Spore Re-enters Physical Sales Chart 17 Years After Release

A copy of the “evolution simulator” has been spotted for sale.

Some gamers still fondly remember Spore. The franchise resurfaced recently after Circana analyst Mat Piscatella published U.S. game sales data for October.

It turned out that last month someone purchased a physical copy of Spore. The game launched in 2008 — meaning it has been more than 200 months since its release.

The October chart also includes several other titles whose monthly sales amounted to a single new physical copy, but Spore is the only PC entry among them.

• PC — Spore
• Xbox 360 — Burnout Paradise
• 3DS — Carnival Games: Wild West 3D
• GBA — Incredibles 2: Rise of the Underminer
• NDA — Imagine Fashion Stylist
• PS2 — Backyard Baseball (!!!!)
• PS3 — Hasbro Family Game Night 3
• PS4 — Cooking Mama Cookstar
• XBX — Ultra Bust A Move

Source: iXBT.games