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This is a list of fifty video games that have globally sold the highest number of software units. The best-selling video game to date is Minecraft, a 2011 sandbox game released by Mojang for multiple platforms, eventually selling more than 300 million copies in 2023.
Tetris was a commercial success in Europe and the United States: Mirrorsoft sold tens of thousands of copies in two months, [4]: 91 and Spectrum HoloByte sold over 100,000 units in the space of a year. [6]: 18 min Within two years, the game sold 150,000 copies for $6 million ($15 million adjusted for inflation). [23]
[1] [2] The second best-selling title is Tetris; first released in Japan on June 14, 1989, Tetris was often bundled with the original Game Boy and went on to sell in excess of 35 million units worldwide. [3] It is followed by the best-selling Game Boy Color game, Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal, which sold over 29 million units in total. [2]
This is a list of video game franchises that have sold or shipped at least twenty million copies. Unless otherwise stated, numbers indicate worldwide units sold, ordered alphabetically whenever two or more list the same amount. The exception are the ones specifying shipments, which have lower precedence than others listing sales.
Puyo Puyo Tetris sold over 60 thousand copies within a week, with the Nintendo 3DS version being the second-highest-selling game of the week according to 4Gamer.net. [111] Ubisoft's Tetris Ultimate was released on the Nintendo 3DS in November 2014 and the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in December 2014. [112]
According to the Tetris Co., over 520 million units of Tetris have been sold worldwide, and the game has been downloaded more than 615 million times on mobile devices.
Tetris has been credited as the Game Boy's killer app. [27] It topped the Japanese sales charts during August–September 1989 [28] [29] and from December 1989 to January 1990. [30] It also topped the US sales charts during August–September 1989 [31] and then December 1989. [32] Nintendo sold 2.5 million copies by early 1990, as its top ...
This is a list of personal computer games (video games for personal computers, including those running Windows, macOS, and Linux) that have sold or shipped at least one million copies. If a game was released on multiple platforms, the sales figures list are only for PC sales.