Elden Ring reaches 30 million sales, here's how it stacks up against other hits

FromSoftware's macabre dark fantasy epic has sold over 30 million copies across the globe, Bandai Namco has announced.

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By amassing over 30 million sales in little over 3 years on the market, Elden Ring is one of the most popular new games in recent memory, and it's also one of the best-performing new IPs in gaming history. The punishing action RPG hit the ground running with a meteoric 12 million sales in just 2 weeks, and after a year on the market, Elden Ring had moved 20 million units.

If we take a look at Elden Ring's sales trends, we can also see the possible effects that the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion may have had on repeated sales of the base game. Elden Ring sold 2 million copies in the period between February and June 2024, before Shadow of the Erdtree released, likely influenced by timely discounts as well as potential adoption for the Erdtree expansion.

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In the period following the Shadow of the Erdtree's release, between June and September 2024, Elden Ring sold 3.6 million more units, bringing the then-cumulative total to 28.6 million.

At 30 million sales, Elden Ring's singular release is outselling entire franchises and potentially tying with some big IPs like Cyberpunk and Dying Light, while brushing shoulders with PlayStation's first-party Horizon series.

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The Elden Ring franchise will continue with Elden Ring: Nightreign, a 3-player online-driven co-op game centered around teamwork, exploration, and unique bosses & gear. Although Nightreign is an entirely separate game from Elden Ring as a standalone experience sold for $40, it's possible that Nightreign players could buy into Elden Ring or vice-versa.