Helldivers 2 was the best-selling game of February 2024 in the US, per Circana

Helldivers 2 was the best-selling game in the U.S. last month, with nearly 60% of sales coming from Steam.

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PlayStation Studios and Arrowhead Game Studio’s Helldivers 2 was the best-selling game of February 2024, perCircanaexecutive director and video game analyst Mat Piscatella. The title debuted on PlayStation 5 and Windows PC (via Steam) last month, with Piscatella noting that almost 60% of Helldivers 2 sales came from Steam. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth came in second place for the month, while Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 — thebest-selling game of January 2024— took third place.

For gaming hardware, the PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console in units sold and dollar sales. Xbox Series X|S hardware was second place in dollar sales, while Nintendo Switch was second place in units sold. According to Piscatella, all console platforms were down by at least 19% year-over-year. Overall spending for the U.S. games industry reached $4.7 billion, driven by a 17% increase in mobile spending.

Below, you can find details on the best-selling games of the month and the year so far. Bear in mind that the games are ranked by dollars, not units sold, and that some publishers don’t report digital games data, meaning some titles (especially from Take-Two and Nintendo) would be higher with digital presence, while other games like Palworld don’t appear at all.

February 2024 Circana: Here are the top 20 best-selling games in the U.S.

1. Helldivers 2

2. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

3. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2023)

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4. Skull and Bones

5. Tekken 8

6. Madden NFL 24

7. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League

8. Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Rebirth Twin Pack

9. Persona 3 Reload

10. Hogwarts Legacy

11. Mario vs. Donkey Kong (2024)*

12. EA Sports FC 24

13. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

14. Elden Ring

15. Super Mario Bros. Wonder*

16. Minecraft

17. Mario Kart 8*

18. Mortal Kombat 1

19. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege

20. Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora

February 2024 Circana: Here are the best-selling games of the year so far

1. Helldivers 22. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 33. Tekken 84. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth5. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League6. Madden NFL 247. Persona 3 Reload8. Hogwarts Legacy9. Skull and Bones10. EA Sports FC 2411. Marvel’s Spider-Man 212. Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth13. The Last of Us Part 214. Super Mario Bros. Wonder15. Elden Ring16. Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Rebirth Twin Pack17. Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora18. Minecraft19. Mortal Kombat 120. Mario Kart 8

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I’ve been having an absolute blast playing Helldivers 2, so I’m ecstatic to see it doing well. It’s especially impressive considering that Circana ranking is based on dollar sales, meaning Helldivers 2 has to sell far more copies at $40 or $50 than a $70 game does in order to rank that highly.

In myHelldivers 2 review, I wrote that “I’ve had a blast playing innumerable co-op and multiplayer titles in the last decade, but it’s been a long time since a co-op experience has gripped me this way, to the point that I’m eagerly looking forward to hopping on whenever possible. It feels like I discover some small new detail every time I play, which is no small feat for a game based around a mission structure that’s extremely simple on paper.”

With sales so high on Windows PC, we’ll definitely see PlayStation stick to its plan of launching multiplayer games on PC as well as PlayStation 5 at the same time. I also won’t be surprised if the time for single-playerPlayStation Studios games to come to PCgets much, much shorter.

Samuel Tolbert is a freelance writer covering gaming news, previews, reviews, interviews and different aspects of the gaming industry, specifically focusing on Xbox and PC gaming on Windows Central. You can find him on Twitter@SamuelTolbert.