How much money did the Last of Us make? — 2024 statistics

The Last Of Us franchise has made over $1 billion in revenue as of 2020.

(Source: Exputer)

• As of 2020, “The Last of Us” franchise grossed $1 billion in revenue, as revealed by ex-Sony executive Michael Mumbauer’s LinkedIn profile, positioning it alongside “God of War” and “Uncharted” as PlayStation’s “billion-dollar franchises.”
• Former PlayStation Senior Director of Visual Arts, Mumbauer, played a crucial role in co-developing major exclusives like “The Last of Us” and “Uncharted,” providing credibility to the revenue figures.

The Last of Us sales reached over 37 million copies since its release.

(Source: Dexerto)

• The Last of Us sold over 1.3 million units within the first week of its release.
• Over three weeks, that number climbed to 3.4 million.
• It was among the fastest-selling games of 2013.

The excitement for The Last of Us series has been palpable since its debut in 2013. As you can see, the hype surrounding the game was astronomical, to say the least. How many copies did The Last of Us sell? The numbers just keep climbing the more games come out. Specifically, when examining the sales stats for “The Last of Us Part II,” it’s evident the franchise continues its trend of impressive sales.

The Last of Us Part II beat God of War for fastest-selling PlayStation 4 exclusive.

(Source: PlayStation, Gamesindustry, Pushsquare)

• In its release weekend, The Last of Us Part II made over 4 million sales, beating God of War and Marvel’s Spider-Man in comparable sales at the same time.
• The Last of Us Part II had the biggest release weekend out of any game released in 2020.
• It was the fastest-selling physical PlayStation 4 game in the UK, beating The Last of Us by 76%.
• The Last of Us Part II gained over 10 million sales in just two years of its release.

The Last of Us user stats

The community and fans of The Last of Us series have racked up a ton of playtime, suggesting that all of the games are more than worth playing through multiple times. Here are some general user statistics for The Last of Us, The Last of Us Part II, as well as the remake and remaster.

The Last of Us Remastered has seen over 1.58 million hours of gameplay since its release.

(Source: ps-timetracker)

• The total time was gathered by 33,084 players across 927,910 sessions.
• The average play session for each player was 1:43 hours.

It is no surprise that the time invested into The Last of Us Remastered by the community reaches into the millions, but the kicker is that all of that time was logged by just 33K players across multiple sessions. That is some dedication if we’ve ever seen it!

Players have spent 728,909 hours in The Last of Us Part II.

(Source: ps-timetracker)

• That time was invested by 17,368 players across 406,227 sessions.
• The average play session for each player was 1:48 hours.

Compared to the performance of the Remastered version of the first game, the numbers that The Last of Us Part II is generating are actually quite good considering that the game has only been out for two years at the time of writing.

The Last of Us award stats

We’ve talked about the story of the games for a bit, and it is a severe understatement to say that they are simply amazing. Of course, very few stories are perfect, but The Last of Us and The Last of Us Part II come pretty close to that classification. Here is a quick overview of all the rewards the games have earned since their release.

The Last of Us franchise has received over 80 awards across both games.

(Sources: Animation Magazine, IGN, Games Radar, PCGamer, Deadline, Hollywood Reporter, GameRevolution, Variety, Gamespot, Shacknews, Games Wirtschaft)

• They won 7 awards at the British Academy Awards.
• The Last of Us Part II earned an award at Deutscher Computerspeilpreis in 2021
• Both games earned 11 awards at the D.I.C.E. Awards.
• Combined, both games won 12 awards at the Game Audio Network Guild Awards in their respective years.
• The Last of Us Part II earned 8 awards at The Game Awards 2020.
• The Last of Us Part II earned 2 awards at the Game Critics Awards in 2018.
• The Last of Us won 3 awards at the Game Developers Choice Awards in 2014.
• The Last of Us Part II won 1 award at the GLAAD Media Awards in 2021.
• Both games won 10 awards at The Golden Joystick Awards in 2013, 2017, 2018, and 2020.
• The Last of Us Part II won an Excellence in Narrative award at the SXSW Gaming Awards in 2021, with The Last of Us winning 4 awards at the same event in 2014.
• The Last of Us Part II won 3 Titanium Awards in 2020.
• The Last of Us Part II won 8 Webby Awards in 2021.
• The Last of Us won awards at both the Annie Awards and the Writers Guild of America Awards on the same day in 2014.
• The Last of Us won 4 awards at the Spike VGX awards in 2013.
• Finally, The Last of Us won 1 award at the New York Game Awards in 2014.

