Although sales aren’t the only metric relevant to how good a game is, it’s a decent measurement of how influential certain titles have been over time. With this list of the bestselling video games of all time, we’ll take a look at the cream of the crop.
Some interesting notes before diving in: Many of the titles below were included as part of a hardware bundle at some point, with the exception of a small handful of games. Several are also exclusive to one console — mainly Nintendo games. It’s also worth noting that many of the sales stats for the following games are a couple of years old at this point and are likely higher today.
These are the bestselling games of all time.
Human: Fall Flat -- 40 million
Pac-Man -- 42.07 million
Animal Crossing: New Horizons -- 42.21 million
Wii Fit and Wii Fit Plus -- 43.8 million
Terraria -- 44.5 million
Pokémon Gen. 1 -- 47.52 million
Super Mario Bros. -- 58 million
Overwatch -- 50 million
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt -- 50 million
Red Dead Redemption 2 -- 50 million
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- 60 million
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe -- 62.25 million
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds -- 75 million
Wii Sports -- 82.9 million
Grand Theft Auto V -- 180 million
Minecraft -- 238 million
Tetris -- 520 million+
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