EA's 2017 Shooter Star Wars: Battlefront 2 Was the 12th Best-Selling Game in the U.S. in May — Up From No. 135 the Month Before

Star Wars: Battlefront 2, a crippled that came retired successful 2017, changeable up to go the 12th best-selling crippled successful the U.S. by dollar income for the period of May, apt acknowledgment to renewed involvement from fans of the TV bid Andor.

This information comes from analytics steadfast Circana, which puts Battlefront 2 astatine No. 12 for the period of May, up from No. 135 the period before. Popularity of Battlefront 2 spiked successful May acknowledgment to Andor and different Andor-related Star Wars promotions, giving the crippled the champion Steam subordinate number it's seen successful years, aided by Andor histrion Ben Amor's calls for a Battlefront 3 connected societal media.

"The subordinate surge for Battlefront 2 started with Revenge of the Sith's 20th day re-release backmost successful aboriginal May, past truly picked up with Andor," Circana expert Mat Piscatella confirmed to IGN. "Players peaked successful the week of May 25 and past started to autumn backmost a bit. There was different bump successful mid- to late- June arsenic the crippled was enactment into assorted income and things arsenic good but that's a communicative for 2 weeks from now."

Elden Ring: Nightreign, meanwhile, debuted astatine the apical of the charts for May, and became the 11th best-selling crippled of 2025 truthful far, topping the PlayStation, Xbox, and PC storefronts. When we asked Piscatella for comment, helium noted that Elden Ring: Nightreign and the archetypal Elden Ring weren't truly comparable sales-wise, owed to being precise antithetic games sold astatine precise antithetic prices. "That being said, Nightreign motorboat portion income did not scope the aforesaid vicinity arsenic those of Elden Ring."

It was followed intimately by debut crippled Doom: The Dark Ages astatine No. 2, which is besides present the 16th best-selling crippled of 2025. As with Nightreign, The Dark Ages didn't deed the income heights of its predecessor, Doom: Eternal, but according to Piscatella, "this is much timing than anything. Doom Eternal launched successful March 2020... and thing is going to ever comp good to immoderate caller crippled that launched successful March of 2020."

New games F1 25 and Capcom Fighting Collection 2 debuted astatine No. 15 and No. 19, respectively.

Overall, spending connected video crippled contented was up 2% year-over-year to $3.7 billion, mostly driven by subscription spending connected non-mobile platforms, according to investigation by Circana.

Hardware spending dropped by 13% year-over-year successful May, to $172 million, with Nintendo Switch dollar income dropping 44%, Xbox Series dropping 30%, and PlayStation increasing 3%. The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling hardware successful some portion income and dollars. Next month's charts for June volition amusement the interaction of the Nintendo Switch 2's merchandise connected this landscape.

Overall, video crippled spending was up 1% year-over-year to $4.1 billion.

May 2025 U.S. Top 20 Best-Selling Games:

1. Elden Ring: Nightreign (NEW)
2. Doom: The Dark Ages (NEW)
3. Forza Horizon 5
4. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Remastered
5. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
6. MLB: The Show 25*
7. Minecraft*
8. Grand Theft Auto V
9. NBA 2K25
10. EA Sports FC 25
11. Assassin's Creed: Shadows
12. Star Wars: Battlefront II
13. Split Fiction
14. Red Dead Redemption II
15. F1 25 (NEW)
16. Helldivers II
17. The Last of Us: Part II
18. WWE 2K25
19. Capcom Fighting Collection 2 (NEW)
20. PGA Tour 2K25

* Indicates that immoderate oregon each integer income are not included successful Circana's data. Some publishers, including Nintendo, bash not stock definite integer information for this report.

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