Elden Ring rockets back up in sales thanks to Shadow of the Erdtree expansion in June 2024, per Circana

With the launch of its highly-anticipated expansion, Elden Ring topped the sales charts in the U.S. for June 2024.

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The Tarnished are gathering in great numbers.

Developer FromSoftware and publisher Bandai Namco’s role-playing gameElden Ringwas the best-selling game of June 2024 in the U.S, per Circana executive director and advisor Mat Piscatella, whoshareddetails on Friday for the month’s game and hardware sales. Piscatella notes that Elden Ring was the best-selling game on Xbox, PlayStation, and Steam platforms, largely thanks to the launch of the widely-anticipatedShadow of the Erdtree expansionthat same month.

Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2023) took second place, while the Steam release for the compilation of Kingdom Hearts titles managed to secure the third spot. Elsewhere,May 2024’s top title Ghost of Tsushimafell to #12, whileThe Elder Scrolls Onlinemanaged to make it into the top 20.

For gaming hardware, the PlayStation 5 was the best-seller of the month, with Nintendo Switch again second in units sold and Xbox Series X|S consoles second in dollar sales. Overall, the U.S. gaming industry saw $4.6 billion in sales for June 2024, down about 5% year-over-year.

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

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

  1. Elden Ring

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

  3. Kingdom Hearts Integrum Masterpiece

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  2. Hogwarts Legacy

  3. Minecraft

  4. MLB The Show 24**

  5. Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD

  6. EA Sports FC 24

  7. Sea of Thieves

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

  1. Helldivers 2

  2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

  3. Dragon’s Dogma 2

  4. MLB The Show 24**

  5. Elden Ring

  6. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

  7. WWE 2K24***

  8. Tekken 8

  9. Madden NFL 24

  10. Hogwarts Legacy

  11. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League

  12. NBA 2K24***

  13. EA Sports FC 24

  14. Persona 3 Reload

  15. Grand Theft Auto 5***

  16. Minecraft

  17. Sea of Thieves

  18. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

  19. Stellar Blade

  20. Rise of the Ronin

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The sheer variety this month really is something to behold. While the usual mainstays are holding on and Elden Ring’s seismic return was easy to guess, titles like Kingdom Hearts and The Elder Scrolls Online are doing far better than expected based on historical precedent.

I like these kinds of months, as it shows there’s still plenty of variety in what people are buying. Even so, I’mreallylooking forward to next month’s report, which should give some insight into just how much the return of College Football has done to push more casual players into the current generation of gaming hardware.

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.