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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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