The best-selling video game to date is Minecraft, a sandbox video game released by Mojang for a wide range of PC, mobile and console platforms, selling 200 million copies across all platforms. Grand Theft Auto V and EA’s Tetris mobile game are the only other known video games to have sold over 100 million copies. The best-selling game on a single platform is Wii Sports, with nearly 83 million sales for the Wii console.
Among the top 50 best-selling video games on this list, half were developed or published by Nintendo, four of which they published with their affiliate, The Pokémon Company. Other publishers with multiple entries in the top 50 include Activision and Rockstar Games with five games each, Electronic Arts with three games, and Namco Bandai and Sony with two games each. Nintendo EAD is the developer with the most games in the top 50, with thirteen titles on the list, followed by Game Freak with six Pokémon games. The oldest game in the top 50 is Pac-Man, which was released in July 1980.
Games reported on by player count instead of official sales figures, such as registered accounts, subscriptions, or free-to-play ownership, are included on the list of most-played video games by player count instead. Games reported on by gross revenue are included on the list of highest-grossing arcade games and list of highest-grossing mobile games.
List
| Rank | Title | Sales | Platform(s) | Initial release date | Developer(s) | Publisher(s) | Ref(s). |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minecraft | 200,000,000 | Multi-platform | November 18, 2011 | Mojang Studios | Mojang Studios | |
| 2 | Grand Theft Auto V | 140,000,000 | Multi-platform | September 17, 2013 | Rockstar North | Rockstar Games | |
| 3 | Tetris (EA) | 100,000,000 | Mobile | September 12, 2006 | EA Mobile | Electronic Arts | |
| 4 | Wii Sports | 82,900,000 | Wii | November 19, 2006 | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | |
| 5 | PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds | 70,000,000 | Multi-platform | December 20, 2017 | PUBG Corporation | PUBG Corporation | |
| 6 | Super Mario Bros. | 58,000,000 | NES / Arcade | September 13, 1985 | Nintendo | Nintendo | |
| 7 | Pokémon Red / Green / Blue / Yellow | 47,520,000 | Game Boy / Color | February 27, 1996 | Game Freak | Nintendo | |
| 8 | Wii Fit / Plus | 43,800,000 | Wii | December 1, 2007 | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | |
| 9 | Tetris (Nintendo) | 43,000,000 | Game Boy / NES | June 14, 1989 | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | |
| 10 | Mario Kart 8 / Deluxe | 41,860,000 | Wii U / Switch | May 29, 2014 | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | |
| 11 | Pac-Man | 40,955,092 | Multi-platform | July 1980 | Namco | Namco | |
| 12 | Mario Kart Wii | 37,380,000 | Wii | April 10, 2008 | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | |
| 13 | Red Dead Redemption 2 | 36,000,000 | Multi-platform | October 26, 2018 | Rockstar Studios | Rockstar Games | |
| 14 | Terraria | 35,000,000 | Multi-platform | May 16, 2011 | Re-Logic | Re-Logic / 505 Games | |
| 15 | Wii Sports Resort | 33,140,000 | Wii | June 25, 2009 | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | |
| 16 | Animal Crossing: New Horizons | 31,180,000 | Nintendo Switch | March 20, 2020 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | |
| 17 | New Super Mario Bros. | 30,800,000 | Nintendo DS | May 15, 2006 | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | |
| 18 | New Super Mario Bros. Wii | 30,320,000 | Wii | November 11, 2009 | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | |
| 19 | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | 30,000,000 | Multi-platform | November 11, 2011 | Bethesda Game Studios | Bethesda Softworks | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 30,000,000 | Multi-platform | October 25, 2019 | Infinity Ward | Activision | ||
| 21 | Diablo III / Reaper of Souls | 30,000,000 | Multi-platform | May 16, 2012 | Blizzard Entertainment | Blizzard Entertainment | |
