Video Gaming is a multi-billion dollar industry where over two (2) billion video game titles have been sold. Below, we examine the top twenty five best selling video games of all time including a title that sold over 20 million copies. Some of these games will surprise you. (The sales of games listed below represent independent sales of packaged games, for example packaged with Nintendo Super Mario Bros. sold 40 million copies. This list includes international sales.)
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1. Pokémon Red, Blue and Green
Gameboy - 20.08 Million Copies Sold
- Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue are the first two installments of the Pokémon series of role-playing video games, first released for the Game Boy in Japan in 1996, later released to the rest of the world in 1998 (North America) and 1999 (Europe and Australia).
2. Super Mario Bros. 3
Nintendo - 18 Million Copies Sold
- Super Mario Bros. 3 was the last major Mario video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was released on October 23, 1988 in Japan, February 12, 1990 in North America, and August 29, 1991 in Europe.
3. The Sims
PC - 16 Million Copies Sold
- The Sims is a strategic life-simulation computer game published by Maxis, and distributed by Electronic Arts. It is a simulation of the daily activities of one or more virtual persons ("Sims") in a suburban household near SimCity. The game was first released on February 4, 2000,
4. Nintendogs
Nintendo DS - 14.75 Million Copies Sold
- Nintendogs is a pet simulation video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console. It was first released in Japan on April 21, 2005, and was later released in North America and Singapore on August 22, 2005.
5. Pokémon Gold and Silver
Gameboy - 14.1 Million Copies Sold
- Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver are two Game Boy Color video games. Released in 2000, these games started the second generation of the vastly popular Pokémon video game series.
6. Super Mario Land
Gameboy - 14 Million Copies Sold
- Super Mario Land is a video game developed by Nintendo for the Game Boy video game console. It debuted in Japan on April 21, 1989 and in the United States in August, 1989. Along with Alleyway, Super Mario Land marks Mario's first appearance on the Game Boy and is the first true Mario game for the handheld game console.
7. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Playstation 2 - 13 Million Copies Sold
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is a sandbox-style action-adventure computer and video game designed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games.
Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire
Game Boy Advance - 13 Million Copies Sold
- Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire, released in Japan as Pocket Monsters Ruby and Pocket Monsters Sapphire, released on March 17, 2003 in North America for the Game Boy Advance, mark the beginning of the third generation in the Pokémon series of RPGs.
The Sims2
PC - 13 Million Copies Sold
- The Sims 2 is a strategic life simulation computer game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. It is the sequel to the best-selling computer game to date, The Sims. The game was released on September 17, 2004.
10. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Playstation 2 - 12 Million Copies Sold
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a sandbox-style action-adventure computer and video game developed by Rockstar North. It is the third 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise and fifth original game overall.
11. Super Mario 64
Nintendo 64 - 11 Million Copies Sold
- Super Mario 64 is a top-selling platform game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It debuted in Japan on June 23, 1996, in North America on September 29, 1996,
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec
Playstation 2 - 11 Million Copies Sold
- Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec is a racing game, the first in the Gran Turismo series to hit the PlayStation 2. Gran Turismo 2000 was the working name used when demonstrated at E3 2000/2001.
Grand Theft Auto III
Playstation 2 - 11 Million Copies Sold
- Grand Theft Auto III (abbreviated as GTA III or GTA3) is a sandbox-style action-adventure computer and video game developed by DMA Design (now Rockstar North), and published by Rockstar Games. It is the first 3D title in the Grand Theft Auto (GTA) series and the third original title overall. It was released in October 2001 for the PlayStation 2 video game console.
14. Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
Game Boy Advance - 10.66 Million Copies Sold
- Pokémon FireRed and Pokémon LeafGreen, are two titles in the Pokémon video game series, released for the Game Boy Advance in 2004. The games were released on January 29, 2004.
15. New Super Mario Bros.
Nintendo DS - 10.52 Million Copies Sold
- New Super Mario Bros. is a side-scrolling platforming video game published and developed by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console. The game was first released in North America on May 15, 2006.
16. Gran Turismo
Playstation 1 - 10.5 Million Copies Sold
- Gran Turismo (commonly abbreviated to GT or GT1) is a racing game designed for the Playstation 1. Gran Turismo was developed by Polyphony Digital and first published by Sony Computer Entertainment in 1997.
17. Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
Nintendo DS - 10 Million Copies Sold
- Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl are a pair of role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console.
Super Mario Bros. 2
Nintendo - 10 Million Copies Sold
- Super Mario Bros. 2 (often shortened as Super Mario 2 and abbreviated SMB2) is a platforming video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System video game console. It was released in North America in October 1988.
19. Final Fantasy VII
Playstation 1 - 9.8 Million Copies Sold
- Final Fantasy VII is a console role-playing game developed and published by Square (now Square Enix), and the seventh installment in the Final Fantasy video game series. It was released in 1997.
20. StarCraft
PC - 9.5 Million Copies Sold
- StarCraft is a real-time strategy game by Blizzard Entertainment. It was initially released for Microsoft Windows in 1998. A Mac OS version of the game was released in 1999, and a port to the Nintendo 64 was released in 2000.
21. World of Warcraft
PC - 9 Million Copies Sold
- World of Warcraft is a pay-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game. It is Blizzard Entertainment's fourth game set in the fantasy Warcraft universe, first introduced by Warcraft: Orcs & Humans in 1994
22. Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!
Nintendo DS - 8.61 Million Copies Sold
- Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!, also known as Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? in Europe and Australia is a puzzle video game published and developed by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console.
23. Gran Turismo 2
Playstation 1 - 8.5 Million Copies Sold
- Gran Turismo 2 (commonly abbreviated to GT2) is a racing game for the Sony PlayStation. Gran Turismo 2 was developed by Polyphony Digital and published by Sony Computer Entertainment in 1999. The games serves as a sequel to Gran Turismo.
24. Mario Kart 64
Nintendo 64 - 8.47 Million Copies Sold
- Mario Kart 64 is a racing video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 video game console. It was released on December 14, 1996 in Japan, February 10, 1997 in North America, and June 24, 1997 in Europe.
25. Halo 2
XBox - 8 Million Copies Sold
- Halo 2 is a science fiction, first-person shooter developed by Bungie Studios. Released for the Xbox game console on November 9, 2004, the game is the sequel to the blockbuster Halo: Combat Evolved.
Donkey Kong Country
Super Nintendo - 8 Million Copies Sold
- Donkey Kong Country, released in Japan as Super Donkey Kong, is a video game developed by Rare, featuring the popular arcade character, Donkey Kong. It was released for the SNES and Super Famicom in 1994.
Super Mario Kart
Super Nintendo - 8 Million Copies Sold
- Super Mario Kart is the first video game in the Mario Kart series, released in 1992 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Players race go-karts as one of eight characters from the Super Mario Bros. series.
GoldenEye 007
Nintendo 64 - 8 Million Copies Sold
- GoldenEye 007 is a 1997 first-person shooter video game developed by Rareware for the Nintendo 64 video game console, and based on the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye.
Pokémon Yellow
Game Boy - 8 Million Copies Sold
- Pokémon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition is the fourth game in the Pokémon video game series in Japan, and the third in North America and Europe. The game was released in Japan on September 12, 1998 and is known as Pocket Monsters Pikachu. It was released in North America on October 1, 1999 and was called Pokémon: Special Pikachu Edition by Nintendo.
60 Comments
Anonymous
WORLD OF WARCRAFT RULES
SabrinaQ
I love warcraft. It's amazing how online games have evolved too fast... Games all got to start out with things like Pac Man and Space Invaders. It is clear that there is a leap in technology. Economists incorporated decided to do a study for Entertainment Software Association that was called "Video Games in the 21st Century: This year's Report.” These studies showed that in 2009, there was $5 billion added to help the economy from the video game industry. Annual growth for the industry went up 10 percent between 2005 and 2009, or seven times the increase of the United States of America economy alone.
HampsterW
that shooting a real gun is more satisfying than playing video games.....Just sayin'
Anonymous
how did nintendogs even make it on this list? who the hell is buying that "game"?
Anonymous
HAHAHAHA no.
