The success of Hogwarts Legacy continues to roll into 2024, as Warner Bros. and Avalanche Software have announced that Hogwarts Legacy’s sales have surpassed 22 million copies worldwide.

While it’s common for single-player games to lose sales after a while, especially one released at the very start of the year, the story for Hogwarts Legacy is different, as it has managed to pull strong numbers for almost an entire straight year. Just how strong? Well, enough to beat even the behemoth called Call of Duty as the 2023 best-selling video game. Yeah, that’s an accomplishment that many titles have been trying to topple over the last five years.

22 million copies were sold across all platforms, which is seven million more than what was last reported in May 2023. David Haddad, the President of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, spoke with Variety briefly on the game’s success, saying that not only is he happy about the game’s success, but they were able to make the fans happy too.

“But it’s not just the unit sold that I’m so proud of, it’s just that it delighted the fans so much. It brought Harry Potter to life in a new way for gamers where they could be themselves in this world, in this story. And that’s what the team at Avalanche set out to do when they were developing the game and I think that’s really why it resonated so well and remains the best-selling game of the year in the entire industry worldwide. That’s a position that typically is held by one of these incumbent’s sequel games and we’re so proud that we’ve been able to break into the top ranks.”

Next month will officially be the first anniversary of Hogwarts Legacy, and though Avalanche has yet to announce any DLC, expansions, or sequel plans, we do expect that we’ll get something special to celebrate the game’s anniversary.

Either way, what an absolute monster of a game to achieve such a feat. Despite the controversies and no recognition at The Game Awards last year, the game has managed to leave its mark on the industry. As I said in my Hogwarts Legacy review, “I’ve dreamt about an open-world Harry Potter game that has everything you’d expect out of a Harry Potter game, and Avalanche has finally delivered on that dream. The attention to detail that has gone into this game, the love and care, and the pure dedication of the team. It all goes unnoticed”

The big question is now, where does the series go from here?