Some games quietly fade after launch. Devil May Cry 5 is doing the opposite. Fresh figures from Capcom — released ahead of the company's June 18 shareholders' meeting — reveal that the 2019 action game sold roughly 2.7 million copies during the fiscal year ending March 2026. That's not just a strong number for a seven-year-old title; it's the best single year of sales the game has ever had.
To put that in perspective, Devil May Cry 5 sold around 2.1 million copies in its launch year, and matched that figure again in its previous best year. Beating both of those totals this far past release is genuinely rare. The game's lifetime sales now sit at roughly 12.9 million copies, which makes it Capcom's best-selling title outside of the Monster Hunter and Resident Evil juggernauts.
So why is a 2019 character-action game suddenly selling better than ever? A big part of the answer is the Netflix Devil May Cry animated series, which introduced Dante and the franchise's stylish, demon-slashing world to a brand-new audience. Pair that visibility boost with a steady run of storefront discounts, and you have the perfect recipe for a long-tail sales surge.
The numbers also feed an obvious question: where is Devil May Cry 6? Capcom has stayed quiet on a sequel, but a back catalogue entry pulling in nearly three million sales in a single year is the kind of data point that makes a follow-up feel less like a possibility and more like an inevitability. Sustained demand like this is exactly what publishers point to when greenlighting a new mainline entry.
For now, it's a reminder of something the best action games prove again and again: great combat design ages remarkably well. Devil May Cry 5's blend of style, speed, and depth is still drawing in new players seven years later — and it may well be laying the groundwork for the series' next chapter.