Dragon Quest XI Ships Over 9 Million Units - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 11 January 2026 / 2,635 Views
Square Enix announced Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age has shipped more than 9 million units worldwide.
This figure is up from nearly 8.5 million units in May 2025, seven million units in December 2024, 6.5 million units in May 2021, six million units shipped in September 2020.
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age released for the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo 3DS in Japan in July 2017, and for the PS4 and PC in September 2018. The Definitive Edition released for the Switch in September 2019, and for the PS4, Xbox One, and PC in December 2020.
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Good numbers, the game is amazing.
Just says XI S in the press release, so I don't know if this includes sales of the original DQXI release on PS4/PC/3DS or is just the XI S release on PS4/PC/Switch/Xbox.
Great to see it doing well either way.
Fave game in the series! Glad to see!
Game of the decade up there with Dark Souls