It is insane how many awards the games have received over the years, and that just goes to show how good the games have to be to accomplish something like that. Taking a look at the awards the franchise has seen, most of them can be sectioned off to anything regarding the story, writing, or anything else of that nature. Through this, we can see that a comprehensive, quality story can take an already great game and make it legendary.

The Last of Us Twitch stats

Twitch is one of the biggest platforms for streaming on the Internet. It is all-inclusive, meaning that you can essentially stream anything you want as long as it is not against the TOS. The Last of Us and The Last of Us Part II were very prominent games on Twitch during the release periods, but how are they doing now? Let’s take a look.

The Last of Us Part II had a peak viewer count of 507,556 in 2020.

(Source: Streamcharts)

• These viewers were distributed over 5,900 different channels.
• Since that point, the average viewer peak for this game was 34,888.
• These viewers were distributed over 154 different channels.

As you can see, it is very common for the Twitch popularity of a game to dip after some time. This is largely due to the fact that you can’t squeeze that much content out of the Last of Us and The Last of Us Part II further than one playthrough. Nevertheless, the Last of Us Part II still gets a decent number of viewers on a regular basis, and that is what is important.

The Last of Us Part II jumped 301 Twitch ranks since the release of The Last of Us Part I.

(Source: Sullygnome)

• At 1.2 million hours watched, the total watch time jumped by 1,079% since the start of September 2022.
• In terms of average viewers, The Last of Us Part II ranked 75th in the same time frame.
• Since the release of The Last of Us Part I, the peak viewer count of The Last of Us Part II jumped by 3,638% at 40,708.
• The second game’s rank for peak viewers was 90th at the start of September, which increased by 1,781 ranks.

The Last of Us had a peak viewer count of 123,311 in 2020.

(Source: Streamcharts)

• The Last of Us had a peak viewer count of 123,311 on Twitch in 2020, three days before the peak viewer count of The Last of Us Part II.
• Since 2020, The Last of Us has had an average peak viewer count of 7,100, with an average viewer count of 424.
• These views and peaks were achieved with 1,267 channels.

It is only natural for a game to lose its viewer count many years after its release, but it is also common for viewer rates for a game to increase when a new game comes out. In the case of the Last of Us, we can see that the peak viewer count for the game wasn’t during its release, but rather a few days before the release of The Last of Us Part II.

Both The Last of Us and The Last of Us Part II have a majority of English-speaking channels broadcasting them.

(Source: Sullygnome)

• The main language demographic that streams these games is English, with 1,753 English channels for The Last of Us and 2,692 for The Last of Us Part II.
• The average Spanish channel count for these games is 610.
• The average Portuguese channel count for these games is 358.

There are quite a few channels with different main languages that stream these games, but we can see that the main language is English by a wide margin. This is very common but it is also interesting to note the wide language diversity when it comes to streaming languages.

To sum up

That is all we have to say about The Last of Us franchise in the wake of the remake of the first game that came out shortly before the time of writing. We absolutely love everything about The Last of Us franchise because it has created a footprint in gaming history that is incredibly hard to fill for any zombie adventure game to come out in the future. Everything is masterfully made, from the story to the mechanics, to the characters and their depth.

The Last of Us and The Last of Us Part II have everything you could ever want from a game in this genre and we highly recommend you try them out if you haven’t already. We sincerely hope that you have learned something new from the information we have provided and that you can look at all of these games in a new light!