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List of best-selling video games

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This is a list of video games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies on a single platform (unless otherwise noted).

Consoles

Atari

Atari 2600

Atari 2600
Atari 2600 games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies
TITLE Release Year Copies sold Comments
Pac-Man 1982 7 million Best-selling home video game up until that time.
Pitfall! 1982 4 million
Asteroids 1981 3.8 million Best-selling Atari 2600 game prior to Pac-Man.
Missile Command 1980 2.5 million
Space Invaders 1980 2 million First game to sell a million cartridges.
Demon Attack 1982 2 million
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 1.5 million
Adventure 1979 1 million
Atlantis 1982 1 million
Cosmic Ark 1982 1 million
Kaboom! 1981 1 million
Megamania 1982 1 million
River Raid 1982 1 million

Coleco

ColecoVision

ColecoVision games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

  • Donkey Kong (2 million)

Mattel

Intellivision

Intellivision

Intellivision games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

  • Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack (2 million shipped)
  • Astrosmash (1 million)
  • Major League Baseball (1 million)
  • NFL Football (1 million)
  • Space Armada (1 million)
  • Space Battle (1 million)

Microsoft

Xbox

Xbox

Xbox games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

Title Release Year Copies sold
Halo 2 2004 8 million
Halo: Combat Evolved 2001 5 million
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 2002 3 million
Fable 2004 3 million
Project Gotham Racing 2001 2.50 million
Grand Theft Auto Double Pack 2003 1.70 million
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2003 1.58 million
Counter-Strike 2004 1.50 million
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 2005 1.46 million
Need for Speed: Underground 2 2005 1.44 million
Madden NFL 2005 2004 1.42 million
Madden NFL 06 2005 1.41 million
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One 2005 1.39 million
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind 2002 1.36 million
ESPN NFL 2K5 2004 1.38 million
Dead or Alive 3 2001 1.28 million
Star Wars: Battlefront 2004 1.22 million
Star Wars: Battlefront II 2005 1.13 million
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2001 1.13 million
Need for Speed: Underground 2004 1.10 million

Xbox 360

Xbox 360 Elite and Xbox 360 S consoles.

Xbox 360 video games that have sold or shipped at least five million copies.

Title Total copies sold Sales breakdown Release date Genre Developer Publisher
Kinect Adventures 700124000000000000024 million[a] N/A
  • NA November 4, 2010
  • EU November 10, 2010
  • AUS November 18, 2010
 Sports game Good Science Studio Microsoft Game Studios
Halo 3 700115500000000000015.5 million N/A
  • NA September 25, 2007
  • AUS September 25, 2007
  • EU September 26, 2007
 First-person shooter Bungie Microsoft
Grand Theft Auto IV 700113300000000000013.3 million
  • 9.29 million in the US
  • 3 million in the UK
  • 65,486 and 6,453 Platinum in Japan
 Action-adventure game Rockstar North Rockstar Games
Call of Duty: Black Ops 700112000000000000012 million N/A
  • WW November 9, 2010
  • JP November 18, 2010 ( Sub)
  • JP December 16, 2010 ( Dub)
 First-person shooter Treyarch Activision
Halo: Reach 700111790000009999911.79 million
  • 10.74 million in North America
  • 53,126 in Japan
 September 14, 2010 First-person shooter Bungie Microsoft
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 70007562000000000007.562 million
  • 6.471 million in the US
  • 1 million in the UK
  • 87,374 plus 3,944 The Best in Japan
 NA 20091110November 10, 2009
PAL 20091110November 10, 2009
 First-person shooter Infinity Ward Activision
Minecraft[c] 70006100000000000006.1 million N/A
  • WW May 9, 2012
 Sandbox game Mojang/4J Studios Microsoft
Gears of War 70005000000000000005 million[b] N/A
  • NA November 7, 2006
  • EU November 17, 2006
  • AUS November 23, 2006
  • JP January 18, 2007
 Third-person shooter Epic Games Microsoft
Gears of War 2 70005000000000000005 million N/A
  • WW November 7, 2008
  • JP July 30, 2009
 Third-person shooter Epic Games Microsoft
  • ^ a: As of February 12, 2013, the Kinect sensor has sold 24 million units, each of which is bundled with a copy of Kinect Adventures.
  • ^ b: Gears of War sales may include PC version
  • ^ c: Xbox Live Arcade game

Total Xbox 360 games sold as of December 2009: 353.8 million.

