Elden Ring is now among the top 10 all-time best-selling premium games in U.S.

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Elden Ring continues to move copies, and has now hit a new sales milestone. The NPD Group reports that Elden Ring is now among the best-selling premium games of all time in the U.S., in terms of dollar sales.

NPD’s report for June included sales updates on many games, though Elden Ring retained the top spot. It’s placed first in dollar sales in four of the last five months it’s been on the market, and remains the best-selling game of 2022.

According to NPD’s numbers, Elden Ring now also ranks among the top 10 best-selling premium games in the U.S. of all time, in dollar sales.

US NPD PREMIUM GAMES – Elden Ring ranks among the top 10 best-selling premium games in the U.S. market all-time (dollar sales).

— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) July 15, 2022

Premium games, NPD’s Mat Piscatella elaborates, are defined as games with an upfront price tag and exclude DLC, microtransactions, and recurrent post-launch purchases. “Premium includes whatever upfront price a player must pay before being able to play the game,” Piscatella says. Piscatella predicted in a recent blog that Elden Ring will be 2022’s best-selling premium game in the U.S.

This year’s Call of Duty may still be able to give Elden Ring a challenge, but right now Elden Ring is leader of the pack for 2022 sales. It’s received nigh-on universal praise and seems like a presumptive favorite for this year’s GOTY talks, too. Seems like the sales will just keep on rolling in.

US NPD PREMIUM GAMES – June 2022 Top 20 Sellers pic.twitter.com/ryqvht7IY0

— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) July 15, 2022

For other games, June 2022 was an interesting month. Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga came in second for dollar sales, while Mario Strikers: Battle League closed in at third with