The latest video game sales data has been released for the United States, and there’s a new game at the top of the best-selling games list for May 2025.
According to Circana, Elden Ring: Nightreign was the best-selling game for the month, knocking off The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered from the top spot. Coming just behind Elden Ring: Nightreign in second was Doom: The Dark Ages, another new game released in May. That was followed up by Forza Horizon 5, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Remastered, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 at 3-5, respectively.
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Elden Ring: Nightreign and Doom: The Dark Ages weren’t the only two new releases to find themselves in the Top 20 for the month. Both F1 25 (15th) and Capcom Fighting Collection 2 (19th) both entered the list in their release months. For F1 25, the hit the top 20 despite launching on May 30. Another surprising game is 2017’s Star Wars: Battlefront 2, which jumped from 135 to 12 thanks to a recent resurgence of interest from players.
Leaving the top 20 from last month were Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Monster Hunter Wilds, The Elder Scrolls Online, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, and Hogwarts Legacy.
When looking at the publishers, it’s worth mentioning that, of the best-selling games, Microsoft had four of the top five games. Take-Two Interactive also features heavily with five games.
You can check out the full list of the best-selling video games for May 2025 below. And let us know what games in the top 20 you’ve played in the comments and over at the Insider Gaming forums.
Top 20 Best-Selling Games For May 2025
- Elden Ring: Nightreign – Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Doom: The Dark Ages – Microsoft
- Forza Horizon 5 – Microsoft
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Remastered – Microsoft
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 – Microsoft
- MLB: The Show 25 – Multiple
- Minecraft – Multiple
- Grand Theft Auto V – Take-Two Interactive
- NBA 2K25 – Take-Two Interactive
- EA Sports FC 25 – Electronic Arts
- Assassin’s Creed: Shadows – Ubisoft
- Star Wars: Battlefront II (2017) – Electronic Arts
- Split Fiction – Electronic Arts
- Red Dead Redemption II – Take-Two Interactive
- F1 25 – Electronic Arts
- Helldivers II – Sony
- The Last of Us: Part II – Sony
- WWE 2K25 – Take-Two Interactive
- Capcom Fighting Collection 2 – Capcom USA
- PGA Tour 2K25 – Take-Two Interactive
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