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Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream and Switch 2 are April’s big sellers | Circana
Tomodachi Life’s long-awaited sequel Living the Dream has caught on with consumers in the United States, according a revamped chart from industry-tracking firm Circana. The new charts from Circana include both actual and projected data, in order to give a more complete picture of what the best-sellers most likely are.April 2026 Dollar Sales, MillionsApr2025Apr2026ChangeTotal Video Game Sales (Projected to Total Market)$4,131$4,2563%Video Game Content (Physical & Digital Full Game, DLC/MTX and Subscription consumer spending across Console, Cloud, Mobile*, Portable, PC and VR platforms)$3,769$3,8372%Video Game Hardware$196$26134%Video Game Accessories$167$159-5% *Mobile spending provided by Sensor Tower “US video game spending totaled $4.3 billion in April 2026, growing 3% when compared to a year ago. Year-to-date 2026 spending finished the month 5% higher than 2025, at $18.8 billion,” said Mat Piscatella, Circana’s senior director of video games. “Gains across content and hardware offset spending declines in accessories.” Hardware sales are largely focused on the Nintendo Switch 2, as it was the best-selling platform for both April and 2026-to-date. These sales offset declines on all other hardware platforms, showing that, with that sole exception, American buyers might be tapped out on console-buying.Year-to-Date Dollar Sales, MillionsYTD2025YTD2026ChangeTotal Video Game Sales (Projected to Total Market)$17,963$18,8165%Video Game Content (Physical & Digital Full Game, DLC/MTX and Subscription consumer spending across Console, Cloud, Mobile*, Portable, PC and VR platforms)$16,170$16,6703%Video Game Hardware$972$1,33537%Video Game Accessories$821$811-1% *Mobile spending provided by Sensor Tower One thing to note, according to Piscatella, is the sales for the Switch 2 are tracking ahead of sales for the Switch 2 at a comparable point of its life. Similarly, the install base of the PlayStation 5 is ahead of the PlayStation 4 by 2% on a time-aligned basis. Note: All sales in the charts below are projections from Circana based on physical and full game digital dollar sales, excluding mobile and digital add-on content.Circana April 2026 | Top 10 best-selling games in the U.S.RankLastMonthRankTitlePublisher1NEWTomodachi Life: Living the Dream*Nintendo2NEWPragmata^Capcom USA31Crimson Desert*Pearl Abyss42MLB: The Show 26^*Multiple Video Game Publishers5NEWWindrose*Kraken Express63Pokemon: Pokopia*Nintendo713Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2*Nintendo8218Starfield^Microsoft (Corp)9NEWSaros^Sony (Corp)1011Mario Kart World*Nintendo ^Includes Digital Point of Sale Actuals*Includes Digital Sales Projections As stated above, Circana’s new charts include projections of sales data alongside the actual sales data it collects from its partners. With this in mind, it’s very likely that readers will see more Nintendo games on these charts going forward, as well as higher placements for existing Nintendo games. The Big N has never shared digital sales data with Circana, so up to this point the latter could only take physical data into account when ranking the former’s first-party games. To that end, it’s probably no surprise that the top 10 list for April is dominated by Nintendo games, including Pokopia, Tomodachi Life and Mario Kart World. On a similar note, the Circana report looks different this month compared with March because we’re working from projected sales data. This information puts Crimson Desert high up on the list, when it was previously in 15th place based on actual sales data. Windrose made it onto the list despite not being available for physical sale at all.Circana April 2026 |10 best-selling games of 2026 so farRankLastMonthRankTitlePublisher11Resident Evil: Requiem^Capcom USA22Crimson Desert*Pearl Abyss33MLB: The Show 26^*Multiple Video Game Publishers44Pokemon: Pokopia*Nintendo55WWE 2K26^Take-Two Interactive67NBA 2K26^Take-Two Interactive78Call of Duty: Black Ops 7^Microsoft (Corp)86ARC Raiders*Embark Studios9NEWTomodachi Life: Living the Dream*Nintendo109Minecraft^*Multiple Video Game Publishers ^Includes Digital Point of Sale Actuals*Includes Digital Sales Projections This new version of Circana’s year-to-date list makes a few changes with the inclusion of digital sales projections. Crimson Desert is now included, as are Pokopia and ARC Raiders. Marathon is no longer on the list at all. Piscatella noted on social media that Circana plans to keep its new charts to 10 slots while it gathers feedback for the foreseeable future. The post Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream and Switch 2 are April’s big sellers | Circana appeared first on GamesBeat.
Tomodachi Life’s long-awaited sequel Living the Dream has caught on with consumers in the United States, according a revamped chart from industry-tracking firm Circana. The new charts from Circana include both actual and projected data, in order to give a more complete picture of what the best-sellers most likely are.
*Mobile spending provided by Sensor Tower “US video game spending totaled $4.3 billion in April 2026, growing 3% when compared to a year ago. Year-to-date 2026 spending finished the month 5% higher than 2025, at $18.8 billion,” said Mat Piscatella, Circana’s senior director of video games. “Gains across content and hardware offset spending declines in accessories.”
Hardware sales are largely focused on the Nintendo Switch 2, as it was the best-selling platform for both April and 2026-to-date. These sales offset declines on all other hardware platforms, showing that, with that sole exception, American buyers might be tapped out on console-buying.
