Sep 2024 USA Sales: Astro Bot PS5 a Top Seller, Only FC 25 Above It

Outsells Zelda, NBA, and Space Marine 2

by Liam Croft 5:30pm

Astro Bot was the second best-selling game of September 2024 in the USA, only bettered by football simulator FC 25, one of the most popular releases of the entire year. The popular PS5 platformer launched on the 6th September, giving it the vast majority of the month to accrue as many sales as possible — both physically and digitally — landing it in the second spot.

As previously pointed out by Circana correspondent Matt Piscatella and Christopher Dring of GamesIndustry.biz, Astro Bot was selling better "than basically every new 3D platform game in the last 10 years" across Europe, excluding only the Super Mario series. Piscatella reinforced this for the USA, where its first week of sales was only beaten by NBA 2K25. When the entire month is considered, the Team Asobi platformer has gone on to outsell the basketball title.

Astro Bot has also sold better than the Nintendo Switch exclusive The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom and Space Marine 2. With its first month of sales alone, Astro Bot is the 25th best-selling game of 2024.

Talking hardware, the PS5 console was once again the best-selling system of the month in terms of both unit and dollar sales. The same goes for the increasingly loved PS Portal, which was the best-selling gaming accessory of September 2024.

USA Software Sales Top 10: September 2024

EA Sports FC 25
Astro Bot
Madden NFL 25
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom*
EA Sports College Football 25
Star Wars Outlaws
NBS 2K25*
Hogwarts Legacy
NHL 25
God of War Ragnarok

PS5, PS4 Software Sales Top 10: September 2024

EA Sports FC 25
Astro Bot
Madden NFL 25
EA Sports College Football 25
NBA 2K25*
Star Wars Outlaws
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
NHL 25
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Dead Rising

*Digital sales not included

[source bsky.app]

Liam grew up with a PlayStation controller in his hands and a love for Metal Gear Solid. Nowadays, he's found playing the latest and greatest PS5 games as well as supporting Derby County. That last detail is his downfall.

Damn…Space Marine didn’t even crack the top ten!

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Mikey856
5:33pm

Wow stunning success

Man Astro must be selling super well then. I have to wonder though why Sony hasn't said how many copies its sold. I feel like it has at least sold 1 million copies by now

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RBMango
5:41pm

Even if digital sales were included to bump up NBA 2K25 and Zelda, Astro Bot being in the top 10 is great news, especially for an unknown and unproven IP in mainstream terms. It sharing the same chart that includes sports, Zelda, Star Wars, and Harry Potter is awesome to see.

Astro God for the Win

Beating Madden, NBA, College Football as well as Zelda and Star Wars that's big. Well done!

Glad to see Astro bot selling good I expect a surge in sells for the holidays plus after it wins awards at the game awards

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Shad361
5:48pm

How is NBA 2K that low?

Astro beat Zelda, Star Wars, and even Madden? Holy cow that's big. And it's also the 25th best selling game in 2024 for USA.

Combine this result with EU, i think it safe to predict Astro Bot sales numbers at the range 2+ million copies. With holiday comes up, it could be even higher.

@Fighting_Game_Loser Sony probably gonna announce the numbers at their financial report along with a couple of games like Helldivers 2, Concord, TloU 2 remaster, HZW remaster, Ghost of Tsushima PC, and Lego Horizon.

The big takeaway is it outsold Madden. Madden! IN 'MERICA!!!

@PuppetMaster you included Concord there as a joke, right?

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Dodoo
5:58pm

Astrobot deserves all the success it can muster. I hope it has a long and strong evergreen sales curve too!

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PeakUnagi
6:08pm

Super happy for Astro Bot. Absolutely loving the speed run levels that are giving me an itch for faster times that I've never had before. Hope it goes on to have all the success in the world for how superb of a game it is. Shocking that Space Marine 2 didn't place higher considering all the praise and steam numbers it had initially, not to mention the fact that it's a multiplatform release.

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xeofate
6:09pm

Nice! Hopefully we see more efforts like Astro Bot.

14
get2sammyb
6:16pm

Great result for Astro Bot!

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get2sammyb
6:17pm

@Shad361 Digital sales aren't included for 2K25 which is hurting its chart placement a lot here.

@Markatron84 Half joking. But i'm not surprised if Sony say something about it in their financial report since the game is a big failure with $400 million loss. Sony can't hide it from their shareholders which i'm sure many of them wants to know what Sony gonna do with their live services project and who's gonna responsible for that loss (Firewalk Studios and Hermen in the chopping block?).

Well-deserved success! I hope we get more Astro Bot and other games like this.

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Sakai
6:39pm

Xbox Series hardware spending dropped 54% year-on-year, with PS5 (-45%) and Switch (-23%) also showing sharp declines. YTD hardware spending is now 30% lower than a year ago, at $2.5 billion.

Tough times

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johnedwin
6:51pm

last year switch console sales were down but last year sony had record console sales so it makes sense they would drop this year.. xbox console sales are irrelevant.. they are not competing in the console wars..