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Top 50 Best-Selling Videogames All-Time - NowhereMan - 09-16-2025


  1. Minecraft – ~350,000,000
  2. Grand Theft Auto V – ~215,000,000
  3. Wii Sports – ~82,900,000
  4. Mario Kart 8 / Deluxe – ~77,320,000
  5. Red Dead Redemption 2 – ~77,000,000
  6. PUBG: Battlegrounds – ~75,000,000
  7. The Oregon Trail – ~65,000,000
  8. Terraria – ~64,000,000
  9. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – ~60,000,000
  10. Super Mario Bros. – ~58,000,000
  11. Human: Fall Flat – ~55,000,000
  12. Overwatch – ~50,000,000
  13. The Sims – ~50,000,000
  14. Animal Crossing: New Horizons – ~48,190,000
  15. Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow – ~47,440,000
  16. Wii Fit / Plus – ~43,800,000
  17. Call of Duty: Black Ops III – ~43,000,000
  18. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2007) – ~41,000,000
  19. Stardew Valley – ~41,000,000
  20. Payday 2 – ~40,000,000
  21. Sonic the Hedgehog – ~40,000,000
  22. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – ~40,000,000
  23. Mario Kart Wii – ~37,380,000
  24. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – ~36,550,000
  25. Tetris (Game Boy) – ~35,000,000
  26. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – ~34,740,000
  27. Hogwarts Legacy – ~34,000,000
  28. Wii Sports Resort – ~33,140,000
  29. Call of Duty: Black Ops II – ~31,000,000
  30. New Super Mario Bros. – ~30,800,000
  31. Call of Duty: Black Ops – ~30,720,000
  32. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – ~30,710,000
  33. New Super Mario Bros. Wii – ~30,320,000
  34. Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal – ~30,120,000
  35. Borderlands 2 – ~30,000,000
  36. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War – ~30,000,000
  37. Call of Duty: Vanguard – ~30,000,000
  38. Cyberpunk 2077 – ~30,000,000
  39. Diablo III – ~30,000,000
  40. Elden Ring – ~30,000,000
  41. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – ~30,000,000
  42. Super Mario Odyssey – ~29,500,000
  43. Call of Duty: Ghosts – ~28,980,000
  44. Monster Hunter: World – ~28,800,000
  45. Duck Hunt – ~28,300,000
  46. Wii Play – ~28,020,000
  47. Pokémon Scarlet/Violet – ~27,150,000
  48. Pokémon Sword/Shield – ~26,840,000
  49. Super Mario World – ~26,300,000
  50. Mario Kart DS – ~23,880,000

Any thoughts on this?

RE: Top 50 Best-Selling Videogames All-Time - NowhereMan - 09-16-2025

Top 50 Best Selling Game Franchises of All-Time:

  1. Mario — 950+ million
  2. Tetris — 520+ million
  3. Call of Duty — 500+ million
  4. Pokémon — 480+ million
  5. Grand Theft Auto — 410–450 million
  6. Minecraft — 350+ million
  7. Assassin’s Creed — 230+ million
  8. Wii (Sports, Fit, etc.) — ~219 million
  9. LEGO (games) — ~205 million
  10. The Sims — ~200 million
  11. Final Fantasy — 190+ million
  12. Resident Evil — 150–160+ million
  13. Sonic the Hedgehog — 150+ million
  14. Need for Speed — 150+ million
  15. Madden NFL — 130+ million
  16. Monster Hunter — 100–130+ million
  17. Tom Clancy (series) — 114+ million
  18. Tomb Raider — 100+ million
  19. Harry Potter / Wizarding World — ~95.8 million
  20. WWE 2K — ~95 million
  21. Dragon Quest — 88+ million
  22. Diablo — 50+ million
  23. Destiny — 50+ million
  24. Bejeweled — 50+ million
  25. Kirby — 50+ million
  26. BioShock — 43+ million
  27. Mega Man — 43+ million
  28. Megami Tensei / Persona — 42.7+ million
  29. Guitar Hero — 40+ million
  30. Medal of Honor — 39+ million
  31. Horizon — 38+ million
  32. The Last of Us — 37+ million
  33. Ratchet & Clank — ~37 million
  34. Total War — 36+ million
  35. Dark Souls — 35+ million
  36. Mafia — 34+ million
  37. Yu-Gi-Oh! — 32.4+ million
  38. Saints Row — 32+ million
  39. Gundam (games) — 30.9+ million
  40. Splatoon — 30.5+ million
  41. Tales (series) — 30+ million
  42. Tony Hawk’s — 30+ million
  43. Half-Life — 27.6+ million
  44. Rayman — 26+ million
  45. Petz (Dogz/Catz etc.) — 24+ million
  46. Bomberman — 23.2+ million
  47. Microsoft Flight Simulator — 21+ million
  48. Dynasty Warriors — 21+ million
  49. Imagine (Ubisoft) — 21+ million
  50. Super Robot Wars — 20.5+ million


