# List of best-selling video games

This is a list of fifty video games that have verifiably sold the highest number of software units worldwide. The best-selling video game to date is Minecraft, a 2011 multi-platform sandbox game released by Mojang, eventually selling more than 300 million copies in 2023. Grand Theft Auto V is the only other video game that has sold over 100 million and 200 million copies. The best-selling single platform game is Wii Sports, with nearly 83 million sales exclusively for the Wii console. Three of the most represented video game franchises on this list feature Pokémon, Mario, and Call of Duty.
Among these best-sellers, many of them were developed or published by Nintendo. Other publishers with multiple entries on the list include Activision (eight), Rockstar Games and Blizzard Entertainment (three each), CD Projekt, Electronic Arts, and 505 Games (two each). Nintendo EAD is the developer containing the highest amount of games on the list (eight), followed by Nintendo EPD and Treyarch (four each). The oldest game on this list is The Oregon Trail, released in December 1971, while the newest is Hogwarts Legacy, released in February 2023.
Overview of best-selling video games :
| Title | Sales | Series | Platform(s) | Initial release date | Developer(s) | Publisher(s) |
| Minecraft | 300,000,000 | Minecraft | Multi-platform | November 18, 2011 | Mojang Studios | Mojang Studios / Xbox Game Studios |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 210,000,000 | Grand Theft Auto | Multi-platform | September 17, 2013 | Rockstar North | Rockstar Games |
| Wii Sports | 82,900,000 | Wii | Wii | November 19, 2006 | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo |
| Ark: Survival Evolved | 76,000,000 | Ark | Multi-platform | August 29, 2017 | Studio Wildcard | Studio Wildcard |
| Mario Kart 8 / Deluxe | 75,810,000 | Mario Kart | Wii U / Switch | May 29, 2014 | Nintendo EAD / Nintendo EPD (Deluxe) | Nintendo |
| PUBG: Battlegrounds | 75,000,000 | PUBG Universe | Multi-platform | December 20, 2017 | PUBG Studios | Krafton |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 70,000,000 | Red Dead | Multi-platform | October 26, 2018 | Rockstar Games | Rockstar Games |
| The Oregon Trail | 65,000,000 | The Oregon Trail | Multi-platform | December 3, 1971 | Don Rawitsch Bill Heinemann Paul Dillenberger | MECC |
| Terraria | 60,700,000 | None | Multi-platform | May 16, 2011 | Re-Logic | Re-Logic / 505 Games |
| Super Mario Bros. | 58,000,000 | Super Mario | Multi-platform | September 13, 1985 | Nintendo R&D4 | Nintendo |
| Human: Fall Flat | 55,000,000 | None | Multi-platform | July 22, 2016 | No Brakes Games | Curve Digital |
| Overwatch | 50,000,000 | Overwatch | Multi-platform | May 24, 2016 | Blizzard Entertainment | Blizzard Entertainment |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 50,000,000 | The Witcher | Multi-platform | May 19, 2015 | CD Projekt Red | CD Projekt |
| Pokémon Red / Green / Blue / Yellow | 47,520,000 | Pokémon | Multi-platform | February 27, 1996 | Game Freak | Nintendo |
| Animal Crossing: New Horizons | 47,440,000 | Animal Crossing | Nintendo Switch | March 20, 2020 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo |
| Wii Fit / Plus | 43,800,000 | Wii | Wii | December 1, 2007 | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops III | 43,000,000 | Call of Duty | Multi-platform | November 6, 2015 | Treyarch | Activision |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 41,000,000 | Call of Duty | Multi-platform | October 25, 2019 | Infinity Ward | Activision |
| Stardew Valley | 41,000,000 | None | Multi-platform | February 26, 2016 | ConcernedApe | Chucklefish / ConcernedApe |
| World of Warcraft | 40,600,000 | Warcraft | PC | November 23, 2004 | Blizzard Entertainment | Blizzard Entertainment |
