The NPD Group has revealed which games were top sellers in the U.S. for last month including Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. The full results in each relevant category are as follows:
April 2023 Circana: Top 20 best-selling games of the month in the U.S.
| Rank | Last Month Rank |
Title | Publisher |
| 1 | NEW | Star Wars Jedi: Survivor | Electronic Arts |
| 2 | NEW | Dead Island 2 | Plaion |
| 3 | 3 | MLB: The Show 23^ | Multiple Video Game Manufacturers |
| 4 | 1 | Resident Evil 4 (2023) | Capcom USA |
| 5 | 4 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022) | Activision Blizzard (Corp) |
| 6 | 2 | Hogwarts Legacy | Warner Bros. Interactive |
| 7 | NEW | PGA Tour | Electronic Arts |
| 8 | NEW | Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection | Capcom USA |
| 9 | 6 | FIFA 23 | Electronic Arts |
| 10 | 10 | Mario Kart 8* | Nintendo |
| 11 | NEW | Minecraft Legends | Microsoft (Corp) |
| 12 | 8 | Elden Ring | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
| 13 | 11 | Minecraft | Multiple Video Game Manufacturers |
| 14 | NEW | Final Fantasy I-VI Bundle | Square Enix Inc (Corp) |
| 15 | NEW | Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp* | Nintendo |
| 16 | 23 | New Super Mario Bros.* | Nintendo |
| 17 | 5 | The Last of Us: Part 1 | Sony (Corp) |
| 18 | 14 | Pokemon: Scarlet/Violet* | Nintendo |
| 19 | 9 | Madden NFL 23 | Electronic Arts |
| 20 | 26 | Super Mario 3D World* | Nintendo |
April 2023 Circana: 20 best-selling games of 2022 so far
| Rank | Last Month Rank |
Title | Publisher |
| 1 | 1 | Hogwarts Legacy | Warner Bros. Interactive |
| 2 | 2 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022) | Activision Blizzard (Corp) |
| 3 | 3 | Resident Evil 4 (2023) | Capcom USA |
| 4 | NEW | Star Wars Jedi: Survivor | Electronic Arts |
| 5 | 4 | MLB: The Show 23^ | Multiple Video Game Manufacturers |
| 6 | NEW | Dead Island 2 | Plaion |
| 7 | 5 | Dead Space (2023) | Electronic Arts |
| 8 | 7 | FIFA 23 | Electronic Arts |
| 9 | 6 | Madden NFL 23 | Electronic Arts |
| 10 | 8 | Elden Ring | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
| 11 | 9 | The Last of Us: Part 1 | Sony (Corp) |
| 12 | 10 | God of War: Ragnarok | Sony (Corp) |
| 13 | 11 | Mario Kart 8* | Nintendo |
| 14 | 14 | Minecraft | Multiple Video Game Manufacturers |
| 15 | 12 | Pokémon: Scarlet/Violet* | Nintendo |
| 16 | 13 | Fire Emblem Engage* | Nintendo |
| 17 | 15 | Forspoken | Square Enix Inc (Corp) |
| 18 | 16 | Sonic Frontiers | Sega |
| 19 | 17 | Octopath Traveler II | Square Enix Inc (Corp) |
| 20 | 18 | NBA 2K23* | Take 2 Interactive (Corp) |
In Mobile content, Sensor Tower reports the top 10 games by U.S. consumer spending in April as: Candy Crush Saga, Roblox, Royal Match, Coin Master, Gardenscapes, Evony, Township, Jackpot Party, Homescapes, and Bingo Blitz. “Pokémon Go fell out of the top ten for the first time since April of last year,” said Dennis Yeh of Sensor Tower. “Spend trends were relatively stable in April with no major shifts in subgenre spend from March.”
Source: NPD.com and VentureBeat.com
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