*Mobile spending provided by Sensor Tower One thing to note, according to Piscatella, is the sales for the Switch 2 are tracking ahead of sales for the Switch 2 at a comparable point of its life. Similarly, the install base of the PlayStation 5 is ahead of the PlayStation 4 by 2% on a time-aligned basis.
Note: All sales in the charts below are projections from Circana based on physical and full game digital dollar sales, excluding mobile and digital add-on content.
^Includes Digital Point of Sale Actuals
*Includes Digital Sales Projections As stated above, Circana’s new charts include projections of sales data alongside the actual sales data it collects from its partners. With this in mind, it’s very likely that readers will see more Nintendo games on these charts going forward, as well as higher placements for existing Nintendo games.
The Big N has never shared digital sales data with Circana, so up to this point the latter could only take physical data into account when ranking the former’s first-party games. To that end, it’s probably no surprise that the top 10 list for April is dominated by Nintendo games, including Pokopia, Tomodachi Life and Mario Kart World.
On a similar note, the Circana report looks different this month compared with March because we’re working from projected sales data. This information puts Crimson Desert high up on the list, when it was previously in 15th place based on actual sales data. Windrose made it onto the list despite not being available for physical sale at all.
^Includes Digital Point of Sale Actuals
*Includes Digital Sales Projections This new version of Circana’s year-to-date list makes a few changes with the inclusion of digital sales projections. Crimson Desert is now included, as are Pokopia and ARC Raiders. Marathon is no longer on the list at all.
Piscatella noted on social media that Circana plans to keep its new charts to 10 slots while it gathers feedback for the foreseeable future.
The post Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream and Switch 2 are April’s big sellers | Circana appeared first on GamesBeat.
April 2026 Dollar Sales, Millions
Apr
2025
2025
Apr
2026
2026
Change
Total Video Game Sales (Projected to Total Market)
$4,131
$4,256
3%
Video Game Content (Physical & Digital Full Game, DLC/MTX and Subscription consumer spending across Console, Cloud, Mobile*, Portable, PC and VR platforms)
$3,769
$3,837
2%
Video Game Hardware
$196
$261
34%
Video Game Accessories
$167
$159
-5%
Hardware sales are largely focused on the Nintendo Switch 2, as it was the best-selling platform for both April and 2026-to-date. These sales offset declines on all other hardware platforms, showing that, with that sole exception, American buyers might be tapped out on console-buying.
Year-to-Date Dollar Sales, Millions
YTD
2025
2025
YTD
2026
2026
Change
Total Video Game Sales (Projected to Total Market)
$17,963
$18,816
5%
Video Game Content (Physical & Digital Full Game, DLC/MTX and Subscription consumer spending across Console, Cloud, Mobile*, Portable, PC and VR platforms)
$16,170
$16,670
3%
Video Game Hardware
$972
$1,335
37%
Video Game Accessories
$821
$811
-1%
Note: All sales in the charts below are projections from Circana based on physical and full game digital dollar sales, excluding mobile and digital add-on content.
Circana April 2026 | Top 10 best-selling games in the U.S.
Rank
Last
Month
Rank
Month
Rank
Title
Publisher
1
NEW
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream*
Nintendo
2
NEW
Pragmata^
Capcom USA
3
1
Crimson Desert*
Pearl Abyss
4
2
MLB: The Show 26^*
Multiple Video Game Publishers
5
NEW
Windrose*
Kraken Express
6
3
Pokemon: Pokopia*
Nintendo
7
13
Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2*
Nintendo
8
218
Starfield^
Microsoft (Corp)
9
NEW
Saros^
Sony (Corp)
10
11
Mario Kart World*
Nintendo
*Includes Digital Sales Projections As stated above, Circana’s new charts include projections of sales data alongside the actual sales data it collects from its partners. With this in mind, it’s very likely that readers will see more Nintendo games on these charts going forward, as well as higher placements for existing Nintendo games.
The Big N has never shared digital sales data with Circana, so up to this point the latter could only take physical data into account when ranking the former’s first-party games. To that end, it’s probably no surprise that the top 10 list for April is dominated by Nintendo games, including Pokopia, Tomodachi Life and Mario Kart World.
On a similar note, the Circana report looks different this month compared with March because we’re working from projected sales data. This information puts Crimson Desert high up on the list, when it was previously in 15th place based on actual sales data. Windrose made it onto the list despite not being available for physical sale at all.
Circana April 2026 |10 best-selling games of 2026 so far
Rank
Last
Month
Rank
Month
Rank
Title
Publisher
1
1
Resident Evil: Requiem^
Capcom USA
2
2
Crimson Desert*
Pearl Abyss
3
3
MLB: The Show 26^*
Multiple Video Game Publishers
4
4
Pokemon: Pokopia*
Nintendo
5
5
WWE 2K26^
Take-Two Interactive
6
7
NBA 2K26^
Take-Two Interactive
7
8
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7^
Microsoft (Corp)
8
6
ARC Raiders*
Embark Studios
9
NEW
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream*
Nintendo
10
9
Minecraft^*
Multiple Video Game Publishers
*Includes Digital Sales Projections This new version of Circana’s year-to-date list makes a few changes with the inclusion of digital sales projections. Crimson Desert is now included, as are Pokopia and ARC Raiders. Marathon is no longer on the list at all.
Piscatella noted on social media that Circana plans to keep its new charts to 10 slots while it gathers feedback for the foreseeable future.
The post Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream and Switch 2 are April’s big sellers | Circana appeared first on GamesBeat.
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