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List of best-selling video games

This is a list of best-selling video games.

List

Rank Title Sales Platform(s) Initial release date Developer(s)[a] Publisher(s)[a] Ref
1 Minecraft 238,000,000[b] Multi-platform[c] November 18, 2011[d] Mojang Studios Mojang Studios [4][5]
2 Grand Theft Auto V 150,000,000 Multi-platform September 17, 2013 Rockstar North Rockstar Games [6]
3 Tetris (EA) 100,000,000 Mobile September 12, 2006 EA Mobile Electronic Arts [7]
4 Wii Sports 82,900,000 Wii November 19, 2006 Nintendo EAD Nintendo [8]
5 PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds 70,000,000 Multi-platform December 20, 2017 PUBG Corporation PUBG Corporation [9]
6 Super Mario Bros. 58,000,000 Multi-platform[e] September 13, 1985 Nintendo Nintendo [f]
7 Pokémon Red / Green / Blue / Yellow 47,520,000 Game Boy / Color February 27, 1996 Game Freak Nintendo [g]
8 Mario Kart 8 / Deluxe 45,530,000 Wii U / Switch May 29, 2014 Nintendo EAD Nintendo [h]
9 Wii Fit / Plus 43,800,000 Wii December 1, 2007 Nintendo EAD Nintendo [8]
10 Tetris (Nintendo) 43,000,000 Game Boy / NES June 14, 1989 Nintendo R&D1 Nintendo [i]
11 Pac-Man 40,955,092 Multi-platform[c] July 1980 Namco Namco [j]
12 Red Dead Redemption 2 38,000,000 Multi-platform October 26, 2018 Rockstar Studios Rockstar Games [6]
13 Mario Kart Wii 37,380,000 Wii April 10, 2008 Nintendo EAD Nintendo [8]
14 Terraria 35,000,000 Multi-platform[c] May 16, 2011 Re-Logic Re-Logic / 505 Games [27]
15 Animal Crossing: New Horizons 33,890,000 Nintendo Switch March 20, 2020 Nintendo EPD Nintendo [17]
16 Wii Sports Resort 33,140,000 Wii June 25, 2009 Nintendo EAD Nintendo [8]
17 New Super Mario Bros. 30,800,000 Nintendo DS May 15, 2006 Nintendo EAD Nintendo [28]
18 New Super Mario Bros. Wii 30,320,000 Wii November 11, 2009 Nintendo EAD Nintendo [8]
19 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 30,000,000 Multi-platform November 11, 2011 Bethesda Game Studios Bethesda Softworks [29]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30,000,000 Multi-platform October 25, 2019 Infinity Ward Activision [30]
Diablo III / Reaper of Souls 30,000,000 Multi-platform May 16, 2012 Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment [31]
The Witcher 3 / Hearts of Stone / Blood and Wine 30,000,000 Multi-platform May 19, 2015 CD Projekt Red CD Projekt [32]
Human: Fall Flat 30,000,000 Multi-platform July 22, 2016 No Brakes Games Curve Digital [33]
24 Pokémon Gold / Silver / Crystal 29,490,000 Game Boy Color November 21, 1999 Game Freak Nintendo [k]
25 Duck Hunt 28,300,000 NES April 21, 1984 Nintendo R&D1 Nintendo [35]
26 Wii Play 28,020,000 Wii December 2, 2006 Nintendo EAD Nintendo [8]
27 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 27,500,000 Multi-platform October 26, 2004 Rockstar North Rockstar Games [36]
28 Super Mario World 26,662,500 Multi-platform November 21, 1990 Nintendo EAD Nintendo [l]
29 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 26,500,000 Multi-platform November 8, 2011 Infinity Ward / Sledgehammer Activision [38]
30 Call of Duty: Black Ops 26,200,000 Multi-platform November 9, 2010 Treyarch Activision [38]
31 Pokémon Sun / Moon / Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon 25,230,000 Nintendo 3DS November 18, 2016 Game Freak Nintendo / The Pokémon Company [m]
32 Grand Theft Auto IV 25,000,000 Multi-platform April 29, 2008 Rockstar North Rockstar Games [40]
33 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 24,890,000 Wii U / Switch March 3, 2017 Nintendo EPD Nintendo [n]
34 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 24,770,000 Nintendo Switch December 7, 2018 Bandai Namco Studios / Sora Ltd. Nintendo [17]
35 Pokémon Diamond / Pearl / Platinum 24,730,000 Nintendo DS September 28, 2006 Game Freak Nintendo / The Pokémon Company [o]
36 Super Mario Bros. 3 24,430,000 Multi-platform October 23, 1988 Nintendo EAD Nintendo [p]
37 Call of Duty: Black Ops II 24,200,000 Multi-platform November 12, 2012 Treyarch Activision [38]
38 Kinect Adventures! 24,000,000 Xbox 360 November 4, 2010 Good Science Studio Xbox Game Studios [44]
FIFA 18 24,000,000 Multi-platform September 29, 2017 EA Canada Electronic Arts [45]
40 Sonic the Hedgehog 23,982,960 Multi-platform[c] June 23, 1991 Sonic Team Sega [q]
41 Nintendogs 23,960,000 Nintendo DS April 21, 2005 Nintendo EAD Nintendo [28]
42 Mario Kart DS 23,600,000 Nintendo DS November 14, 2005 Nintendo EAD Nintendo [28]
43 Super Mario 64 / DS 22,960,000 Nintendo 64 / DS June 23, 1996 Nintendo EAD Nintendo [37]
44 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 22,700,000 Multi-platform November 10, 2009 Infinity Ward Activision [38]
45 Pokémon Ruby / Sapphire / Emerald 22,540,000 Game Boy Advance November 21, 2002 Game Freak Nintendo / The Pokémon Company [r]
46 Borderlands 2 22,000,000 Multi-platform September 18, 2012 Gearbox Software 2K Games [52]
47 Pokémon Sword / Shield 21,850,000 Nintendo Switch November 15, 2019 Game Freak Nintendo / The Pokémon Company [17]
48 Super Mario Odyssey 21,400,000 Nintendo Switch October 27, 2017 Nintendo EPD Nintendo [17]
49 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 20,000,000 Multi-platform October 27, 2002 Rockstar North Rockstar Games [53]
The Last of Us / Remastered 20,000,000 PS3 / PS4 June 14, 2013 Naughty Dog Sony Computer Entertainment [54]
Garry's Mod 20,000,000 Multi-platform November 29, 2006 Facepunch Studios Valve Corporation [55]

