Donkey Kong is Coming, Mario is Driving Away

The smaller installed base of the Switch 2 at launch leads to a curious picture in the charts. Apparently, so many console buyers purchased Mario Kart World on Day One that the title dropped out of the top 20. It was replaced by Donkey Kong.

The curious change in the best Switch 2 game in the charts naturally offers another long-seller the opportunity to reclaim the top spot: EA Sports FC 25 takes back first place just a few weeks before its natural successor is released.

Donkey Kong Bananza is right behind it, having found enough buyers despite the limited number of potential customers to jump to second place.

Donkey Kong thus succeeds Mario Kart World, which probably sold so many copies on Day 1 that hardly any Switch 2 owner doesn't already have it. But anyone familiar with Nintendo and its long-seller strategy knows that Mario Kart World will remain a permanent fixture in the charts for many months, if not years.

Top 20 PC and Console Games by Download and Disc Sales in Germany in July 2025 (by Units Sold)

(2) EA Sports FC 25 - Electronic Arts
(New) Donkey Kong Bananza - Nintendo
(1) Star Wars Battlefront II- Electronic Arts
(9) It Takes Two - Electronic Arts
(7) Red Dead Redemption 2 - Rockstar Games
(4) EA SPORTS F1 25 - Electronic Arts
(16) Little Nightmares II - Bandai Namco Entertainment
(8) Hogwarts Legacy - Warner Bros. Games
(New) Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 - Activision Blizzard
(5) Grand Theft Auto V - Rockstar Games
(RE) Elden Ring - Bandai Namco Games
(13) Split Fiction - Electronic Arts
(RE) Assassin's Creed Shadows - Ubisoft
(14) Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy - Activision Blizzard
(19) Robocop: Rogue City - Nacon
(18) Star Wars Jedi: Survivor - Electronic Arts
(RE) Minecraft - Microsoft
(15) Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Activision Blizzard
(RE) The Crew Motorfest - Ubisoft
(6) Death Stranding 2: On the Beach - Sony Interactive Entertainment

The data is collected by Games Sales Data (GSD), a platform launched by Video Games Europe to measure physical and digital sales of computer and video games. The charts provide a unique and comprehensive overview of the most successful games in Germany in a given month. The charts are published monthly by game - the German Games Industry Association. Digital sales of Nintendo titles from the Nintendo eShop are not included.

To the German Games Charts for the previous month.

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