Anonymous
the pokemon gameboy was a color changing one ...it was gold and silver...with pichu and pikachu on it i know cause i had one
Anonymous
Why do they get to but Pokemon red green and Blue in one category, if Nintendo split up their games to individual titles they might not look as good. if Grant Theft Auto included all three titles it would be number one. but they include all 4 versions of Nintendogs. of course it would out sell other games it is 4 games. every little girl NEEDS all 4 Nintendogs games. but put the Halo games into one Category are you joking, that would be ridiculous, I don't like when stats like this have skewed numbers to favor some games and not others it is not fair. I am not biased I liked the Pokemon games when I was little but it isn't fair to games like Super Mario 3 or the GTA series for them to stick multiple titles in one category.
winter32842
Pokemon red, green and blue are actually the same game. There is no difference between those three games except for what pokemon you find in each at a certain place.
Anonymous
yes but if they put all the halo games together and if they would let nintendo and mario bros togther it would still beat halo becuz they sold 40 mill copys
Anonymous
Dude what the heck ,Smash bros is like the best game of all time if you know what i mean "Nintendo64" one of the best console and for internet gaming it will soon be "Call of Duty 4 vs. Halo 3"
Anonymous
Every game produce by squaresoft(now square enix)ROCKSXXXXXXXXXXX!
Anonymous
hasnt halo3 sold 9.__ million copies now?
Anonymous
What the hell nintendogs is a low quality game! WHY?
While teams of expert programmers make games like ocarina of time which are truly epic, people who make bad games which cost much less to make, such as Nintendogs, make more money...
This is why the video game industry is going down, soon we will only be able to buy games like nintendogs and true good games such as ocarina of time won't exist anymore I hope you're happy for what you did you IDIOTS if you bought that game kill yourself. Oh shit my brother bought that game...even our house is infiltrated...
Anonymous
GTA Vice city 4
Anonymous
I question the validity of these results simply on the fact that HALO 2, Mario kart 64 ,Goldeneye and especially Starcraft rank below games such as Brain Age and Pokemon Diamond seems rather strange to me :/
Anonymous
all u guys are stupid
Anonymous
halo outsold many of those games since this was posted, AND there are titles that should appear in this list, that are new gen, which have sold ridiculous amounts and, nintendogs? wtf who would play that homo shit anyway?
Anonymous
I am dissapointed i thought Zelda would be in the top 25. oh still my all time favorite game.
Anonymous
i don,t know why crapy pokemon doing in the top 25 most sold games but who likes pokemon most of the games are the same but super mario 3 and vice city are great games
Anonymous
Did you ever played Pokemon? Pokemon is one of the best game ever. I have not played any video games (or any other games for that matter) since I was 12, now I am in college. I am in third year of doctor of pharmacy program and recently I have bought a Nintendo DS just for Pokemon Diamond since I wanted to play Pokemon so badly.
sytasyn_syn
your sad
Anonymous
Metal gear solid should be 1
Anonymous
The Sims 2: 100 million sold http://thesims2.ea.com/ do and see
Anonymous
super mario bros is the best selling game of all time 40 million and the sims2 has sold expanshin packs so it does not count on its own its sold about 10 million duh
Anonymous
Every single game on this list sucks except for Halo 2, Star Craft, Final Fantasy VII, and Grand Theft Auto.
sarge225
nope, they all suck!
Anonymous
nob
Anonymous
Mario 3, Pokemon Blue, Red, Yellow and goldeneye are AWESOME
Anonymous
RESISTANCE IS SO MUCH BETTER THEN THE HALO SERIES>>..... I ONLY SPEAKING THE TRUTH..... EVERYONE SELL YOUR X-BOX....AND GET A PLAYSTATION 3, CAUSE WHEN RESISTANCE 2 COME OUT, IT WILL DESTORY X-BOX REP. TRUST ME..... HALO IS PLAYED OUT ANYWAY.......
Anonymous
i have a xbox 360 and i bought a ps3 just for resitance and i was completely disappointed the game was not polished at all, and i told every i know they dont beleive me that super mario 3 is the best selling game of all time and probably always will consider it was the obly system for 13 years until a new one unlike xbox xbox 360 ps2 and ps3 psp ds come out in 4-6 years of eachother ,PS3 SUCKS IT WILL BE COMPLETLY ANILATED BY XBOX 360 IF NOT JUST FOR ONLINE PLAY 360 IS SECOND TO NONE
sarge225
someone please put an end to this
Anonymous
instead of buying nintendogs...why dont you just buy a real dog??
plus nintendogs sucks balls
killer _1986
why is every one on this forum goin on about which game sucks and which ones dont? this is the list of best selling games not the highest rated games, games like nintendogs and other titles in the list sell becasue they appeal to a wide range of people! not because of the quality of the games other wise the metal gear series would win hand down!
craigman9mm
I am new on this web site and one thing for sure i did not join to talk and read about video games. This subject should be deleted. Who ever started this subject should go to a video games web site , not gunslot. remove this topic. How to shoot a video game.... throw it in the air and blast it with a 12ga. HAHAHAHAHAHAH!
kp4xz0r
we wow gamers have the biggest online gaming community ! cant beat that !
