The NPD Group has revealed which games were top sellers in the U.S. for April 2021, including New Pokémon Snap, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Pokémon Sword and Shield. The full results in each relevant category are as follows:
The top 20 best-selling games of the month in the U.S.
| All Platforms | |||
| Rank | Last Month Rank | April 2021 Top 20 Games (Physical and Full Game Digital from the Nintendo eShop, PlayStation, STEAM and Xbox platforms for publishers in the Digital Leader Panel) ranked on dollar sales | Publisher |
| 1 | NEW | MLB: The Show 21^ | Sony (Corp) |
| 2 | 1 | Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War | Activision Blizzard (Corp) |
| 3 | NEW | New Pokemon Snap* | Nintendo |
| 4 | 3 | Outriders | Square Enix Inc (Corp) |
| 5 | NEW | NieR: Replicant | Square Enix Inc (Corp) |
| 6 | 14 | Mortal Kombat 11 | Warner Bros. Interactive |
| 7 | 2 | Monster Hunter: Rise | Capcom USA |
| 8 | NEW | Returnal | Sony (Corp) |
| 9 | 22 | It Takes Two | Electronic Arts |
| 10 | 6 | Mario Kart 8* | Nintendo |
| 11 | 11 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) | Activision Blizzard (Corp) |
| 12 | 5 | Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales | Sony (Corp) |
| 13 | 4 | Super Mario 3D World* | Nintendo |
| 14 | 10 | Minecraft | Multiple Video Game Manufacturers |
| 15 | 8 | Animal Crossing: New Horizons* | Nintendo |
| 16 | 9 | Super Mario 3D All-Stars* | Nintendo |
| 17 | 12 | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate* | Nintendo |
| 18 | 7 | Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla | Ubisoft |
| 19 | 13 | Pokemon: Sword/Shield* | Nintendo |
| 20 | 16 | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild* | Nintendo |
| * Digital sales not included | |||
| ^ Xbox Digital sales not included |
Top 20 best-selling games of the year so far
| All Platforms | |||
| Rank | Last Month Rank | Year-to-Date Ending April 2021 Top 10 Games (Physical and Full Game Digital from the Nintendo eShop, PlayStation, STEAM and Xbox platforms for publishers in the Digital Leader Panel) ranked on dollar sales | Publisher |
| 1 | 1 | Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War | Activision Blizzard (Corp) |
| 2 | 2 | Super Mario 3D World* | Nintendo |
| 3 | NEW | MLB: The Show 21^ | Sony (Corp) |
| 4 | 4 | Monster Hunter: Rise | Capcom USA |
| 5 | 3 | Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Sony) | Sony (Corp) |
| 6 | 10 | Outriders | Square Enix Inc (Corp) |
| 7 | 5 | Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla | Ubisoft |
| 8 | 6 | Mario Kart 8* | Nintendo |
| 9 | 7 | Minecraft | Multiple Video Game Manufacturers |
| 10 | 9 | Animal Crossing: New Horizons* | Nintendo |
| * Digital sales not included | |||
| ^ Xbox Digital sales not included |
Top 10 best-selling games of the last 12 months
| All Platforms | |||
| Rank | Last Month Rank | 12 Months Ending April 2021 Top 10 Games (Physical and Full Game Digital from the Nintendo eShop, PlayStation, Steam and Xbox platforms for publishers in the Digital Leader Panel) ranked on dollar sales | Publisher |
| 1 | 1 | Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War | Activision Blizzard (Corp) |
| 2 | 2 | Madden NFL 21 [EA Sports] | Electronic Arts |
| 3 | 4 | Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla | Ubisoft |
| 4 | 3 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) | Activision Blizzard (Corp) |
| 5 | 7 | The Last of Us: Part II | Sony (Corp) |
| 6 | 6 | Animal Crossing: New Horizons* | Nintendo |
| 7 | 8 | Ghost of Tsushima | Sony (Corp) |
| 8 | 5 | Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Sony) | Sony (Corp) |
| 9 | 9 | Super Mario 3D All-Stars* | Nintendo |
| 10 | 11 | NBA 2K21* | Take 2 Interactive (Corp) |
| * Digital sales not included |
Top 10 Nintendo Switch games for the month
| Rank | Last Month Rank | April 2021 Top 10 Games (Physical and Full Game Digital for publishers in the Digital Leader Panel) ranked on dollar sales | Publisher |
| 1 | NEW | New Pokemon Snap* | Nintendo |
| 2 | 1 | Monster Hunter: Rise | Capcom USA |
| 3 | 3 | Mario Kart 8* | Nintendo |
| 4 | 2 | Super Mario 3D World* | Nintendo |
| 5 | 4 | Animal Crossing: New Horizons* | Nintendo |
| 6 | 5 | Super Mario 3D All-Stars* | Nintendo |
| 7 | 6 | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate* | Nintendo |
| 8 | 7 | Pokemon: Sword/Shield* | Nintendo |
| 9 | 8 | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild* | Nintendo |
| 10 | 9 | Super Mario Party* | Nintendo |
| * Digital sales not included |
“April 2021 consumer spending across video game hardware, content, and accessories totaled $4.6 billion, a decline of 2% when compared to a year ago,” said NPD Group analyst Mat Piscatella. “Year-to-date consumer spending reached $19.6 billion, 21% higher than the first four months of 2020.”
“New Pokémon Snap was the third best-selling game of April 2021 and was the month’s best-selling game on Nintendo platforms,” said Piscatella. “Launch-month physical sales of New Pokémon Snap more than doubled those of Pokémon Snap, which debuted on the Nintendo 64 in the July 1999 tracking month.”
Source: VentureBeat.com
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