Nintendo

Total games Nintendo has sold as of March 31, 2013: 4.10 billion.

Nintendo Entertainment System

Nintendo Entertainment System

Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)/Family Computer (Famicom) video games that have sold or shipped at least two million copies.

  • Super Mario Bros. (40.24 million)
  • Super Mario Bros. 3 (18 million)
  • Super Mario Bros. 2 (10 million)
  • Tetris (8 million; 1.81 million in Japan)
  • The Legend of Zelda (6.51 million)
  • Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (4.38 million)
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (4 million)
  • Dragon Warrior III (3.8 million in Japan)
  • Dragon Warrior IV (3.1 million in Japan)
  • Metroid (2.73 million)
  • Golf (2.46 million in Japan)
  • Dragon Warrior II (2.4 million in Japan)
  • Baseball (2.35 million in Japan)
  • R.C. Pro-Am (2.3 million)
  • Mahjong (2.13 million in Japan)
  • Family Stadium (2.05 million in Japan)
  • Punch-Out!! (2 million)

Total Nintendo Entertainment System games sold as of March 31, 2013: 500.01 million.

Family Computer Disk System
Family Computer Disk System attached to a Famicom

Disk System games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies. The system was only available in Japan, so all listed sales are Japan only.

  • Super Mario Bros. 2 (2.66 million)
  • Volleyball (1.98 million in Japan)
  • The Legend of Zelda (1.69 million)
  • Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (1.61 million)
  • Pro Wrestling (1.42 million in Japan)
  • Kid Icarus (1.09 million in Japan)
  • Metroid (1.04 million)

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

North American Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Super Nintendo Entertainment System video games that have sold or shipped at least four million copies.

  • Super Mario World (20.60 million)
  • Donkey Kong Country (9 million)
  • Super Mario Kart (8 million)
  • Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (6.3 million)
  • The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (4.61 million)
  • Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (4.37 million approximately: 2.21 million in Japan, 2.16 million in US)
  • Street Fighter II Turbo (4.1 million)
  • Star Fox (4 million)
  • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (4 million)

Total Super Nintendo Entertainment System games sold as of March 31, 2013: 379.06 million.

Nintendo 64

Nintendo 64

Nintendo 64 video games that have sold or shipped at least three million copies.

  • Super Mario 64 (11.62 million)
  • Mario Kart 64 (9 million)
  • GoldenEye 007 (8 million)
  • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (7.6 million)
  • Super Smash Bros. (5 million)
  • Diddy Kong Racing (4.434 million approximately: 3.78 million in US and PAL, 653,928 in Japan)
  • Pokémon Stadium (3.871 million approximately: 3.16 million in US, 710,765 in Japan)
  • Donkey Kong 64 (3.77 million approximately: 2.67 million in US, 1.1 million in Japan)
  • The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (3.36 million)
  • Star Fox 64 (3.325 million approximately: 2.76 million in US, 565,222 in Japan)
  • Banjo-Tooie (3 million)

Total Nintendo 64 games sold as of March 31, 2013: 224.97 million.

Nintendo GameCube

GameCube

Nintendo GameCube video games that have sold or shipped at least two million copies.

  • Super Smash Bros. Melee (7.09 million)
  • Mario Kart: Double Dash‼ (7 million)
  • Super Mario Sunshine (5.5 million)
  • The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (3.07 million)
  • Luigi's Mansion (2.639 million approximately: 2.19 million in US, 348,918 in Japan, 100,000 in UK)
  • Animal Crossing (2.321 million approximately: 1.68 million in US, 641,300 in Japan)
  • Mario Party 4 (2.003 million approximately: 1.1 million in US, 902,827 in Japan)
  • Metroid Prime (2 million)

Total Nintendo GameCube games sold as of March 31, 2013: 208.57 million.

