Not like the earlier month, which was a really gradual January, February 2026 noticed a gradual stream of latest releases rocking the US gross sales charts, with Resident Evil Requiem debuting because the best-selling sport of the month and of the 12 months to this point.
Particular gross sales figures for Requiem in the USA should not out there, however Capcom says it offered 6 million copies worldwide, making it the fastest-selling sport within the collection’ historical past.
Sadly for individuals who care about cash and numbers, all the brand new releases did nothing to spice up general gross sales in comparison with final 12 months. In keeping with Circana’s month-to-month report compiled and analyzed by Mat Piscatella, complete gaming spending was solely up 1% year-over-year, content material spending was flat, and equipment had been down 2% year-over-year.
The one factor that is actually modified is the {hardware}, and that is largely due to the Nintendo Swap 2, which wasn’t even launched this time final 12 months. With the introduction of Swap 2, {hardware} elevated 22% to $326 million, with Swap 2 spending offsetting declines for all different consoles. The PS5 continues to steer by way of each worth and unit gross sales.
However the Swap 2 remains to be outperforming its predecessor 9 months later, outselling the unique Swap by 45% within the US. Particularly since November was the Swap 1’s ninth month of operation, so should you examine their respective launch dates, each consoles are at present on Black Friday.
Content material spending elevated 27% year-over-year, with all spending reducing aside from non-mobile subscription spending. At first I believed this was shocking given all the brand new releases. Requiem debuts at No. 1 for the month and 12 months, Dragon Quest VII: Reimagination is No. 9 in February and No. 14 for the 12 months to this point, Mario Tennis Fever is No. 11 in February (No. 1 on Swap 2), God of Warfare: Sons of Sparta is No. 14 (No. 6 on PlayStation), My Hero Academia: ‘All’s Justice’ is quantity 17, and ‘Resident Evil Era Pack’ is quantity 20. Curiously, the Resident Evil Era Pack, which incorporates Resident Evil 7, Village, and the brand new Requiem, offered higher on Swap than Requiem alone (4th place vs. sixth place on the platform), exhibiting Nintendo followers’ appreciable enthusiasm for Resident Evil.
However when you consider February 2025, it have to be powerful to match. Final February noticed the debut of Monster Hunter Wilds (No. 1 for the month), Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (No. 2), Civ VII (No. 3), PGA Tour 2K25 (No. 4), and Avowed (No. 7). Compared, February this 12 months has been very quiet.
Nevertheless, there was additionally an attention-grabbing spike in software program gross sales. Diablo II: Remastered jumped from #195 final month to #13 in February due to the Steam launch of Infernal Version. And Doom: The Darkish Ages rose from No. 92 to No. 9 on the PC in-store chart in January, due to promotional pricing from the Anniversary Sale.
Prime 20 best-selling video games within the US for February 2026:
- Resident Evil Requiem (NEW)
- NBA 2K26
- Name of Obligation: Black Ops 7
- Minecraft*
- helldiver 2
- EA Sports activities FC 26
- battlefield 6
- Madden NFL 26
- Dragon Quest VII Reimagination (NEW)
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Mario Tennis Fever* (NEW)
- Crimson Lifeless Redemption II
- Diablo II: Resurrection
- God of Warfare: Sons of Sparta (New)
- Ghost of Yotei
- Forza Horizon 5
- My Hero Academia All’s Justice(NEW)
- marvel’s spiderman 2
- Pokemon Legend: ZA*
- Resident Evil Era Pack (NEW)
* Signifies that some or all digital gross sales should not included in Circana’s knowledge. Some publishers, together with Nintendo, don’t share sure digital knowledge for this report.
Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter at videogameaddicted. Do you may have any story ideas? Ship it to rvalentine@videogameaddicted.com.