Is it the best car game? Forza Horizon 5 dazzles with its sales on PS5

Forza Horizon 5 would have sold 2 million units on PS5 in just one month.

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Forza Horizon 5 has been available on PS5 since April, and its arrival outside the Xbox ecosystem has not gone unnoticed. Far from being a one-time experiment, its release has been a resounding commercial success that confirms the pull of the most popular arcade driving saga.

According to information obtained through the professional profile of one of the designers at Turn 10 Studios, the game sold over 2 million copies on PlayStation 5 alone during its first month. A very significant figure, considering it’s an IP historically linked to Xbox and PC.

Forza Horizon 5 Sells Over 2 Million on PS5 and Triumphs Beyond Xbox

The data appeared in the public profile of a systems designer at Turn 10, where it’s mentioned that he worked on multi-platform features to enable Forza Horizon 5 to also reach Sony’s console. This is the exact phrase that appears in his professional experience:

I created multi-platform feature designs that allowed Forza Horizon 5 (PS5, 2025) to sell 2 million units in a month, solely on PS5.

Although neither Microsoft nor Playground Games have shared these figures officially, the source coincides with real developers from the studio and their direct work with the franchise, which lends credibility to the data.

With this performance, Forza Horizon 5 demonstrates that it remains one of the most powerful car games on the market, even three years after its original release on Xbox and PC. Its landing on PlayStation has opened doors to millions of new players who, until now, had not been able to enjoy it.

Since its arrival on PS5 in April 2025, the title has maintained a steady sales pace, and everything suggests that the first month was the strongest, with peaks of activity also in May and June. We’ll see if this precedent encourages Xbox to release more of its star games on other platforms.