Everyone’s enjoying shooters nowadays, no less than in accordance to some new information from Newzoo shared with IGN.
Newzoo, whose income estimates cowl digital full-game purchases, together with however not restricted to DLC, subscriptions, and microtransactions, has revealed the highest 20 PC and console video games for the month of October, each by income and MAUs (month-to-month energetic customers), mixed throughout the U.S., UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. And boy, there are plenty of shooters on that record! Battlefield 6, in its debut month, is on the prime of the income charts and the third in month-to-month energetic customers. While Battlefield’s dominance has been effectively documented already, it is nonetheless a powerful feat on condition that Battlefield was solely out for one week in October.
It’s price noting that whereas the suite of Name of Obligation video games had been ninth on the income chart, they got here in on the second spot for MAUs, forward of Battlefield. Once more, although, Battlefield solely had per week in contrast to Name of Obligation’s full month, so the actual check will probably be November’s information when Name of Obligation: Black Ops 7 will face off towards Battlefield. MAUs are a little bit of a greater comparability metric for Name of Obligation, given its precense on Xbox Sport Move.
Breakout extraction shooter Arc Raiders debuted at No. 7 for income and No. 18 in MAUs, equally hampered considerably by the truth that it was solely out for 2 days within the reporting interval of October, so we should always see a clearer image of its success in November as effectively.
These new video games are joined by plenty of the standard suspects: Counter-Strike 2 at No. 8 in income and No. 9 in MAUs, Fortnite at No. 3 in income and No. 1 in MAUs, and simply on the MAU chart: GTA 5 at No. 7, Helldivers 2 at No. 16, Borderlands 4 at No. 17, Apex Legends at No. 19, and Overwatch at No. 20. These are simply shooters; Roblox, Minecraft, Valorant, League of Legends, and annual sports activities titles stay sturdy. It is as difficult as ever for brand spanking new video games to crack the dominance of the handful of stay service giants that devour a lot of viewers time, consideration, and cash.
There was a little bit of a face-off this month in monster RPGs, with Pokémon Legends: Z-A coming in at No. 5 in income and No. 15 in MAUs, and Digimon Story Time Stranger at No. 13 in income. It was by no means unsure that Pokémon would win that battle, however Newzoo famous that Z-A “underperformed in contrast to Legends: Arceus,” which can recommend some hesitance round its transfer to a real-time, action-based fight system, or maybe warning after the state of Scarlet and Violet’s launch. It is price noting that Pokémon Legends: Z-A launched as a cross-gen title, each on Nintendo Change and Nintendo Change 2.
Nintendo’s official gross sales figures present Pokémon Legends: Z-A bought virtually 6 million copies in its opening week. Pokémon Legends: Z-A, which debuted on October 16, bought 5.8 million items worldwide, with round half of these purchased for Change 2. This implies the primary Pokémon recreation to function real-time Pokémon battles is the fifth best-selling recreation of the franchise when it comes to first week gross sales. By comparability, that is greater than Pokémon X/Y and Let’s Go Pikachu / Eevee managed of their first weeks, however not as a lot as Pokémon Scarlet / Violet, Pokémon Legends: Arceus, and Pokémon Sword / Protect managed.
IGN’s Pokémon Legends: Z-A overview returned an 8/10. We stated: “Pokémon Legends: Z-A lastly seems like Sport Freak hitting its stride in Pokémon’s 3D period, with a enjoyable setting to discover, a well-written story, and a complete battle system overhaul that works surprisingly effectively.”
High 20 PC and Console Video games by Income for October 2025
(Data covers U.S., UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain)
- Battlefield 6/Redsec (NEW)
- EA Sports activities FC 26
- Fortnite
- Ghost of Yotei (NEW)
- Pokemon Legends: Z-A (NEW)
- NBA 2K 26
- Arc Raiders (NEW)
- Counter-Strike 2 & GO
- Name of Obligation: MW2/MW3/WZ/BO6
- EA Sports activities Madden NFL 26
- The Sims 4
- Minecraft
- Digimon Story Time Stranger (NEW)
- Valorant
- Tremendous Mario Galaxy 2 (NEW)
- Roblox
- League of Legends
- Jurassic World Evolution 3 (NEW)
- World of Warcraft
- Marvel Rivals
High 20 PC and Console Video games by MAU for October 2025
(Data covers U.S., UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain)
- Fortnite
- Name of Obligation: MW2/MW3/WZ/BO6
- Battlefield 6/Redsec (NEW)
- Roblox
- Minecraft
- skate.
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Rocket League
- Counter-Strike 2 & GO
- EA Sports activities FC 26
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege X
- Marvel Rivals
- NBA 2K26
- EA Sports activities FC 25
- Pokemon Legends: Z-A (NEW)
- Helldivers 2
- Borderlands 4
- Arc Raiders (NEW)
- Apex Legends
- Overwatch 1 & 2
Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Acquired a narrative tip? Ship it to rvalentine@ign.com.