Not like the exceedingly sluggish previous month of January, February 2026 had a steadily shifting line of new releases to shake up the U.S. gross sales charts, with Resident Evil Requiem debuting because the best-selling recreation of the month and, to this point, all the 12 months.
We do not have a particular gross sales determine for Requiem in the U.S., however Capcom has stated it has offered 6 million globally, making it the fastest-selling recreation in the franchise ever.
Sadly for cash and numbers individuals, all the brand new releases did not actually do something to spice up total gross sales in comparison with final 12 months. In accordance with Circana’s month-to-month report compiled and analyzed by Mat Piscatella, whole gaming spending was solely up 1% year-over-year, content material spending was flat, and equipment had been down 2% from final 12 months.
{Hardware} was the one space that noticed actual change, and that is largely because of the Nintendo Switch 2, which wasn’t out presently final 12 months. With the Switch 2 in the combo, {hardware} was up 22% to $326 million, with Switch 2 spending offsetting declines in all the opposite consoles. The PS5 nonetheless led each greenback and unit gross sales.
However the Switch 2 remains to be outpacing its predecessor 9 months in, trending 45% forward of the unique Switch in the U.S. Notably, November was the Switch 1’s ninth month in motion, so each consoles now have a Black Friday beneath their belts when evaluating their respective time in the marketplace.
Content material spending noticed declines throughout the whole lot besides non-mobile subscription spending, which was up 27% in comparison with final 12 months. I initially discovered that shocking given all the brand new releases. There’s Requiem debuting at No.1 for the month and the 12 months, Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined at No.9 for February and 14th for the 12 months up to now, Mario Tennis Fever at No.11 for February (No.1 on Switch 2), God of Struggle: Sons of Sparta at No.14 (No.6 on PlayStation), My Hero Academia: All’s Justice at No.17, and the Resident Evil Technology Pack coming in at No.20. Apparently, Resident Evil Technology Pack containing Resident Evil 7, Village, and the brand new Requiem offered higher on Switch than simply Requiem by itself (No.4 on the platform vs. No. 6), exhibiting a reasonably large urge for food for Resident Evil from Nintendo followers.
However then I took a have a look at February 2025 and wow, the comparable on this should be powerful. February of final 12 months noticed the debuts of Monster Hunter Wilds (No.1. for the month), Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (No.2), Civ VII (No.3), PGA Tour 2K25 (No.4), and Avowed (No.7). By comparability, that is an exceedingly quiet February.
There have been some attention-grabbing software program gross sales spikes, although. Diablo II: Remastered leaped from No.195 final month to No.13 in February because of the Steam launch of the Infernal Version. And Doom: The Darkish Ages went from No.92 on the PC storefront charts for January to No.9 because of some anniversary sale promo pricing.
February 2026 U.S. Prime 20 Greatest-Promoting Video games:
- Resident Evil Requiem (NEW)
- NBA 2K26
- Name of Obligation: Black Ops 7
- Minecraft*
- Helldivers 2
- EA Sports activities FC 26
- Battlefield 6
- Madden NFL 26
- Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined (NEW)
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Mario Tennis Fever* (NEW)
- Pink Lifeless Redemption II
- Diablo II: Resurrected
- God of Struggle: Sons of Sparta (NEW)
- Ghost of Yotei
- Forza Horizon 5
- My Hero Academia: All’s Justice (NEW)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Pokemon Legends: Z-A*
- Resident Evil Technology Pack (NEW)
* Signifies that some or all digital gross sales are usually not included in Circana’s knowledge. Some publishers, together with Nintendo, don’t share sure digital knowledge for this report.
Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Acquired a narrative tip? Ship it to rvalentine@ign.com.
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