Remnant 2 was the best-selling game of July 2023 in the U.S, per Circana

Diablo 4 followed close behind.

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Assharedby Circana executive director and analyst Mat Piscatella,Remnant 2was the best-selling game of July 2023 in the U.S. Developed by Gunfire Games and published by Gearbox Publishing, this sequel to the 2019 game Remnant: From the Ashessold a million copiesin its first four days after launch.

-Diablo 4 was the best-selling game of June 2023 in the US-Star Wars Jedi: Survivor was the bestseller of April 2023 in the US-Hogwarts Legacy was the best-selling game of February 2023 in the US

Remnant 2 is followed byDiablo 4, 2022’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and Hogwarts Legacy. Interestingly, a couple of older Call of Duty games also made it into the top 20 for the month thanks to fixes made on the Xbox servers, withplayers taking advantage of Xbox backward compatibility.

For consoles, the PlayStation 5 was the best-seller in dollar sales and units sold. Total video game spending for the month reached $4.2 billion.

You can find the full details on the best-selling games in the U.S. for the month and year below. As always, Circana tracks total dollar sales, not units sold, and some publishers like Nintendo and Take-Two Interactive don’t provide digital sales data.

July 2023 Circana: Here are the top 20 best-selling games in the U.S.

1. Remnant 2

2. Diablo 4

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3. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022)

4. Hogwarts Legacy

5. Final Fantasy 16

6. Pikmin 4*

7. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom*

8. Street Fighter 6

9. Elden Ring

10. MLB The Show 23**

11. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

12. Mario Kart 8*

13. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

14. Minecraft

15. FIFA 23

16. Exoprimal

17. Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales

18. Marvel’s Spider-Man

19. Dead Island 2

20. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3

*Denotes digital sales not included**Denotes Xbox and Nintendo digital sales not included

July 2023 Circana: Here are the best-selling games in the U.S. so far this year

1. Hogwarts Legacy

2. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom*

3. Diablo 4

4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022)

5. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

6. Resident Evil 4 (2023)

7. MLB The Show 23**

8. Dead Island 2

9. Final Fantasy 16

10. Street Fighter 6

11. FIFA 23

12. Dead Space (2023)

13. Elden Ring

14. Madden NFL 23

15. Mario Kart 8

16. Minecraft

17. The Last of Us Part 1

18. Remnant 2

19. God of War Ragnarok

20. Pokémon Scarlet and Violet*

Analysis: A much-needed win for Embracer Group

Embracer Group, parent company of dozens of studios and numerous publishing branches, has recently made no bones about the fact that it needed to restructure. As these things always do, that means cutting people and jobs, closing studios where “needed.“Obviously one game won’t turn that around, but after a string of misses, Embracer now has a sizeable win on its hands with Remnant 2, coming after the prior success of Dead Island 2. If it can keep up these kinds of success stories with smart, well-scoped sequels that find solid audiences, the massive holding group can hopefully avoid cutting more jobs.

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.