List of Most expensive Video Games to Develop - wikipedia List of Most expensive Video Games to Develop This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it. The following is a list of the most expensive video games ever developed, with a minimum total cost of US $ 50 million and sorted by the total cost adjusted for inflation. Name Year Developer Publisher Platform Development cost ( million US $ ) Marketing cost ( million US $ ) Total cost ( million US $ ) Total cost with 2018 inflation ( million US $ ) Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2 2009 Infinity Ward Activision PC, PS3, Xbox 360 50 200 250 285 Grand Theft Auto V 2013 Rockstar North Rockstar Games PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One 137 128 265 278 Star Wars : The Old Republic 2011 BioWare Electronic Arts, LucasArts PC 200 200 + 218 + Destiny 2014 Bungie Activision PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One < 140 < 140 140 145 Final Fantasy VII Square Square Enix, Sony Computer Entertainment ( PS ), Eidos Interactive ( PC ) PS, PC 40 - 45 40 - 100 80 - 145 122 - 221 Grand Theft Auto IV 2008 Rockstar North Rockstar Games PS3, Xbox 360, PC 100 + 114 + Too Human 2008 Silicon Knights Microsoft Game Studios Xbox 360 60 - 100 100 114 Max Payne 3 2012 Rockstar Studios Rockstar Games PC, Xbox 360, PS3 105 105 112 Red Dead Redemption Rockstar San Diego Rockstar Games PS3, Xbox 360 80 - 100 100 112 APB : All Points Bulletin Realtime Worlds Electronic Arts, Realtime Worlds, Deep Silver ( PS4, XB1 ) PC, PS4, Xbox One 100 112 Battlefield 4 2013 EA DICE Electronic Arts PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One 100 100 105 Deadpool 2013 High Moon Studios Activision PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC 100 105 Disney Infinity 2013 Avalanche Software, Altron ( 3DS ) Disney Interactive Studios PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, Wii U, 3DS, PC 100 105 Tomb Raider 2013 Crystal Dynamics Square Enix PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One 100 105 Enter the Matrix 2003 Shiny Entertainment Atari, Inc. GameCube, PC, PS2, Xbox 20 67 89 Defiance 2013 Trion Worlds, Human Head Studios Trion Worlds PC, PS3, Xbox 360 80 80 84 The Witcher 3 : Wild Hunt 2015 CD Projekt Red CD Projekt PC, Xbox One, PS4 46 35 81 84 Metal Gear Solid V : The Phantom Pain 2015 Kojima Productions Konami PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One 80 80 83 Pokémon Red / Blue Game Freak Nintendo Game Boy 50 50 + 78 + Watch Dogs 2014 Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft PC, PS3, PS4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One 68 68 + 70 + Shenmue 1999 Sega AM2 Sega Dreamcast 47 - 70 47 - 70 69 - 103 Crysis 3 2013 Crytek Electronic Arts PS3, Xbox 360, PC 66 66 69 Tom Clancy 's Ghost Recon : Future Soldier 2012 Ubisoft Paris, Red Storm Entertainment, Ubisoft Bucharest, Ubisoft Kiev ( PC ) Ubisoft PC, Xbox 360, PS3 65 65 69 Gran Turismo 5 Polyphony Digital Sony Computer Entertainment PS3 60 60 67 Rift 2011 Trion Worlds Trion Worlds PC 50 10 - 20 60 - 70 65 - 76 Gears of War : Judgment 2013 Epic Games, People Can Fly Microsoft Studios Xbox 360 60 63 Heavy Rain Quantic Dream Sony Computer Entertainment PS3, PS4 23.2 32.4 55.6 62 Final Fantasy IX 2000 Square Square PS, PC 40 40 + 57 + E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 Atari, Inc. Atari, Inc. Atari 2600 22 56 DC Universe Online 2011 Daybreak Game Company Daybreak Game Company, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox One 50 50 54 L.A. Noire 2011 Team Bondi Rockstar Games PS3, Xbox 360, PC 50 50 54 Half - Life 2 Valve Corporation Valve Corporation PC, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360 40 40 52 World of Warcraft Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment PC 40 52 Known cancelled projects with a cost of more than 50 million US $ Name Year started Year cancelled Developer Publisher Platform Development Cost ( million US $ ) Marketing Cost ( million US $ ) Total Cost ( million US $ ) Total with 2017 inflation ( million US $ ) Halo MMO Cancelled ? Ensemble Studios Microsoft Game Studios PC 90 90 102 Fable Legends Cancelled 2016 Lionhead Studios Microsoft Studios PC, Xbox One 75 75 + 76 + This Is Vegas Cancelled ? Surreal Software Warner Bros. 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