Wii

Wii

Wii video games that have sold or shipped at least five million copies.

Nintendo Wii games which have sold or shipped at least five million copies []
Title Total copies sold Sales breakdown Release date Genre Developer Publisher
Wii Sports 81.64 million[b] N/A Nintendo EAD (Group 2) Nintendo
Mario Kart Wii 34.01 million[a][b] N/A Nintendo EAD (Group 1) Nintendo
Wii Sports Resort 31.54 million[a][b] N/A Nintendo EAD (Group 2) Nintendo
Wii Play 28.02 million[a] N/A Nintendo EAD (Group 2) Nintendo
New Super Mario Bros. Wii 27.61 million[b] N/A Nintendo EAD (Group 4) Nintendo
Wii Fit 22.67 million[a] N/A Nintendo EAD (Group 5) Nintendo
Wii Fit Plus 20.48 million N/A Nintendo EAD (Group 5) Nintendo
Super Smash Bros. Brawl 10.79 million N/A Ad hoc development team Nintendo
Super Mario Galaxy 10.68 million N/A Nintendo EAD (Group 1) Nintendo
Wii Party 7.94 million N/A Nd Cube, Nintendo SPD (Group 4) Nintendo
Mario Party 8 7.6 million N/A Hudson Soft Nintendo
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games 7.09 million N/A Sega Sports R&D Nintendo (Japan)
Sega (North America, Europe)
Super Mario Galaxy 2 6.36 million N/A Nintendo EAD (Group 1) Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 5.82 million N/A Nintendo EAD (Group 3) Nintendo
Just Dance 2 5 million N/A Ubisoft Paris Ubisoft
  • ^ a: Bundled with a popular accessory (e.g. additional Wii-mote, MotionPlus, Wii Zapper, Wii Wheel).
  • ^ b: Bundled with a version of the console. The white console was commonly bundled with Wii Sports at launch; since the release of MotionPlus, the Wii Sports bundle with either the white or black console also includes Wii Sports Resort. In addition, since the launch of the corresponding games, the white console has been commonly bundled with Mario Kart Wii (and the Wii Wheel), and the black console has been commonly bundled with New Super Mario Brothers Wii.

Total Wii games sold as of March 31, 2013: 869.06 million.

Total Virtual Console games sold as of December 31, 2007: over 10 million

Wii U

Wii U

Wii U video games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

  • Nintendo Land (2.33 million)
  • New Super Mario Bros. U (2.01 million)

Total Wii U games sold as of March 31, 2013: 13.42 million.

Game Boy and Game Boy Colour

Original Game Boy

Game Boy and Game Boy Colour video games that have sold or shipped at least five million copies.

  • Tetris (35 million)
  • Pokémon Red and Green/Blue (23.64 million approximately: 10.23 million in Japan, 9.85 million in US, 3.56 million in UK)
    • Pokémon Red (4.83 million in US, 1.28 million in UK)
    • Pokémon Blue (5.02 million in US, 1.28 million in UK)
  • Pokémon Gold and Silver (23 million; 7.6 million in the US, over 7 million in Japan, 600,000 in the UK)
    • Pokémon Gold (at least 7.45 million: 3.75 million in the US, 3.4 million in Japan, 300,000 in the UK)
    • Pokémon Silver (at least 7.66 million: 3.85 million in the US, 3.51 million in Japan, 300,000 in the UK)
  • Super Mario Land (18.06 million)
  • Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (11.09 million)
  • Pokémon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition (8.86 million approximately: 5.1 million in US, 3.16 million in Japan, 1 million in UK)
  • The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (6.05 million approximately: 3.83 million, 2.22 million for the DX version)

Total Game Boy and Game Boy Colour games sold as of March 31, 2013: 501.11 million.

