Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown officially surpasses 7 million copies sold

The Ace Combat series is easily the most well known in the combat flight sim genre, with the franchise stretching all the way back to 1995. The latest entry, Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown launched back in 2019 has continued to see consistent sales. Following the official and long-awaited announcement of Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve, the team have revealed that Skies Unknown has now exceeded 7 million copies sold.

Late last year, in the lead up to the game’s 7th anniversary, Team Aces revealed that 2019’s Ace combat 7 was closing in on 7 million copies sold.

Cut to a month later and the latest entry has now officially hit the 7 million mark in alignment with the game’s 7th birthday – with the team taking to Twitter to say:

“#ACECOMBAT7 SKIES UNKNOWN has now been available for seven years and has surpassed 7 million copies sold worldwide. We are deeply grateful that so many players have continued flying with us for so long. We look forward to meeting you again in the next skies.”

As with all previous sales milestones, a commemorative wallpaper was released to celebrate the occasion. For context, Ace Combat 7 has been a consistent seller for many years now, with the 2019 title hitting 4 million copies in late 2022; 5 million by the end of 2023; 6 million in early 2025 and now 7 million.

With its successor set to launch some time this year, it will be interesting to see how many copies Skies Unknown will have sold when all is said and done.

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