Here's last month's best-selling PlayStation games by copies sold (Alinea estimates). September was a big month for sports games, but horror also started to make an appearance. Football and spooky season in full force. Analysis below: alineaanalytics.substack.com/p/septembers...

Here's last month's best-selling PlayStation games by copies sold (Alinea estimates). September was a big month for sports games, but horror also started to make an appearance. Football and spooky season in full force. Analysis below: alineaanalytics.substack.com/p/septembers...

My thoughts on EA's Saudi buyout:

On PlayStation, FC 26 sold more in one week than the one-week sales for NBA, MLB, and the American football games combined. This kind of data often surprises American friends. Soccer is CRAZY popular, and that extends to games.

September's top games by downloads across Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox (Alinea estimates) Skate really exceeded expectations (keep in mind it's F2P, though). Full write-up in the new free Alinea Substack -- as well as my take on the Saudi EA buyout: alineaanalytics.substack.com/p/skate-lead...

Hades II has already sold 2M+ in early access, as per our estimates. Since its early-access launch in May 2024, it's generated almost $55M in revenue. But the floodgates will open when it hits 1.0 TOMORROW. Now that I've finished Silksong (Groal the Great🖕), I can't wait to get back into Hades.

Last week's top Steam games by copies sold for you! (Alinea Analytics estimates) It's indies and horror galore. CAN'T BLOODY WAIT for spooky season. More data and insights in the new free Alinea Insight Substack. Link: alineaanalytics.substack.com/p/dying-ligh...

Last week's top Steam games by copies sold for you! (Alinea Analytics estimates) It's indies and horror galore. CAN'T BLOODY WAIT for spooky season. More data and insights in the new free Alinea Insight Substack. Link: alineaanalytics.substack.com/p/dying-ligh...

Borderlands 4 has amassed over 2.5 million players since its September 12 launch, amounting to revenues of over $150 million www.gamesindustry.biz/borderlands-...

Players are DEVOURING Silksong, which has amassed 6M+ players overall and 3.5M+ sold on Steam (Alinea estimates). Of those Steam players, 1.1% (around 40 K) have played for over 100 hours in the past two weeks. That’s two full work weeks (then some!). Wild. And plenty of 'sick' days, I reckon.

New @alineaanalytics.bsky.social Borderlands 4 estimates are here! 2.5M+ players ($150M+ in revs) 1.3M+ copies sold on Steam 1M+ on console, with PS5 a bit higher than Xbox Recouped about 60-65% of its budget already BIG ol' deep dive in the free Alinea Substack:

New @alineaanalytics.bsky.social Borderlands 4 estimates are here! 2.5M+ players ($150M+ in revs) 1.3M+ copies sold on Steam 1M+ on console, with PS5 a bit higher than Xbox Recouped about 60-65% of its budget already BIG ol' deep dive in the free Alinea Substack:

Here's last week's top Steam games by copies sold (estimates) The Silksong effect on Hollow Knight stands out. Last week was the third week in a row Hollow Knight sold over 200 K, far more than the 25 K a week it averaged before gamescom. Love it. alineaanalytics.substack.com/p/borderland...

New @alineaanalytics.bsky.social Silksong estimates. Over 5 million players in 3 days (1M+ via Game Pass console), and 3M+ copies sold on Steam. BIG data deep dive and analysis in the new free Substack: alineaanalytics.substack.com/p/silksong-p...

Here's an analysis on August's most downloaded games across Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox! Full top 10 (and a look at Helldivers on Xbox and Gears on PlayStation) in the full free Substack: open.substack.com/pub/alineaan...

Found a neat arcade in Vancouver

Indie climbing hit Peak has officially sold 10 million copies according to Aliena Analytics analyst Rhys Elliott and #gamescom2025 Opening Night Live host Geoff Keighley.

Hey that's me

Here's the top upcoming 2025 Steam games by wishlists. Silksong is #1 by a HUGE margin (4.8M wishlists). You love to see it. So bloody excited to play this one at gamescom next week. Full deep dive in the new Substack drop (free):

BF 6 is on track for a huge launch this year, if it can stick the landing. Some Alinea Analytics Steam metrics for you: 🎯605 K copies sold via preorder🎯 💰Pre-order revenues of $35 million💰 🙏2.7 million Steam wishlists🙏 📈521 K people playing the beta CCUs📈 New free Substack below:

BF 6 is on track for a huge launch this year, if it can stick the landing. Some Alinea Analytics Steam metrics for you: 🎯605 K copies sold via preorder🎯 💰Pre-order revenues of $35 million💰 🙏2.7 million Steam wishlists🙏 📈521 K people playing the beta CCUs📈 New free Substack below:

Rare sighting of me in a suit, pretending I have my shit together

Grubb has got Rhys Elliot (@superhys.bsky.social) on today's show to end the week with Nintendo patents, Sony going multiplatform, and more to end the week. twitch.tv/giantbomb youtube.com/live/h_82IfH...