Game Boy Advance

Game Boy Advance SP

Game Boy Advance video games that have sold or shipped at least two million copies.

  • Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (13 million)
  • Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen (11.82 million)
  • Pokémon Emerald (6.32 million)
  • Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (4.179 million approximately: 3.16 million in US, 919,234 in Japan, 100,000 in UK)
  • Super Mario Advance (3.938 million approximately: 2.85 million in US, 887,505 in Japan, 200,000 in UK)
  • Mario Kart: Super Circuit (3.768 million approximately: 2.53 million in US, 938,175 in Japan, 300,000 in UK)
  • Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (3.698 million approximately: 2.88 million in US, 718,207 in Japan, 100,000 in UK)
  • Namco Museum (2.96 million in US)
  • Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team (2.2 million)
  • Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (2.196 million approximately: 1.58 million in US, 515,633 in Japan, 100,000 in UK)
  • The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past & Four Swords (2.024 million approximately: 1.63 million in US, 293,989 in Japan, 100,000 in UK)

Total Game Boy Advance games sold as of March 31, 2013: 377.42 million.

Nintendo DS

Nintendo DS Lite

Nintendo DS video games that have sold or shipped at least five million copies.

  • New Super Mario Bros. (30.18 million)
  • Nintendogs All versions (23.64 million)
  • Mario Kart DS (22.57 million)
  • Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! (18.96 million)
  • Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (17.57 million)
  • Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! (14.83 million)
  • Pokémon Black and White (14.71 million)
  • Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver (11.90 million)
  • Animal Crossing: Wild World (11.51 million)
  • Super Mario 64 DS (9.65 million)
  • Mario Party DS (8.21 million)
  • Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 (7.63 million)
  • Pokémon Platinum (7.06 million)
  • Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (5.34 million approximately; 4.29 million in Japan, 1.05 million overseas)
  • Big Brain Academy (5.01 million)

Total Nintendo DS games sold as of March 31, 2013: 933.69 million.

Nintendo 3DS

Nintendo 3DS

Nintendo 3DS video games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

Nintendo 3DS games which have sold or shipped at least one million copies []
Title Total copies sold Sales Breakdown Release date Genre Developer Publisher
Super Mario 3D Land 70008289999999999998.29 million 70001560000000000001.56 million in Japan

70002100000000000002.1 million in US

 JP 20111103November 3, 2011
NA 20111113November 13, 2011
EU 20111118November 18, 2011
AU 20111124November 24, 2011
 Platforming Nintendo EAD Tokyo Nintendo
Mario Kart 7 70008080000000000008.08 million 70001700000000000001.7 million in Japan

70002160000000000002.16 million overseas

 JP 20111201December 1, 2011
EU 20111202December 2, 2011
AU 20111203December 3, 2011
NA 20111204December 4, 2011
 Racing video game Nintendo EAD and Retro Studios Nintendo
New Super Mario Bros. 2 70006420000000000006.42 million 70002050099999999992.05 million in Japan

70003910000000000003.91 million overseas

 JP 20120728July 28, 2012
EU 20120817August 17, 2012
AU 20120818August 18, 2012
NA 20120819August 19, 2012
 Platforming Nintendo Nintendo
Animal Crossing: New Leaf 70003860000000000003.86 million 70003860000000000003.86 million in Japan JP 20121108November 8, 2012
 Social simulation Nintendo EAD Nintendo
Nintendogs + Cats 70003280000000000003.28 million N/A JP February 26, 2011
EU March 25, 2011
NA 20110327March 27, 2011
 Pet-raising simulation Nintendo EAD Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D 70002950000000000002.95 million 70001000000000000001 million in US JP 20110616June 16, 2011
EU June 17, 2011
NA 20110619June 19, 2011
AU June 30, 2011
 Action-adventure Grezzo Nintendo
Paper Mario: Sticker Star 70001970000000000001.97 million 69995400000000000000.54 million in Japan

