Everyone’s Playing Shooters Right Now, New Data Shows — While Pokémon Legends: Z-A ‘Underperformed’ Compared to Arceus

Everyone seems to be taking part in shooters today, no less than based on new information from Newzoo shared with videogameaddicted.

Newzoo considers digital full recreation purchases, together with however not restricted to DLC, subscriptions, and microtransactions, for income estimation. Newzoo has introduced the highest 20 PC and console video games for October, each when it comes to income and MAU (Month-to-month Lively Customers), combining the US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. And that listing contains a variety of shooters! Battlefield 6 topped the income charts in its debut month and ranked third in month-to-month lively customers. Battlefield’s superiority is already well-documented, however nonetheless, that is a powerful feat contemplating Battlefield was solely launched for one week in October.

It is value noting that the Name of Responsibility video games had been quantity 9 on the income charts, however got here in at quantity 2 when it comes to MAU, forward of Battlefield. However then once more, Battlefield solely lasted one week in comparison with Name of Responsibility’s one month. So the true check will probably be information from November when Name of Responsibility: Black Ops 7 will play towards Battlefield. Contemplating its presence on Xbox Recreation Move, MAU is a little bit of a greater comparability metric for Name of Responsibility.

Breakout extraction shooter Arc Raiders debuted at #7 in income and #18 in MAU, however was additionally considerably hampered by the truth that it was solely launched for 2 days within the October reporting interval, so we should always see a clearer image of its success in November as properly.

These new video games embody lots of the typical candidates. Counter-Strike 2 is No. 8 in income and No. 9 in MAU, Fortnite is No. 3 in income and No. 1 in MAU, and on the MAU chart, GTA 5 is No. 7, Helldivers 2 is No. 16, Borderlands 4 is No. 17, Apex Legends is No. 19, and Overwatch is No. 10. No. 20. These are simply shooters. Roblox, Minecraft, Valorant, League of Legends, and annual sports activities titles proceed to do properly. It is as troublesome as ever for brand spanking new video games to interrupt the grip of a small variety of reside service giants that eat a lot of viewers’ time, consideration, and cash.

There was a little bit of a showdown in monster RPGs this month, with Pokémon Legends: ZA coming in at #5 in income and #15 in MAU, and Digimon Story: Time Strangers coming in at #13 in income. Whereas there was little doubt that Pokémon would win that battle, Newzoo famous that ZA “underperformed in comparison with Legends: Arceus,” and stated this may occasionally point out hesitation about transferring to a real-time, action-based fight system, or maybe warning after the discharge of Scarlet and Violet. It is value noting that Pokémon Legends: ZA launched as a cross-generational title on each Nintendo Swap and Nintendo Swap 2.

Based on Nintendo’s official gross sales statistics, Pokémon Legends: ZA bought roughly 6 million copies in its first week. Launched on October 16, Pokémon Legends: ZA has bought 5.8 million copies worldwide, about half of which had been bought for the Swap 2. Which means that the primary Pokémon recreation to characteristic real-time Pokémon battles was the fifth best-selling recreation within the collection in its first week of gross sales. By comparability, that is greater than Pokemon X/Y and Let’s Go Pikachu/Eevee achieved of their first few weeks, however not as excessive as Pokemon Scarlet/Violet, Pokemon Legends: Arceus, and Pokemon Sword/Defend.

videogameaddicted’s Pokémon Legends: ZA overview Returned 8/10. We stated this. “Pokémon Legends: ZA looks like Recreation Freak has lastly entered the 3D period of Pokémon, with a enjoyable setting to discover, a well-written story, and a totally revamped fight system that works surprisingly properly.”

Prime 20 Grossing PC and Console Video games for October 2025

(Information covers US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain)

1. Battlefield 6/RedSec (New)
2. EA Sports activities FC 26
3. fortnite
4. Ghost of Yotei (NEW)
5. Pokemon Legend: ZA (NEW)
6. NBA 2K 26
7. Ark Raiders (NEW)
8. Counter Strike 2 & GO
9. Name of Responsibility: MW2/MW3/WZ/BO6
10. EA Sports activities Madden NFL 26
11. The Sims 4
12. minecraft
13. Digimon Story Time Stranger (NEW)
14. cherish
15. Tremendous Mario Galaxy 2 (NEW)
16. roblox
17. league of legends
18. Jurassic World Evolution 3 (NEW)
19. world of warcraft
20. marvel rivals

Prime 20 PC and Console Video games by MAU for October 2025

(Information covers US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain)

1. fortnite
2. Name of Responsibility: MW2/MW3/WZ/BO6
3. Battlefield 6/RedSec (New)
4. roblox
5. minecraft
6. skate.
7. Grand Theft Auto V
8. rocket league
9. Counter Strike 2 & GO
10. EA Sports activities FC 26
11. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege X
12. marvel rivals
13. NBA 2K26
14. EA Sports activities FC 25
15. Pokemon Legend: ZA (NEW)
16. helldiver 2
17. borderlands 4
18. Ark Raiders (NEW)
19. apex legends
20. overwatch 1 & 2

Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter at videogameaddicted. Do you’ve got any story suggestions? Ship it to rvalentine@videogameaddicted.com.