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May 12, 2024

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 November 2011 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; four 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 and Electronic Arts with two games. Nintendo EAD is the developer with the most games in the top 50, with twelve titles on the list, followed by Game Freak with six[a] Pokémon games. The oldest game in the top 50 is Pac-Man, released in May 1980, while the most recent is Hogwarts Legacy, released in February 2023.

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 195,000,000 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 Studios Krafton [8]
Mario Kart 8 / Deluxe 70,430,000 Mario Kart Wii U / Switch May 29, 2014 Nintendo EAD / Nintendo EPD (Deluxe) Nintendo [d]
Red Dead Redemption 2 61,000,000 Red Dead Multi-platform October 26, 2018 Rockstar Games Rockstar Games [5]
Super Mario Bros. 58,000,000 Super Mario Multi-platform September 13, 1985 Nintendo R&D4 Nintendo [e]
Overwatch 50,000,000 Overwatch Multi-platform May 24, 2016 Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment [14]
Human: Fall Flat Human: Fall Flat Multi-platform July 22, 2016 No Brakes Games Curve Digital [15]
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt The Witcher Multi-platform May 19, 2015 CD Projekt Red CD Projekt [16]
Tetris (Game Boy / NES) 48,000,000 Tetris Game Boy / NES June 14, 1989 Nintendo R&D1 Nintendo [f]
Pokémon Red / Green / Blue / Yellow 47,520,000 Pokémon Multi-platform February 27, 1996 Game Freak Nintendo [g]
Animal Crossing: New Horizons 45,360,000 Animal Crossing Nintendo Switch March 20, 2020 Nintendo EPD Nintendo [10]
Terraria 44,500,000 None Multi-platform May 16, 2011 Re-Logic Re-Logic / 505 Games [22]
Wii Fit / Plus 43,800,000 Wii Wii December 1, 2007 Nintendo EAD Nintendo [h]
Pac-Man 42,071,635 Pac-Man Multi-platform May 22, 1980 Namco Namco [i]
Mario Kart Wii 37,380,000 Mario Kart Wii April 10, 2008 Nintendo EAD Nintendo [7]
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 34,220,000 Super Smash Bros. Nintendo Switch December 7, 2018 Bandai Namco Studios / Sora Ltd. Nintendo [10]
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 33,550,000 The Legend of Zelda Wii U / Switch March 3, 2017 Nintendo EPD Nintendo [j]
Wii Sports Resort 33,140,000 Wii Wii June 25, 2009 Nintendo EAD Nintendo [7]
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]
Stardew Valley Stardew Valley Multi-platform February 26, 2016 ConcernedApe ConcernedApe [37]
Pokémon Gold / Silver / Crystal 29,490,000 Pokémon Game Boy Color November 21, 1999 Game Freak Nintendo [k]
Duck Hunt 28,300,000 None NES April 21, 1984 Nintendo R&D1 Nintendo [39]
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 [40]
Borderlands 2 Borderlands Multi-platform September 18, 2012 Gearbox Software 2K Games [41]
Super Mario Odyssey 27,960,000 Super Mario Nintendo Switch October 27, 2017 Nintendo EPD Nintendo [10]
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 27,500,000 Grand Theft Auto Multi-platform October 26, 2004 Rockstar North Rockstar Games [42]
Super Mario World 26,662,500 Super Mario Multi-platform November 21, 1990 Nintendo EAD Nintendo [l]
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 [m]
New Super Mario Bros. U / Luigi U / Deluxe 26,340,000 Super Mario Wii U / Switch November 18, 2012 Nintendo EAD Nintendo [n]
Pokémon Sword / Shield 26,270,000 Pokémon Nintendo Switch November 15, 2019 Game Freak Nintendo / The Pokémon Company [10]
Call of Duty: Black Ops 26,200,000 Call of Duty Multi-platform November 9, 2010 Treyarch Activision [44]
Pokémon Sun / Moon / Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon 25,540,000 Pokémon Nintendo 3DS November 18, 2016 Game Freak Nintendo / The Pokémon Company [o]
Grand Theft Auto IV 25,000,000 Grand Theft Auto Multi-platform April 29, 2008 Rockstar North Rockstar Games [49]
Cyberpunk 2077 Cyberpunk Multi-platform December 10, 2020 CD Projekt Red CD Projekt [50]
Monster Hunter: World Monster Hunter PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows January 18, 2018 Capcom Capcom [51]
Pokémon Scarlet / Violet 24,920,000 Pokémon Nintendo Switch November 18, 2022 Game Freak Nintendo / The Pokémon Company [10]
Pokémon Diamond / Pearl / Platinum 24,730,000 Pokémon Nintendo DS September 28, 2006 Game Freak Nintendo / The Pokémon Company [p]
