Animal Crossing: New Horizons Returns To Top of UK Boxed Charts


Animal Crossing: New Horizons again climbed to the top of the UK physical sales charts, having been knocked to second by Hitman 3 last week, according to GamesIndustry.biz.

Speaking of Hitman 3, it drops to number 11 – a 68% week-on-week decline.

Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War is up two places, with Treyarch's shooter juggernaut maintaining popularity despite its Warzone component being available for free.

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons Returns To Top of UK Boxed Charts

The top 10 makes for excellent reading for Nintendo, with Mario Kart 8: Deluxe continuing to sell well in number 2, Minecraft's Switch edition coming in at number 6, and Ring Fit Adventure and Super Mario 3D All-Stars also in the top 10.

To no one's surprise, Grand Theft Auto V continues to sell well, and while the ongoing pandemic is keeping fans out of football matches they've been consoling themselves with FIFA 21.

Elsewhere, the excellent Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Just Dance 2021 are also in the top 10.

Check out the top 10 below.

  1. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  2. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe
  3. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
  4. Grand Theft Auto V
  5. Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
  6. Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition
  7. Ring Fit Adventure
  8. Just Dance 2021
  9. Super Mario 3D All-Stars
  10. FIFA 21

It's perhaps no surprise that Animal Crossing continues to dominate the charts. Not only is it almost the top-selling Switch game, but Nintendo confirmed that around 39% of Switch owners also own the game.

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