The U.S. continues to see a decline in overall video game and video game-associated sales. The total is down 11% compared to this point last year.
According to a report from Circana, U.S. video game hardware, content, and accessories sales fell 6% last month compared to a year ago, bringing the February total to $4.5 billion.
Year-to-date spending has reached $9.0 billion, an 11% decline from the same period last year.
While the industry overall declined, separate brands saw increases in their products. Monster Hunter: Wilds was the best-selling video game of February and instantly became the best-selling title of 2025 thus far.
Other new releases at the top of the chart include Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Sid Meier’s Civilization VII, and PGA Tour 2K25.
Regarding mobile content, Sensor Tower reports that the top game is still Monopoly Go!, followed by Royal Match, Last War: Survival, Roblox, Candy Crush Saga, Whiteout Survival, Pokémon TCG Pocket, Township, Coin Master, and Pokémon GO.
“The highlight of this month is once again Last War: Survival, which has overtaken Roblox for the first time in monthly US mobile gaming spend,” says Samuel Aune of Sensor Tower.
“Also of note are the two Pokémon games: Pokémon TCG Pocket and Pokémon GO. This is the first time that two games with the same IP (though different publishers) have made this list at the same time, an impressive feat,” says Aune.
Looking at the categories individually, video game content spending fell 4% compared to last year, bringing it to $4.0 billion. The growth in non-mobile subscriptions was present with a 9% increase, but it was not enough to offset the decline in mobile spending (-4%), full game, and add-on content for consoles (-11%), and spending across PC, cloud, and non-console VR (-4%).
Video game hardware sales dropped 25% compared to last February to $256 million, the lowest February total since 2020. PlayStation 5 was once again the best-selling platform across units and dollars.
For more information about this report, visit circana.com.
