Elden Ring reaches 13.4 million copies sold

This is up from 12 million sold shortly after launch.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.

What you need to know

Publisher Bandai Namco has provided an update on the sales of FromSoftware’s juggernaut role-playing title, Elden Ring.

According to Bandai Namco’sfinancial resultsfor the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022,Elden Ringhas now sold over 13.4 million copies, as of the same time period. Elden Ring previously marked12 million copies soldjust a couple of weeks after launch.

This is a marked increase in sales over the last couple of FromSoftware games. Dark Souls 3, which launched in April 2016, crossed the mark of10 million copies soldfour years later in May 2020, while the Dark Souls series as a whole is over 27 million copies sold, spread across three distinct games and a couple of remasters.

This rate of success doesn’t seem to be slowing down for Elden Ring so far. Elden Ring was the number one title on both the February 2022 andMarch 2022 NPDcharts.

In our review of the game, we wrote that “Elden Ring is a masterclass in open-world game design. FromSoftware has poetically fashioned a gorgeously haunting universe that begs to be explored. It’s a quintessential action RPG and an obvious contender for game of the year.”

Popular for good reason

Elden Ring is a magnificent action RPG, and it isn’t likely to stop selling fast anytime soon. Who knows what the next milestone is?

Get the Windows Central Newsletter

All the latest news, reviews, and guides for Windows and Xbox diehards.

Samuel Tolbert is a freelance writer covering gaming news, previews, reviews, interviews and different aspects of the gaming industry, specifically focusing on Xbox and PC gaming on Windows Central. You can find him on Twitter@SamuelTolbert.