Devil May Cry 5 has hit the impressive sales milestone of 10 million, with Capcom pointing to the recently released Netflix anime as helping push the video game over the line.
DMC 5 launched in Mar 2019 across PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, and was a hit with fans and critics. IGN's Devil May Cry 5 review returned a 9.5. We said: "Devil May Cry 5's trio of outstanding combat styles set a new high bar for the series, and its mysterious story keeps things interesting along the way."
Six years later, Devil May Cry 5 must go down as a blockbuster success for Capcom. “The title has garnered strong support from users due to its exceptional gameplay experience, leading to expanded sales as a catalog title since its release,” the company said.
“Capcom provided an even more advanced story and action elements in the game with the addition of a new playable character, and more recently, on April 3, 2025, the company released the new Devil May Cry animated series on Netflix, in line with the company’s Single Content Multiple Usage strategy.
"The animated series has garnered critical acclaim from around the world, and with more than 5.3 million views it ranked fourth during its first week globally in the "Shows | English" category, while also ranking in the top 10 for seven consecutive days in Japan. As a result of the game’s exhilarating action, and due to efforts to enhance brand awareness by leveraging the title beyond the scope of video games, including television adaptations, the title has now exceeded 10 million units in cumulative sales worldwide.”
Devil May Cry 5’s success (the franchise as whole has sold more than 33 million units since the first game came out in 2001), begs the question: when will Devil May Cry 6 be released? It seems inevitable that another game will be greenlit, if it hasn’t already, given DMC5 has sold 10 million in the six years since launch in 2019.
Capcom isn’t giving anything away at this point, of course, and it has a lot on its plate already. Apart from continuing to work on already released games such as Monster Hunter Wilds and Street Fighter 6, it has the just announced Resident Evil: Requiem on the way as well as the re-revealed Pragmata.
But Devil May Cry 5 is by some margin the best-selling Devil May Cry game, and has now cracked the top 10 best-selling Capcom games ever list. Dante and friends will return at some point. The question is, when?
Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.
