Remedy Entertainment’s “business review” report of the January to March 2026 period has underlined Control‘s long-term performance, promised infrastructure support for failed co-op shooter FBC: Firebreak, and confirmed Control Resonant is still on track for 2026.
While critical darlings like Control and Alan Wake 2 instantly come to mind every time someone brings up Remedy, 2025 was a rough year for the developer after the failure of FBC: Firebreak. So much so that former CEO Tero Virtala had to step down and development on the online FPS ended in March.
Now, Remedy’s Q1 2026 report makes it clear the developer’s focus is on nailing the launch of Control Resonant later this year and ensuring older single-player titles like the first Control and two Alan Wake games continue to perform well. Overall, new CEO Jean-Charles Gaudechon says (backed with data) that “revenue from game sales and royalties increased” thanks to the sales of Alan Wake 2, Control, and FBC: Firebreak – which currently remains playable despite getting no new content – is helping. Though “revenue decreased by -1.9% to EUR 13.1 (13.4) million”, the “operating profit (EBIT) was EUR 1.0 (1.3) million, and the operating profit margin was 7.8% (9.7%) of revenue”.
The highlight is the original Control, which “retained solid sales momentum during Q1 and sold better than in the comparison period, driven by promotions and added visibility from CONTROL Resonant” according to the report. In fact, Remedy released a surprising iPhone and iPad port of Jesse Faden‘s adventure last month. At the time of writing, Control has sold over 6m copies. For reference, 5 million sales were reported only a few months ago.
It’s been reported in the past that Alan Wake 2 was a particularly tough game to recoup all the development and marketing expenses for, but it appears that Remedy’s single-player bets are paying off in the long run. Moves like putting the Alan Wake games on Amazon’s Luna service are also making extra money through royalties on top of the “normal back-catalogue sales”.
Back in February, EA veteran Jean-Charles Gaudechon took over Remedy as CEO and promised to “protect what makes it special” as the developer entered the final stretch of development on Control Resonant, which is still on track to release in 2026 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. The May Payne 1 & 2 remakes are also in the full production stage, with a third project now in the proof-of-concept step.
