Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Developer(s)	Nintendo EPD
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Director(s)	Aya Kyogoku
Producer(s)	Hisashi Nogami; Katsuya Eguchi;
Programmer(s)	Yoshitaka Takeshita; Hiromichi Miyake;
Artist(s)	Koji Takahashi
Writer(s)	Makoto Wada
Composer(s)	Yasuaki Iwata; Yumi Takahashi; Shinobu Nagat; Sayako Doi; Masato Ohashi;
Series	Animal Crossing
Engine	LunchPack
Platform(s)	Nintendo Switch
Release	March 20, 2020
Genre(s)	Social simulation
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

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 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]

Notes

↑ Known in Japan as Atsumare Dōbutsu no Mori (Japanese: あつまれどうぶつの森, lit. Animal Forest: Gather)

References

↑ "Here Are The Top Ten Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games As Of September 2025". nintendolife.com. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
↑ Bundel, Ani (March 29, 2020). "'Animal Crossing: New Horizons' is the coronavirus distraction we needed". NBC News THINK. Archived from the original on March 30, 2020. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
↑ Life, Nintendo (2024-10-31). "Nintendo Music App: Every Game Soundtrack Included - How To Download, All Systems". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 2025-09-22.

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[1] Known in Japan as Atsumare Dōbutsu no Mori (Japanese: あつまれどうぶつの森, lit. Animal Forest: Gather)

[2] "Here Are The Top Ten Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games As Of September 2025". nintendolife.com. Retrieved 15 November 2025.

[3] Bundel, Ani (March 29, 2020). "'Animal Crossing: New Horizons' is the coronavirus distraction we needed". NBC News THINK. Archived from the original on March 30, 2020. Retrieved March 31, 2020.

[4] Life, Nintendo (2024-10-31). "Nintendo Music App: Every Game Soundtrack Included - How To Download, All Systems". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 2025-09-22.

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