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Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Only developers and publishers for the original release of each game are listed, except where noted otherwise.
  2. ↑ The original PC version sold over 33 million units, as of November 2019.[1]
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Including paid mobile game downloads.
  4. ↑ 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]
  5. ↑ Originally released on NES and arcade platforms.
  6. ↑ Super Mario Bros. sold more than 50 million units worldwide up until 1996.[10] 660,000 units were later sold on Wii Virtual Console,[11] 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.[12]
  7. ↑ Red, Green, Blue and Yellow versions sold 46.02 million units on Game Boy,[13][14] and 1.5 million units on Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console.[15]
  8. ↑ Mario Kart 8 sold 8.45 million units[16] and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sold 37.08 million units.[17]
  9. ↑ Tetris (Game Boy) sold 35 million cartridges.[18] Tetris (NES) sold 8 million cartridges.[19]
  10. ↑ The Atari 2600 version of Pac-Man sold 7,956,413 cartridges by 1983.[20] The 1982 Coleco tabletop game sold 1.5 million units.[21] The Family Computer (Famicom) and Famicom Mini (Game Boy Advance) versions sold 598,679 copies in Japan,[22][23] and the 2004 Game Boy Advance re-release sold an additional 400,000 in North America.[24] Thunder Mountain's 1986 budget release for home computers sold over 500,000 copies.[25] The mobile phone version sold over 30 million units.[26]
  11. ↑ Gold and Silver versions sold 23.1 million units[14] and Crystal version sold 6.39 million units on Game Boy Color.[34]
  12. ↑ Super Mario World sold 20.61 million units on Super Nintendo Entertainment System[37] and 362,500 units on Wii Virtual Console,[11] and Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 sold 5.69 million units on Game Boy Advance.[37]
  13. ↑ Sun and Moon sold 16.25 million units and Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon sold 8.98 million units.[39]
  14. ↑ The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sold 23.20 million units on Nintendo Switch,[17] and 1.69 million units on Wii U.[41]
  15. ↑ Diamond and Pearl versions sold 17.67 million units,[28] and Platinum version sold 7.06 million units.[42]
  16. ↑ Super Mario Bros. 3 sold 18 million units on Nintendo Entertainment System[43] and 1 million units on Wii Virtual Console,[11] and Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 sold 5.4 million units on Game Boy Advance.[12]
  17. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog sold 15 million units on Sega Genesis,[46] 482,960 units on Xbox Live Arcade,[47] 8 million paid mobile downloads up until 2008,[48] and over 500,000 paid Android downloads between 2013 and 2016.[49]
  18. ↑ Ruby and Sapphire versions sold 16.22 million units[50] and Emerald version sold 6.32 million units on Game Boy Advance.[51]


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