NPD 2017: The 10 best-selling games of the year

Call of Duty is still a big deal, but Star Wars: Battlefront II is … less so. It’s time to go over the 10 best-selling games in the United States in 2018, as tracked by industry data firm The NPD Group. This includes full game sales at retail and through digital stores (for publishers that share that data), but it does not take into account revenue generated from in-game purchases.

This is a great way to get a snapshot of the dynamic gaming industry. It’s also the same data that major publishers are looking at to help inform how they pursue future projects. But that means sometimes games are missing — and that’s especially true this year.