list of best selling video game

List of best-selling video games Page issues “List of best-selling computer games” redirects here. For other uses, see List of best-selling PC games. This is a list of video games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies on a single platform (unless otherwise noted).

All platforms

Multi-platform Games across all platforms that have sold at least 15 million copies, across multiple platforms[n 1] Title Release year System(s) Copies sold / Paid downloads Tetris 2006 Mobile, iOS, BlackBerry OS, PlayStation Portable, Windows Phone, Android, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy 495 million[1] Minecraft 2009[n 2] Windows, OS X, Linux, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Mobile, Java applet, Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Amazon Fire TV, Raspberry Pi, PlayStation Vita, Wii U 106.86 million[2] Wii Sports 2006 Wii 82.78 million[3] Grand Theft Auto V 2013 PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows 65 million[4] Super Mario Bros. 1985 Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System 55.75 million[5][6][7] Mario Kart Wii 2008 Wii 36.38 million[8] Tetris 1989 Game Boy 35 million[9] Wii Sports Resort 2009 Wii 32.80 million[3] New Super Mario Bros. 2006 Nintendo DS 30.79 million[10] Diablo III 2012 Microsoft Windows, OS X, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 30 million[11][n 3] New Super Mario Bros. Wii 2009 Wii 29.32 million[3] Wii Play 2006 Wii 28.02 million[3] Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 2004 PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, Xbox, Mac OS X, Xbox 360 27.5 million[12] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 2011 Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii 26.5 million[13] Call of Duty: Black Ops 2010 Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii 26.2 million[13] Grand Theft Auto IV 2008 PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows 25 million[14] Call of Duty: Black Ops II 2012 Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U 24.2 million[13] Kinect Adventures! 2010 Xbox 360 24 million[15] Nintendogs 2005 Nintendo DS 23.96 million[10] Pokémon Red, Blue, and Green 1996 Game Boy 23.64 million[16][17][18] Mario Kart DS 2005 Nintendo DS 23.59 million[10] Pokémon Gold and Silver 1999 Game Boy, Game Boy Color 23 million[19] Wii Fit 2007 Wii 22.67 million[3] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 2009 Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 22-29 million[13][20][21] Wii Fit Plus 2009 Wii 21.11 million[3] Super Mario World 1990 Super Nintendo Entertainment System 20.6 million[5][22] Battlefield 3 2011 Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 20 million[23] The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 2011 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 20 million[24] Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 2002 Windows, Xbox, PlayStation 2 20 million[25] The Sims 2 2004 Windows, OS X 20 million[26] Brain Age 2005 Nintendo DS 19.01 million[10] Call of Duty: Ghosts 2013 Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U 19 million[27] Super Mario Land 1989 Game Boy 18.06 million[5] Pokémon Diamond and Pearl 2006 Nintendo DS 17.63 million[10] Grand Theft Auto III 2001 Windows, Xbox, PlayStation 2 17.33 million[25] Super Mario Bros. 3 1988 Nintendo Entertainment System 17 million[28] Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire 2002 Game Boy Advance 16.22 million Need for Speed: Most Wanted 2005 PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360, GameCube, Windows, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS 16 million[29] The Sims 2000 Windows, Mac OS 16 million[30] Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2007 Windows, Xbox 360, Mac OS X, PlayStation 3, Wii 15.7 million[13] Call of Duty: World at War 2008 Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii 15.7 million[13] Pokémon Black and White 2010 Nintendo DS 15.6 million[10] Lemmings 1991 Amiga, various 15 million[31] Sonic the Hedgehog 1991 Sega Mega Drive/Genesis 15 million[32] Single-platform Games across all platforms that have sold at least 15 million copies, on individual platforms Title Release year System(s) Copies sold / Paid downloads Wii Sports 2006 Wii 82.69 million[3] Super Mario Bros. 1985 Nintendo Entertainment System 40.24 million[5] Mario Kart Wii 2008 Wii 36.38 million[8] Tetris 1989 Game Boy 35 million[9] Wii Sports Resort 2009 Wii 32.80 million[3] New Super Mario Bros. 2006 Nintendo DS 30.79 million[10] Minecraft: Pocket Edition 2011 Mobile, Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Amazon Fire TV, Raspberry Pi 30 million[33] New Super Mario Bros. Wii 2009 Wii 29.32 million[3] Wii Play 2006 Wii 28.02 million[3] Kinect Adventures! 2010 Xbox 360 24 million[15] Nintendogs 2005 Nintendo DS 23.96 million[10] Pokémon Red, Blue, and Green 1996 Game Boy 23.64 million[16][17][18] Mario Kart DS 2005 Nintendo DS 23.59 million[10] Pokémon Gold and Silver 1999 Game Boy / Game Boy Color 23 million[19] Minecraft 2009 Windows, OS X, Linux, Java applet 22.73 million[34] Wii Fit 2007 Wii 22.67 million[3] Wii Fit Plus 2009 Wii 21.11 million[3] Super Mario World 1990 Super Nintendo Entertainment System 20.6 million[5][22] The Sims 2 2004 Windows, OS X 20 million[26] Brain Age 2005 Nintendo DS 19.01 million[10] Super Mario Land 1989 Game Boy 18.06 million[5] Super Mario Bros. 3 1988 Nintendo Entertainment System 17 million[28] Pokémon Diamond and Pearl 2006 Nintendo DS 17.63 million[10] Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 2004 PlayStation 2 17.33 million[25] Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire 2002 Game Boy Advance 16.22 million The Sims 2000 Windows, Mac OS 16 million[30] Pokémon Black and White 2010 Nintendo DS 15.60 million[10] Sonic the Hedgehog 1991 Sega Mega Drive/Genesis 15 million[32] Consoles

