List of best-selling video game franchises
At least 20 million copies

List of best-selling video game franchises

Section Title: At least 20 million copies
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Franchise name	Original release date	Sales

Mario Party	December 18, 1998	47.09 million

Mario Party is a multi-player party game featuring Mario series characters in which four human- and/or computer-controlled characters compete in a board game interspersed with minigames.

Tekken	December 9, 1994	47 million

Tekken is a series of fighting games with development by Katsuhiro Harada and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment (formerly by Namco).

Fallout	September 30, 1997	46+ million

Fallout is a series of post-apocalyptic retrofuturistic role-playing video games. It was created by Interplay Entertainment.

Mortal Kombat	October 8, 1992	45 million

Created in 1992 Mortal Kombat is one of the best-selling fighting game series and is known for its graphic content.

Wii Fit	November 19, 2006	43.7 million

The Wii Fit series of physical sports games was created by Shigeru Miyamoto for Nintendo's Wii console in 2007. It is a sub-series of the Wii Series franchise.

Pac-Man	May 22, 1980	43.243 million

Pac-Man is an arcade maze chase game designed by Tōru Iwatani and released by Namco during the golden age of arcade video games, and is currently owned by Bandai Namco Entertainment.

Lineage	September 3, 1998	43 million

Lineage is a medieval fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing franchise by the South Korean video game developer NCsoft. It has become highly popular in South Korea with subscriptions counting into the millions, but is also available in Chinese, Japanese, and English language versions.

Street Fighter	August 30, 1987	42 million

Street Fighter, is a series of fighting games developed and published by Capcom, which eventually turned into a media franchise covering comic books, anime series and movies.

Uncharted	November 20, 2007	41.7 million

Uncharted is a series of action-adventure/platform/third-person shooter video games developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment about the adventures of treasure hunter Nathan Drake.

Guitar Hero	November 8, 2005	40 million

Guitar Hero is a series of music video games published by RedOctane and Activision, and developed by Harmonix Music Systems from 2005 to 2007 before development duties of the series were transferred to Neversoft starting with Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.

Harry Potter	November 15, 2001	40 million

Based on the Harry Potter novels by British writer J. K.

Civilization	September 1991	40 million

Civilization is a series of turn-based strategy video games produced by Sid Meier. The basic gameplay functions are similar throughout the series, namely, guiding a civilization on a macro-scale from prehistory to the present day.

Medal of Honor	November 11, 1999	39 million

Medal of Honor is the name of a series of first-person shooter games set in World War II, developed by DreamWorks Interactive (currently known as EA Los Angeles) and published by Electronic Arts.

Mario Sports	May 1, 1984	38.528 million

There have been numerous sports games in the Mario franchise by Nintendo. The first sports game featuring Mario was Golf in 1984.

Red Dead	May 18, 2010	38.35 million

Red Dead is a Western video game franchise published by Rockstar Games. It began as a cancelled Capcom production, Red Dead Revolver, which was later completed by Rockstar and expanded into a franchise.

Diablo	December 31, 1996	36.5 million

Developed by Blizzard North and published by Blizzard Entertainment, Ubisoft and Electronic Arts, Diablo is a dark fantasy-themed action role-playing game in a hack and slash or "Dungeon Roaming" style.

Kirby	April 27, 1992	35.1 million

The Kirby series is a fantasy video game series starring the character Kirby, developed by HAL Laboratory and Nintendo, and produced by Nintendo.

NBA Live	October 1994	35 million

The NBA Live series of basketball video games is developed and published by EA Sports annually since 1995. After, an extended hiatus Nba Live made its 'comeback' with Nba Live 14

Mega Man	December 17, 1987	34 million

Mega Man, known as Rockman in Japan, is a series of over 50 released video games from Capcom, usually starring the character Mega Man.

Brain Age	May 19, 2005	33 million

Based on the book Train Your Brain: 60 Days to a Better Brain by Japanese neurologist Ryuta Kawashima and distributed under the Touch!

Lego Star Wars	April 5, 2005	33 million

A platform-based video game series where the player takes the role of characters from the films, in minifigure form.

