It’s amazing to think that Octopath Traveler II came out almost four months ago — how are we already this far into the year? But Square Enix is celebrating its HD-2D sequel today as it’s announced that the game has shipped more than a million units since its February 2023 release.
Taking to Twitter via the official Octopath PR account, the publisher shared some brand new artwork from the game’s lead artist Tatsuaki Urushihara featuring Osvaldo, Ochette and Throné.
The Octopath team shared their thanks on the social media platform, thanking fans for their “constant support” (via Google Translate):
” #OctopathTravelerII” worldwide shipping + DL number has exceeded 1 million! Thank you very much!
This commemorative illustration was created by Mr. Urushibara. It is a picture of a certain party chat.
Thank you for your continued support of the Octopath Traveler series!”
For context, 2018’s Octopath Traveler was originally a Switch exclusive and shipped 1 million units in about three weeks (it has now sold over 3 million units as of September 2022). Octopath Traveler II, unlike its predecessor, was released on PC, PS4 and PS5 on the same day as the Switch version.
However, Octopath Traveler had the novelty of being the first HD-2D game, and the sequel comes a year after the release of two HD-2D games — Triangle Strategy and Live A Live. Triangle Strategy, a strategy RPG that was also initially exclusive to the Switch, sold 800,000 units in two weeks, but reportedly reached 1 million units around December 2022. As of September 2022, the Live A Live remake sold 500,000 units when it was only a Switch game.