70001280000000000001.28 million overseas

 NA 20121111November 11, 2012
JP 20121206December 6, 2012
EU 20121207December 7, 2012
AU 20121208December 8, 2012
 Role-playing Intelligent Systems Nintendo
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate 70001600000000000001.60 million N/A JP 20111210December 10, 2011
 Action RPG Capcom, Eighting Capcom
Pokémon Rumble Blast 70001290000000000001.29 million N/A JP August 11, 2011
NA 20111024October 24, 2011
EU December 2, 2011
 Action RPG Ambrella Nintendo
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon 70001220000000000001.22 million 69995000000000000000.5 million in Japan

69994000000000000000.4 million in North America

 NA 20130324March 24, 2013
JP 20130320March 20, 2013
EU 20130328March 28, 2013
AU 20130328March 28, 2013
 Action-adventure Next Level Games Nintendo
Dragon Warrior VII 70001210000000000001.21 million 70001210000000000001.21 million in Japan JP 20130207February 7, 2013
 Role-playing Heartbeat, ArtePiazza Square Enix
Kid Icarus: Uprising 70001180000000000001.18 million N/A NA 20120323March 23, 2012
JP 20120322March 22, 2012
EU 20120323March 23, 2012
AU 20120329March 29, 2012
 Third-person shooter, rail shooter Project Sora Nintendo
Mario Tennis Open 70001110000000000001.11 million 69993400000000000000.34 million in Japan

69997400000000000000.74 million overseas

 NA 20120520May 20, 2012
JP 20120524May 24, 2012
AU 20120524May 24, 2012
EU 20120525May 25, 2012
 Sports Camelot Nintendo
Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition 70001100000000000001.10 million N/A JP February 26, 2011
EU March 25, 2011
NA March 27, 2011
AU 20110331March 31, 2011
 Fighting game Capcom, Dimps Capcom

Total Nintendo 3DS games sold as of March 31, 2013: 95.03 million.


Sega

Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

Sega Genesis

Sega Mega Drive/Genesis games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

  • Sonic the Hedgehog (over 15 million)
  • Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (6 million)
  • Aladdin (4 million)
  • NBA Jam (1.93 million in US)
  • Mortal Kombat II (1.78 million in US)
  • Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition (1.65 million)
  • Altered Beast (at least 1.4 million in the US)
  • Sonic & Knuckles (1.24 million in US)
  • Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1.02 million in US)
  • Mortal Kombat 3 (1.02 million in US)
  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1 million in US)
  • Ms. Pac-Man (more than 1 million in US)
  • NFL 98 (more than 1 million in US)
  • Sonic Spinball ("each selling over one million units in 1993")
  • Jurassic Park ("each selling over one million units in 1993")
  • NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana ("each selling over one million units in 1993")
  • Marvel Comic's X-Men ("each selling over one million units in 1993")

Sega Saturn

Sega Saturn

Sega Saturn games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

  • Virtua Fighter 2 (2.2 million approximately; 1.7 million in Japan, at least 500,000 in US)
  • Sega Rally Championship (1.2 million)

Dreamcast

Dreamcast

Dreamcast games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

  • Sonic Adventure (2.5 million)
  • Soulcalibur (1.3 million)
  • Crazy Taxi (1.225 million approximately: 1.11 million in the US, 115,039 in Japan)
  • Shenmue (1.2 million)
  • Resident Evil Code: Veronica (1.14 million)
  • NFL 2K (1.13 million in the US)
  • NFL 2K1 (1.01 million in the US)

Sony

PlayStation

Sony PlayStation

PlayStation video games which have sold or shipped at least five million copies.

PlayStation games which have sold or shipped five million copies []
Title Total copies sold Sales breakdown Release date Genre Developer Publisher
Gran Turismo 10.85 million shipped N/A
Gran Turismo 2 9.97 million shipped N/A
Final Fantasy VII 9.72 million N/A
Tomb Raider II 8 million N/A
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 8 million N/A
Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped 7.13 million N/A
Tomb Raider 7 million N/A
Metal Gear Solid 7 million N/A
Crash Bandicoot 6.82 million N/A
Tomb Raider III 6 million N/A
Final Fantasy IX 5.30 million N/A
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back 5.17 million
  • 3.87 million in the US
  • 1.3 million in Japan
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation 5 million N/A

Total PlayStation games shipped as of March 31, 2007: 962 million.