Star Wars: Battlefront	September 21, 2004	33 million

The Star Wars: Battlefront series is a group of first-person/third-person shooters based on the Star Wars films by George Lucas. Pandemic Studios developed the first two installments, while Renegade Squadron and Elite Squadron were developed by Rebellion Developments.

The Witcher	October 26, 2007	33 million

The Witcher is an Action RPG based on the book series of the same name by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The Witcher takes place in a medieval fantasy world and follows the story of Geralt, one of a few remaining "witchers" – traveling monster hunter for hire, gifted with unnatural powers.

Far Cry	March 23, 2004	32+ million Far Cry, Far Cry Instincts, Far Cry Instincts: Evolution, Far Cry Vengeance, Far Cry 2, Far Cry 3, and Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (combined): c.

Far Cry is a first-person shooter video game franchise originally developed by Crytek for the Microsoft Windows and later by Ubisoft Montreal for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox, Xbox 360 and Wii, and published by Ubisoft.

Half-Life	November 19, 1998	31.8+ million Half-Life: 9.3+ million Half-Life: Counter-Strike: 4.2+ million Half-Life standalone expansions: 1.9+ million Half-Life 2: 12+ million Half-Life 2: Episode One standalone: 1.4+ million The Orange Box: 3+ million

Half-Life is a science fiction first-person shooter computer series developed and published by Valve Corporation.

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell	November 18, 2002	31 million

Splinter Cell is a series of video games endorsed by American author Tom Clancy which spawned a novel series in 2004 written under the pseudonym David Michaels.

Gundam	1983	30.9044 million

Gundam is a video game franchise based on one of the longest-running anime series featuring giant robots or mecha, created by animation studio Sunrise and currently published by Namco Bandai Games.

James Bond	1982	30 million

The franchise based on James Bond 007, the fictional British agent created in 1952 by British writer Ian Fleming, consist of over 20 video games published through several companies like Nintendo and Electronic Arts.

Kingdom Hearts	March 28, 2002	30 million

Kingdom Hearts is a series of action role-playing games developed and published by Square Enix (previously by Square) and is owned by The Walt Disney Company.

Tony Hawk's	September 30, 1999	30 million

The Tony Hawk's series is a skateboarding video game series endorsed by American professional skater Tony Hawk, created by game developer Neversoft and published by Activision.

Nintendogs	April 21, 2005	27.92 million

Nintendogs is a real-time pet simulation video game series developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS handheld video game consoles, originally released in three versions, plus two additional versions, all differing only in the starting available dogs to play with.

God of War	March 22, 2005	27 million

God of War is a series of action-adventure video games loosely based on Greek mythology and Norse mythology, originally created by David Jaffe and developed by Sony's Santa Monica Studio (main installments), as well as Ready at Dawn (portable installments) and Javaground/SOE-LA (mobile installment).

Borderlands	October 20, 2009	26 million

Borderlands is a series of action role-playing first-person shooter video games produced by Gearbox Software.

Ratchet & Clank	November 4, 2002	26 million

Ratchet & Clank is a series of 3D platform/shooter video games. The franchise has been developed primarily by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita,and the PlayStation 4 video game systems.

Rayman	September 1, 1995	26 million

Created in 1995 by French graphic artist Michel Ancel, the main character of the series, Rayman, became the official mascot of the video game publisher Ubisoft.

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six	August 21, 1998	26 million

Initially developed by Red Storm Entertainment while the Rainbow Six novel was being written by Tom Clancy, the tactical shooter franchise soon spawned a number of sequels and expansion packs.

Animal Crossing	April 14, 2001	25.25 million

Animal Crossing, known in Japan as Animal Forest, is a video game series developed by Nintendo, in which the player lives his/her own virtual life in real time.

BioShock	August 21, 2007	25 million shipped

BioShock is a video game series developed by Irrational Games—the first under the name 2K Boston/2K Australia— and designed by Ken Levine.

Marvel	1982	25 million

Based on comic book superheroes, the franchise includes games from Spider-Man and X-Men published by Activision.

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon	November 13, 2001	25 million

Ghost Recon is a series of military tactical shooter video games created by Red Storm Entertainment, the game development studio founded by American author Tom Clancy.

