Best-selling video games in Europe – first half of 2023

Through the first half of the 12 months, the European gaming business skilled a slight uptick, with a complete of 76.1 million console and PC video games offered, in comparison with the identical interval in 2022.

The UK emerged because the main market, promoting 15.3 million video games, a notable 5.5% enhance from the earlier 12 months. Germany adopted carefully with 14 million video games offered, though it noticed a decline of 11%. France witnessed development with 11.1 million recreation gross sales, an 8% enhance, whereas Spain and Italy reported gross sales of 5.4 million (up 6.8%) and 4.9 million (up 2.7%), respectively.

Bodily recreation purchases noticed a decline of 9% year-on-year, with a complete of 29.1 million bodily video games offered throughout Europe. Nevertheless, digital downloads skilled a big surge, with 47 million video games offered digitally, representing a exceptional 7% enhance.

Hogwarts Legacy emerged because the top-selling recreation in Europe through the 12 months’s first half, surpassing Elden Ring’s gross sales final 12 months by a staggering 69%. Diablo 4 additionally made a robust impression, claiming the third spot regardless of being on sale for just a few weeks through the knowledge assortment interval.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom secured fourth place, outselling Pokémon Legends: Arceus by 13% through the first half of final 12 months.

FIFA 23 proved to be a standout performer, promoting 24% extra models than FIFA 22 throughout the identical interval. The oddest inclusion on the chart, at #20 is Grand Theft Auto On-line, the stand-alone downloadable title, whereas Grand Theft Auto 5 is No. 5.

Hogwarts Legacy was the top-selling recreation in main European international locations just like the UK, France, Germany, and Italy, whereas in Spain, FIFA claimed the lead. The sport discovered immense recognition within the UK, outselling the second-best recreation, FIFA 23, by over 124%. In Germany, it was 14% greater than Diablo 4, and in France, it surpassed The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom by 17%.