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runawaygun762
Okay, time to check our fingers. If the pads of your thumbs are flat from pushing controller buttons, you are a loser, if the pads of your index fingers are flat from pressing triggers, well, you're probably still losers, but at least you're losers with guns. The pads of my thumbs are flt, but that's from doing overhead thumb-only pushups. Not really. I hate myself.
Ebear
i'll bet your palms are all wore down from over sex
ilikeboobies
i like that choke slut in the gutter game. loads of fun and adventure!
ilikeboobies
i like the part in the game where ya put the dingdong in her hoohaa
ilikeboobies
much better in cannabalistic turkey mode
Jack9937
Um number 25 should be Halo 3 and just Halo 3. Halo 3 has now sold 8.1 million copies officially overtaking Halo 2 as the most ever sold first person shooter game. Just thought i would let you no
obamausa8
This is an interesting discussion.. thank you for sharing.
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ivantank
but wow rules...the maps just go on forever..i am 53 and play it with the younger set..cant beat da graphics..
zeroz media
I am surprised not to see Half life 2 there and i would of thought WOW would of been allot higher up.
umphy12
@anonymous
it's been 2 years since your post, but i can't help but say my mind.
nintendogs does not gross more than halo.
that number (20mil) is the total gross for nintendogs. ALL THE VERSIONS
there are over 4 to 6 versions i think.
which by the way grosses 22mil now.
while, halo2 gross 8mil. that's ONLY halo2. obviously you should add all the other versions of halo. halo2 and halo3.
that's already 21mil.
oops! don't forget that halo2 and halo combat evolved are also multiplatform.
you shouldn't forget to add the sales from the pc versions of halo.
next time. instead of Nintendogs > Halo2 and GTA. That is satisfying.
write nintendogs (all versions) > one version of halo
otherwise. it's definately halo > nintendogs.
there's just no question. you don't even have to ask.
umphy12
not to worry zelda fans! all zelda games besides phantom hourglass and spirit tracks are in the top sales for their respective platforms!
daisycutter
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dodew
Am I still on gunslot?? Where are the boobies?? Never mind found them!
videogamecrazygirl
Am I crazy, or was there absolutely NO Zelda games on there??!!!
Vaquero
Get a life,
get a job,
kill something and eat it!
cunitagis
I am new on this web site and one thing for sure i did not join to talk and read about video games.
millermax10
You really can't make this list without including Super Mario Brothers in it. It seems like everyone in my generation grew up with it. It was the one game you absolutely must have back in the day.
Bob117
how come halo 3 is no there that game kicks ass
cassy
I must add, though, that you're perfectly welcome to continue following me around and throwing your tantrums. Hell, just the fact that some anonymous person on the internet is enough to get you all worked up into a lather is pretty damned hilarious, and I could always use more entertainment during my normally mundane waking hours. :)
jay sedler
cassy and alliepachell,you guys realize this is a REAL GUN forum?you are on a gun forum talking about video games,in response to a 3 yr old computer generated advertisement!look at the others that have posted their favorite little vid games,and you will see they almost all have 1-3 points.stop cloging up our forums with picks and info about your new badass airsoft/paintball/lazertag/videogame guns and discussions on what a tacticool virtual zombie slaying nija you are! i got drug into this post,and now ive wasted a good 2 mins out of my life reading this crap! who knew virtual bullshit smells as bad as the real thing?????
games
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Ipwnnoobslots
According to Forbes magazine, HL2 has sold 12 million copies RETAIL, this does not include the vast number of sales on Steam so the game has probably actually sold over 25 million copies, not to mention the fact that it was given an 11/10 score by PC gamer magazine and has been called the best game of all time by multiple magazines and reviewers. Lets see Halo beat that. Half Life Rulez!!