The Game Awards 2024 nominations are apparently causing a spike in game sales

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Key conclusions

  • Sales of several The Game Awards 2024 nominees rose last week across Europe.
  • Sales of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth increased by 268%, while sales of Metaphor: ReFantazio jumped by 172%.
  • Astro Bot, Elden Ring and the remake of Silent Hill 2 also saw respectable double-digit sales growth.



Some recently published data show that many of the The Game Awards 2024 nominees have seen their sales rise following their nomination. Sales rates for titles such as Astro Bot, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Metaphor: ReFantazioand more, likely driven by increased public curiosity thanks to The Game Awards.

The Game Awards is one of the most famous gaming events in the calendar as it aims to celebrate the best games released each year. Although The Game Awards has many categories for various genres such as RPG, Action-Adventure, Indie, Fighting, Mobile and many more, only one of the very best wins the prestigious Game of the Year award. This year, however, The Game Awards caused some controversy by nominating them Elden Ring's Shadow of Erdtree DLC among the individual releases for Game of the Year.


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The Game Awards 2024 nominees have been announced, and while there were a lot of great games included, these games were sadly left out.

Besides Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtreeamong the contenders for the “Game of the Year 2024”. Metaphor: ReFantazio, Astro Bot, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Balatroand Black Myth: Ukun. This list of nominees was released by The Game Awards early last week, and it seems to have had a positive impact on sales since then. GamesIndustry.biz's Christopher Dring recently shared GSD data from Europe on Twitter, and it shows a surge in sales for many of the titles nominated in various categories of The Game Awards.


Weekly sales growth for The Game Awards nominees

  • Astro Bot: 61%
  • Elden Ring: 38%
  • Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth: 268%
  • Metaphor: ReFantazio: 172%
  • Silent Hill 2 Remake: 43%


Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth was launched in early 2024, but it has seen a staggering 268% week-over-week sales increase, the biggest on this list. Metaphor: ReFantazio took second place with a growth of 172%, from Astro Bot ranks third with sales growth of 61%. Although the Bloober team Silent Hill 2 the remake was snubbed as Game of the Year 2024, but it still grew by 43% and Elden Ring followed with a 38% increase in sales. However, The Game Awards may not have been the only factor behind the spikes, as Dring noted in a follow-up tweet that game sales naturally increase during the holiday season every year.

Despite this, the heightened interest in games nominated for major categories at The Game Awards cannot be underestimated. This was shown by separate data published earlier this week Balatro also saw a significant increase in sales on mobile platforms after accumulating five nominations at The Game Awards 2024.

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