The NPD Group's sales report has been published, letting the public see the best-selling games from the month of April for North America. Once more, we'll be taking a look at what games ranked where, and the games that sold the most on each platform. Please note that games with * at the end of their title denotes that digital sales are not counted.

Sales Figures

Software Sales were at $823 million, up by 18%, compared to April 2017's $699 million.
Hardware was at $225 million, an increase by 15% to 2017's $195 million.
Accessories brought in 240 million, up by a whopping 28%.

This leaves the industry at a total of $4.24 billion year to date.

Total Sales Chart

1. God of War
2. Far Cry 5
3. MLB: The Show 2018
4. Nintendo Labo Variety Kit
5. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze*
6. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe*
7. Grand Theft Auto V
8. Call of Duty: WWII
9. Super Mario Odyssey*
10. NBA 2K18
11. Player Unknown Battlegrounds*
12. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands
13. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
14. Monster Hunter World
15. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
16. A Way Out*
17. Yakuza 6: Song of Life*
18. Sea of Thieves
19. Kirby Star Allies*
20. FIFA 18*

Sony's God of War broke records for a PS4 exclusive launch, and rose to the top of the charts while Far Cry 5 continues with strong sales. MLB: The Show was also another successful Sony exclusive. Nintendo had a solid lineup too, doing well with their new Labo and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze port, while also having their older 2017 games dotted about the list, still.

Separate Sales By Console

Spoiler: Top selling PS4, XB1, 3DS, Switch games

XB1

1. Far Cry 5
2. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
3. Sea Of Thieves
4. Call of Duty: WWII
5. Grand Theft Auto V
6. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
7. NBA 2K18
8. A Way Out
9. Monster Hunter: World
10. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege

PS4

1. God of War 2018
2. Far Cry 5
3. MLB 18: The Show
4. Yakuza 6: The Song Of Life*
5. Grand Theft Auto V
6. Call of Duty: WWII
7. Monster Hunter: World
8. NBA 2K18
9. A Way Out
10. FIFA 18

Switch

1. Labo Toy-Con 01 Variety Kit
2. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
3. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
4. Super Mario Odyssey
5. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
6. Kirby Star Allies
7. Labo Toy-Con 02 Robot Kit
8. Splatoon 2
9. Mario & Rabbids: Kingdom Battle
10. Pokken Tournament DX

3DS

1. Pokémon: Ultra Sun
2. Pokémon: Ultra Moon
3. Detective Pikachu
4. Super Smash Bros.
5. Mario Kart 7
6. Super Mario 3D Land
7. Minecraft
8. Super Mario Maker
9. Mario Party: The Top 100
10. Kirby: Battle Royale

With that, the best selling games lineup of 2018 thus far is:

1. Far Cry 5
2. Monster Hunter: World
3. God of War
4. Call of Duty WWII
5. Dragon Ball FighterZ
6. Grand Theft Auto V
7. NBA 2K18
8. MLB: The Show 2018
9. PUBG
10. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

 

[Zhongtiao1]

Really? GTA V? Still?

Anyways,

Good job by Nintendo

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

Wow, labo is selling O_O

Still waiting for nintendo player's choice games so I can finally buy Mario kart 8 deluxe at discount

 

[Attainable]

What time-frame does the April NPD cover? DKC came out in May

 

[lampdemon]

On the top sellers, XB1 has no exclusives, Switch only has exclusives, and PS4 has a mix.

That seems like a good summary of each console. Also, 3ds has mostly exclusives.

 

[netovsk]

Good to see Far Cry 5 as the top selling game of the year so far. Great game, got hooked to it day 1 until the finish. Might be my favourite game of 2018.

 

[gnmmarechal]

What the hell? Labo? Wtf

 

[Lazyboss]

On the top sellers, XB1 has no exclusives, Switch only has exclusives, and PS4 has a mix.

That seems like a good summary of each console. Also, 3ds has mostly exclusives.

XB1? Never heard of that console.

 

[DarthDub]

I should get Nintendo Labo.