 Despite exiting the top 10 in the sixth week of 2003, "Gothic II" received a "Gold" award from the Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland (VUD) by the end of January, for sales of at least 100,000 units across Germany, Austria and Switzerland.The game retained sixth place on Media Control's monthly chart for February, and by June had spent seven consecutive months in the firm's top 30, claiming 15th that month.After two 17th-place finishes in July and August, it climbed back to 14th in September 2003.