# List of best-selling Game Boy video games

This is a list of video games for the Game Boy and Game Boy Color handheld video game consoles that have sold or shipped at least one million copies. It includes games with publicly available sales figures as well as those that received the Player's Choice label for surpassing one million units sold.
The best-selling title is the first generation of Pokémon (Red/Blue and Yellow), released in 1996, with combined sales of approximately 46 million units worldwide. The second best-selling game is Tetris, originally released in Japan on June 14, 1989. Frequently bundled with the Game Boy, over 35 million copies of Tetris were shipped worldwide. It is followed by the best-selling Game Boy Color game, the second generation of Pokémon (Gold/Silver and Crystal), which collectively sold 29 million units. Rounding out the top five are Super Mario Land, the first Super Mario title on the platform, with over 18 million units sold, and Dr. Mario, which surpassed 5.34 million copies. The most successful franchises on the Game Boy and Game Boy Color include Pokémon (84.54 million combined units), Tetris (38.12 million), Super Mario (34.39 million), Donkey Kong (12.55 million), and Kirby (10.91 million).
In total, 67 Game Boy and Game Boy Color games have been confirmed to have sold or shipped at least one million units. Of these, 20 were developed by Nintendo's internal studios. Capcom follows with seven million-selling titles, while Game Freak, Rare, and Tose each have five. Other publishers with multiple million-selling games include Konami (three titles) and both Bandai and Enix (two titles each).

