List of most expensive video games to develop

Table columns:
Name
Year
Developer
Publisher
Platform
Development cost(million US$)
Marketing cost(million US$)
Total cost(million US$)
Total cost with 2018 inflation(million US$)

Table rows:
cells: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
2009
Infinity Ward
Activision
PC, PS3, Xbox 360
50
200
250[1]
285
cells: Grand Theft Auto V
2013
Rockstar North
Rockstar Games
PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
137[2]
128
265[3]
278
cells: Star Wars: The Old Republic
2011
BioWare
Electronic Arts, LucasArts
PC
200[4]
200+[4]
218+
cells: Destiny
2014
Bungie
Activision
PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
<140[5]
<140[5]
140[5][6][7]
145
cells: Final Fantasy VII
1997
Square
Square Enix, Sony Computer Entertainment (PS), Eidos Interactive (PC)
PS, PC
40-45[8][9]
40-100[10][9]
80-145
122-221
cells: Grand Theft Auto IV
2008
Rockstar North
Rockstar Games
PS3, Xbox 360, PC
100+[11]
114+
cells: Too Human
2008
Silicon Knights
Microsoft Game Studios
Xbox 360
60-100[12]
100
114
cells: Max Payne 3
2012
Rockstar Studios
Rockstar Games
PC, Xbox 360, PS3
105[13]
105[13]
112
cells: Red Dead Redemption
2010
Rockstar San Diego
Rockstar Games
PS3, Xbox 360
80-100[14]
100[15]
112
cells: APB: All Points Bulletin
2010
Realtime Worlds
Electronic Arts, Realtime Worlds, Deep Silver (PS4, XB1)
PC, PS4, Xbox One
100[16]
112
cells: Battlefield 4
2013
EA DICE
Electronic Arts
PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
100[17]
100
105
cells: Deadpool
2013
High Moon Studios
Activision
PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC
100[18]
105
cells: Disney Infinity
2013
Avalanche Software, Altron (3DS)
Disney Interactive Studios
PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, Wii U, 3DS, PC
100[19]
105
cells: Tomb Raider
2013
Crystal Dynamics
Square Enix
PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
100[20]
105
cells: Enter the Matrix
2003
Shiny Entertainment
Atari, Inc.
GameCube, PC, PS2, Xbox
20[21]
67[21]
89
cells: Defiance
2013
Trion Worlds, Human Head Studios
Trion Worlds
PC, PS3, Xbox 360
80
80[22]
84
cells: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
2015
CD Projekt Red
CD Projekt
PC, Xbox One, PS4
46[23]
35[24]
81
84
cells: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
2015
Kojima Productions
Konami
PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
80
80[25]
83
cells: Pokémon Red/Blue
1996
Game Freak
Nintendo
Game Boy
50[26]
50+
78+
cells: Watch Dogs
2014
Ubisoft Montreal
Ubisoft
PC, PS3, PS4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One
68[27]
68+
70+
cells: Shenmue
1999
Sega AM2
Sega
Dreamcast
47-70[28][29]
47-70[28]
69-103
cells: Crysis 3
2013
Crytek
Electronic Arts
PS3, Xbox 360, PC
66[30][31][clarification needed]
66
69
cells: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
2012
Ubisoft Paris, Red Storm Entertainment, Ubisoft Bucharest, Ubisoft Kiev (PC)
Ubisoft
PC, Xbox 360, PS3
65[32]
65[32]
69
cells: Gran Turismo 5
2010
Polyphony Digital
Sony Computer Entertainment
PS3
60[33]
60
67
cells: Rift
2011
Trion Worlds
Trion Worlds
PC
50
10-20
60-70[34]
65-76
cells: Gears of War: Judgment
2013
Epic Games, People Can Fly
Microsoft Studios
Xbox 360
60[35]
63
cells: Heavy Rain
2010
Quantic Dream
Sony Computer Entertainment
PS3, PS4
23.2[36]
32.4[36]
55.6[36]
62
cells: Final Fantasy IX
2000
Square
Square
PS, PC
40[37]
40+
57+
cells: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982
Atari, Inc.
Atari, Inc.
Atari 2600
22[38]
56
cells: DC Universe Online
2011
Daybreak Game Company
Daybreak Game Company, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox One
50[39]
50[39]
54
cells: L.A. Noire
2011
Team Bondi
Rockstar Games
PS3, Xbox 360, PC
50[40]
50
54
cells: Half-Life 2
2004
Valve Corporation
Valve Corporation
PC, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360
40[41]
40
52
cells: World of Warcraft
2004
Blizzard Entertainment
Blizzard Entertainment
PC
40[42][unreliable source?]
52

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