| Payday 2 | 40,000,000 | Payday | Multi-platform | August 13, 2013 | Overkill Software | 505 Games |
| Sonic the Hedgehog | 40,000,000 | Sonic the Hedgehog | Multi-platform | June 23, 1991 | Sonic Team | Sega |
| The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | 40,000,000 | The Elder Scrolls | Multi-platform | November 11, 2011 | Bethesda Game Studios | Bethesda Softworks |
| The Sims | 40,000,000 | The Sims | Multi-platform | February 4, 2000 | Maxis | Electronic Arts |
| Mario Kart Wii | 37,380,000 | Mario Kart | Wii | April 10, 2008 | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo |
| The Sims 4 | 36,000,000 | The Sims | Multi-platform | September 2, 2014 | Maxis | Electronic Arts |
| Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 35,880,000 | Super Smash Bros. | Nintendo Switch | December 7, 2018 | Bandai Namco Studios / Sora Ltd. | Nintendo |
| Tetris (Game Boy) | 35,000,000 | Tetris | Game Boy | June 14, 1989 | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo |
| The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | 34,320,000 | The Legend of Zelda | Wii U / Switch | March 3, 2017 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo |
| Wii Sports Resort | 33,140,000 | Wii | Wii | June 25, 2009 | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops II | 31,000,000 | Call of Duty | Multi-platform | November 12, 2012 | Treyarch | Activision |
| New Super Mario Bros. | 30,800,000 | Super Mario | Nintendo DS | May 15, 2006 | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops | 30,720,000 | Call of Duty | Multi-platform | November 9, 2010 | Treyarch | Activision |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 | 30,710,000 | Call of Duty | Multi-platform | November 8, 2011 | Infinity Ward / Sledgehammer | Activision |
| New Super Mario Bros. Wii | 30,320,000 | Super Mario | Wii | November 11, 2009 | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo |
| Pokémon Gold / Silver / Crystal | 30,120,000 | Pokémon | Game Boy Color | November 21, 1999 | Game Freak | Nintendo |
| Borderlands 2 | 30,000,000 | Borderlands | Multi-platform | September 18, 2012 | Gearbox Software | 2K Games |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 30,000,000 | Call of Duty | Multi-platform | November 13, 2020 | Treyarch / Raven Software | Activision |
| Call of Duty: Vanguard | 30,000,000 | Call of Duty | Multi-platform | November 5, 2021 | Sledgehammer Games | Activision |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 30,000,000 | Cyberpunk | Multi-platform | December 10, 2020 | CD Projekt Red | CD Projekt |
| Diablo III | 30,000,000 | Diablo | Multi-platform | May 16, 2012 | Blizzard Entertainment | Blizzard Entertainment |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 30,000,000 | Wizarding World | Multi-platform | February 10, 2023 | Avalanche Software | Warner Bros. Games |
| Super Mario Odyssey | 29,040,000 | Super Mario | Nintendo Switch | October 27, 2017 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo |
| Call of Duty: Ghosts | 28,980,000 | Call of Duty | Multi-platform | November 5, 2013 | Infinity Ward | Activision |
| Elden Ring | 28,600,000 | Elden Ring | Multi-platform | February 25, 2022 | FromSoftware | Bandai Namco |
| Duck Hunt | 28,300,000 | None | Famicom / NES | April 21, 1984 | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo |
| Monster Hunter: World | 28,100,000 | Monster Hunter | Multi-platform | January 26, 2018 | Capcom | Capcom |
| Wii Play | 28,020,000 | Wii | Wii | December 2, 2006 | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo |
| The Walking Dead | 28,000,000 | The Walking Dead | Multi-platform | April 24, 2012 | Telltale Games | Telltale Games |
| Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | 27,500,000 | Grand Theft Auto | Multi-platform | October 26, 2004 | Rockstar North | Rockstar Games |