四月份，PC和主機平台迎來了多款大型遊戲發售，包括《人機迷網》《沙羅周期》和《無敵少俠 Vs》，這些遊戲均在30天內陸續推出。然而，Alinea Analytics最新發布的報告指出，其中只有一款遊戲接近了銷量榜榜首。儘管據報道《人機迷網》躋身Steam、PlayStation和Xbox銷量前五，但榜首位置卻被不久前發售的海盜冒險遊戲《風啟之旅》占據，而三月份發售的《赤血沙漠》則以微弱差距位居第二。
根據報告，儘管《風啟之旅》僅在Steam上發售，但它卻成為了當月銷量最高的遊戲。自4月17日搶先體驗上線以來，該遊戲已售出170萬份，成為當月最暢銷的遊戲，不過它並非毫無爭議的領跑者。《赤血沙漠》繼續保持強勁的銷售勢頭，當月銷量達到160萬份，緊隨《風啟之旅》之後位列第二;而《EA Sports FC 26》以140萬份的銷量位居第三，同樣緊隨其後。
只有《人機迷網》躋身榜單第四位，它是與《風啟之旅》並列的五強中唯一一款在四月份發售的遊戲，並且同時進入了Steam、PlayStation和Xbox的銷量前五。《殺戮尖塔2》則以第五名的成績收尾。
April’s top games by copies sold across Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox ( @alineaanalytics estimates) Windrose was the top game by copies sold in April, moving 1.7M units in its debut month. Like Slay the Spire 2 in March, Windrose took the top spot across Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox despite only being available on Steam. The title has since hit 1.9M copies sold and $44M in gross revenue, and is on track to cross 2M imminently. About 15% of its players have played for over 50 hours. DAUs are declining at the expected post-launch pace, but Windrose still pulls in over 250K daily players on a weekday. Smooth sailing. Crimson Desert continued to perform extremely well in April after its debut back in March, selling another 1.6M copies. About 1M of those came via Steam, almost 450K via PlayStation, and the remainder via Xbox (console, Windows, and cloud). Around a quarter of players across platforms also played Dragon’s Dogma II. People of taste. Relatively speaking, console players have sunk the most time into Crimson Desert, with 20% across Xbox and PlayStation having played for 100+ hours already, against 13% on Steam. The word-of-mouth-driven sustained engagement curve is the real story here, and it’s the reason Crimson Desert is still moving units in volume two months past launch rather than falling off the typical AAA … Kliff. EA Sports FC 26 scored another 1.4M sold in April, boosted by its deepest discount yet on PlayStation ($21), which ran until April 9. The PlayStation version accounts for about 850K of those April copies, with Xbox and Steam each selling another 270K. Of those who played FC 26 on PlayStation in April, 29% also played Fortnite that month, while 20% played Rocket League, the top two crossover titles. Epic stuff (love a double entendre). FC 26 also brought in another 1M players via PS Plus Essential since being added as a monthly title a couple of days back. A very smart time to get players in the door, and spending, ahead of the FIFA World Cup. Pragmata also sold through (so no unsold retail copies) 1.4M across PlayStation, Xbox, and Steam in its launch month. About 840K of those came via Steam, almost 500K on PS5, and almost 100K on Xbox. Across all three platforms, around 40% of Pragmata players also played Resident Evil Requiem. As we mentioned in our Pragmata launch post, Capcom is cashing in a decade of quality, and the success of new IP Pragmata reflects that. Players who buy games in launch month, an important and lucrative cohort, trust Capcom in a way they trust very few publishers right now. Slay the Spire 2 takes the number five spot via Steam alone while still in early access. The awesome roguelike deckbuilder shifted another 1M copies last month to pass 6.4M sold overall, generating almost $130M in gross revenue since its early-access launch two months ago. More in the new free Substack, including why Chinese gamers tend to leave negative reviews.
值得注意的是，這些數據均為銷量的估算值。儘管在榜單中排名第四，《人機迷網》卻取得了令人難以置信的強勁開局——截至昨日，該遊戲全平台累計銷量已突破200萬份。此外，Nintendo Switch 2的銷量並未納入此圖表，這在一定程度上使得排名偏向了《人機迷網》。
這並不意味著如果將Switch 2的銷量納入統計，《人機迷網》就會跌至榜首，只是目前的數據並未反映完整的市場全貌。不過，隨著今年後續發展，《風啟之旅》的表現將十分值得關注——它是否會成為又一款在1.0正式版發布之前就風靡全球的搶先體驗佳作。
