Astro Bot Sales Going Well

According to the published data, Astro Bot has recorded very impressive sales during its first week in the US and UK.

Astro Bot Sales

Fans were alarmed a few days ago when Japanese sales data suggested a soft launch for Astro Bot, with the game only selling 12,700 physical copies at retail. Many assumed that the recent PS5 price hike in Japan was the reason behind Astro Bot’s somewhat muted commercial reception, as the console also took a nosedive on the sales charts. However, since this number doesn’t include digital sales, it isn’t indicative of broader sales trends for Astro Bot.

Now, newly published sales data from US tracking firm Circana’s executive director, Mat Piscatella, shows that Astro Bot’s week one sales are much better than some may have expected. Piscatella revealed in a recent Bluesky post that for the week ending September 7, Astro Bot ranked second in unit sales across both physical and digital formats. The top spot was claimed by NBA 2K25, but considering how popular sports games are among the more casual players, Astro Bot’s sales performance is very strong. Interestingly, the Astro Bot DualSense controller was also the top selling accessory during the same timeframe.

However, the good news doesn’t end there, as GamesIndustry.biz’s Christopher Dring remarked on Twitter that Astro Bot managed a “solid” launch in the UK as well. Not only did Astro Bot’s sales track 21% ahead of 2021’s Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, but Dring also confirmed in a follow up tweet that Astro Bot is the fastest-selling original platformer IP outside of Mario in the last decade, beating the likes of iconic names like Sonic, Kirby, Crash Bandicoot, and more. Overall, Astro Bot was only toppled by Space Marine 2’s sales performance in the UK, which is quite respectable.

Since Astro Bot was made by a 65 person team and took three years to develop, its budget is almost certainly nowhere near the hundreds of millions that many other PlayStation first-party games cost. Therefore, Astro Bot’s bar for profitability should also be much lower. Hopefully, Sony is pleased internally with how Astro Bot’s sales are holding up globally and considers investing in more small and creatively dense games like it. An Astro Bot sequel may have also been confirmed, but only time will tell what Team Asobi has planned.

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