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December 02, 2023

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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]

Among the top 50 best-selling video games on this list, over half were developed or published by Nintendo; five Nintendo titles were published with their affiliate, The Pokémon Company. Other publishers with multiple entries in the top 50 include Activision and Rockstar Games with four games, and Blizzard Entertainment, CD Projekt, 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 seven[a] Pokémon games. The oldest game in the top 50 is Pac-Man, released in May 1980, while the most recent is Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, released in November 2022.

List

Title Sales Series Platform(s) Initial release date Developer(s)[b] Publisher(s)[b] Ref.
Minecraft 300,000,000 Minecraft Multi-platform November 18, 2011[c] Mojang Studios Mojang Studios [4]
Grand Theft Auto V 190,000,000 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 65,470,000 Mario Kart Wii U / Switch May 29, 2014 Nintendo EAD / Nintendo EPD (Deluxe) Nintendo [d]
Super Mario Bros. 58,000,000 Super Mario Multi-platform September 13, 1985 Nintendo R&D4 Nintendo [e]
Red Dead Redemption 2 57,000,000 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)[f] 48,000,000 Tetris Game Boy / NES June 14, 1989 Nintendo R&D1 Nintendo [g]
Pokémon Red / Green / Blue / Yellow 47,520,000 Pokémon Multi-platform February 27, 1996 Game Freak Nintendo [h]
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 [i]
Animal Crossing: New Horizons 43,380,000 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 [j]
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 32,850,000 The Legend of Zelda Wii U / Switch March 3, 2017 Nintendo EPD Nintendo [k]
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 32,440,000 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 [l]
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 Odyssey 26,950,000 Super Mario Nintendo Switch October 27, 2017 Nintendo EPD Nintendo [10]
Super Mario World 26,662,500 Super Mario Multi-platform November 21, 1990 Nintendo EAD Nintendo [m]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 26,500,000 Call of Duty Multi-platform November 8, 2011 Infinity Ward / Sledgehammer Activision [44]
FIFA 18 26,400,000 FIFA Multi-platform September 29, 2017 EA Vancouver EA Sports [n]
Call of Duty: Black Ops 26,200,000 Call of Duty Multi-platform November 9, 2010 Treyarch Activision [44]
Pokémon Sword / Shield 26,020,000 Pokémon Nintendo Switch November 15, 2019 Game Freak Nintendo / The Pokémon Company [10]
New Super Mario Bros. U / Luigi U / Deluxe 25,590,000 Super Mario Wii U / Switch November 18, 2012 Nintendo EAD Nintendo [o]
Pokémon Sun / Moon / Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon 25,510,000 Pokémon Nintendo 3DS November 18, 2016 Game Freak Nintendo / The Pokémon Company [p]
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 [q]
Super Mario Bros. 3 24,430,000 Super Mario Multi-platform October 23, 1988 Nintendo EAD Nintendo [r]
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 [s]
Pokémon Ruby / Sapphire / Emerald 23,280,000 Pokémon Game Boy Advance November 21, 2002 Game Freak Nintendo / The Pokémon Company [t]
Pokémon Scarlet / Violet 23,230,000 Pokémon Nintendo Switch November 18, 2022 Game Freak Nintendo / The Pokémon Company [10]

