Summary
Split Fictionis off to a monumental start, reaching the top of the UK physical game sales chart less than a week after its release. Developer Hazelight Studios struck gold with its last title,It Takes Two, which ended up selling tens of millions of copies and nabbing Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2021. That leavesSplit Fictionwith some massive shoes to fill, but it’s managed to live up to that legacy so far.
Hazelight’s latest effort has been a remarkable success, not only for the studio itself but for its parent company. By reaching a 91 on Metacritic,Split Fictionbroke a 13-year-old dry spellfor EA, which hadn’t published a title that received a 90 or above sinceMass Effect 3came out in 2012. Now that sales figures are starting to come in from the game’s first calendar week on the market, it looks like it’s made an impression on gamers, not just critics.
According to Push Square,Split Fictionbecame the number-one-selling physical gamein the UK for the week ending on July 03, 2025. That’s a big feat for any title, but it’s all the more impressive considering the game had only been out for a few days by the end of that reporting period. In taking the top spot,Split Fictionalso managed to dethroneMonster Hunter Wildsin the region. With over eight million copies sold in its first three days,Wildsis the fastest-selling game in Capcom history, so it’s looking likeSplit Fictionhas a big year ahead.
Split Fiction Tops Physical Sales Charts in the U.K.
It’s worth noting that these sales figures don’t include digital copies, so it’s unclear if Hazelight was able to toppleMonster Hunterin terms of all sales or if that only applies to disc versions. Still,Split Fictionsurpassed 197,000 concurrent playerson Steam in its first 24 hours, so its digital sales are likely also doing fairly well. As far as console sales go, PlayStation users seem to have taken a particular liking to the game. According to the Push Square report, PS5 copies accounted for 89% ofSplit Fiction’s physical sales in the UK.
While this is just one market, things are looking good forSplit Fiction. The game is already setting records for its studio and publisher, and it hasn’t even been out for a full week. Despite that massive success and growing audience,Hazelight has said it will never use microtransactionsin its games and is not interested in a sale or stock market debut, so fans don’t need to worry about the studio selling out. There’s a long road ahead of Hazelight and its latest title, but early signs are certainly promising for both.
