WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers – China’s next $100M+ breakout title?
Launching July 24, 2025 on Steam, Epic, PS5, Xbox Series X|S & Game Pass day one Narrative moves markets, and in China, everyone is still talking about Black Myth: Wukong. ...
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Elden Ring’s player engagement is through the roof: 45% of its Steam players have played for 100+ hours
Elden Ring’s player engagement is through the roof: Over 45% of its Steam players have played for 100+ hours Elden Ring is one of the most successful premium games of all time. ...
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April 2025’s top Steam games by copies sold – Indies, RPGs, and survival games dominated
We’ve already dived into April’s top new Steam games by revenues and PlayStation’s top games by copies sold for the month. Now it’s time to turn our eye to the top 10 Steam games by copies sold. ...
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Xbox dominated PlayStation’s top 10 games by copies sold in April, as Forza Horizon 5 overtakes 1.4 million copies on PS5
April is usually a quiet time of year for PlayStation players. Usually. Things were a bit different in 2025, boasting a new JRPG franchise that’s an early GOTY contender, PlayStation’s biggest Xbox release to date, shadow drops, and revitalised old classics. ...
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is selling faster than JRPGs from iconic studios, but the Oblivion Remaster might have stolen a bit of its thunder
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a certified hit, an all-time JRPG great, and another early contender for game of the year. Expedition 33 has now sold over a million copies across Steam and PlayStation alone, with over 785K on Steam and over 350K on PlayStation consoles. ...
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Indiana Jones is selling copies faster on PS5 than it did on Steam and Xbox – a positive sign for Xbox’s third-party future
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, the MachineGames-developed Xbox first-party title, officially launched on PlayStation consoles last week. It’s sold over 100 thousand copies so far (and growing). ...
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New Alinea Analytics hire - Rhys Elliott
We’re happy to announce that Rhys Elliott is joining Alinea Analytics as our Head of Market Analysis and a member of our management team. Rhys has a decade of experience covering strategy in games, with analysis regularly featured in the media (including IGN, Deconstuctor of Fun, VentureBeat and the BBC). ...
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is a smash hit and a sign of things to come for game dev – here’s how it REALLY performed
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has been a resounding AAA success from a leaner studio. The official numbers reveal it has sold over two million copies. Our best-in-class data shows that it’s now coming up on three million across all platforms. ...
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March's top 10 games on Steam and PlayStation by units sold
With March clearly in the rear mirror, we thought we’d look back at the busy month for the console/PC market. March saw some highly anticipated AAA releases, indie surprises, and discounts, leading to a mixed bag for copies sold. ...
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March 2025 – Top 10 New Releases on Steam
March continued the wave of success with new high-performing game releases, both in terms of critical reviews and concurrent player numbers. The king of co-op games, Hazelight, led by Josef Fares, released Split Fiction, which generated $77. ...
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How well have Xbox games on PlayStation been selling so far? It differs
It’s undeniable: Xbox is now a third-party publisher. Games that would have once been siloed on Xbox consoles are now on Steam and even PlayStation. ...
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Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ lukewarm early sales suggest it’s not the silver bullet Ubisoft needs
Over the weekend, Ubisoft took to social media to announce that Assassin’s Creed Shadows hitting 2 million players. That’s not copies sold – that’s players. Ubisoft also said Shadows’ players exceeded the launches of 2017’s Assassin’s Creed Origins and 2018’s Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. ...
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