Europe’s best-selling games of January 2023
New GSD market data has revealed the best-selling games across Europe in January. Additionally, we have insight into hardware sales.
12.1 million games were sold in Europe last month, which is a 19 percent decline year-over-year. Pokemon Legends: Arceus had a strong splash in January 2022, and since there was nothing like that last month, that’s why the dip happened.
Fire Emblem Engage debuted at #12 – and that’s without counting digital data. Nintendo Switch Sports was the Nintendo title that charted the highest at #8.
As for hardware, 493,000 consoles were sold across tracked European markets in January. However, keep in mind that data doesn’t include UK or Germany. PlayStation 5 was the top-selling console, but Switch was only just a little behind. Sales of Nintendo’s platform did see a 11 percent decrease year-over-year.
Finally, here’s a look at the best-selling games in Europe for January 2023:
| Position | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | FIFA 23 (EA) |
| 2 | Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar) |
| 3 | Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar) |
| 4 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard) |
| 5 | God of War Ragnarok (Sony) |
| 6 | Dead Space (EA) |
| 7 | Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo)* |
| 8 | Mario Kart 8: Deluxe (Nintendo)* |
| 9 | NBA 2K23 (2K Games) |
| 10 | Elden Ring (Bandai Namco) |
| 11 | Forspoken (Square Enix) |
| 12 | Fire Emblem Engage (Nintendo)* |
| 13 | Sid Meier’s Civilization VI (2K Games) |
| 14 | Grand Theft Auto Online (Rockstar) |
| 15 | Pokémon Violet (Nintendo)* |
| 16 | One Piece Odyssey (Bandai Namco) |
| 17 | God of War (Sony) |
| 18 | Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Mojang/Nintendo) |
| 19 | It Takes Two (EA) |
| 20 | Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege (Ubisoft) |