RE: Top 50 Best-Selling Videogames All-Time - VinnyVideo - 09-16-2025

An interesting list! Most of these are more or less expected. However, there's three games in the top 20 that I've never heard of.

RE: Top 50 Best-Selling Videogames All-Time - NowhereMan - 09-16-2025

I am going to try to make this topic at least skim worthy, or at least "hmm cool" worthy by adding a few lists here and there...


Top 50 Best Selling Consoles of All-Time

  1. PlayStation 2 – 160.63M
  2. Nintendo DS – 154.02M
  3. Nintendo Switch – 153.10M
  4. Game Boy / Game Boy Color – 118.69M
  5. PlayStation 4 – 117.20M
  6. PlayStation – 102.49M
  7. Wii – 101.63M
  8. PlayStation 3 – 87.40M
  9. Xbox 360 – 84.00M
  10. Game Boy Advance – 81.51M
  11. PlayStation 5 – 80.30M
  12. PlayStation Portable – 80.00M
  13. Nintendo 3DS – 75.94M
  14. NES / Famicom – 61.91M
  15. Xbox One – 58.00M
  16. SNES / Super Famicom – 49.10M
  17. Nintendo 64 – 32.93M
  18. Sega Genesis / Mega Drive – 30.75M
  19. Atari 2600 – 30.00M
  20. Xbox Series X|S – 28.30M
  21. Xbox – 24.00M
  22. Nintendo GameCube – 21.74M
  23. Meta Quest 2 – 20.00M
  24. Wii U – 13.56M
  25. PlayStation Vita – 10–15M
  26. V.Smile / V.Motion – 11.00M
  27. Sega Game Gear – 10.62M
  28. Sega Master System – 10–13M
  29. TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine – 10.00M
  30. Sega Saturn – 9.26M
  31. Dreamcast – 9.14M
  32. Master System (Brazil / Tectoy) – ~8.00M
  33. Dendy (Famiclone, Russia) – ~6.00M
  34. Nintendo Switch 2 – 5.82M
  35. Super NES Classic Edition – 5.28M
  36. Advanced Pico Beena – 4.10M
  37. NES Classic Edition – 3.56M
  38. WonderSwan / Color – 3.50M
  39. Sega Pico – 3.40M
  40. Color TV-Game – 3.00M
  41. Intellivision – 3.00M
  42. Genesis (Brazil / Tectoy) – ~3.00M
  43. Nokia N-Gage – 3.00M
  44. ColecoVision – 2.00M
  45. 3DO Interactive Multiplayer – 2.00M
  46. Neo Geo Pocket / Color – 2.00M
  47. Magnavox Odyssey² – 2.00M
  48. Sega SG-1000 – 2.00M
  49. Mega Drive Mini – 1.50M
  50. Atari 7800 – 1.00M


RE: Top 50 Best-Selling Videogames All-Time - NowhereMan - 09-17-2025

Top 25 Best Selling Nintendo Games:

