 Despite coming out in August , Phantasmagoria finished 1995 as the ninth best @-@ selling game of the year , according to an analysis by PC Data of sales by 42 retail chains . In January 1996 , Phantasmagoria was the fourth @-@ best seller among MS @-@ DOS and Windows games , behind Microsoft Flight Simulator , Myst and Command & Conquer , and it was number six among all computer software . By February 10 it was number five among MS @-@ DOS and Windows games , and by February 24 it was number 10 . It received a boost in June 1996 , possibly due to the pending release of its sequel Phantasmagoria : A Puzzle of Flesh , and jumped back up to seventh among best @-@ selling computer software programs , according to Computer Life magazine . One year after Phantasmagoria was released , it still remained in the best @-@ seller charts , and more than 1 million copies were sold , a high number for the time . It was Sierra 's first game to sell 1 million copies . 
