Final Fantasy 7 Remake seems to have taken to Nintendo's sales charts not unlike Avalanche to a Mako Reactor when it hit Switch 2. And Xbox Series X|S, well; I'm going to go out on a limb and speculate that Nintendo's hardware got the lion's share of the split with these late ports, but don't get me wrong. If you bought it on Xbox, you're in for a great time too.
Not only did it reach second place on Switch 2 and seventh on Xbox, but the game managed to take ninth place totalfor sale in the US in January 2026. That's a huge achievement for an almost six-year-old game in a famously front-loaded genre, and proof that Square Enix can still pull in pretty decent numbers for the AAA realm – I wouldn't be surprised if we get a ten-million mark for this first chapter in the remake trilogy.
Now let's see what rebirth can do
Circana's prolific Mat Piscatela broke down the results in his usual array of charts, starting with the big one: the overall top 20. In fact, Remake jumped from 225th to 9th on January thanks to this fine pair of ports, according to Circana's own data points. On the Nintendo side, the Remake fared better than all but Pokemon Legends: ZA. Of course, that game was in its third month on the market, but a.) it's literally Pokémon; b.) the charts are revenue based, giving Game Freak's return to Kalos a $30 step on Square's return to Midgar. (FF7 Remake retails for $39.99 USD; Pokemon Legends for $69.99 on Switch 2 and $59.99 on Switch).
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Nintendo's rankings place Cloud Strife's band of freedom fighters (well, technically Barret Wallace's, but I digress) above Donkey Kong Bananza, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Metroid Prime 4 and more. On the Xbox front, where it's harder to get a gem on exact performance, the Remake still came in a decent 7th place under a bunch of sports games, Minecraft, Battlefield 6 and Black Ops 7. I don't remember Final Fantasy 16 charting that well when it got its own, less late, Xbox port last year, which is a bit of a shame. That game is good too, dammit.
The real test will no doubt come from Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, coming to these consoles on June 3rd. The sequel notoriously launched much lower than its predecessor, but the trilogy's co-director Naoki Hamaguchi has been vocal about its continued success in the nearly two years since the GOTY-nominated epic launched back in 2024.
There's good reason to believe that Rebirth has done relatively well on PC, with Hamaguchi claiming that sales have picked up well on both PC and the original PS5 iteration, but will a bunch of first-time buyers of the Remake trilogy feel like they had their fill of Part 1? Hard to say. It's a much newer port, and arguably one fueled by greater fandom hype despite the reduced total sales, so it can end up in mapping the better.
Time will tell, Cloud. Either way, Square Enix is probably pretty happy right now.
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