 | Name of Obligation: Black Ops 6 | Microsoft (Corp) |
| 5 | 2 | NBA 2K25 | Take-Two Interactive |
| 6 | NEW | PGA Tour 2K25 | Take-Two Interactive |
| 7 | 3 | Madden NFL 25 | Digital Arts |
| 8 | 4 | Grand Theft Auto V | Take-Two Interactive |
| 9 | 6 | EA Sports activities FC 25 | Digital Arts |
| 10 | 8 | Minecraft^^ | A number of Video Recreation Producers |
| 11 | 7 | Crimson Lifeless Redemption II | Take-Two Interactive |
| 12 | 9 | Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 | Sony (Corp) |
| 13 | NEW | Avowed | Microsoft (Corp) |
| 14 | 10 | EA Sports activities School Soccer 25 | Digital Arts |
| 15 | 5 | Closing Fantasy VII: Rebirth | Sq. Enix Inc (Corp) |
| 16 | 12 | Hogwarts Legacy | Warner Bros. Video games |
| 17 | 11 | Donkey Kong Nation Returns* | Nintendo |
| 18 | NEW | Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii | Sega |
| 19 | 14 | Helldivers II | Sony (Corp) |
| 20 | 18 | Elden Ring | Bandai Namco Leisure |
^^ Digital gross sales on Nintendo platforms not included
February isn’t a lot time to showcase any modifications out there from January, however the brand new launches of the month have confirmed to be as a lot of a disruption right here as they had been within the month-to-month chart. All six made it to the best-selling year-to-date chart, with Monster Hunter Wilds popping out on high. As with that record, a number of video games pushed Name of Obligation: Black Ops 6 out of the highest slot, although it’s doubtless it’ll climb again up within the coming months.
