Aug 2025 USA Sales: Massive Month for Single Player Games, PS5 Can’t Catch Switch 2

August 2025 was a big month for single player games, with both Mafia: The Old Country and Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater charting third and fourth respectively on the all-formats best-sellers list.

Neither game could overcome NBA 2K26 or Madden NFL 26 as you’d expect, but these are still positive results for fans of traditional, solo campaigns.

Gears of War Reloaded, a franchise making its debut on PS5, also did really well on Sony’s system. It finished sixth on both the all-formats charts and PlayStation charts. As it was available as a free upgrade within Xbox Game Pass, it didn’t make the Xbox charts.

Sony game Helldivers 2 didn’t make the Xbox top ten either, putting into question the manufacturer’s decision to port it at all. It’s still not clear whether digital data is being shared with Circana here, so that could explain its absence. Piscatella says he’s investigating.

Also worth pointing out is Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles 2, which rocketed up from 24th position the previous month into 10th place on the back of The Infinity Castle movie. That film has now grossed more than $600 million globally.

Unfortunately, on the hardware front, PS5 suffered a “double-digit percentage decline” year-over-year, and was comfortably outsold by the Switch 2 this month.

Nintendo’s machine is now steadily tracking ahead of the launch pace set by the PS4, at a quieter part of the year. Its availability has generally been excellent, though.

USA Software Sales Top 20: August 2025

1. NBA 2K26
2. Madden NFL 26
3. Mafia: The Old Country
4. Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
5. EA Sports College Football 26
6. Gears of War Reloaded
7. Donkey Kong Bananza^
8. EA Sports MVP Bundle
9. EA Sports Kickoff Bundle
10. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles 2
11. Minecraft^
12. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
13. Grand Theft Auto 5
14. Helldivers 2
15. Forza Horizon 5
16. Grounded 2
17. WWE 2K25
18. Hogwarts Legacy
19. Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar
20. Red Dead Redemption 2

PS5, PS4 USA Software Sales Top 10: August 2025

1. NBA 2K26
2. Madden NFL 26
3. Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
4. Mafia: The Old Country
5. EA Sports College Football 26
6. Gears of War Reloaded
7. EA Sports MVP Bundle
8. EA Sports Kickoff Bundle
9. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
10. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles 2

^ Digital sales on Nintendo platforms not included