 In June 2012 , Sony reported that the series had sold more than 21 @.@ 65 million copies worldwide ( as of April 2016 , Sony has not released updated sales data ) . God of War , God of War II , Chains of Olympus , God of War Collection , and God of War III have each received critical acclaim from several reviewers as compiled by review aggregate Metacritic . Betrayal and Ghost of Sparta only received generally favorable reception . Ascension also only had a generally favorable reception and , not including the PlayStation Vita port of God of War Collection , it has the lowest score in the series from Metacritic ( 80 / 100 ) . 
