Europe top selling games launch week 2023

In 2023 year to day, Hogwarts Legacy was the top-selling video game in Europe based on launch week unit sales. The online-only action role-playing game Diablo 4 was ranked second. Many of the top-selling games in Europe were highly anticipated sequels or the latest installments in popular gaming series.

Best-selling video games in Europe based on launch week sales in 2023 YTD, by unit sales

Characteristic	Rank
Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros)	1
Diablo 4 (Activision Blizzard)	2
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo)*	3
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (EA)	4
Starfield (Microsoft)	5
Resident Evil 4 (Capcom)	6
Final Fantasy 16 (Square Enix)	7
F1 23 (EA)	8
Dead Island 2 (Deep Silver)	9
NBA 2K23 (2K Games)	10

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Release date

January 2023

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

January 1 to September 10, 2023

Special properties

physical and digital; excluding Xbox Game Pass

Supplementary notes

* Digital data unavailable
**Premium edition of Starfield was available a few days earlier

GSD digital data includes games from participating companies sold via Steam, Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, Nintendo Eshop. Major participating companies are Activision Blizzard, Bandai Namco, Capcom, Codemasters, Electronic Arts, Embracer Group (including Gearbox, Koch Media, Sabre Interactive), Focus Entertainment, Konami, Marvellous Games, Microids, Microsoft (including Bethesda), Milestone, Nacon, Paradox Interactive, Quantic Dream, Sega, Sony, Square Enix, Take-Two, Ubisoft and Warner Bros. Nintendo and 505 Games are the notable absentees, alongside smaller studios.
Digital data includes games sold in Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE, and United Kingdom.

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