List of best-selling video games

This is a list of video games that have sold the highest number of software units worldwide. The best-selling video game to date is Minecraft, a sandbox game released by Mojang in May 2009 for a wide range of PC, mobile and console platforms, selling more than 300 million copies across all platforms. Grand Theft Auto V and EA's Tetris are the only other known video games to have sold over 100 million copies. The best-selling game on a single platform is Wii Sports, with nearly 83 million sales for the Wii console. In 2023, Minecraft became the first video game to surpass 300 million copies sold worldwide.[1]

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Among the top 50 best-selling video games on this list, over half were developed or published by Nintendo, including four of the top ten; four Nintendo titles were published with their affiliate, The Pokémon Company. Other publishers with multiple entries in the top 50 include Rockstar Games with five games, Activision with four games, Blizzard Entertainment, Electronic Arts and Namco Bandai with two games. Nintendo EAD is the developer with the most games in the top 50, with thirteen titles on the list, followed by Game Freak with six[lower-alpha 1] Pokémon games. The oldest game in the top 50 is Pac-Man, released in May 1980, while the most recent is Animal Crossing: New Horizons, released in March 2020.

List
Title Sales Series Platform(s) Initial release date Developer(s)[lower-alpha 2] Publisher(s)[lower-alpha 2] Ref.
Minecraft 300,000,000 Minecraft Multi-platform November 18, 2011[lower-alpha 3] Mojang Studios Mojang Studios [4]
Grand Theft Auto V 185,000,000 Grand Theft Auto Multi-platform September 17, 2013 Rockstar North Rockstar Games [5]
Tetris (EA) 100,000,000 Tetris Multi-platform September 12, 2006 EA Mobile Electronic Arts [6]
Wii Sports 82,900,000 Wii Wii November 19, 2006 Nintendo EAD Nintendo [7]
PUBG: Battlegrounds 75,000,000 PUBG Universe Multi-platform December 20, 2017 PUBG Corporation Krafton [8]
Mario Kart 8 / Deluxe 63,920,000 Mario Kart Wii U / Switch May 29, 2014 Nintendo EAD / Nintendo EPD (Deluxe) Nintendo [lower-alpha 4]
Super Mario Bros. 58,000,000 Super Mario Multi-platform September 13, 1985 Nintendo R&D4 Nintendo [lower-alpha 5]
Red Dead Redemption 2 55,000,000 Red Dead Multi-platform October 26, 2018 Rockstar Studios Rockstar Games [5]
Overwatch 50,000,000 Overwatch Multi-platform May 24, 2016 Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment [14]
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt The Witcher Multi-platform May 19, 2015 CD Projekt Red CD Projekt [15]
Tetris (1989)[lower-alpha 6] 48,000,000 Tetris Game Boy / NES June 14, 1989 Nintendo R&D1 Nintendo [lower-alpha 7]
Pokémon Red / Green / Blue / Yellow 47,520,000 Pokémon Multi-platform February 27, 1996 Game Freak Nintendo [lower-alpha 8]
Terraria 44,500,000 None Multi-platform May 16, 2011 Re-Logic Re-Logic / 505 Games [21]
Wii Fit / Plus 43,800,000 Wii Wii December 1, 2007 Nintendo EAD Nintendo [lower-alpha 9]
Animal Crossing: New Horizons 42,790,000 Animal Crossing Nintendo Switch March 20, 2020 Nintendo EPD Nintendo [10]
Pac-Man 42,071,635 Pac-Man Multi-platform May 22, 1980 Namco Namco [lower-alpha 10]
Human: Fall Flat 40,000,000 None Multi-platform July 22, 2016 No Brakes Games Curve Digital [32]
Mario Kart Wii 37,380,000 Mario Kart Wii April 10, 2008 Nintendo EAD Nintendo [7]
Wii Sports Resort 33,140,000 Wii Wii June 25, 2009 Nintendo EAD Nintendo [7]
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 32,350,000 The Legend of Zelda Wii U / Switch March 3, 2017 Nintendo EPD Nintendo [lower-alpha 11]
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 31,770,000 Super Smash Bros. Nintendo Switch December 7, 2018 Bandai Namco Studios / Sora Ltd. Nintendo [10]
New Super Mario Bros. 30,800,000 Super Mario Nintendo DS May 15, 2006 Nintendo EAD Nintendo [34]
New Super Mario Bros. Wii 30,320,000 Super Mario Wii November 11, 2009 Nintendo EAD Nintendo [7]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30,000,000 Call of Duty Multi-platform October 25, 2019 Infinity Ward Activision [35]
Diablo III Diablo Multi-platform May 16, 2012 Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment [36]
Pokémon Gold / Silver / Crystal 29,490,000 Pokémon Game Boy Color November 21, 1999 Game Freak Nintendo [lower-alpha 12]
Duck Hunt 28,300,000 None NES April 21, 1984 Nintendo R&D1 Nintendo [38]
Wii Play 28,020,000 Wii Wii December 2, 2006 Nintendo EAD Nintendo [7]
The Walking Dead 28,000,000 The Walking Dead Multi-platform April 24, 2012 Telltale Games Telltale Games [39]
Grand Theft Auto IV Grand Theft Auto Multi-platform April 29, 2008 Rockstar North Rockstar Games [40]
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 27,500,000 Grand Theft Auto Multi-platform October 26, 2004 Rockstar North Rockstar Games [41]
Borderlands 2 27,000,000 Borderlands Multi-platform September 18, 2012 Gearbox Software 2K Games [42]
Super Mario World 26,662,500 Super Mario Multi-platform November 21, 1990 Nintendo EAD Nintendo [lower-alpha 13]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 26,500,000 Call of Duty Multi-platform November 8, 2011 Infinity Ward / Sledgehammer Activision [44]
Super Mario Odyssey 26,440,000 Super Mario Nintendo Switch October 27, 2017 Nintendo EPD Nintendo [10]
FIFA 18 26,400,000 FIFA Multi-platform September 29, 2017 EA Vancouver EA Sports [lower-alpha 14]
Call of Duty: Black Ops 26,200,000 Call of Duty Multi-platform November 9, 2010 Treyarch Activision [44]
Pokémon Sword / Shield 25,920,000 Pokémon Nintendo Switch November 15, 2019 Game Freak Nintendo / The Pokémon Company [10]
Pokémon Sun / Moon / Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon 25,450,000 Pokémon Nintendo 3DS November 18, 2016 Game Freak Nintendo / The Pokémon Company [lower-alpha 15]
New Super Mario Bros. U / Luigi U / Deluxe 25,060,000 Super Mario Wii U / Switch November 18, 2012 Nintendo EAD Nintendo [lower-alpha 16]
Cyberpunk 2077 25,000,000 Cyberpunk Multi-platform December 10, 2020 CD Projekt Red CD Projekt [49]
Pokémon Diamond / Pearl / Platinum 24,730,000 Pokémon Nintendo DS September 28, 2006 Game Freak Nintendo / The Pokémon Company [lower-alpha 17]
Super Mario Bros. 3 24,430,000 Super Mario Multi-platform October 23, 1988 Nintendo EAD Nintendo [lower-alpha 18]
Call of Duty: Black Ops II 24,200,000 Call of Duty Multi-platform November 12, 2012 Treyarch Activision [44]
Kinect Adventures! 24,000,000 None Xbox 360 November 4, 2010 Good Science Studio Xbox Game Studios [53]
Nintendogs 23,960,000 None Nintendo DS April 21, 2005 Nintendo EAD Nintendo [34]
Mario Kart DS 23,600,000 Mario Kart Nintendo DS November 14, 2005 Nintendo EAD Nintendo [34]
Sonic the Hedgehog 23,482,960 Sonic the Hedgehog Multi-platform June 23, 1991 Sonic Team Sega [lower-alpha 19]
Pokémon Ruby / Sapphire / Emerald 23,280,000 Pokémon Game Boy Advance November 21, 2002 Game Freak Nintendo / The Pokémon Company [lower-alpha 20]
God of War 23,000,000 God of War PlayStation 4 / Windows April 20, 2018 Santa Monica Studio Sony Interactive Entertainment [57]
Red Dead Redemption Red Dead PS3 / Xbox 360 May 18, 2010 Rockstar San Diego Rockstar Games [58]

