From Software and Bandai Namco are celebrating a monumental milestone for their most popular game. The official X account announced that Elden Ring, the smash-hit 2022 title directed by the legendary Hidetaka Miyazaki, has shipped 30 million units.
The milestone places Elden Ring above beloved titles like Super Mario Odyssey, Monster Hunter World, and Duck Hunt. It also lands From Software’s masterpiece in the range of other iconic games like Borderlands 2, Cyberpunk 2077, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. This milestone solidifies it as the best-selling From Software game by a significant margin, and the second-best-selling Bandai Namco game of all time behind only Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which Bandai Namco developed alongside Masahiro Sakurai’s Sora Ltd. This number is likely the final milestone we’ll see before the game arrives on Nintendo Switch 2 later this year, which could give its sales another substantial bump.
Elden Ring arrived on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on February 25, 2022. It immediately earned critical and fan acclaim, earning a rare 10 out of 10 from Game Informer and 96 out of 100 on reviews aggregate site Metacritic. This made it the best-reviewed game on PlayStation 5 alongside Baldur’s Gate 3. The From Software title went on to sweep most Game of the Year awards, including those of Game Informer and The Game Awards 2022. Elden Ring arrives on Switch 2 sometime in 2025, while Elden Ring: Nightreign, a session-based cooperative multiplayer spin-off experience, launches on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, Xbox One, and PC on May 30.
