List of best-selling video games
This is a list of the best-selling video games of all time. The best-selling video game to date is Minecraft, a sandbox video game originally released for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux in 2011. The game has been ported to a wide range of platforms, selling 200 million copies, including cheaper paid mobile game downloads. Grand Theft Auto V and EA's Tetris mobile game 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.
Of the top 50 best-selling video games on this list, half were developed or published by Nintendo. Several games were published by Nintendo and their affiliate, The Pokémon Company. Other publishers with multiple entries in the top 50 include Activision and Rockstar Games with five games each, and Electronic Arts, Sega and Sony Computer Entertainment with two games each. Aside from Nintendo's internal development teams, Game Freak is the developer with the most games in the top 50, with five from the Pokémon series. The oldest game in the top 50 is Pac-Man, which was released in July 1980.
Games reported on by player count instead of official sales figures, such as registered accounts, subscriptions, or free-to-play ownership, are included on the list of most-played video games by player count instead. Games reported on by gross revenue are included on the list of highest-grossing arcade games, list of highest-grossing mobile games and list of highest-grossing video game franchises.
List
| Title | Sales | Platform | Initial release date | Developer | Publisher | |
| Minecraft | 200,000,000 | Multi-platform | Mojang Studios | Mojang Studios | ||
| Grand Theft Auto V | 130,000,000 | Multi-platform | Rockstar North | Rockstar Games | ||
| Tetris | 100,000,000 | Mobile | EA Mobile | Electronic Arts | ||
| Wii Sports | 82,900,000 | Wii | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | ||
| PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds | 70,000,000 | Multi-platform | PUBG Corporation | PUBG Corporation | ||
| Super Mario Bros. | 48,240,000 | Multi-platform | Nintendo | Nintendo | ||
| Pokémon Red / Green / Blue / Yellow | 47,520,000 | Multi-platform | Game Freak | Nintendo | ||
| Wii Fit and Wii Fit Plus | 43,800,000 | Wii | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | ||
| Tetris | 43,000,000 | Game Boy / NES | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | ||
| Pac-Man | 39,098,000 | Multi-platform | Namco | Namco | ||
| Mario Kart Wii | 37,320,000 | Wii | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | ||
| Mario Kart 8 / Deluxe | 33,220,000 | Wii U / Switch | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | ||
| Wii Sports Resort | 33,130,000 | Wii | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | ||
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 31,000,000 | Multi-platform | Rockstar Studios | Rockstar Games | ||
| New Super Mario Bros. | 30,800,000 | Nintendo DS | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | ||
| Terraria | 30,300,000 | Multi-platform | Re-Logic | Re-Logic / 505 Games | ||
| New Super Mario Bros. Wii | 30,300,000 | Wii | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | ||
| ' | 30,000,000 | Multi-platform | Bethesda Game Studios | Bethesda Softworks | ||
| Diablo III and ' | 30,000,000 | Multi-platform | Blizzard Entertainment | Blizzard Entertainment | ||
| Pokémon Gold / Silver / Crystal | 29,490,000 | Game Boy Color | Game Freak | Nintendo | ||
| Duck Hunt | 28,300,000 | NES | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | ||
| Wii Play | 28,020,000 | Wii | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | ||
| The Witcher 3 / / | 28,000,000 | Multi-platform | CD Projekt Red | CD Projekt | ||
| ' | 27,500,000 | Multi-platform | Rockstar North | Rockstar Games | ||
| ' | 26,500,000 | Multi-platform | Infinity Ward / Sledgehammer | Activision | ||
| ' | 26,200,000 | Multi-platform | Treyarch | Activision | ||
| Grand Theft Auto IV | 25,000,000 | Multi-platform | Rockstar North | Rockstar Games | ||
| Pokémon Sun / Moon / Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon | 24,950,000 | Nintendo 3DS | Game Freak | Nintendo / The Pokémon Company | ||
| Pokémon Diamond / Pearl / Platinum | 24,730,000 | Nintendo DS | Game Freak | Nintendo / The Pokémon Company | ||
| ' | 24,200,000 | Multi-platform | Treyarch | Activision | ||
| Kinect Adventures! | 24,000,000 | Xbox 360 | Good Science Studio | Xbox Game Studios | ||
| FIFA 18 | 24,000,000 | Multi-platform | EA Canada | Electronic Arts | ||
| Sonic the Hedgehog | 23,982,960 | Multi-platform | Sonic Team | Sega | ||
| Nintendogs | 23,960,000 | Nintendo DS | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | ||
| Mario Kart DS | 23,600,000 | Nintendo DS | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | ||
| ' | 22,700,000 | Multi-platform | Infinity Ward | Activision | ||
| Pokémon Ruby / Sapphire / Emerald | 22,540,000 | Game Boy Advance | Game Freak | Nintendo / The Pokémon Company | ||
| Borderlands 2 | 22,000,000 | Multi-platform | Gearbox Software | 2K Games | ||
| Super Mario World | 20,972,500 | Multi-platform | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | ||
| Frogger | 20,000,000 | Multi-platform | Konami | Sega | ||
| Lemmings | 20,000,000 | Multi-platform | DMA Design | Psygnosis | ||
| ' | 20,000,000 | Multi-platform | Rockstar North | Rockstar Games | ||
| The Last of Us | 20,000,000 | PS3 / PS4 | Naughty Dog | Sony Computer Entertainment | ||
| ' | 19,080,000 | Switch / Wii U | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | ||
| Brain Age | 19,010,000 | Nintendo DS | Nintendo SPD | Nintendo | ||
| Super Mario Bros. 3 | 19,000,000 | Multi-platform | Nintendo | Nintendo | ||
| ' | 19,000,000 | Multi-platform | Infinity Ward | Activision | ||
| Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 18,840,000 | Nintendo Switch | Bandai Namco Studios / Sora Ltd. | Nintendo | ||
| Mario Kart 7 | 18,710,000 | Nintendo 3DS | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | ||
| Super Mario Land | 18,370,500 | Multi-platform | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | ||
| Gran Turismo 4 | 17,830,000 | PS2 / PSP | Polyphony Digital | Sony Computer Entertainment |