High 10 best-selling video video games in Europe – April 2023

Throughout April, Europe witnessed a decline in PC and console sport gross sales, with a 5.3% drop in comparison with the identical interval in 2022. The month’s best-seller was Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, surpassing FIFA 23 to say the highest spot. Remarkably, Survivor achieved this feat regardless of being on sale for just a few days on the time the info was collected. The sport noticed a robust launch, with gross sales rising by nearly 6% in comparison with its predecessor, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, which was launched in November 2019.

Notably, 55% of Survivor’s gross sales had been digital, whereas, for Fallen Order, the digital gross sales accounted for 35%. Digital sport gross sales exploded in the course of the pandemic, however this is among the first instances it’s clear reduce inside the identical franchise.

One other important launch in April was Lifeless Island 2, which debuted at #3. Whereas there aren’t any particular numbers to match towards the unique, it seems to have carried out effectively, though its gross sales had been about one-third decrease than the remake of Resident Evil 4, launched in March.

Regardless of the success of those video games, they couldn’t fairly match the efficiency of final yr’s main launch, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. Minecraft Legends was the subsequent highest-performing new launch in April, though it solely reached #19 throughout its debut month. Minecraft Legends did obtain a day-one launch on Microsoft GamePass, which probably ate into Xbox gross sales.

In terms of {hardware} gross sales, consoles skilled a considerable improve of practically 58% in comparison with April of the earlier yr. All three main platforms carried out strongly, with PlayStation 5 gross sales seeing a big rise of 144% in comparison with April 2022, making it the month’s best-selling platform. Nintendo Swap gross sales rose by nearly 38%, whereas Xbox Collection S and X gross sales elevated by over 19%.

Nonetheless, when in comparison with March, solely Nintendo Swap gross sales confirmed a month-on-month improve. This was partly as a result of launch of a particular version console that arrived on the finish of the month, coinciding with the launch of the extremely anticipated sport Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

Gross sales of equipment and add-on merchandise additionally skilled development, with an 11% improve in comparison with April of the earlier yr, totaling greater than 1.2 million models bought. The PlayStation 5 DualSense controller emerged because the top-selling product on this class, once more, adopted by the Xbox Collection Wi-fi Controller.

Lastly, gross sales of factors playing cards noticed a ten% rise in comparison with April 2022, amounting to 1.14 million models bought. The highest performers on this class had been PlayStation Retailer, Roblox, and Steam Pockets playing cards.