PlayStation 2

Original (left) and slim (right) PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2 games which have sold or shipped five million copies []
Title Total copies sold Sales breakdown Release date Genre Developer Publisher
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 700717330000000000017.33 million N/A
  • JP January 25, 2007
  • NA October 26, 2004
  • EU October 29, 2004
  • AUS October 29, 2004
 Action-adventure/ sandbox game Rockstar North Rockstar Games
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec 700714890000000000014.89 million
  • 7.14 million in North America
  • 1.89 million in Japan
  • 5.85 million in Europe
 Driving simulation Polyphony Digital Sony Computer Entertainment
Gran Turismo 4 700710760000000000010.76 million
  • 2.97 million in North America
  • 6.36 in million Europe
  • 1.26 in million Japan
 Driving simulation Polyphony Digital Sony Computer Entertainment
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 70069610000000000009.61 million
  • 8.2 million in the US
  • 410,293 in Japan
  • 1 million in the UK
 Action-adventure/ sandbox game Rockstar North Rockstar Games
Grand Theft Auto III 70067900000000000007.9 million
  • 6.55 million in the US
  • 358,917 in Japan
  • 1 million in the UK
 Action-adventure/ sandbox game DMA Design (now Rockstar North) Rockstar Games
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty 70067000000000000007 million N/A Stealth Action KCEJ Konami
Final Fantasy X 70066600000000000006.6 million N/A Role-playing video game Square JP Square
NA  Square EA
PAL  SCEE
Final Fantasy XII 70065200000000000005.2 million shipped
  • 2.4 million in Japan
  • 1.7 million in the US
  • 1.1 million in Europe
 Role-playing video game Square Enix Product Development Division 4 Square Enix

Total PlayStation 2 games shipped as of March 31, 2007: 1.24 billion. Total PlayStation 2 games sold between April 1, 2007 and March 31, 2012: 297.5 million. Note that since the former figure refers to shipments and the latter refers to sales, there may be some overlap between the two figures.

PlayStation 3

PlayStation 3

PlayStation 3 games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

  • Gran Turismo 5 (9.19 million)
  • Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (5.35 million)
  • God of War III (5,197,632; 2,818,033 in North and Latin America, 1,961,733 in PAL regions, 417,866 in Japan and SCE Asia territories)
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (4.8 million approximately; 3.531 million in the US, 244,578 and 25,268 The Best in Japan, at least 1 million in UK)
  • Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (3.8 million)
  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (3.8 million)
  • MotorStorm (3.31 million)
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops (3.269 million units approximately; 3.094 million in the US, 175,813 in Japan)
  • Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (3 million approximately; 1.076 million in the US, 706,461 in Japan, 1 million in Europe, 200,000 in UK)
  • LittleBigPlanet (3 million)
  • Final Fantasy XIII (2.89 million approximately: 1.85 million in Japan, 140,000 in other Asian countries, 828,200 in US, 100,000 in UK)
  • Grand Theft Auto IV (2.73 million approximately: 1.89 million in US, 211,240 and 37,306 The Best in Japan, 600,000 in UK)
  • Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (2.6 million)
  • Resistance: Fall of Man (2.5 million)
  • God of War Collection (2,418,516; 1,748,663 in North and Latin America, 514,253 in PAL regions, 155,600 in Japan and SCE Asia territories)
  • Killzone 2 (2 million)
  • inFamous (nearly 2 million)
  • Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (1.977 million approximately; 1.106 million in the US, 122,019 regular and 149,028 The Best in Japan, 600,000 in UK)
  • Call of Duty: World at War (1.83 million approximately; 1.238 million in the US, 600,000 in UK)
  • Heavy Rain (1.7 million)
  • Resident Evil 5 (1.62 million approximately: 585,000 in US, 520,564 and 258,961 Gold Edition in Japan, 200,000 in UK, 62,040 in France)
  • Heavenly Sword (1.5 million)
  • Red Dead Redemption (1.35 million approximately, 947,400 in the US, 300,000 in UK, 109,340 in Japan)
  • Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (1.25 million)
  • MotorStorm: Pacific Rift (1 million)

Total PlayStation 3 games sold as of March 31, 2012: 595 million.