July's top games by downloads across PS, Xbox, and Steam for you! Lots of Game Pass games, but PEAK came out on top (again). Good shi' Full write-up on the Substack (free): alineaanalytics.substack.com/p/julys-most...

July's top games by downloads across PS, Xbox, and Steam for you! Lots of Game Pass games, but PEAK came out on top (again). Good shi' Full write-up on the Substack (free): alineaanalytics.substack.com/p/julys-most...

July was a fun month for copies sold on PlayStation. Two million-plus sellers, new launches, Forza (AGAIN), and more. Get the full analysis, and me ranting about the $100 GTA discourse, in the latest @alineaanalytics.bsky.social Substack newsletter: alineaanalytics.substack.com/p/ea-and-xbo...

July was a fun month for copies sold on PlayStation. Two million-plus sellers, new launches, Forza (AGAIN), and more. Get the full analysis, and me ranting about the $100 GTA discourse, in the latest @alineaanalytics.bsky.social Substack newsletter: alineaanalytics.substack.com/p/ea-and-xbo...

Today's free newsletter is all about co-op's meteoric rise on Steam. Really enjoyed this one, so check it out (and hit subscribe if you want!) alineaanalytics.substack.com/p/games-with...

Today's free newsletter is all about co-op's meteoric rise on Steam. Really enjoyed this one, so check it out (and hit subscribe if you want!) alineaanalytics.substack.com/p/games-with...

New Substack post! We dive into last week's biggest Steam games by copies sold. I also chatted to the developer behind viral PvP mage hit Mage Arena (#6). The gimmick is that you shoot spells via shouting them into your mic (''Fireball!'') for example. The feature was inspired by a Tumble meme

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New Substack post! We dive into last week's biggest Steam games by copies sold. I also chatted to the developer behind viral PvP mage hit Mage Arena (#6). The gimmick is that you shoot spells via shouting them into your mic (''Fireball!'') for example. The feature was inspired by a Tumble meme

Forza Horizon 5's PS5 port has surpassed three million copies sold, making Microsoft's racing game the top new PS5 game of 2025. www.gamesindustry.biz/xboxs-forza-...

Xbox Port Forza Horizon 5 Is the PS5's Best-Selling New Game of 2025.

And 2025's top PlayStation game by copies sold (so far) is ... Forza Horizon 5 with 3 million copies sold. Wild times. More numbers and good stuff in the new Substack:

And 2025's top PlayStation game by copies sold (so far) is ... Forza Horizon 5 with 3 million copies sold. Wild times. More numbers and good stuff in the new Substack:

Just published a new edition of the newsletter on Substack, and it's a juicy one! Link below

Discounts and indies (and discounted indies!) dominated the @alineaanalytics.bsky.social Steam copies sold chart last week. You love to see it! Full analysis: alineaanalytics.com/blog/steam_w...

Discounts and indies (and discounted indies!) dominated the @alineaanalytics.bsky.social Steam copies sold chart last week. You love to see it! Full analysis: alineaanalytics.com/blog/steam_w...

Not bad for an analyst

Not bad for an analyst

Just published a huge data-packed newsletter! Insights include: Forza Horizon 5 selling almost as many copies as Astro Bot on PS5 June's most downloaded games across Steam, PS, and Xbox Death Stranding's launch sales. And loads more! alineaanalytics.substack.com/p/junes-most...

June's top 10 PlayStation games by copies sold (estimates): 🥇EA FC 25: 905 K 🥈Death Stranding 2: 687 K 🥉Rematch: 569 K 4️⃣Nightreign: 558 K 5️⃣Forza Horizon 5: 555 K 6️⃣Grand Theft Auto V: 431 K 7️⃣Minecraft: 416 K 8️⃣Stellar Blade: 241 K 9️⃣Expedition 33: 240 K 🔟TLOU2: 150 K Full analysis with lotsa data:

Happy 25th anniversary to Final Fantasy IX. It's my favorite Final Fantasy game of the PS1 era. You can talk at length about the characters, story, music and everything else that makes it so special, but the bottom line is it's an RPG classic everyone should experience!

Just published a new edition of our free Alinea Insight newsletter on Substack. Would love it if you checked it out and subbed 🫶 alineaanalytics.substack.com/p/junes-stea...

I can finally quit LinkedIn. 😈 🤘

Last week was a WILD one for Steam copies sold! We've got new releases, a Chinese FMV dating sim nobody saw coming, indies galore, an eight-year-old Star Wars game, and TWO football games. Full analysis: alineaanalytics.substack.com/p/last-week-...