Tiger Woods PGA Tour	1998	25 million

Tiger Woods PGA Tour is a series of video games developed and published by Electronic Arts featuring professional golfer Tiger Woods, among other professionals on the PGA Tour.

Puyo Puyo	October 25, 1991	25 million

Puyo Poyo Puyo Puyo, previously localized as Puyo Pop, is a series of computer puzzle games created in 1991 by Compile for various video game systems.

Petz	1995	24 million

Petz (which includes brands like Dogz and Catz) is a series of games in which the player can adopt, raise, care for and breed their own virtual pets.

Mario & Sonic	November 6, 2007	22.78 million

Mario & Sonic is a crossover sports game series featuring characters from the Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog franchises.

Gears of War	November 7, 2006	22 million

Gears of War is a tactical third-person shooter video game developed by Epic Games and published by Microsoft Game Studios, revolving about a war between humans and creatures known as Locust in the fictional planet Sera.

Batman	1986	22 million

Batman is a series of video games based on the DC Comics character, and developed by Ocean Software, Atari, Sunsoft, Acclaim, EA and Rocksteady.

Yu-Gi-Oh!	July 1998	21.8 million

Based on the Japanese anime and manga franchise Yu-Gi-Oh! created by Kazuki Takahashi.

Power Pros	1994	21.4 million

Power Pros is a traditionally Japan-only baseball series created by Konami. It is known for its big-headed characters and arcade-style gameplay.

Imagine	February 21, 2007	21 million

Imagine is a series of video games by Ubisoft, aimed primarily at girls aged 6 to 14 released from 2007 onwards.

Yoshi	December 14, 1991	20.65 million

The Yoshi video game series is a franchise of platform games and puzzle games that is a spin-off of the Mario series published and produced by the Japanese gaming company Nintendo.

Prince of Persia	October 3, 1989	20 million

Prince of Persia is a video game franchise created by Jordan Mechner, originally developed and published by Brøderbund, then The Learning Company, and currently Ubisoft.

Age of Empires	October 26, 1997	20 million

Age of Empires is a series of real-time strategy video games developed by now-defunct Ensemble Studios and Gas Powered Games, and published by Microsoft Studios.

Castlevania	September 26, 1986	20 million

Castlevania is a video game series created and developed by Konami originally released as Akumajō Dracula. The franchise spawned a number of action figures and a Netflix series.

Frogger	June 5, 1981	20 million

An arcade franchise developed and currently owned by Konami. The first entry in the series was released worldwide by Sega and Gremlin Industries in 1981.

J.B. Harold	August 1986	20 million

J.B. Harold is a series of mystery adventure games.

Lemmings	February 14, 1991	20 million

Lemmings is a puzzle video game, developed by DMA Design (now Rockstar North) and owned by Psygnosis (now Sony Computer Entertainment Liverpool) who published it in 1991, originally for the Commodore Amiga.

Simple	1998	20 million

The Simple series are a number of series of budget-priced video games, published by Japanese company D3 Publisher and developed by a variety of companies, covering many systems.

SingStar	May 21, 2004	20 million

SingStar is a competitive karaoke video game series for the PlayStation family, published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and developed by London Studio.

SpongeBob SquarePants	March 15, 2001	20 million

SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series and media franchise. The games were formerly published by THQ and currently published by Activision.

Spyro the Dragon	September 10, 1998	20 million

Spyro the Dragon is a platform game series, with development by Insomniac Games before handling development duties to alternate developers. Publishing was provided by Universal Interactive before being transferred over to Sierra Entertainment, and currently owned and published by Activision.

Total War	June 13, 2000	20 million

Total War is a computer strategy game series developed by the Creative Assembly and owned and published by Sega. Its games combine turn-based strategy and resource management, with real-time tactical control of battles.

Mass Effect	November 20, 2007	20 million

Mass Effect is a series of sci-fi third-person action role-playing games developed by the Canadian company BioWare Edmonton.

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In 1999, Tony Hawk was one of the best-selling video game franchises.

final_sentence: In 1999, Tony Hawk was one of the best-selling video game franchises.