Best Selling Video Games
Among the top 50 best-selling video games of all time, over half were developed or published by this company
Nintendo
This game involves building and managing a civilization from the Stone Age to the Space Age
Civ
Jade
MK
Melee or Brawl
Melee
This game features an Italian plumber who must rescue Princess Peach from Bowser
Super Mario B
The best-selling game on a single platform is this one, with nearly 83 million sales for the Wii console
Wii Sports
This game features a real-time strategy battle between the Terran, Zerg, and Protoss races
SC
King K Rool
DK
Guitar Hero or Rock Band
Guitar Hero 05
RB 07
This Sega video game character originally named Mr. Needlemouse
Sonic
Released in 2011, in 2023, this became the first video game to surpass 300 million copies sold worldwide
Minecraft
This is an open-ended city-building video game franchise originally designed by Will Wright and published by Maxis
SimCity
Lucina
Fire Emblem: Awakening
Paper Mario or Mario Party
Mario Party 1998, Paper 2000
This game features a knight who must rescue his beloved from the evil Specter Knight
Shovel Knight
The second best selling game of all time is the fifth installment of this action-adventure franchise released in 2013 and published by Rockstar Games
Grand Theft Auto
This game first released in 1997 was the first major release from Ensemble Studios and one of the first history-based real-time strategy games made, utilizing the Genie game engine
Age of Empires
Ada Wong
Resident Evil 2
Diablo III or Terraria
T 11, D 12
This game features a young boy named Tim who must rescue a princess in a time-manipulating world
Braid
This game is the best selling game that was only released for the Nintendo Switch
AC NH
Gary Eng Walk of Entertainment Weekly, who graded this 1999 game an A, called it "Quite literally, the thrill ride of the summer"
Rollercoaster Tycoon
Cortana
Halo
PUBG: Battlegrounds or Overwatch
Overwatch 2016, P 2017
"The Wrath of Cortex" is one of this Australasian marsupial's games
Crash Bandicoot