# The best-selling NES games

Super Mario Bros. sold over 40 million copies, Duck Hunt over 28 million and Super Mario Bros. 3 18 million: the best-selling games for Nintendo's 8-bit console, known as the Famicom in Japan. Which did you play the most?

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- Jan 7, 2025 · Łukasz Z.
- https://even.best/en/l/3984/the-best-selling-nes-games

## Top 20

1. **Super Mario Bros.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 40.24 million copies (1985). Bundled with the console.
2. **Duck Hunt** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 28.31 million copies (1984). Played with the Zapper light gun.
3. **Super Mario Bros. 3** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 18 million copies (1988).
4. **Tetris** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 8 million copies (1989).
5. **Super Mario Bros. 2** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 7.46 million copies (1988).
6. **The Legend of Zelda** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 6.51 million copies (1986).
7. **Dr. Mario** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 4.85 million copies (1990).
8. **Zelda II: The Adventure of Link** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 4.38 million copies (1987).
9. **Excitebike** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 4.16 million copies (1984).
10. **Golf** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 4.01 million copies (1984).
11. **Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 4 million copies (1989).
12. **Dragon Quest III** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 3.895 million copies (1988).
13. **Kung Fu** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 3.5 million copies (1985).
14. **Baseball** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 3.2 million copies (1983).
15. **Dragon Quest IV** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 3.18 million copies (1990).
16. **World Class Track Meet** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 3.08 million copies (1986).
17. **Punch-Out!!** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 3 million copies (1987).
18. **Metroid** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2.73 million copies (1986).
19. **Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2.65 million copies (1986). The Japanese sequel.
20. **Dragon Quest II** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2.55 million copies (1987).

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