Games & Play1984–2025
Best-Selling Video Games
Lifetime copies sold for individual games, from the NES cartridge era to modern live-service giants. Tetris rides the Game Boy and then the smartphone to a lead nothing touches, while Wii Sports plateaus at 82.9M the moment the bundling stops — and Minecraft and GTA V just keep climbing.
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Source: Wikipedia — List of best-selling video games Publisher-announced milestones interpolated between announcements. Tetris counts all versions including EA-era paid mobile downloads, so its curve mixes counting methods. illustrative data Updated 2026-07-07
The race in numbers
2lead changes
41years covered
15contenders
Tetris (all versions)longest reign — 32 yrs at #1
Final standings · 2025
- 1Tetris (all versions)520.0M
- 2Minecraft320.0M
- 3Grand Theft Auto V210.0M
- 4Wii Sports82.9M
- 5PUBG: Battlegrounds75.0M