Starfield was #1 best-earner in US following PS5 release, includes both digital and retail sales

Starfield's PS5 version has apparently been a big success insofar as gross sales revenue goes, and while Bethesda hasn't revealed specifics, the game was the #1 best-earning title in the US in the week of launch.

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Starfield's launch on PlayStation 5 has gone over well in the United States. According to the latest figures from Circana's Mat Piscatella, Starfield was the best-earning game in the week from April 5 - April 11 both digitally and physically in the US:

"Starfield was the best-selling video game of the week in tracked physical & digital US full game dollar sales during the week ending April 11th. It's the first time Starfield has led the weekly US best-selling titles chart since week ending Sept 2, 2023," the Circana director said on BlueSky.

While Starfield's sales spree isn't entirely because of the PlayStation version, the numbers expert tells Kotaku that the PS5 version made up 95% of these sales revenues.

Alinea Analytics estimates that Starfield sold around 140K copies on PS5 in its debut week, netting $7.7 million in sales on the platform across digital and retail.

Since we've been tracking the US PlayStation Store's top 25 best sellers for this month, we can add even more context to Starfield's performance on PS5, at least in the United States.

Our data tracks the daily positioning of the top 25 best-earning games on the PlayStation Store, a list that is separated by gross sales revenues instead of raw unit sales (this is confirmed by the inclusion of free-to-play games like Fortnite).

Based on our records, Starfield did not break the top 10 best-earning games on the US PlayStation Store until a day after launch. Context behind this: Starfield faced steep competition upon release due to a bunch of deeply-discounted sports games, including FC26 ($20) and Madden 26 ($14). Call of Duty Black Ops 7 was also on sale for $38 for this period.

Below is a checklist of where Starfield sat on the top 25 list for the 7-day week from April 5 - April 11, 2026:

• 4/5 - #18
• 4/6 - #18
• 4/7 - #18
• 4/8 - #9
• 4/9 - #9
• 4/10 - #8
• 4/11 - #8

Once the sales discounts ended, Starfield jumped into the top 5 best-sellers list on multiple global PlayStation Store listings.