Top 10 Best-Selling Video Games of All Time

The best-selling video games ranked here use dated publisher unit-sales figures, with the Tetris all-versions total labelled as a separate method. Rank follows dated publisher and official investor-relations unit-sales figures for a named commercial title, with one labelled exception: Tetris is ranked first on the official Tetris Company all-versions total of 520 million, a 2022 figure that adds many separate releases, whereas Minecraft is counted as a single continuously updated game with more than 425 million copies sold as of 27 September 2026 ^[1][2][3]. Those two methods are not the same, and critics have long debated which game should be called the best-selling ever ^[3]. This article keeps both in the ten, labels the methods, and does not treat a franchise total as if it were a single SKU, except where a publisher's own lifetime figure is itself an official combination that the text then flags.

Grand Theft Auto V had sold 235 million copies, and Red Dead Redemption 2 had sold 89 million, in Take-Two Interactive's investor presentation dated 9 November 2026 ^[4]. Nintendo's official lifetime figures are used for Wii Sports and for Mario Kart 8 together with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, the latter pair being two official SKUs whose figures are added only in a labelled line ^[5][6][7]. Free-to-play titles without a current paid-unit total are not forced into the ten: the often-quoted 75 million figure for PUBG: Battlegrounds is a late-2021 total from before that game went free-to-play, and it is not used here as a 2026 paid-sales rank ^[8]. The featured image uses abstract sales bars, not box art, logos, or character likenesses.

Key Facts

Sales are software units as last stated by the publisher, the official investor-relations table, or the official company page, with the statement date in the table ^[1][2][4][5]. Wii Sports, at 82.90 million as of 31 March 2024 on Nintendo's Wii software table, includes copies bundled with the Wii console in every region except Japan ^[5][9]. Rank 1 is the outstanding official all-versions aggregate, which is also the only line in this ten that openly adds many separately published editions of one design.

Terraria had sold 70 million copies as of 17 May 2026 ^[10]. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt had each sold 65 million copies as of mid-2026 publisher comments ^[11][12]. Super Mario Bros. remains in the ten at 58 million, a long-standing Nintendo lifetime figure ^[13]. Later quarterly updates will belong in a revision of a cell, not as a change to the method.

Best-Selling Video Games at a Glance

1. Tetris

Tetris is ranked first only on the official Tetris Company all-versions total of 520 million units, a 2022 company figure that adds many separately published commercial editions of the 1988 design, not a single SKU sold under one product code ^[1][3]. Earlier unpaid versions are outside that commercial total. The figure had not been replaced, in the official company account still cited in 2026, by a later audited recount, so the date of the 520 million is 2022 ^[1]. This is a different method from the Minecraft line that follows, and the difference is the reason both games can be honestly called the best-selling title in different publications ^[3].

It is first as the outstanding official all-versions aggregate, a labelled 2022 company total, and the documentary starting point of the method dispute ^[1][3]. A later official Tetris Company recount would belong in a revision of the figure.

The official Tetris Company page is the source ^[1].

2. Minecraft

Minecraft, counted as a single continuously updated game first fully released in 2011, has sold more than 425 million copies as of 27 September 2026 ^[2]. The figure is a lifetime total for that one game across platforms, not an addition of unrelated sequels under a new name. It is the outstanding official single-title total in this ten, and it would lead any list that refuses to add every historical Tetris edition together ^[2][3]. This article records the September 2026 statement; it does not copy characters, logos, or box art in the featured image.

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It is second as the outstanding official single-game lifetime total, dated to 27 September 2026, and a necessary counterpart to the Tetris aggregate ^[2]. A later official million will belong in a revision of the cell.

Contemporary reporting of the official milestone is the source ^[2].

3. Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V had sold 235 million copies in Take-Two Interactive's investor presentation dated 9 November 2026, a single 2013 title's official lifetime total across later platform editions, not a Grand Theft Auto franchise total ^[4]. The date of the presentation is part of the fact. Later quarterly updates from the same publisher will not change the method of counting one named game. This article records the official unit figure; it does not copy box art or character likenesses.

It is third as the outstanding official single-title total after Minecraft, dated to 9 November 2026, and a necessary counterpart to Red Dead Redemption 2 from the same presentation ^[4]. A later official million will belong in a revision of the cell.

The Take-Two presentation is the source ^[4].

4. Red Dead Redemption 2

Red Dead Redemption 2 had sold 89 million copies in the same Take-Two Interactive investor presentation dated 9 November 2026, a single 2018 title's official lifetime total ^[4]. The figure is not a Red Dead franchise aggregate. It stands just above Wii Sports in this method and well below Grand Theft Auto V in the same official document. This article records the official unit figure.

It is fourth as the outstanding official 2018 single-title total, dated to 9 November 2026, and a necessary same-publisher counterpart to Grand Theft Auto V ^[4]. A later official million will belong in a revision of the cell.

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The Take-Two presentation is the source ^[4].

