Bandai Namco Reveals Franchise Sales: Tekken Tops 62 Million Copies, Dark Souls Passes 41 Million

Bandai Namco has published updated sales figures for its game franchises. Tekken remains the company’s best-selling series at 62.7 million copies, while the Dark Souls trilogy has reached 41.8 million. The figures are as of the end of March 2026.

The Dark Souls series has sold 41.8 million copies. A year earlier, as of the end of March 2025, Bandai Namco reported 39.71 million, so the trilogy sold about 2 million more copies in a year. That’s a strong result for a series whose last entry came out in 2016.

Keep in mind that this number doesn’t include sales in Japan. FromSoftware publishes Dark Souls there itself, while Bandai Namco only handles the rest of the world. So the series’ total sales are even higher.

Elden Ring helped keep Dark Souls selling by bringing millions of new players into the genre. Elden Ring itself passed 30 million copies back in April 2025, but Bandai Namco’s figures don’t include it.

The Tekken fighting game series is still Bandai Namco’s most successful franchise, with sales reaching 62.7 million copies. The latest entry, Tekken 8, came out in January 2024.

Bandai Namco also shared figures for its other series:

• Tekken: 62.7 million copies
• Naruto: 46.58 million copies
• Dark Souls: 41.8 million copies
• Tales of: 32.13 million copies
• Little Nightmares: 24.54 million copies

Little Nightmares is the most impressive name on the list. A few years ago it was a small indie horror series, and now it’s closing in on 25 million copies sold. Little Nightmares III, released in fall 2025, helped push those numbers up. Tekken remains the company’s backbone: Bandai Namco still supports Tekken 8 with new seasons, characters, and balance updates, and the series keeps its top spot among the publisher’s franchises. For Dark Souls, the numbers carry some symbolic weight too. There hasn’t been a new entry in ten years, yet players keep discovering the trilogy, so fans still hold out hope for a sequel or a remaster.