Control Resonant Becomes Remedy's Fastest-Selling Game Ever

Remedy Entertainment has a new best seller. The Finnish studio announced that Control Resonant has passed 1 million copies sold, and that it is now the fastest-selling game in the company's 31-year history. The news arrived roughly three weeks after the game's release, a pace that puts it ahead of both Alan Wake 2 and the original Control.

That ranking says a lot about how the Control series has held its audience. The first Control, released in 2019, established Remedy's style of strange, high-concept action, and Alan Wake 2 showed in 2023 that the studio could also carry a large, story-driven horror title to a wide audience. Beating both of those sales curves in the first weeks of launch suggests the franchise's momentum has not faded.

The studio, founded in 1995 and based in Espoo, Finland, is best known outside its own circles for the Max Payne series, but its recent output has leaned on original worlds. A million copies in about three weeks is a strong opening for any single-player release, and it gives Remedy a healthier base to build on as it plans what comes next.