See also

Notes
  1. Pokémon games are typically released in pairs, such as Pokémon Red and Blue, and may include enhanced versions, such as Pokémon Yellow. For the purposes of this list, Pokémon titles released in pairs along with their enhanced versions are counted together.
  2. Only developers and publishers for the original release of each game are listed, except where noted otherwise.
  3. Although Minecraft was first publicly available on May 17, 2009,[2] and the full release on November 18, 2011, the game first accepted pre-orders on June 13, 2009, so it started accumulating sales at that time.[3]
  4. Mario Kart 8 sold 8.46 million units[9] and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sold 55.46 million units.[10]
  5. Super Mario Bros. sold more than 50 million units worldwide up until 1996.[11] 660,000 units were later sold on Wii Virtual Console,[12] Super Mario Bros. Deluxe version sold 5.07 million units on Game Boy Color, and Classic NES Series port sold 2.27 million units on Game Boy Advance.[13]
  6. Tetris (NES) / Tetris (Game Boy)
  7. Tetris (Game Boy) sold 40 million cartridges.[16] Tetris (NES) sold 8 million cartridges.[17]
  8. Red, Green, and Blue versions sold 31.38 million units and Yellow version sold 14.64 million units on Game Boy,[18][19] and all versions sold a combined 1.5 million units on Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console.[20]
  9. Wii Fit sold 22.67 million units and Wii Fit Plus sold 21.13 million units.[7]
  10. Pac-Man:
  11. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sold 30.65 million units on Nintendo Switch,[10] and 1.70 million units on Wii U.[33]
  12. Gold and Silver versions sold 23.1 million units[19] and Crystal version sold 6.39 million units on Game Boy Color.[37]
  13. Super Mario World sold 20.61 million units on Super Nintendo Entertainment System[43] and 362,500 units on Wii Virtual Console,[12] and Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 sold 5.69 million units on Game Boy Advance.[43]
  14. FIFA 18 sold 24 million copies[45] and sold additional 2.4 million units throughout the year.[46]
  15. Sun and Moon sold 16.30 million units and Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon sold 9.15 million units.[47]
  16. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe sold 16.17 million units.[10] New Super Mario Bros. U and New Super Luigi U sold 5.82 million units and 3.07 million units respectively.[48]
  17. Diamond and Pearl versions sold 17.67 million units,[34] and Platinum version sold 7.06 million units.[50]
  18. Super Mario Bros. 3 sold 18 million units on Nintendo Entertainment System[51] and 1 million units on Wii Virtual Console,[12] and Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 sold 5.43 million units on Game Boy Advance.[52]
  19. Sonic the Hedgehog sold 15 million units on Sega Genesis,[54] 482,960 units on Xbox Live Arcade,[55] 8 million paid mobile downloads up until 2008.[56]
  20. Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire versions sold 16.22 million units and Pokémon Emerald version sold 7.06 million units.[52]

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