List of best - selling video games - wikipedia 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 Tetris, a tile - matching puzzle video game originally released for the Electronika 60 in 1984 and then popularised upon its Game Boy release in 1989. The game has been ported to a wide range of platforms and sold in excess of 170 million units, including 100 million paid downloads on mobile phones and 35 million as sales for the Game Boy version. Minecraft is the only other video game to have sold over 100 million units, with 144 million units sold as of January 2018. 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, 19 were developed or published by Nintendo, including over half of the top ten, and a further five titles were published by its subsidiary, The Pokémon Company. Other publishers with multiple entries in the top 50 include Activision ( seven titles, all in the Call of Duty franchise ), Rockstar Games ( five titles, four of which are Grand Theft Auto releases ) and Electronic Arts ( three games in three different series ). Aside from Nintendo 's internal development divisions, Game Freak is the developer with the most games in the top 50, with seven titles from the Pokémon series included. The oldest game in the top 50 is Frogger, which was released in June 1981 ; while the most recent game in the top 50 is PlayerUnknown 's Battlegrounds, which was released in December 2017. Key Game was shipped with a console during its lifetime Sales figure includes paid mobile downloads No. Sales Title Developer ( s ) Publisher ( s ) Release date Platform ( s ) Ref. 170,000,000 Tetris Elektronorgtechnica Spectrum HoloByte 000000001984 - 06 - 06 - 0000 June 6, 1984 Multi-platform 144,000,000 Minecraft Mojang Mojang 000000002011 - 11 - 18 - 0000 November 18, 2011 Multi-platform 95,000,000 Grand Theft Auto V Rockstar North Rockstar Games 000000002013 - 09 - 17 - 0000 September 17, 2013 Multi-platform 82,850,000 Wii Sports Nintendo EAD Nintendo 000000002006 - 11 - 19 - 0000 November 19, 2006 Wii 40,240,000 Super Mario Bros. Nintendo Nintendo 000000001985 - 09 - 13 - 0000 September 13, 1985 NES 6 40,000,000 PlayerUnknown 's Battlegrounds PUBG Corporation PUBG Corporation 000000002017 - 12 - 20 - 0000 December 20, 2017 Multi-platform 7 37,100,000 Mario Kart Wii Nintendo EAD Nintendo 000000002008 - 04 - 10 - 0000 April 10, 2008 Wii 8 33,080,000 Wii Sports Resort Nintendo EAD Nintendo 000000002009 - 06 - 25 - 0000 June 25, 2009 Wii 9 31,380,000 Pokémon Red and Blue Game Freak Nintendo 000000001996 - 02 - 27 - 0000 February 27, 1996 Game Boy 10 30,800,000 New Super Mario Bros. Nintendo EAD Nintendo 000000002006 - 05 - 15 - 0000 May 15, 2006 Nintendo DS 11 30,200,000 New Super Mario Bros. Wii Nintendo EAD Nintendo 000000002009 - 11 - 11 - 0000 November 11, 2009 Wii 12 30,000,000 The Elder Scrolls V : Skyrim Bethesda Game Studios Bethesda Softworks 000000002011 - 11 - 11 - 0000 November 11, 2011 Multi-platform 13 28,300,000 Duck Hunt Nintendo R&D1 Nintendo 000000001984 - 04 - 21 - 0000 April 21, 1984 NES 14 28,020,000 Wii Play Nintendo EAD Nintendo 000000002006 - 12 - 02 - 0000 December 2, 2006 Wii 15 27,500,000 Grand Theft Auto : San Andreas Rockstar North Rockstar Games 000000002004 - 10 - 26 - 0000 October 26, 2004 Multi-platform 16 26,500,000 Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 3 Infinity Ward Sledgehammer Games Activision 000000002011 - 11 - 08 - 0000 November 8, 2011 Multi-platform 17 26,200,000 Call of Duty : Black Ops Treyarch Activision 000000002010 - 11 - 09 - 0000 November 9, 2010 Multi-platform 18 25,000,000 Grand Theft Auto IV Rockstar North Rockstar Games 000000002008 - 04 - 29 - 0000 April 29, 2008 Multi-platform 19 24,200,000 Call of Duty : Black Ops II Treyarch Activision 000000002012 - 11 - 12 - 0000 November 12, 2012 Multi-platform 20 24,000,000 Kinect Adventures ! Good Science Studio Microsoft Studios 000000002010 - 11 - 04 - 0000 November 4, 2010 Xbox 360 21 23,960,000 Nintendogs Nintendo EAD Nintendo 000000002005 - 04 - 21 - 0000 April 21, 2005 Nintendo DS 22 23,600,000 Mario Kart DS Nintendo EAD Nintendo 000000002005 - 11 - 14 - 0000 November 14, 2005 Nintendo DS 23 23,100,000 Pokémon Gold and Silver Game Freak Nintendo 000000001999 - 11 - 21 - 0000 November 21, 1999 Game Boy Color 24 22,700,000 Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2 Infinity Ward Activision 000000002009 - 11 - 10 - 0000 November 10, 2009 Multi-platform 25 22,670,000 Wii