Octopath Traveler series hits 4 million units sold worldwide (UPDATE)

Publisher Square Enix has announced that the Octopath Traveler series has sold over four million copies worldwide since the launch of the first game in 2018. That four million number comes from the series’ total worldwide shipments and downloads as of June 2023. This includes sales of both games on all platforms, including the Nintendo Switch.

This milestone was shared in a press release today, as part of the announcement of both Octopath Traveler games being available on Playstation, as well as Steam and XBox Game Pass. In addition, a bundle of both games was just unveiled for the Switch eShop.

Octopath Traveler has managed to gain quite a following in a relatively short period of time. With all this excitement, hopefully we hear news of an Octopath Traveler III at some point!

The OCTOPATH TRAVELER series is an RPG series which features HD-2D graphics, a fusion of retro pixel art and 3DCG. The first instalment of which was initially released in 2018 and popularized the unique HD-2D art style. OCTOPATH TRAVELER II, the second instalment and a brand-new entry in the series initially released in 2023, taking the evolution of the game system and the series’ HD-2D graphics even higher. The series has accomplished 4M worldwide shipments and downloads as of June 2023.

Where will you go? What will you do? Whose tale will you bring to life?
Every path is yours to take.
Embark on an adventure all your own.

UPDATE: Square Enix has now confirmed that the Octopath Traveler series has reached 5 million units sold worldwide. In honor of the milestone, new artwork has been shared and you can check it out below.