{"id":1872398,"date":"2026-04-08T16:16:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1872398"},"modified":"2026-04-08T16:16:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:16:53","slug":"split-fiction-developer-hazelight-celebrates-50-million-games-sales-but-its-not-its-newest-game-that-dominates-the-pie-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1872398","title":{"rendered":"Split Fiction developer Hazelight celebrates 50 million games sales, but it&#8217;s not its newest game that dominates the pie chart"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Split Fiction developer Hazelight celebrates 50 million games sales, but it&#8217;s not its newest game that dominates the pie chart<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">&#8220;Your love and support keeps us going.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/split-fiction-mio-and-zoe-and-dragons.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Split Fiction - Mio and Zoe find two little dragons\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"split-fiction-mio-and-zoe-and-dragons.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Hazelight Studios<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/fran-j-ruiz-author.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"fran-j-ruiz-author.png\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/fran-ruiz\">Fran Ruiz<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-04-08T16:16:53+00:00\">April 8, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/split-fiction-developer-hazelight-celebrates-50-million-units-sold?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          4 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"c2697077-6435-42ab-8cbb-eac9cfa29805\" data-name=\"A Way Out\" data-follow-text=\"Follow A Way Out\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following A Way Out\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow A Way Out\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following A Way Out\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow A Way Out\" title=\"Follow A Way Out\"><br \/>\n  Follow A Way Out<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Hazelight Studios &#8211; the developer behind local co-op delights <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/a-way-out\">A Way Out<\/a>, It Takes Two, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/split-fiction\">Split Fiction<\/a> &#8211; has announced it has passed a surprisingly large sales milestone: more than 50 million sales.<\/p>\n<p>Arguably the biggest surprise comes in the breakdown of how many copies each game has sold, though. It&#8217;s not last year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/split-fiction-review\">Split Fiction, a success by all accounts<\/a>, that dominates the list with 7m sales, nor is it 2018&#8217;s A Way Out &#8211; the company&#8217;s first game &#8211; with 13m sales. Rather, it&#8217;s 2021&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/it-takes-two\">It Takes Two<\/a>, with a gigantic 30m sales.<\/p>\n<p>To put that success in comparison, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-scarlet-and-violet-review-the-ambition-is-betrayed-by-the-performance\">Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet &amp; Violet<\/a> sits at roughly 28m copies sold, and our 2022 Game of the Year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/2025\/04\/elden-ring-shipments-and-digital-sales-top-30-million\">Elden Ring, crossed 30m copies sold last year.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting these numbers don&#8217;t include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/brothers-a-tale-of-two-sons\">Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons<\/a>, which was directed by Josef Fares but developed at Starbreeze Studios before Hazelight came to be. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hazelight.se\/games\/\">The company&#8217;s site<\/a> currently has it listed as part of its portfolio since many of its staff worked on it.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span> <\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"It Takes Two - Official \u201cWe\u2019re Better Together\u201d Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QyQYWjX8ufw?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/QyQYWjX8ufw\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">It Takes Two &#8211; Official \u201cWe\u2019re Better Together\u201d Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QyQYWjX8ufw\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Your love and support keeps us going and we can&#8217;t wait to show you our fourth game,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HazelightGames\/status\/2041820156607742336\">Hazelight said on X.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/hazelight-next-new-game-in-development\">The studio announced that it was working a new game earlier this year<\/a>, and though we know nothing yet about it, I expect it will feature co-op heavily.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Hazelight Studios &#8211; the developer behind local co-op delights <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/a-way-out\">A Way Out<\/a>, It Takes Two, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/split-fiction\">Split Fiction<\/a> &#8211; has announced it has passed a surprisingly large sales milestone: more than 50 million sales.<\/p>\n<p>Arguably the biggest surprise comes in the breakdown of how many copies each game has sold, though. It&#8217;s not last year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/split-fiction-review\">Split Fiction, a success by all accounts<\/a>, that dominates the list with 7m sales, nor is it 2018&#8217;s A Way Out &#8211; the company&#8217;s first game &#8211; with 13m sales. Rather, it&#8217;s 2021&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/it-takes-two\">It Takes Two<\/a>, with a gigantic 30m sales.<\/p>\n<p>To put that success in comparison, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-scarlet-and-violet-review-the-ambition-is-betrayed-by-the-performance\">Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet &amp; Violet<\/a> sits at roughly 28m copies sold, and our 2022 Game of the Year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/2025\/04\/elden-ring-shipments-and-digital-sales-top-30-million\">Elden Ring, crossed 30m copies sold last year.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting these numbers don&#8217;t include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/brothers-a-tale-of-two-sons\">Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons<\/a>, which was directed by Josef Fares but developed at Starbreeze Studios before Hazelight came to be. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hazelight.se\/games\/\">The company&#8217;s site<\/a> currently has it listed as part of its portfolio since many of its staff worked on it.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span> <\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"It Takes Two - Official \u201cWe\u2019re Better Together\u201d Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QyQYWjX8ufw?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/QyQYWjX8ufw\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">It Takes Two &#8211; Official \u201cWe\u2019re Better Together\u201d Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QyQYWjX8ufw\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Your love and support keeps us going and we can&#8217;t wait to show you our fourth game,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HazelightGames\/status\/2041820156607742336\">Hazelight said on X.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/hazelight-next-new-game-in-development\">The studio announced that it was working a new game earlier this year<\/a>, and though we know nothing yet about it, I expect it will feature co-op heavily.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Split Fiction developer Hazelight celebrates 50 million games sales, but it&#8217;s not its newest game that dominates the pie chart &#8220;Your love and support keeps us going.&#8221; Image credit: Hazelight Studios News by Fran Ruiz Contributor Published on April 8, 2026 4 comments Follow A Way Out Hazelight Studios &#8211; the developer behind [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,253],"class_list":["post-1872398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-eurogamer-net"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1872398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872398\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1872398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1872398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1872398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}