The March 2026 PlayStation sales charts are in, and Resident Evil Requiem continues to be an unstoppable force.
According to new estimates from Alinea Analytics, Capcom’s latest horror entry and EA’s perennial football juggernaut EA FC 26 led the month, with third-party titles completely owning the top two spots.
The data covers units sold on PlayStation platforms through March 2026, with Alinea Analytics providing the breakdown across digital and physical sales — a level of granularity that makes these estimates among the most detailed available for the platform.
March 2026 Top PlayStation Games: Full Chart Rankings
Here’s how the top performers stacked up on PlayStation in March 2026, based on Alinea Analytics estimates:
- Resident Evil Requiem (PS5, Capcom) — 1.9 million copies sold in March alone, bringing its cumulative PS5 total to 2.8 million units and over $200 million in gross revenue on PlayStation.
- EA FC 26 (PS5/PS4, EA Sports) — 1.3 million copies sold on PlayStation in March, contributing to a staggering 25 million players across all platforms, with 70% of that base on PlayStation.
- Crimson Desert (PS5, Pearl Abyss) — A notable new entry that found a significant audience on PlayStation, marking a strong debut for the long-anticipated open-world action RPG.
Resident Evil Requiem‘s March numbers are the headline stat here — 1.9 million copies in a single month, post-launch, is the kind of legs that publishers dream about.
EA FC 26‘s consistency is equally impressive, demonstrating that annual sports franchises still move enormous volume on PlayStation even well into a release cycle.
Third-Party Titles Own March 2026 on PlayStation
March 2026’s PlayStation charts are a clean sweep for third-party publishers as no Sony first-party title features prominently in the top tier this month.
That’s less a sign of weakness from PlayStation Studios and more a reflection of an exceptionally strong third-party release period.
Resident Evil Requiem launched on January 31, 2026, and has now crossed 2.8 million copies on PS5 alone. Global sales across all platforms surpassed 6 million units within the first month, outpacing Resident Evil Village and marking the strongest debut in the franchise’s history.
The revenue story is equally compelling: despite selling fewer copies on PS5 than on Steam, PlayStation has generated more money, $200 million versus Steam’s $167 million, due to the concentration of sales in tier-1 markets where the USD $70 price point holds.
The digital shift within the franchise on console is also accelerating, with roughly 75% of PlayStation sales for Requiem coming via the PS Store. That’s a significant margin capture for Capcom, bypassing physical retail entirely for three-quarters of its console audience.
EA FC 26‘s dominance on PlayStation is similarly lopsided in Sony’s favour — 80% of the game’s 5 million daily active users globally are on PlayStation, and 70% of its 25 million total players are on Sony hardware. Over 2.5 million of those players are still on PS4, which explains why EA continues to ship last-gen versions of FC while sunsetting older hardware support for titles like Madden and F1.
New Entries and Surprise Performers in March 2026
Crimson Desert is the month’s most interesting new entry, finding a meaningful audience on PlayStation after years of development and anticipation. Pearl Abyss’s open-world action RPG had plenty to prove after a prolonged production cycle, and its chart appearance suggests it landed well with console players.
The sustained performance of Resident Evil Requiem across February and March — it topped PlayStation Store download charts in both the US/Canada and EU regions in February, ahead of titles like NBA 2K26 — points to genuine word-of-mouth momentum rather than just launch-window enthusiasm. Leon S. Kennedy’s return as a lead character clearly resonated. For context on how PS5 titles are performing across platforms more broadly in this period, our breakdown of Marathon’s cross-platform sales numbers offers useful comparison points on what strong and modest performance looks like on PS5 right now.
What March 2026’s PlayStation Charts Reveal About the PS5 in 2026
The March data reinforces a clear theme for PS5 in 2026: third-party publishers are finding enormous audiences on PlayStation, and the platform’s install base continues to skew heavily toward it over competitors. The PS4 tail — still active enough to move 2.5 million EA FC 26 units — is a reminder that the generational transition is still very much ongoing.
March 2026 saw 34 new PS5 titles release across the month, meaning Requiem‘s sustained chart position came despite real competition for player attention. April will be worth watching closely for whether Crimson Desert holds momentum and how the broader chart shifts as new releases arrive — including whatever Sony has planned for PlayStation Plus Essential in April 2026.
Stay tuned to GamesHub for continued coverage of PlayStation sales data and monthly chart analysis as new Alinea Analytics estimates land throughout 2026.