Super Mario Bros. 3 24,430,000 Super Mario Multi-platform October 23, 1988 Nintendo EAD Nintendo [q]
Horizon Zero Dawn 24,300,000 Horizon PlayStation 4 / Windows February 28, 2017 Guerrilla Games Sony Interactive Entertainment [55]
Call of Duty: Black Ops II 24,200,000 Call of Duty Multi-platform November 12, 2012 Treyarch Activision [44]
Hogwarts Legacy 24,000,000 Wizarding World Multi-platform February 10, 2023 Avalanche Software Warner Bros. Games [56]
Kinect Adventures! None Xbox 360 November 4, 2010 Good Science Studio Xbox Game Studios [57]

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 61.97 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 (Game Boy) sold 40 million cartridges.[17] Tetris (NES) sold 8 million cartridges.[18]
  7. ^ Red, Green, and Blue versions sold 31.38 million units and Yellow version sold 14.64 million units on Game Boy,[19][20] and all versions sold a combined 1.5 million units on Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console.[21]
  8. ^ Wii Fit sold 22.67 million units and Wii Fit Plus sold 21.13 million units.[7]
  9. ^ Pac-Man:
  10. ^ The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sold 31.85 million units on Nintendo Switch,[10] and 1.70 million units on Wii U.[33]
  11. ^ Gold and Silver versions sold 23.1 million units[20] and Crystal version sold 6.39 million units on Game Boy Color.[38]
  12. ^ 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]
  13. ^ FIFA 18 sold 24 million copies[45] and sold additional 2.4 million units throughout the year.[46]
  14. ^ New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe sold 17.45 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]
  15. ^ Sun and Moon sold 16.33 million units and Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon sold 9.21 million units.[48]
  16. ^ Diamond and Pearl versions sold 17.67 million units,[34] and Platinum version sold 7.06 million units.[52]
  17. ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 sold 18 million units on Nintendo Entertainment System[53] 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.[54]

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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 November 2011 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 four 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 and Electronic Arts with two games Nintendo EAD is the developer with the most games in the top 50 with twelve titles on the list followed by Game Freak with six a Pokemon games The oldest game in the top 50 is Pac Man released in May 1980 while the most recent is Hogwarts Legacy released in February 2023 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 195 000 000 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 Studios Krafton 8 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 70 430 000 Mario Kart Wii U Switch May 29 2014 Nintendo EAD Nintendo EPD Deluxe Nintendo d Red Dead Redemption 2 61 000 000 Red Dead Multi platform October 26 2018 Rockstar Games Rockstar Games 5 Super Mario Bros 58 000 000 Super Mario Multi platform September 13 1985 Nintendo R amp D4 Nintendo e Overwatch 50 000 000 Overwatch Multi platform May 24 2016 Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment 14 Human Fall Flat Human Fall Flat Multi platform July 22 2016 No Brakes Games Curve Digital 15 The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt The Witcher Multi platform May 19 2015 CD Projekt Red CD Projekt 16 Tetris Game Boy NES 48 000 000 Tetris Game Boy NES June 14 1989 Nintendo R amp D1 Nintendo f Pokemon Red Green Blue Yellow 47 520 000 Pokemon Multi platform February 27 1996 Game Freak Nintendo g Animal Crossing New Horizons 45 360 000 Animal Crossing Nintendo Switch March 20 2020 Nintendo EPD Nintendo 10 Terraria 44 500 000 None Multi platform May 16 2011 Re Logic Re Logic 505 Games 22 Wii Fit Plus 43 800 000 Wii Wii December 1 2007 Nintendo EAD Nintendo h Pac Man 42 071 635 Pac Man Multi platform May 22 1980 Namco Namco i Mario Kart Wii 37 380 000 Mario Kart Wii April 10 2008 Nintendo EAD Nintendo 7 Super Smash Bros Ultimate 34 220 000 Super Smash Bros Nintendo Switch December 7 2018 Bandai Namco Studios Sora Ltd Nintendo 10 The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild 33 550 000 The Legend of Zelda Wii U Switch March 3 2017 Nintendo EPD Nintendo