## List

Key :
| † | Game was bundled with Game Boy or Game Boy Color consoles during its lifetime |
| † | Game is part of a series, total sales listed above |
| Game | Developer(s) | Publisher | Platform | Release date | Sales |
| Pokémon Generation I | Game Freak | Nintendo | GB | February 27, 1996 | 46,000,000 |
| Pokémon Red, Green and Blue | Game Freak | Nintendo | GB | February 27, 1996 | 31,300,000 |
| Pokémon Yellow | Game Freak | Nintendo | GB | September 12, 1998 | 14,600,000 |
| Tetris † | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | GB | June 14, 1989 | 35,000,000 |
| Pokémon Generation II | Game Freak | Nintendo | GBC | November 21, 1999 | 29,000,000 |
| Pokémon Gold and Silver | Game Freak | Nintendo | GBC | November 21, 1999 | 23,700,000 |
| Pokémon Crystal | Game Freak | Nintendo | GBC | December 14, 2000 | 6,300,000 |
| Super Mario Land † | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | GB | April 21, 1989 | 18,140,000 |
| Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins † | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | GB | October 21, 1992 | 11,180,000 |
| Dr. Mario | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | GB | July 27, 1990 | 5,340,000 |
| Pokémon Pinball | HAL LaboratoryJupiter | Nintendo | GBC | April 14, 1999 | 5,310,000 |
| Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | GB | January 21, 1994 | 5,190,000 |
| Kirby's Dream Land | HAL Laboratory | Nintendo | GB | April 27, 1992 | 5,130,000 |
| Super Mario Bros. Deluxe | Nintendo R&D2 | Nintendo | GBC | May 1, 1999 | 5,070,000 |
| The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages | Flagship | Nintendo | GBC | February 27, 2001 | 3,990,000 |
| Donkey Kong Land | Rare | Nintendo | GB | June 26, 1995 | 3,910,000 |
| The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening † | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | GB | June 6, 1993 | 3,830,000 |
| Pokémon Trading Card Game | Hudson SoftCreatures Inc. | Nintendo | GBC | December 18, 1998 | 3,720,000 |
| F1 Race | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | GB | November 9, 1990 | 3,410,000 |
| Yoshi | Game Freak | Nintendo | GB | December 14, 1991 | 3,120,000 |
| Donkey Kong | Nintendo EADPax Softnica | Nintendo | GB | June 14, 1994 | 3,070,000 |
| Game de Hakken!! Tamagotchi | Bandai | Bandai | GB | 1997 | 3,000,000 |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4: Battle of Great Duelists | Konami | Konami | GBC | December 7, 2000 | 2,500,000 |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories | Konami | Konami | GBC | July 13, 2000 | 2,396,518 |
| Kirby's Dream Land 2 | HAL Laboratory | Nintendo | GB | March 21, 1995 | 2,360,000 |
| Donkey Kong Land 2 | Rare | Nintendo | GB | September 23, 1996 | 2,350,000 |
| Dragon Warrior Monsters | Tose | Enix | GBC | September 25, 1998 | 2,350,000 |
| The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | GBC | December 12, 1998 | 2,220,000 |
| Wario Land 3 | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | GBC | March 21, 2000 | 2,200,000 |
| Kirby's Pinball Land | HAL Laboratory | Nintendo | GB | November 27, 1993 | 2,190,000 |
| Donkey Kong Country | Rare | Nintendo | GBC | November 4, 2000 | 2,190,000 |
| Golf | Nintendo | Nintendo | GB | November 28, 1989 | 2,120,000 |
| Tennis | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | GB | May 29, 1989 | 1,990,000 |
| Alleyway | Nintendo R&D1Intelligent Systems | Nintendo | GB | April 21, 1989 | 1,940,000 |
| Tetris DX | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | GBC | October 21, 1998 | 1,880,000 |
| Metroid II: Return of Samus | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | GB | November 1991 | 1,720,000 |
| Baseball | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | GB | April 21, 1989 | 1,610,000 |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters | Konami | Konami | GB | December 16, 1998 | 1,610,000 |
| Dragon Warrior Monsters 2 | Tose | Enix | GBC | March 9, 2001 | 1,570,000 |
| Yoshi's Cookie | Bullet-Proof Software | Nintendo | GB | November 21, 1992 | 1,530,000 |
| Wario Land II | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | GB | March 1, 1998 | 1,480,000 |
| Game de Hakken!! Tamagotchi 2 | Bandai | Bandai | GB | 1997 | 1,450,000 |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters II: Dark Duel Stories | Konami | Konami | GBC | July 8, 1999 | 1,450,000 |
| DuckTales | Capcom | Capcom | GB | September 21, 1990 | 1,430,000 |
| The Final Fantasy Legend | Square | Square | GB | December 15, 1989 | 1,370,000 |
| Yakuman | Intelligent Systems | Nintendo | GB | April 21, 1989 | 1,280,000 |
| Tetris 2 | Nintendo R&D1Tose | Nintendo | GB | December 1993 | 1,240,000 |
| Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble | Nintendo R&D2 | Nintendo | GBC | August 23, 2000 | 1,230,000 |
| Game & Watch Gallery 2 | Tose | Nintendo | GBC | September 27, 1997 | 1,220,000 |
| Game & Watch Gallery 3 | Tose | Nintendo | GBC | April 8, 1999 | 1,220,000 |
| Solar Striker | Minakuchi Engineering | Nintendo | GB | January 26, 1990 | 1,200,000 |
| Mario Tennis | Camelot Software Planning | Nintendo | GBC | November 1, 2000 | 1,180,000 |
| Qix | Minakuchi Engineering | Nintendo | GB | April 13, 1990 | 1,150,000 |
| Super R.C. Pro-Am | Rare | Nintendo | GB | June 1991 | 1,140,000 |
| Donkey Kong Land III | Rare | Nintendo | GB | October 27, 1997 | 1,030,000 |
| The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle | Kemco | Kemco | GB | September 5, 1989 | 1,000,000 |
| The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2 | Kemco | Kemco | GB | April 26, 1991 | 1,000,000 |
| Mickey's Dangerous Chase | Now Production | Capcom | GB | May 15, 1991 | 1,000,000 |
| The Little Mermaid | Capcom | Capcom | GB | July 19, 1991 | 1,000,000 |
| Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge | Minakuchi Engineering | Capcom | GB | July 26, 1991 | 1,000,000 |
| Mega Man II | Japan System House | Capcom | GB | December 20, 1991 | 1,000,000 |
| Wave Race | Nintendo EADPax Softnica | Nintendo | GB | July 1, 1992 | 1,000,000 |
| Star Wars | NMS Software | Capcom | GB | November 1992 | 1,000,000 |
| DuckTales 2 | Make Software | Capcom | GB | April 23, 1993 | 1,000,000 |
| Mortal Kombat | Probe Software | Acclaim | GB | September 13, 1993 | 1,000,000 |
| Mickey Mouse: Magic Wands! | Kemco | Kemco | GB | December 22, 1993 | 1,000,000 |
| Space Invaders | Taito | Nintendo | GB | 1994 | 1,000,000 |
| The Smurfs | Bit Managers | Infogrames | GB | 1994 | 1,000,000 |
| Street Fighter II | Sun L | Nintendo | GB | August 11, 1995 | 1,000,000 |
| Game & Watch Gallery | Tose | Nintendo | GB | February 1, 1997 | 1,000,000 |
| James Bond 007 | Saffire | Nintendo | GB | January 29, 1998 | 1,000,000 |