The PS5-exclusive Astro Bot has outperformed recent Sonic and Crash games in Europe.

PlayStation’s Astro Bot has had a better launch than virtually every new 3D platform game released in Europe in the last decade that wasn’t a Super Mario title.

That’s according to GI.biz journalist Christopher Dring, who has insight into the PS5 exclusive’s sales performance in the region, covering both physical and digital data.

According to Dring, a month after its release, Astro Bot sales are currently 34% higher than Sega’s most recent flagship Sonic game, Sonic Frontiers, and 52% higher than Activision’s Crash 4.

“Astro Bot has done better than basically every new 3D platform game in the last 10 years (Mario aside),” Dring wrote on X. “Its true success won’t be known for years, but it’s had a strong start for the genre.”

Dring also noted that he’s not allowed to share specific sales figures due to his agreements with European data distributors.

Sony hasn’t released official sales figures for Astro Bot, but according to research firm Circana, the game had a “solid” commercial start in the US market.

“Across both physical & digital, Astro Bot ranked 2nd in unit sales in the US for the week ending Sept 7th (behind only NBA 2K25), and the Astro Bot DualSense was the week’s best-selling accessory,” said Mat Piscatella, executive director of video games at Circana, on Bluesky. “Solid week 1.”

Astro Bot has also received critical acclaim, achieving a score of 94 on the review aggregation site Metacritic. VGC’s review called it “the best 3D platformer in a decade”.

PlayStation and Team Asobi have announced that Astro Bot’s free speedrun DLC will be released later this year.

Source: VideoGameChronicle