PlayStation Portable

PlayStation Portable

PlayStation Portable games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

  • Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (4.12 million in Japan)
  • Gran Turismo (3.86 million)
  • God of War: Chains of Olympus (3,264,178; 1,748,663 in North and Latin America, 1,399,293 in PAL regions, 136,478 in Japan and SCE Asia territories)
  • Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (3.1 million; 3.5 million shipped)
  • Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (2,725,507 approximately: 2 million in US, 125,507 in Japan, 600,000 in UK)
  • Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (2.59 million approximately; 830,000 in Japan, 710,000 in North America, 550,000 in Europe)
  • Daxter (2.3 million)
  • Monster Hunter Freedom 2 (2.3 million)
  • Dissidia: Final Fantasy (1.81 million)
  • Need for Speed Most Wanted 5-1-0 (1.32 million approximately: 1.1 million in US, 200,000 in UK, 27,151 in Japan)
  • Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition (1.3 million approximately: 1.1 million in US, 200,000 in UK)
  • Monster Hunter Freedom (1.2 million)
  • God of War: Ghost of Sparta (1,196,626; 530,815 in North and Latin America, 605,382 in PAL regions, 60,429 in Japan and SCE Asia territories)
  • Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (1.13 million approximately; 950,000 in US, 100,000 in UK, 80,420 in Japan)
  • Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee (1 million)
  • Tekken: Dark Resurrection (1 million)
  • Wipeout Pure (1 million)

Total PlayStation Portable games sold as of March 31, 2012: 330.2 million.

Bundled games

Games that were bundled for a significant portion of their shelf life and have sold or shipped at least ten million copies.

  • Wii Sports (Wii – 81.64 million, packaged with system in all regions except Japan)
  • Super Mario Bros. (NES – 40.24 million)
  • Tetris (Game Boy – 35 million)
  • Super Mario World (SNES – 20.60 million)
  • Kinect Adventures (Xbox 360 - 18 million, pack-in game with Kinect)
  • Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega Mega Drive/Genesis - 15 million)

PC

PC games for the Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux platforms that have sold or shipped at least five million copies. Expansion packs are not used in calculation of the sales figure for the original game (with the exception of StarCraft and Guild Wars). Also, sales from digital distribution stores (such as Steam, Direct2Drive, etc.) are omitted since these figures are not generally released to the public, and the NPD Group and similar organisations being unable to accurately track these sales.

