Astro Bot had a “solid” commercial start in the US, according to research firm Circana.
Sony’sPS5exclusive was the second best-selling game during its launch week, trailing only NBA2K25, which 2K released on the same forPC, current and last-gen consoles.
“Across both physical & digital,Astro Botranked 2nd in unit sales in the US for w/e Sept 7th (behind only NBA 2K25), and the Astro Bot DualSense was the week’s best-selling accessory,” Mat Piscatella, executive director, video games at Circana, said onBluesky. “Solid week 1.”
GamesIndustry.biz head Chris Dring also said last week that Astro Bot had enjoyed a “solid” UK launch.
“First week sales are 21% higher than the debut ofRatchet & Clank: Rift Apartin 2021,” he wrote onX. “Astro was No.2 last week behind Space Marine 2, which is the UK’s fastest-selling Warhammer game (beating Total War: Warhammer 3).”
Astro Bot has been critically acclaimed,earning it a score of 94on review aggregation site Metacritic. VGC’sAstro Bot reviewcalled it “the best 3D platformer in a decade”.
Further reading
VGC recently got the chance to visit the studio behind Astro Bot,Team Asobi, for an inside look at the development of the game, and the history of the franchise.
Astro Bot’s DLC planwill include new challenge levels and a speedrun mode.
