Unicorn Overlord has hit the 1 million units mark worldwide

A month after launch, Vanillaware’s Unicorn Overlord hit the 500k shipment milestone. Now, six months after release, ATLUS and Vanillaware are celebrating one million units sold around the world. 

Following the initial announcement, the official ATLUS West account shared the good news along with a special illustration. Vanillaware’s Takashi Noma cooked up the following piece of art featuring Berengaria, Melisandre, and Rosalinde just for the occasion.

Unicorn Overlord first launched for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch on March 8, 2024. Its 500k triumph arrived shortly after on April 1, doing so at a faster pace than Vanillaware’s previous strategy/visual novel outing, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. For further comparison, 13 Sentinels didn’t hit 1M in sales until almost exactly three years after its global launch.

Hopefully, this simply means that Vanillaware is getting the proper commercial recognition to back up all of its critical praise. 2013 side-scrolling action-RPG Dragon’s Crown also moved over one million copies around the world, so it’s heartening to see George Kamitani and the rest of the team getting their flowers.

As ATLUS points out, those who want to try Unicorn Overlord for themselves can check out a five-hour demo. The demo is available on all platforms and save data can be carried over to the full game. Like all Vanillaware games, the art direction is absolutely stunning, and thankfully there’s also a pretty darn gripping strategy game underneath it all.