# The best-selling video games of all time

The games that have sold the most copies in history, using the figures in Wikipedia's list of best-selling video games (updated October 2026). Sales in millions of copies; a sales ranking, but you can vote for the ones you think are best.

- 31 votes · 28 items
- Sep 23, 2026 · Jason Schultz
- https://even.best/en/l/391/the-best-selling-video-games-of-all-time

## Top 25

1. **Tetris** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1988, various. About 520 million copies sold. All versions combined, including mobile; Alexey Pajitnov's 1984 puzzle game.
2. **Wii Sports** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 2006, Nintendo EAD. About 82.9 million copies sold. Bundled with the Wii in most regions.
3. **Terraria** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 2011, Re-Logic. About 70 million copies sold.
4. **The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 2011, Bethesda Game Studios. About 65 million copies sold.
5. **Grand Theft Auto V** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 2013, Rockstar North. About 230 million copies sold. Released on three console generations.
6. **Red Dead Redemption 2** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 2018, Rockstar Games. About 87 million copies sold.
7. **Wii Fit / Wii Fit Plus** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 2007, Nintendo EAD. About 43.8 million copies sold. With its Balance Board.
8. **Mario Kart Wii** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 2008, Nintendo EAD. About 37.4 million copies sold.
9. **The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 2017, Nintendo EPD. About 35.8 million copies sold.
10. **Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2014, Nintendo. About 80 million copies sold. Wii U and Switch versions combined.
11. **The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2015, CD Projekt Red. About 65 million copies sold.
12. **Pokémon Red / Blue / Yellow** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1996, Game Freak. About 47.4 million copies sold.
13. **Call of Duty: Black Ops III** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2015, Treyarch. About 43 million copies sold.
14. **Payday 2** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2013, Overkill Software. About 40 million copies sold.
15. **Cyberpunk 2077** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2020, CD Projekt Red. About 40 million copies sold. Recovered from a troubled launch to become a big seller.
16. **Fallout 4** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2015, Bethesda Game Studios. About 35 million copies sold.
17. **Animal Crossing: New Horizons** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 2020, Nintendo EPD. About 50.3 million copies sold. The island life sim that became a lockdown phenomenon.
18. **Minecraft** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2011, Mojang Studios. About 425 million copies sold. The best-selling single game ever; Microsoft bought Mojang in 2014.
19. **PUBG: Battlegrounds** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2017, PUBG Studios (Krafton). About 75 million copies sold. The battle royale that started the genre's boom.
20. **Super Mario Bros.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1985, Nintendo. About 58 million copies sold. The NES classic that defined platform games.
21. **Human: Fall Flat** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2016, No Brakes Games. About 58 million copies sold. A wobbly physics puzzler from a tiny Lithuanian studio.
22. **The Sims** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2000, Maxis. About 50 million copies sold.
23. **Stardew Valley** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2016, ConcernedApe. About 50 million copies sold. Made single-handedly by Eric Barone.
24. **Overwatch** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2016, Blizzard Entertainment. About 50 million copies sold.
25. **Call of Duty: Modern Warfare** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2019, Infinity Ward. About 41 million copies sold.
26. **Sonic the Hedgehog** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1991, Sonic Team. About 40 million copies sold.
27. **Hogwarts Legacy** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2023, Avalanche Software. About 40 million copies sold.
28. **Super Smash Bros. Ultimate** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2018, Bandai Namco Studios / Sora Ltd.. About 38.1 million copies sold.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.