PC games which have sold or shipped five million copies []
Title Total copies sold Sales breakdown Series Release date Genre Developer Publisher
The Sims 2 20 million N/A The Sims 02004-09-14September 14, 2004 Simulation Maxis Electronic Arts
The Sims 16 million N/A The Sims 02000-02-04February 4, 2000 Simulation Maxis Electronic Arts
Diablo III 12 million[note 2] N/A Diablo 02012-05-15May 15, 2012 Action RPG, hack and slash dungeon crawl Blizzard Entertainment Activision Blizzard
Half-Life 2 12 million N/A Half-Life 02004-11-16November 16, 2004 First-person shooter Valve corporation Valve corporation (digital distribution)
Sierra Entertainment (retail)
Battlefield 2 11 million N/A Battlefield 02005-06-21June 21, 2005 Squad-based first-person shooter Digital Illusions CE (DICE) EA Games
StarCraft 11 million N/A StarCraft 01998-03-31March 31, 1998 Real-time strategy Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment
Minecraft 10.5 million N/A N/A 02011-11-18November 18, 2011[note 1] Sandbox, survival Mojang Mojang
The Sims 3 10 million N/A The Sims 02009-06-02June 2, 2009 Simulation The Sims Studio Electronic Arts
Half-Life 9.3 million N/A Half-Life 01998-11-19November 19, 1998 First-person shooter Valve corporation Sierra Entertainment
Guild Wars 6.5 million 6.5 million in North America, Europe and Asia Guild Wars 02005-04-28April 28, 2005 Co-operative online RPG ArenaNet NCsoft
Myst 6 million N/A Myst 01993-09-24September 24, 1993 Graphic adventure, puzzle Cyan
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty 6 million N/A StarCraft 02010-07-27July 27, 2010 Real-time strategy Blizzard Entertainment Activision Blizzard
SimCity 3000 (including re-release versions) 5 million N/A SimCity 01999-01-31January 31, 1999 Simulation Maxis Electronic Arts
  • ^1 While the full version of Minecraft was made available on November 18, 2011, alpha (and later beta) versions of the game had been publicly available since May 17, 2009, and 4 million of the sales were made prior to November 7, 2011.
  • ^2 This includes the 1.2 million copies given away as part of World of Warcraft's Annual Pass offer.


Mobile phone

  • Tetris (100 million)
  • Pac-Man (30 million in the US)
  • Angry Birds (12 million)
  • Minecraft – Pocket Edition (9.4 million)
  • Block Breaker Deluxe (8 million)
  • Sonic the Hedgehog (8 million in US and Europe)
  • Fruit Ninja (6 million)
  • Doodle Jump (5 million)
  • Final Fantasy IV: The After Years (3 million)
  • Flight Control (2 million)
  • Pocket God (2 million)
  • Brain Challenge (1.5 million)
  • Flick Fishing (1.3 million)
  • Bubble Bash (1 million)
  • Coin Stack 2600 (1 million in Korea)
  • Cut the Rope (1 million)
  • Doom RPG (1 million)
  • Guitar Hero III Mobile (1 million)
  • Super Bomberman (1 million)
  • Plague Inc. (2 million on iOS)

Freemium downloads

Mobile games that use a freemium model. This list includes freemium mobile games with at least 10 million downloads.

  • Angry Birds series (1 billion)
    • Angry Birds Space (50 million)
  • Smurfs' Village (56 million)
  • Draw Something (50 million)
  • Pool Pro Online 3 (25 million)
  • Fruit Ninja (20 million)

Arcade

This list includes arcade games that have sold at least 10,000 or more arcade hardware units.

  • Pac-Man (400,000)
  • Space Invaders (360,000)
  • Street Fighter II (200,000)
  • Donkey Kong (132,000)
  • Ms. Pac-Man (125,000)
  • Asteroids (100,000)
  • Defender (60,000)
  • Centipede (55,988)
  • Galaxian (40,000 in the US)
  • StarHorse2 (38,614)
  • Donkey Kong Jr. (30,000 in the US)
  • Mr. Do! (30,000 in the US)
  • Tempest (29,000)
  • Mortal Kombat II (27,000)
  • Beatmania (25,000)
  • Q*bert (25,000)
  • Mortal Kombat (24,000)
  • Robotron: 2084 (23,000)
  • Dig Dug (22,228 in the US)
  • Pole Position (21,000 in the US)
  • Popeye (20,000 in the US)
  • Out Run (20,000)
  • Pump It Up (20,000)
  • Missile Command (20,000)
  • Jungle Hunt (18,000 in the US)
  • Dragon's Lair (16,000)
  • Battlezone (15,122)
  • Stargate (15,000)
  • Mushiking: King of the Beetles (13,500)
  • Mahjong Fight Club 3 (13,000)
  • Sega Network Mahjong MJ4 (12,892)
  • Star Wars (12,695)
  • Space Duel (12,038)
  • Pong (8500–19,000)
  • Breakout (11,000)
  • Oshare Majo: Love and Berry (10,300)
  • Sea Wolf (10,000)
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