‘Monster Hunter Wilds’ Was the Best Selling Game This February in the United States
In February 2025, video game sales in the U.S. showed strong performances from new releases, with Monster Hunter Wilds leading the pack. This action game from Capcom sold 8 million copies worldwide in just three days and topped the charts as the best-selling game of the month in the U.S. It also became the best-selling game of 2025 so far.
Sales data from Circana reveals that its launch month earnings were more than double those of Monster Hunter: Rise, which debuted in March 2021. The game performed well across PlayStation, Xbox, and Steam, with the PC version on Steam driving over half of its total dollar sales, despite some technical issues that left it with a ‘mixed’ user rating on the platform.
Other new games also made a big impact. Kingdom Come: Deliverance II took second place, with its launch month sales surpassing the original 2018 game by more than five times. Civilization VII secured third place, followed by PGA Tour 2K25 in fourth. Two more fresh titles, Avowed and Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, landed at seventh and eighth spots, respectively. This marked a shift from January, when only one new game cracked the top 20, to February, where six new releases entered the top 10.
Meanwhile, older favorites slipped. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 dropped to sixth after holding the top spot for four months. NBA 2K25 fell from second to fifth, and EA Sports College Football 25 slid from seventh to 16th, exiting the top 10 for the first time. Elden Ring, however, held steady at 18th.
On the hardware side, the PlayStation 5 remained the top-selling console in February, beating out Xbox Series X|S in second and Nintendo Switch in third, based on both units sold and dollar sales. Still, hardware spending dropped 25% compared to last year, hitting $256 million—the lowest February total since 2020. Overall video game spending, including content and accessories, fell 6% to $4.51 billion from $4.80 billion a year ago. For 2025 so far, total spending is down 11% to $9.02 billion.
Mat Piscatella from Circana commented, “February 2025 projected U.S. consumer spending on video game hardware, content and accessories declined 6% when compared to YA, to $4.5B.” He also pointed out, “Spending so far this year is 11% lower than 2024 YTD, at $9.0B.”
Accessories saw the PlayStation Portal base model as the top seller, with its Midnight Black version in third and the PS5 DualSense Edge controller in fifth. Embracer Group, tied to Kingdom Come: Deliverance II’s developer Warhorse Studios, celebrated the sequel’s strong sales start. February’s gaming scene highlighted a clear rise in new hits and a growing reliance on PC platforms.
