Remnant II Bumps off Diablo IV After Only a Month, Exoprimal Flops According to July Charts

The former NPD Group (now named “Circana”) has released its full North American sales data for June, and the horse race was an interesting one. Players spent $4.2 billion on games, additional content, and hardware in June, a 1 percent year-on-year increase. The PS5 continued its strong streak, being #1 in terms of both unit and dollar sales, but the slowing momentum of the aging Switch meant July hardware sales were down 19 percent year-on-year.

On the software front, Diablo IV was unable to top the charts in back-to-back months, with the #1 spot surprisingly going to the dark horse Remnant II instead. Even with its #1, Remnant II is only #18 on the overall 2023 charts, so its debut sales weren’t that strong. In other words, Diablo IV coming in at #2 means its sales have slowed significantly. Speaking of which, Final Fantasy XVI has slipped even further, down to the #5 position. Other new games on the chart include Pikmin 4 at #6 (a decent result for the niche series) and Exoprimal at #16 (pretty disappointing considering the run Capcom has been on).

Here are July’s top 20 games according to Circana:

1 - Remnant II

2 - Diablo IV

3 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

4 - Hogwarts Legacy

5 - Final Fantasy XVI

6 - Pikmin 4

7 - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

8 - Street Fighter 6

9 - Elden Ring

10 - MLB The Show 23

11 - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

12 - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

13 - Call of Duty: Black Ops II

14 - Minecraft

15 - FIFA 23

16 - Exoprimal

17 - Spider-Man: Miles Morales

18 - Spider-Man

19 - Dead Island 2

20 - Call of Duty: Black Ops III

And here are the top games of 2023 to date:

1 - Hogwarts Legacy

2 - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

3 - Diablo IV

4 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

5 - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

6 - Resident Evil 4

7 - MLB The Show 23

8 - Dead Island 2

9 - Final Fantasy XVI

10 - Street Fighter 6

What are your thoughts on the July NPD/Circana charts? Any big surprises or things you’re happy to see?

Written by Nathan Birch