  1. Wii Sports — 82.90 million
  2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe — 68.86 million
  3. Super Mario Bros. — 53.12 million
  4. Animal Crossing: New Horizons — 48.19 million
  5. Pokémon Red/Green/Blue/Yellow — 46.02 million
  6. Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal — 42.84 million
  7. Pokémon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum — 40.33 million
  8. Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald — 37.95 million
  9. Mario Kart Wii — 37.38 million
  10. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate — 36.55 million
  11. Tetris (Nintendo versions) — 35.84 million
  12. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild — 34.78 million
  13. Wii Sports Resort — 33.14 million
  14. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) — 30.80 million
  15. New Super Mario Bros. Wii — 30.32 million
  16. Super Mario Odyssey — 29.50 million
  17. Duck Hunt — 28.31 million
  18. Wii Play — 28.02 million
  19. Pokémon Scarlet and Violet — 27.15 million
  20. Pokémon Sword and Shield — 26.84 million
  21. Super Mario World — 26.66 million
  22. Pokémon Sun and Moon — 25.59 million
  23. New Super Mario Bros. U — 24.18 million
  24. Nintendogs — 23.96 million
  25. Super Mario Bros. 3 — 23.71 million

Top 12 Selling Nintendo Games in the 1980s:

  1. Super Mario Bros. (NES, 1985) — 40.24 million
  2. Tetris (Game Boy, 1989) — 35.00 million
  3. Duck Hunt (NES, 1984) — 28.31 million
  4. Super Mario Land (Game Boy, 1989) — 18.14 million
  5. Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES, 1988) — 17.28 million
  6. Donkey Kong (Arcade/NES, 1981) — ~15.05 million
  7. Pac-Man (Nintendo ports, 1983 NES release) — ~11.15 million
  8. The Legend of Zelda (NES, 1986) — 6.51 million
  9. Tetris (NES, 1989) — 5.58 million
  10. Dr. Mario (NES/Game Boy, 1990 but developed late 80s) — 4.85 million
  11. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES, 1987) — 4.38 million
  12. Excitebike (NES, 1984) — 4.16 million

Top 12 of the 1990s: 

  1. Pokémon Red/Green/Blue/Yellow (Game Boy) — 46.02 million
  2. Pokémon Gold/Silver (Game Boy Color) — 23.10 million
  3. Super Mario World (SNES) — 20.61 million
  4. Super Mario Land (Game Boy) — 14.00 million
  5. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (Game Boy) — 11.18 million
  6. Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64) — 11.91 million
  7. Super Mario All-Stars (SNES) — 10.55 million
  8. Dr. Mario (NES/Game Boy) — 10.19 million (combined)
  9. Donkey Kong Country (SNES) — 9.30 million
  10. Super Mario Kart (SNES) — 8.76 million
  11. Mario Kart 64 (Nintendo 64) — 8.50 million
  12. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo 64) — 7.60 million

Top 19 Nintendo Games Sold in the 2000s:

  1. Wii Sports — 82.88 million
  2. Wii Fit & Wii Fit Plus — 43.80 million
  3. Mario Kart Wii — 37.24 million
  4. Wii Sports Resort — 33.11 million
  5. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) — 30.80 million
  6. New Super Mario Bros. Wii — 30.28 million
  7. Wii Play — 28.02 million
  8. Nintendogs — 23.96 million
  9. Mario Kart DS — 23.60 million
  10. Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! — 19.01 million
  11. Pokémon Diamond & Pearl — 17.67 million
  12. Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire — 16.22 million
  13. Super Smash Bros. Brawl — 13.30 million
  14. Super Mario Galaxy — 12.79 million
  15. Pokémon HeartGold & SoulSilver — 12.72 million
  16. Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen — 12.00 million
  17. Animal Crossing: Wild World — 11.75 million
  18. Super Mario 64 DS — 11.06 million
  19. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess — 8.85 million


RE: Top 50 Best-Selling Videogames All-Time - NowhereMan - 09-19-2025

Honestly I don't know accurate these lists are, but I know they are not 100% accurate, like 90%, like 80%, maybe lower on some of them, so I am going to stop to not give you falsified information.