Housemarque’s Saros launched earlier this month to rave opinions, and it is a official frontrunner for Recreation of the 12 months at this early level in 2026. Nonetheless, it seems gross sales of the sport have to this point been slower than its predecessor, Returnal, and the sport might wrestle to recoup its funds.
That is in line with Rhys Elliott of Alinea Analytics, who estimates Saros offered roughly 300,000 copies in its first two weeks on sale. This determine is a bit behind Returnal, a really comparable recreation that was launched a lot earlier within the PS5’s lifecycle. Saros is the primary recreation developed by Housemarque for the reason that studio was acquired by Sony, having operated independently and primarily developed video games for PlayStation methods within the years prior.
To this point, an enormous proportion of Saros gamers have beforehand performed Returnal–Alinea estimates it at 79%–and about one-third of the sport’s gross sales to this point have been throughout the early-access interval.
