After leading the list for a few months, Elden Ring and Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga They went up to second and third place respectively in the ranking of the best-selling video games of the month of July in the United States, for Leave the first place for the free fighting game, Multiversus . From the beginning, the game has reached a meteoric popularity , with an estimated count of 12 million players since its launch at Early Access on July 19. And not only that, but also one of the most played titles in the Steam Deck portable console.

Although the Warner Bros. Games game is Free-to-Play, Multiversus heads monthly sales due to the popularity of their offers with the founder pack , which cost between 40 and 100 dollars, according to the investigation firm market It is not clear exactly how many packages of individual founders were sold, or how much is the total amount, since the press release has not revealed those numbers.

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still far behind the great games of the year

Multiversus still remains far behind other 2022 sales giants such as Elden Ring, Pokémon Legends: Arceus , Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga and Horizon Forbidden West , that have had great success since their respective releases. In fact, although he headed the lists in July, Multiversus is not among the 20 best-selling games of the year.

However, it has been a great year for Warner Bros games, since Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, released in April, was the third best-selling game in the US. Uu. Last month, and more potential giants are on the way of development. In fact, Warner Bros. Interactive will launch Gotham Knights in October 2022 , and next year a game based on Suicide Squad , the contingent of antiheroes of DC Comics will follow it next year.