Top 50 Best-Selling Videogames All-Time

[NowhereMan]

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?

[NowhereMan]

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
    

[VinnyVideo]

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.

Course clear! You got a card.

[NowhereMan]

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
    

[NowhereMan]

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
    

[NowhereMan]

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.