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. ^ a b 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 57.01 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 31.15 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. ^ New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe sold 16.70 million units.[10] New Super Mario Bros. U and New Super Luigi U sold 5.82 million units and 3.07 million units respectively.[47]
  16. ^ Sun and Moon sold 16.32 million units and Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon sold 9.19 million units.[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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This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources 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 Among the top 50 best selling video games on this list over half were developed or published by Nintendo five Nintendo titles were published with their affiliate The Pokemon Company Other publishers with multiple entries in the top 50 include Activision and Rockstar Games with four games and Blizzard Entertainment CD Projekt 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 seven a Pokemon games The oldest game in the top 50 is Pac Man released in May 1980 while the most recent is Pokemon Scarlet and Violet released in November 2022 Contents 1 List 2 See also 3 Notes 4 ReferencesListTitle Sales Series Platform s Initial release date Developer s b Publisher s b Ref Minecraft 300 000 000 Minecraft Multi platform November 18 2011 c Mojang Studios Mojang Studios 4 Grand Theft Auto V 190 000 000 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 65 470 000 Mario Kart Wii U Switch May 29 2014 Nintendo EAD Nintendo EPD Deluxe Nintendo d Super Mario Bros 58 000 000 Super Mario Multi platform September 13 1985 Nintendo R amp D4 Nintendo e Red Dead Redemption 2 57 000 000 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 f 48 000 000 Tetris Game Boy NES June 14 1989 Nintendo R amp D1 Nintendo g Pokemon Red Green Blue Yellow 47 520 000 Pokemon Multi platform February 27 1996 Game Freak Nintendo h 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 i Animal Crossing New Horizons 43 380 000 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 j 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 32 850 000 The Legend of Zelda Wii U Switch March 3 2017 Nintendo EPD Nintendo k Super Smash Bros Ultimate 32 440 000 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 Pokemon Gold Silver Crystal 29 490 000 Pokemon Game Boy Color November 21 1999 Game Freak Nintendo l Duck Hunt 28 300 000 None NES April 21 1984 Nintendo R amp 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 Odyssey 26 950 000 Super Mario Nintendo Switch October 27 2017 Nintendo EPD Nintendo 10 Super Mario World 26 662 500 Super Mario Multi platform November 21 1990 Nintendo EAD Nintendo m Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 26 500 000 Call of Duty Multi platform November 8 2011 Infinity Ward Sledgehammer Activision 44 FIFA 18 26 400 000 FIFA Multi platform September 29 2017 EA Vancouver EA Sports n Call of Duty Black Ops 26 200 000 Call of Duty Multi platform November 9 2010 Treyarch Activision 44 Pokemon Sword Shield 26 020 000 Pokemon Nintendo Switch November 15 2019 Game Freak Nintendo The Pokemon Company 10 New Super Mario Bros U Luigi U Deluxe 25 590 000 Super Mario Wii U Switch November 18 2012 Nintendo EAD Nintendo o Pokemon Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon 25 510 000 Pokemon Nintendo 3DS November 18 2016 Game Freak Nintendo The Pokemon Company p Cyberpunk 2077 25 000 000 Cyberpunk Multi platform December 10 2020 CD Projekt Red CD Projekt 49 Pokemon Diamond Pearl Platinum 24 730 000 Pokemon Nintendo DS September 28 2006 Game Freak Nintendo The Pokemon Company q Super Mario Bros 3 24 430 000 Super Mario Multi platform October 23 1988 Nintendo EAD Nintendo r 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 s Pokemon Ruby Sapphire Emerald 23 280 000 Pokemon Game Boy Advance November 21 2002 Game Freak Nintendo The Pokemon Company t Pokemon Scarlet Violet 23 230 000 Pokemon Nintendo Switch November 18 2022 Game Freak Nintendo The Pokemon Company 10 See alsoList of best selling video game franchises Best selling video games in the United States by year List of highest grossing media franchises List of most played mobile games by player count Lists of best selling video games by platform List of highest grossing arcade gamesNotes Pokemon games are typically released in pairs such as Pokemon Red and Blue and may include enhanced versions such as Pokemon Yellow For the purposes of this list Pokemon titles released in pairs along with their enhanced versions are counted together a b Only developers and publishers for the original release of each game are listed except where noted otherwise 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 Mario Kart 8 sold 8 46 million units 9 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sold 57 01 million units 10 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 Tetris NES Tetris Game Boy Tetris Game Boy sold 40 million cartridges 16 Tetris NES sold 8 million cartridges 17 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 Wii Fit sold 22 67 million units and Wii Fit Plus sold 21 13 million units 7 Pac Man Arcade video game version 1980 400 000 arcade cabinets 22 Atari 2600 version 1982 8 095 586 game cartridges 7 956 413 by 1983 23 139 173 between 1986 and 1990 24 Pac Man Nelsonic Game Watch 1982 500 000 units 25 Coleco tabletop version 1982 1 5 million units 26 Family Computer Famicom and Famicom Mini Game Boy Advance versions 598 679 cartridges in Japan 27 28 Game Boy Advance re release 2004 400 000 cartridges in North America 29 Atari 5200 version 35 011 cartridges between 1986 and 1988 24 Atari XE computer version 42 359 copies between 1986 and 1990 24 Thunder Mountain s home computer budget release 1986 500 000 copies 30 Mobile phone version 30 million paid downloads 31 The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild sold 31 15 million units on Nintendo Switch 10 and 1 70 million units on Wii U 33 Gold and Silver versions sold 23 1 million units 19 and Crystal version sold 6 39 million units on Game Boy Color 37 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 FIFA 18 sold 24 million copies 45 and sold additional 2 4 million units throughout the year 46 New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe sold 16 70 million units 10 New Super Mario Bros U and New Super Luigi U sold 5 82 million units and 3 07 million units respectively 47 Sun and Moon sold 16 32 million units and Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon sold 9 19 million units 48 Diamond and Pearl versions sold 17 67 million units 34 and Platinum version sold 7 06 million units 50 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 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 Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire versions sold 16 22 million units and Pokemon Emerald version sold 7 06 million units 52 References Parrish Ash October 15 2023 Minecraft has sold over 300 million copies Persson Markus May 17 2009 Minecraft 0 0 11a for public consumption The Word of Notch Tumblr Archived from the original on July 16 2015 Retrieved April 1 2018 Persson Markus June 13 2009 Pre orders are open The Word of Notch Tumblr Archived from the original on December 10 2019 Retrieved December 10 2019 Zachary Boddy October 15 2023 Minecraft crosses 300 million copies sold as it prepares to celebrate its 15th anniversary Windows Central Retrieved October 15 2023 a b Takahashi Dean November 8 2023 Take Two bookings drop 4 to 1 44B in September quarter as Rockstar teases next GTA VentureBeat Archived from the original on November 8 2023 Retrieved November 8 2023 Tetris 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