PC

Main article: List of best-selling PC games PC games for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux platforms that have sold or shipped at least five million copies. Expansion packs are not used in the calculation of the sales figure for the original game (with the exception of StarCraft and Guild Wars).

PC games for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux platforms that have sold or shipped at least five million copies [edit] Title Total copies sold Sales breakdown Franchise Release date Genre Developer Publisher Minecraft 23 million[273] N/A Minecraft May 17, 2009[n 2] Sandbox, Survival game Mojang Mojang, Microsoft World of Warcraft 14 million[276] [n 4][better source needed] N/A Warcraft November 23, 2004 MMORPG Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment Diablo III 12 million[277][n 5] N/A Diablo May 15, 2012 Action RPG, hack and slash dungeon crawl Blizzard Entertainment Activision Blizzard Counter-Strike 12.5 million[citation needed] Steam release Counter-Strike June 19, 1999 First-person shooter Valve Corporation Valve Corporation The Sims 11.24 million[278] N/A The Sims February 4, 2000 Simulation Maxis Electronic Arts StarCraft 11 million[279][better source needed] N/A StarCraft March 31, 1998 Real-time strategy Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment Garry’s Mod 10 million[citation needed] Steam release November 29, 2006 Sandbox Facepunch Studios Facepunch Studios Half-Life 2 9.4 million[280][better source needed] Steam release

N/A Half-Life November 16, 2004 First-person shooter Valve Corporation Valve Corporation (digital distribution) Sierra Entertainment (retail) Half-Life 9.3 million[281][better source needed] N/A Half-Life November 19, 1998 First-person shooter Valve Corporation Sierra Entertainment The Sims 3 7.72 million[278] N/A The Sims June 2, 2009 Simulation The Sims Studio Electronic Arts Terraria 7.5 million[282][unreliable source?] N/A Terraria May 16, 2011 Action-adventure Re-Logic Re-Logic Guild Wars 6.5 million[better source needed] 6.5 million in North America, Europe and Asia[283] Guild Wars April 28, 2005 Competitive online RPG ArenaNet NCsoft Myst 6 million[284][better source needed] N/A Myst September 24, 1993 Graphic adventure, puzzle Cyan Brøderbund The Sims 2 6 million[285] N/A The Sims September 14, 2004 Simulation Maxis Electronic Arts StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty 6 million[286] N/A StarCraft July 27, 2010 Real-time strategy Blizzard Entertainment Activision Blizzard Civilization V 5.8 million[287] N/A Civilization September 21, 2010 Turn-based strategy, 4X Firaxis Games 2K Games & Aspyr

Mobile phone

See also: Mobile game Title Copies sold Tetris 425 million[288] Minecraft: Pocket Edition 30 million[33] Angry Birds 12 million[289] Block Breaker Deluxe 8 million[290] Sonic the Hedgehog 8 million in US and Europe[291] Fruit Ninja 6 million[292] Doodle Jump 5 million[293] Final Fantasy IV: The After Years 3 million[294] Plague Inc. 2 million on iOS[295] Flight Control 2 million[296] Pocket God 2 million[297] Brain Challenge 1.5 million[298] Flick Fishing 1.3 million[299] Bubble Bash 1 million[290] Coin Stack 2600 1 million in South Korea[300] Cut the Rope 1 million[301] Doom RPG 1 million[302] Guitar Hero III Mobile 1 million[303] Super Bomberman 1 million[304] Arcade

Main article: List of highest-grossing arcade games See also: Golden age of arcade video games This list includes arcade games that have sold at least 10,000 or more arcade hardware units.

