Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Animal Crossing: New Horizons[a] is a 2020 life simulation game created and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is the fifth main game in the Animal Crossing series. In New Horizons, the player controls a character who moves to a deserted island where many anthropomorphic animals live.
| Animal Crossing: New Horizons | |
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| Developer(s) | Nintendo EPD |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Aya Kyogoku |
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| Artist(s) | Koji Takahashi |
| Writer(s) | Makoto Wada |
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| Series | Animal Crossing |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo Switch |
| Release | March 20, 2020 |
| Genre(s) | Social simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Animal Crossing New Horizons was very successful. It sold 48.62 million copies worldwide as of September 2025.[1] It also broke the console game record for most digital units sold in a single month by selling five million copies. It became successful because of the stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] In 2024, music from the game was added to the Nintendo Music app.[3]
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References
- ↑ Here Are The Top Ten Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games As Of September 2025. nintendolife.com. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
- ↑ Bundel, Ani. 'Animal Crossing: New Horizons' is the coronavirus distraction we needed. NBC News THINK (March 29, 2020). Retrieved March 31, 2020.
- ↑ Life, Nintendo. Nintendo Music App: Every Game Soundtrack Included - How To Download, All Systems (in en-GB). Nintendo Life (2024-10-31). Retrieved 2025-09-22.