| 22 | Pokémon Gold / Silver / Crystal | 29,490,000 | Game Boy Color | November 21, 1999 | Game Freak | Nintendo | |
| 23 | Duck Hunt | 28,300,000 | NES | April 21, 1984 | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | |
| 24 | Wii Play | 28,020,000 | Wii | December 2, 2006 | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | |
| 25 | The Witcher 3 / Hearts of Stone / Blood and Wine | 28,000,000 | Multi-platform | May 19, 2015 | CD Projekt Red | CD Projekt | |
| 26 | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | 27,500,000 | Multi-platform | October 26, 2004 | Rockstar North | Rockstar Games | |
| 27 | Super Mario World | 26,662,500 | Multi-platform | November 21, 1990 | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | |
| 28 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 | 26,500,000 | Multi-platform | November 8, 2011 | Infinity Ward / Sledgehammer | Activision | |
| 29 | Call of Duty: Black Ops | 26,200,000 | Multi-platform | November 9, 2010 | Treyarch | Activision | |
| 30 | Pokémon Sun / Moon / Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon | 25,090,000 | Nintendo 3DS | November 18, 2016 | Game Freak | Nintendo / The Pokémon Company | |
| 31 | Grand Theft Auto IV | 25,000,000 | Multi-platform | April 29, 2008 | Rockstar North | Rockstar Games | |
| Human Fall Flat | 25,000,000 | Multi-platform | July 22, 2016 | No Brakes Games | Curve Digital | ||
| 33 | Pokémon Diamond / Pearl / Platinum | 24,730,000 | Nintendo DS | September 28, 2006 | Game Freak | Nintendo / The Pokémon Company | |
| 34 | Super Mario Bros. 3 | 24,430,000 | Multi-platform | October 23, 1988 | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | |
| 35 | Call of Duty: Black Ops II | 24,200,000 | Multi-platform | November 12, 2012 | Treyarch | Activision | |
| 36 | Kinect Adventures! | 24,000,000 | Xbox 360 | November 4, 2010 | Good Science Studio | Xbox Game Studios | |
| FIFA 18 | 24,000,000 | Multi-platform | September 29, 2017 | EA Canada | Electronic Arts | ||
| 38 | Sonic the Hedgehog | 23,982,960 | Multi-platform | June 23, 1991 | Sonic Team | Sega | |
| 39 | Nintendogs | 23,960,000 | Nintendo DS | April 21, 2005 | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | |
| 40 | Mario Kart DS | 23,600,000 | Nintendo DS | November 14, 2005 | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | |
| 41 | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | 23,140,000 | Wii U / Switch | March 3, 2017 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | |
| 42 | Super Mario 64 / DS | 22,960,000 | Nintendo 64 / DS | June 23, 1996 | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | |
| 43 | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 22,850,000 | Nintendo Switch | December 7, 2018 | Bandai Namco Studios / Sora Ltd. | Nintendo | |
| 44 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | 22,700,000 | Multi-platform | November 10, 2009 | Infinity Ward | Activision | |
| 45 | Pokémon Ruby / Sapphire / Emerald | 22,540,000 | Game Boy Advance | November 21, 2002 | Game Freak | Nintendo / The Pokémon Company | |
| 46 | Borderlands 2 | 22,000,000 | Multi-platform | September 18, 2012 | Gearbox Software | 2K Games | |
| 47 | Pokémon Sword / Shield | 20,350,000 | Nintendo Switch | November 15, 2019 | Game Freak | Nintendo / The Pokémon Company | |
| 48 | Super Mario Odyssey | 20,230,000 | Nintendo Switch | October 27, 2017 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | |
| 49 | Grand Theft Auto: Vice City | 20,000,000 | Multi-platform | October 27, 2002 | Rockstar North | Rockstar Games | |
| The Sims 4 | 20,000,000 | Multi-platform | September 2, 2014 | Maxis | Electronic Arts | ||
| The Last of Us / Remastered | 20,000,000 | PS3 / PS4 | June 14, 2013 | Naughty Dog | Sony Computer Entertainment | ||
| Marvel’s Spider-Man / Remastered | 20,000,000 | PS4 / PS5 | September 7, 2018 | Insomniac Games | Sony Interactive Entertainment |