Today is the fifth anniversary of the release of Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End. In a post to celebrate the occasion, developer Naughty Dog revealed Uncharted 4 had reached 37 million players as of May 2021. The game also managed to rustle up over 13 million multiplayer players.
The last we heard from Uncharted 4 back in October 2019, the game had sold more than 16 million copies worldwide. It was the fastest selling PlayStation 4 exclusive in the UK until it was dethroned by The Last of Us Part II in June 2020.Uncharted 4 was a part of the PlayStation Plus Instant Games Collection in April 2020, which is likely the main reason for such an impressive increase in downloads since then. It’s also part of the PS Plus Collection for PS5 players.
Naughty Dog revealed some other interesting figures for the game as of its May 2021 fifth anniversary:
13.3 million multiplayer players
9.5 million players used an accessibility option
9.8 million played with the lemur in the market
7.5 million players played Marco Polo (again)
2 million players climbed to the very top of the Clocktower
12 million players hit all the targets in the attic with the toy gun
2 million took a photo of Sully

Game Director Vinit Agarwal explained the game’s multiplayer was meant to emphasize “the lighthearted nature of the franchise,” evoking a sense of teamwork and camaraderie that wasn’t present in the campaign, especially when Sam, Nathan, Sully, and Elena teamed up to take...