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Which games are the most successful in Germany? The continuously updated overview shows the game sales figures for 2024.
Update from April 16, 2024: The power is with Electronic Arts: Since its publication a year ago, the US publisher has sold more than 400,000 copies of in Germany Star Wars Jedi: Survivor sold. With the PS5 title Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth (Square Enix) and the Switch novelty Super Mario RPG (Nintendo) there are also two platform-exclusive games that have found more than 100,000 buyers.
All new additions and updates are marked in the table below.
Update from March 14, 2024: Just a few days after publication on February 8th, it became clear that Helldivers 2 goes through the ceiling. The online co-op shooter from Arrowhead Game Studios and Sony Interactive is available for PC and PlayStation 5 for €39.99.
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In Germany, too, demand was huge right from the start: According to the industry association, more than 200,000 units were sold by the end of February – the new addition is marked accordingly in the overview below.
Report from February 8, 2024: For the first time, a state-sponsored computer game has surpassed the 100,000-copy mark sold in Germany. Ubisoft Mainz has achieved this with the Anno 1800 Console Editionwhich is in the official subsidy database under the code name “Project: Laubenheim” to be led.
The federal government approved exactly €1,492,110 in September 2021 – the building strategy game has also been available for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S since March 16, 2023. In total, Ubisoft Blue Byte will receive more than €8 million from the federal government, including a check for the record sum of €5.7 million, which is extremely likely to be used for the development of the (unannounced) Anno 1800-Successor is determined.
A week later after the Anno 1800 Console version is the remake of Resident Evil 4 released: Capcom's horror shocker has sold more than 200,000 times since March 24, 2023.
The following figures include both data carriers (Blu-Ray, DVD, module) and downloads. The manufacturer, the platforms and the date of publication (“release”) are indicated.
As of April 16, 2024
Best-selling games released in 2023 + 2024
Sold more than 600,000 times
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Activision Blizzard / PS4 + PS5 + Xbox + PC / 11/10/23)
- Diablo 4 (Activision Blizzard / PS4 + PS5 + Xbox + PC / 6.6.23)
- EA Sports FC 24 (Electronic Arts / PS4 + PS5 + Xbox + PC + Switch / 9/27/23)
- Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros. / PS5 + Xbox Series X/S + PC / 10.2.23)
- Super Mario Bros Wonder (Nintendo / Switch / 10/20/23)
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo / Switch / 12.5.23)
Sold more than 400,000 times
- NEW Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (Electronic Arts / PS5 + Xbox + PC / 4/28/23)
Sold more than 200,000 times
- Assassin's Creed Mirage (Ubisoft / PS4 + PS5 + Xbox + PC / 5.10.23)
- F1 23 (Electronic Arts / PS4 + PS5 + Xbox + PC / 6/16/23)
- Helldivers 2 (Sony Interactive / PS5 + PC / 8.2.24)
- Resident Evil 4 Remake (Capcom / PS4 + PS5 + PC + Switch / 3/24/23)
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (Sony Interactive / PS5 / 10/20/23)
Sold more than 100,000 times
- Anno 1800 Console Edition (Ubisoft / PS5 + Xbox / 3/19/23)
- Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (Ubisoft / PS5 + Xbox + PC / 7.12.23)
- Dead Island 2 (Plaion / PS4 + PS5 + Xbox + PC / 4/21/23)
- Dead Space (Electronic Arts / PS5 + Xbox + PC / 1/27/23)
- Final Fantasy 16 (Square Enix / PS5 / 6/22/23)
- NEW Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth (Square Enix / PS5 / 29.2.24)
- NBA 2K24 (Take-Two / PS4 + PS5 + Xbox + Switch + PC / 8.9.23)
- Starfield (Microsoft / PC + Xbox / 6.9.23)
- NEW Super Mario RPG (Nintendo / Switch / 11/17/23)
- The Crew Motorfest (Ubisoft / PS4 + PS5 + Xbox + PC / 9/14/23)
- WWE 2K23 (Take-Two / PS4 + PS5 + Xbox + Switch + PC / 3/14/23)
This is how the game sales figures in Germany come about
Game manufacturers usually only announce global sales figures for their games – rarely or not at all for individual markets and countries. The data from the Games Sales Data (GSD) industry panel, which the Game industry association relies on, gives at least a feeling for the scale in Germany.
This in turn results in the so-called 'Sales Awards' in gold, for which at least 100,000 games must be sold in the first twelve months. Additional levels: 200,000 (Platinum), 400,000 (Double Platinum) and 600,000 (Multi-Platinum).
Important: Not all studios and publishers report their sales figures – so some titles inevitably don't appear in the list.
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