Title Copies sold Pac-Man 400,000[305] Space Invaders 360,000[306] Street Fighter II 200,000[n 6] Donkey Kong 132,000[307] Ms. Pac-Man 125,000[308][309] Asteroids 100,000[309][310] Defender 60,000[311][312] Centipede 55,988[313] Galaxian 40,000 in the US[314] StarHorse2 38,614[n 7] Donkey Kong Jr. 30,000 in the US[307] Mr. Do! 30,000 in the US[322] Tempest 29,000[323] Mortal Kombat II 27,000[324] Beatmania 25,000[325] Q*bert 25,000[326] Mortal Kombat 24,000[324] Robotron: 2084 23,000[323] Dig Dug 22,228 in the US[313] Pole Position 21,000 in the US[323] Popeye 20,000 in the US[327] Out Run 20,000[328] Pump It Up 20,000[329] Missile Command 20,000[330] Jungle Hunt 18,000 in the US[331] Dragon’s Lair 16,000[332] Berzerk 15,780[333] Scramble 15,136 sold by Stern in North America[333] Battlezone 15,122[334] Stargate 15,000[323] Mushiking: King of the Beetles 13,500[335] Mahjong Fight Club 3 13,000[336] Sega Network Mahjong MJ4 12,892[n 8] Star Wars 12,695[313] Super Cobra 12,337 sold by Stern in North America[333] Space Duel 12,038[313] Pong 8500–19,000[338][339] Breakout 11,000[334] Oshare Majo: Love and Berry 10,300[317] Sea Wolf 10,000[340] Expansion packs

Expansion packs that have sold or shipped at least one million copies Title Release Year Copies sold Platform(s) World of Warcraft: Cataclysm 2010 4.7 million[341] Windows, Macintosh ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead 2010 3.5 million[342] Windows World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade 2007 3.5 million[343] Windows, Macintosh World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor 2014 3.3 million[344] Windows, Macintosh World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King 2008 2.8 million[345] Windows, Macintosh Diablo III: Reaper of Souls 2014 2.7 million[346] Windows, Macintosh World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria 2012 2.7 million[347] Windows, Macintosh Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare 2010 2 million[348] PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Crysis Warhead 2008 1.5 million[349] Windows Half-Life: Opposing Force 1999 1.1 million[350] Windows, Macintosh StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm 2013 1.1 million[351] Windows, Macintosh Diablo II: Lord of Destruction 2001 1 million[352] Windows, Macintosh StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void 2015 1 million[353] Windows, Macintosh See also

List of million-selling game consoles List of best-selling video game franchises List of video games considered the best Footnotes

^ All sale figures for the all platforms lists are taken from the other lists unless otherwise noted. ^ a b Although Minecraft was first publicly available on May 17, 2009,[274] and the 1.0 version on November 18, 2011, the first version of Minecraft which required a paid account was first publicly available on December 23, 2009,[275] therefore it started accumulating sales on that year. ^ Number may include Reaper of Souls sales. ^ Subscribers are not the same as sales; many Asian markets use a different business model that does not involve retail copies. As such subscriber figures do not equate to sales figures. ^ This excludes the 1.2 million copies given away as part of Blizzard’s World of Warcraft annual pass offer. ^ Street Fighter II: ^ StarHorse2: From April 2005 to March 2007: 18,079 units StarHorse2: New Generation – 7,819 units from April 2005 to June 2006 (6,020 units in fiscal year ended March 2006,[315] and 1,799 units during April–June 2006)[316] StarHorse2: Second Fusion – 10,260 units from April 2006 to March 2007 (8,105 conversion kits during April–December 2006,[317] and 2,155 body and satellite units in fiscal year ending March 2007)[318] From April 2007 to March 2008: 10,275 units (756 body and satellite units of StarHorse2: Second Fusion during April–September 2007,[319] and 9,519 conversion kits in fiscal year ended March 2008)[320] From April 2009 to December 2009: 10,657 units of StarHorse2: Fifth Expansion[321] ^ Sega Network Mahjong MJ4: Fiscal year ended March 2008: 10,427[320] Fiscal year ended March 2009: 2,465[337] References

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