Marathon secured fourth place among the best-selling games in the U.S. for March, according to market research firm Circana. MLB The Show 26 led dollar sales, followed by Resident Evil Requiem and WWE 2K26. The data highlights strong performance amid a competitive month packed with releases.
Circana's latest U.S. sales charts for March show MLB The Show 26 at the top in dollar sales. Resident Evil Requiem came in second after debuting at number one in February; it now ranks as the fifth best-selling Resident Evil game overall. WWE 2K26 took third place, with Marathon following closely in fourth during its launch month. Senior analyst Mat Piscatella shared these figures, noting the month's stacked release schedule made Marathon's position a notable achievement. An estimated 1.2 million copies of Marathon sold in its first month, per Alinea Analytics correction announced by Piscatella on April 22, 2026. Nintendo's Pokémon Pokopia may have outsold some top titles, but digital sales from Nintendo are not included in Circana's data. Similarly, Pearl Abyss omitted digital figures for Crimson Desert, which debuted at number 15, though it led in projected full game spending alongside MLB The Show 26 and Pokémon Pokopia. Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection landed at number seven. Other movers included Death Stranding 2: On the Beach jumping to 17th thanks to its PC release, which accounted for 85 percent of its full game dollar sales that month. Mario Kart World rose due to dwindling Nintendo Switch 2 bundle stock. On PC, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) performed strongly from a 90-percent-off Steam sale. Overall game content spending rose 8 percent year-over-year to $4.6 billion, while hardware sales surged 69 percent to $500 million, led by the Nintendo Switch 2—the best-selling platform by units and dollars for March and year-to-date.
