Zelda: Skyward Sword HD has enjoyed only one week as the UK number one, as F1 2021 speeds past it in its second week.
The first week without pandemic restrictions has been an understandably quiet one for video games, with no new entries in the top 10 and most of the movement due to new stock of the PlayStation 5 console, which, as always, created a major surge for Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart and Spider-Man: Miles Morales.
The number one and two spots did swap over though, with Zelda: Skyward Sword HD seeing sales fall 74% in its second week.
That’s not as unusual as it might sound for a core-focused game, but since F1 2021 only fell by 37%, which is a good hold by any standard, it rose to the top instead.
UK all formats retail chart – 24 July
1 (2) F1 2021 (XO/PS4/PS5)
2 (1) The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD (NS)
3 (10) Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (PS5)
4 (3) FIFA 21 (PS4/NS/XO/PS5)
5 (4) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS)
6 (17) Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (PS5/PS4)
7 (5) Animal Crossing: New Horizons (NS)
8 (6) Minecraft (NS)
9 (8) Grand Theft Auto 5 (PS4/XO/PS3/360/PC)
10 (7) Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (NS)
Ukie Games Charts©, compiled by GfK
Japanese console chart – 18 July
1 (-) The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD (NS)
2 (-) Crayon Shin-Chan: Ora To Hakase No Natsuyasumi – Owaranai Nanokakan No Tabi (NS)
3 (1) Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings Of Ruin (NS)
4 (2) eBaseball Professional Yakyū Spirits 2021: Grand Slam (NS)
5 (5) Samurai Warriors 5 (NS)
6 (6) Samurai Warriors 5 (PS4)
7 (4) Game Builder Garage (NS)
8 (3) Mario Golf: Super Rush (NS)
9 (7) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS)
10 (-) Global Defence Force For Nintendo Switch (NS)
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U.S. all formats chart – June
1 (-) Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (PS5)
2 (4) Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5)
3 (-) Mario Golf: Super Rush* (NS)
4 (3) MLB The Show 21 (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5)^
5 (-) Scarlet Nexus (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5/PC)
6 (1) Resident Evil Village (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5/PC)
7 (7) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS)*
8 (10) Minecraft (multi)
9 (12) Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (PS4/PS5)
10 (6) Mortal Kombat 11 (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC)
*does not include digital sales
^Xbox digital sales not included
Note: U.S. charts are organised by revenue, not unit sales
The NPD Group/NPD Funworld
GameCentral Top 10 – 2021
1. Returnal (PS5)
2. Monster Hunter Rise (NS)
3. It Takes Two (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5/PC)
4. Guilty Gear -Strive- (PS4/PS5/PC)
5. Chicory: A Colorful Tale (PS4/PS5/PC)
6. Little Nightmares 2 (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC)
7. Genesis Noir (XO/NS/PC)
8. New Pokémon Snap (NS)
9. Scarlet Nexus (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5/PC)
10. R-Type Final 2 (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PC)
GameCentral Top 20 – 2020
1. Animal Crossing: New Horizons (NS)
2. The Last Of Us Part 2 (PS4)
3. Spelunky 2 (PS4/PC)
4. Ori And The Will Of The Wisps (XO/NS/XSX/PC)
5. Final Fantasy 7 Remake (PS4)
6. Half-Life: Alyx (PC VR)
7. Nioh 2 (PS4)
8. Hades (NS/PC)
9. Cyberpunk 2077 (XO*/PS4*/PC/Stadia)
10. Spider-Man: Miles Morales (PS4/PC)
11. Doom Eternal (XO/PS4/NS/PC)
12. The Pathless (PS4/PS5/PC/iOS)
13. Star Wars: Squadrons (XO/PS4/PC)
14. Horace (NS/PC)
15. Ghostrunner (XO/PS4/NS*/PC)
16. Paper Mario: The Origami King (NS)
17. Streets Of Rage 4 (XO/PS4/NS/PC)
18. Immortals Fenyx Rising (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC/Stadia)
19. Mortal Shell (XO/PS4/PC)
20. Wasteland 3 (XO/PS4/PC)
The chart above lists our best reviewed titles of 2020 but as usual does not include remakes (with the special exception of Final Fantasy 7), remasters, expansions, re-releases, compilations, games not yet released in the UK, or versions of games previously released on other formats.
*Not recommended at launch
Readers’ Top 20 – 2020
1. The Last Of Us Part 2 (PS4)
2. Final Fantasy 7 Remake (PS4)
3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons (NS)
4. Hades (NS/PC)
5. Ghost Of Tsushima (PS4)
6. Astro’s Playroom (PS5)
7. Demon’s Souls (PS5)
8. Immortals Fenyx Rising (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC/Stadia)
9. Doom Eternal (XO/PS4/NS/PC)
10. Star Wars: Squadrons (XO/PS4/PC)
11. Cyberpunk 2077 (XO*/PS4*/PC/Stadia)
12. Ori And The Will Of The Wisps (XO/NS/XSX/PC)
13. Spider-Man: Miles Morales (PS4/PS5)
14. Streets Of Rage 4 (XO/PS4/NS/PC)
15. Horace (NS/PC)
16. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC/Stadia)
17. Wasteland 3 (XO/PS4/PC)
18. Paper Mario: The Origami King (NS)
19. Half-Life: Alyx (PC VR)
20. Lonely Mountains: Downhill (XO/PS4/NS/PC)
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