j Wii Sports Resort 33 140 000 Wii Wii June 25 2009 Nintendo EAD Nintendo 7 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 Stardew Valley Stardew Valley Multi platform February 26 2016 ConcernedApe ConcernedApe 37 Pokemon Gold Silver Crystal 29 490 000 Pokemon Game Boy Color November 21 1999 Game Freak Nintendo k Duck Hunt 28 300 000 None NES April 21 1984 Nintendo R amp D1 Nintendo 39 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 40 Borderlands 2 Borderlands Multi platform September 18 2012 Gearbox Software 2K Games 41 Super Mario Odyssey 27 960 000 Super Mario Nintendo Switch October 27 2017 Nintendo EPD Nintendo 10 Grand Theft Auto San Andreas 27 500 000 Grand Theft Auto Multi platform October 26 2004 Rockstar North Rockstar Games 42 Super Mario World 26 662 500 Super Mario Multi platform November 21 1990 Nintendo EAD Nintendo l 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 m New Super Mario Bros U Luigi U Deluxe 26 340 000 Super Mario Wii U Switch November 18 2012 Nintendo EAD Nintendo n Pokemon Sword Shield 26 270 000 Pokemon Nintendo Switch November 15 2019 Game Freak Nintendo The Pokemon Company 10 Call of Duty Black Ops 26 200 000 Call of Duty Multi platform November 9 2010 Treyarch Activision 44 Pokemon Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon 25 540 000 Pokemon Nintendo 3DS November 18 2016 Game Freak Nintendo The Pokemon Company o Grand Theft Auto IV 25 000 000 Grand Theft Auto Multi platform April 29 2008 Rockstar North Rockstar Games 49 Cyberpunk 2077 Cyberpunk Multi platform December 10 2020 CD Projekt Red CD Projekt 50 Monster Hunter World Monster Hunter PlayStation 4 Xbox One Windows January 18 2018 Capcom Capcom 51 Pokemon Scarlet Violet 24 920 000 Pokemon Nintendo Switch November 18 2022 Game Freak Nintendo The Pokemon Company 10 Pokemon Diamond Pearl Platinum 24 730 000 Pokemon Nintendo DS September 28 2006 Game Freak Nintendo The Pokemon Company p Super Mario Bros 3 24 430 000 Super Mario Multi platform October 23 1988 Nintendo EAD Nintendo q Horizon Zero Dawn 24 300 000 Horizon PlayStation 4 Windows February 28 2017 Guerrilla Games Sony Interactive Entertainment 55 Call of Duty Black Ops II 24 200 000 Call of Duty Multi platform November 12 2012 Treyarch Activision 44 Hogwarts Legacy 24 000 000 Wizarding World Multi platform February 10 2023 Avalanche Software Warner Bros Games 56 Kinect Adventures None Xbox 360 November 4 2010 Good Science Studio Xbox Game Studios 57 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 61 97 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 Game Boy sold 40 million cartridges 17 Tetris NES sold 8 million cartridges 18 Red Green and Blue versions sold 31 38 million units and Yellow version sold 14 64 million units on Game Boy 19 20 and all versions sold a combined 1 5 million units on Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console 21 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 23 Atari 2600 version 1982 8 095 586 game cartridges 7 956 413 by 1983 24 139 173 between 1986 and 1990 25 Pac Man Nelsonic Game Watch 1982 500 000 units 26 Coleco tabletop version 1982 1 5 million units 27 Family Computer Famicom and Famicom Mini Game Boy Advance versions 598 679 cartridges in Japan 28 29 Game Boy Advance re release 2004 400 000 cartridges in North America 30 Atari 5200 version 35 011 cartridges between 1986 and 1988 25 Atari 8 bit computer version 42 359 copies between 1986 and 1990 25 Thunder Mountain s home computer budget release 1986 500 000 copies 31 Mobile phone version 30 million paid downloads 32 The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild sold 31 85 million units on Nintendo Switch 10 and 1 70 million units on Wii U 33 Gold and Silver versions sold 23 1 million units 20 and Crystal version sold 6 39 million units on Game Boy Color 38 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 17 45 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 33 million units and Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon sold 9 21 million units 48 Diamond and Pearl versions sold 17 67 million units 34 and Platinum version sold 7 06 million units 52 Super Mario Bros 3 sold 18 million units on Nintendo Entertainment System 53 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 54 References Parrish Ash October 15 2023 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