Astro Bot had a “strong” business begin within the US, based on analysis agency Circana.
Sony’s PS5 unique was the second best-selling recreation throughout its launch week, trailing solely NBA 2K25, which 2K launched on the identical for PC, present and last-gen consoles.
“Throughout each bodily & digital, Astro Bot ranked 2nd in unit gross sales within the US for w/e Sept seventh (behind solely NBA 2K25), and the Astro Bot DualSense was the week’s best-selling accent,” Mat Piscatella, govt director, video video games at Circana, mentioned on Bluesky. “Strong week 1.”
GamesIndustry.biz head Chris Dring additionally mentioned final week that Astro Bot had loved a “strong” UK launch.
“First week gross sales are 21% larger than the debut of Ratchet & Clank: Rift Aside in 2021,” he wrote on X. “Astro was No.2 final week behind Area Marine 2, which is the UK’s fastest-selling Warhammer recreation (beating Complete Battle: Warhammer 3).”
Astro Bot has been critically acclaimed, incomes it a rating of 94 on evaluation aggregation website Metacritic. VGC’s Astro Bot evaluation known as it “the perfect 3D platformer in a decade”.
VGC not too long ago obtained the prospect to go to the studio behind Astro Bot, Group Asobi, for an inside have a look at the event of the sport, and the historical past of the franchise.
Astro Bot’s DLC plan will embrace new problem ranges and a speedrun mode.