Fit Nintendo EAD Nintendo 000000002007 - 12 - 01 - 0000 December 1, 2007 Wii 26 21,130,000 Wii Fit Plus Nintendo EAD Nintendo 000000002009 - 10 - 01 - 0000 October 1, 2009 Wii 27 20,610,000 Super Mario World Nintendo EAD Nintendo 000000001990 - 11 - 21 - 0000 November 21, 1990 Super NES 28 20,000,000 Frogger Konami Sega 000000001981 - 06 - 05 - 0000 June 5, 1981 Multi-platform 29 20,000,000 Lemmings DMA Design Psygnosis 000000001991 - 02 - 14 - 0000 February 14, 1991 Multi-platform 30 20,000,000 Terraria Re-Logic Re-Logic 000000002011 - 05 - 16 - 0000 May 16, 2011 Multi-platform 31 19,010,000 Brain Age Nintendo SPD Nintendo 000000002005 - 05 - 19 - 0000 May 19, 2005 Nintendo DS 32 19,000,000 Call of Duty : Ghosts Infinity Ward Activision 000000002013 - 11 - 05 - 0000 November 5, 2013 Multi-platform 33 18,140,000 Super Mario Land Nintendo R&D1 Nintendo 000000001989 - 04 - 21 - 0000 April 21, 1989 Game Boy 34 17,670,000 Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Game Freak The Pokémon Company 000000002006 - 09 - 28 - 0000 September 28, 2006 Nintendo DS 35 17,500,000 Grand Theft Auto : Vice City Rockstar North Rockstar Games 000000002002 - 10 - 27 - 0000 October 27, 2002 Multi-platform 36 17,280,000 Super Mario Bros. 3 Nintendo R&D4 Nintendo 000000001988 - 10 - 23 - 0000 October 23, 1988 NES 37 17,040,000 Mario Kart 7 Nintendo EAD Nintendo 000000002011 - 12 - 01 - 0000 December 1, 2011 Nintendo 3DS 38 16,290,000 Pokémon X and Y Game Freak The Pokémon Company 000000002013 - 10 - 12 - 0000 October 12, 2013 Nintendo 3DS 39 16,220,000 Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire Game Freak The Pokémon Company 000000002002 - 11 - 21 - 0000 November 21, 2002 Game Boy Advance 40 16,100,000 Pokémon Sun and Moon Game Freak The Pokémon Company 000000002016 - 11 - 18 - 0000 November 18, 2016 Nintendo 3DS 41 16,000,000 The Sims Maxis Electronic Arts 000000002000 - 01 - 31 - 0000 January 31, 2000 Multi-platform 42 16,000,000 Need for Speed : Most Wanted EA Black Box Electronic Arts 000000002005 - 11 - 11 - 0000 November 11, 2005 Multi-platform 43 15,700,000 Call of Duty 4 : Modern Warfare Infinity Ward Activision 000000002007 - 11 - 05 - 0000 November 5, 2007 Multi-platform 44 15,700,000 Call of Duty : World at War Treyarch Activision 000000002008 - 11 - 11 - 0000 November 11, 2008 Multi-platform 45 15,640,000 Pokémon Black and White Game Freak The Pokémon Company 000000002010 - 09 - 18 - 0000 September 18, 2010 Nintendo DS 46 15,000,000 Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic Team Sega 000000001991 - 06 - 23 - 0000 June 23, 1991 Sega Genesis 47 15,000,000 Red Dead Redemption Rockstar San Diego Rockstar Games 000000002010 - 05 - 18 - 0000 May 18, 2010 Multi-platform 48 15,000,000 Battlefield 3 EA DICE Electronic Arts 000000002011 - 10 - 25 - 0000 October 25, 2011 Multi-platform 49 15,000,000 Battlefield 1 EA DICE Electronic Arts 000000002016 - 10 - 21 - 0000 October 21, 2016 Multi-platform 50 14,890,000 Gran Turismo 3 : A-Spec Polyphony Digital Sony Computer Entertainment 000000002001 - 04 - 28 - 0000 April 28, 2001 PlayStation 2 See also List of video games considered the best Lists of best - selling video games by platform List of best - selling video game franchises List of best - selling game consoles Notes ^ Jump up to : Only developers and publishers for the original release of each game are listed, except where noted otherwise. Jump up ^ Tetris was originally licensed and published by Spectrum HoloByte, although other publishers of early ports of the game included Mirrorsoft, Infogrames and Bullet - Proof Software. In 1996, the license to Tetris was officially transferred to The Tetris Company, which would publish later releases of the title with Bullet - Proof Software. Jump up ^ Although Minecraft was first publicly available on May 17, 2009, 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, therefore it started accumulating sales on that year. References Jump up ^ Sparkes, Matthew ( June 6, 2014 ). `` Tetris at 30 : a history of the world 's most successful game ''. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved April 26, 2017. ^ Jump up to : Gera, Emily ( May 21, 2014 ). `` This is how Tetris wants you to celebrate for its 30th anniversary ''. Polygon. Retrieved August 23, 2017. 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Question: what is the best selling call of duty game
Answer: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3