Octopath Traveler Series Surpasses 6 Million Sales

Square Enix announced Tuesday that the Octopath Traveler series has surpassed six million copies sold worldwide, a milestone reached shortly after the release of the latest entry, Octopath Traveler 0, earlier this month.

The figure includes physical shipments and digital sales across all titles in the franchise, up from five million reported last December. The announcement came via the series' official social media account, accompanied by special artwork and news of limited-time discounts on the first two games, each reduced by 60 percent on major platforms.

Octopath Traveler 0 launched for Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, marking the newest addition to Square Enix's HD-2D lineup, which blends retro pixel art with modern high-definition effects to evoke classic 16-bit role-playing games. The title adapts content from Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent, a mobile prequel released in Japan in 2020 and globally in 2022. Unlike its source material, which featured gacha-based monetization and live-service elements, Octopath Traveler 0 strips away those systems to deliver a standalone, traditional turn-based RPG experience.

Players begin by creating a custom protagonist tasked...