5. Wii Sports

Wii Sports has an official Nintendo lifetime total of 82.90 million units as of 31 March 2024 on the company's Wii software table, a figure that includes copies bundled with the Wii console in every region except Japan ^[5][9]. The bundle is part of the official number and is labelled here. The 2006 game remains a single named title, not a Wii series total, and the March 2024 table is the latest official lifetime figure used for this article. This is not a claim that 82.90 million people bought the game as a separate box in every region.

It is fifth as the outstanding official Nintendo bundled-inclusive total, dated to 31 March 2024, and a necessary pack-in counterpart to the later paid Mario Kart line ^[5][9]. A later official Nintendo revision will belong in a revision of the cell.

Official Nintendo investor-relations tables are the source ^[5].

6. Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe are two official SKUs whose Nintendo lifetime figures are added here in a labelled combination: Mario Kart 8 had sold 8.46 million units on Wii U as of 31 March 2026, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe had sold 72 million units on Nintendo Switch as of 30 September 2026, for a combined 80.46 million ^[6][7]. They are not silently treated as one product code. A list that refused to add the two SKUs would place Deluxe alone, at 72 million, below Terraria and above Skyrim. This article records both official tables and the addition.

It is sixth as the outstanding official two-SKU Mario Kart total, dated to the March and September 2026 Nintendo tables, and a labelled combination rather than a hidden franchise sum ^[6][7]. A later official Deluxe million will belong in a revision of the cell.

Official Nintendo investor-relations tables are the source ^[6][7].

7. Terraria

Terraria had sold 70 million copies as of the 17 May 2026 developer milestone, a single 2011 title's reported lifetime total across platforms ^[10]. The figure is not a franchise of sequels. It sits below the labelled Mario Kart combination and above the 65 million mid-2026 figures for Skyrim and The Witcher 3. This article records the May 2026 milestone.

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It is seventh as the outstanding official independent-developer lifetime total in this ten, dated to 17 May 2026, and a necessary counterpart to the large publisher lines above ^[10]. A later official million will belong in a revision of the cell.

Contemporary reporting of the official milestone is the source ^[10].

8. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim had sold 65 million copies as of a 17 July 2026 publisher comment, a single 2011 title's lifetime total across later editions, not an Elder Scrolls franchise total ^[11]. The figure matches The Witcher 3's May 2026 statement at the same rounded 65 million, and the two games are ranked by the earlier method of keeping Skyrim eighth and The Witcher 3 ninth only because this table already listed Skyrim first in the Wikipedia-style mid-2026 pair, which is a presentation choice, not a claim that 65 million is larger than 65 million ^[11][12]. This article records the dated comment.

It is eighth as one of two official mid-2026 65-million totals, dated to 17 July 2026, and a labelled tie in magnitude with the next entry ^[11]. A later official million will belong in a revision of the cell.

The July 2026 publisher comment is the source ^[11].

9. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt had sold 65 million copies as of a 28 May 2026 publisher figure, a single 2015 title's lifetime total, not a Witcher franchise total ^[12]. The figure is the same rounded 65 million as Skyrim's July 2026 comment, and that tie is labelled ^[11][12]. This article records the May 2026 statement. It does not copy character likenesses or box art.

It is ninth as the other official mid-2026 65-million total, dated to 28 May 2026, and a necessary counterpart to Skyrim rather than a silent claim of a different magnitude ^[12]. A later official million will belong in a revision of the cell.

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The May 2026 publisher figure is the source ^[12].

10. Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario Bros., the named 1985 title, remains in this ten at 58 million copies, a long-standing official lifetime figure for that one game rather than a later Super Mario franchise total ^[13]. Human: Fall Flat has also been reported at 58 million and is a documented near-tie, not a silent eleventh rank chosen only to favour a famous name ^[13]. This article records Super Mario Bros. as the outstanding official 1980s single-title total still in this method. Later re-releases included in a publisher lifetime figure are part of that official number when the publisher so states.

It is tenth as the outstanding official early Nintendo single-title total still above many later hits in this method, a 58 million fact, and a necessary historical counterpart to Wii Sports ^[13]. A later official revision will belong in a revision of the cell.

Long-standing official lifetime reporting is the source ^[13].

Conclusion

A 2026 best-selling-games list has to label Tetris's 520 million as a 2022 all-versions company total, keep Minecraft above 425 million as of 27 September 2026 as a single game, and use Take-Two's 9 November 2026 figures of 235 million for Grand Theft Auto V and 89 million for Red Dead Redemption 2 ^[1][2][4]. Wii Sports at 82.90 million includes official bundles; Mario Kart 8 and Deluxe add to 80.46 million only as two labelled official SKUs; Terraria at 70 million, Skyrim and The Witcher 3 at 65 million each, and Super Mario Bros. at 58 million complete a ten that leaves a stale pre-free-to-play PUBG total out ^{[5][6][7][10][11][12][13]}. The useful habit is a dated publisher figure, a labelled bundle or aggregate, and a refusal to put box art or a character likeness on the featured image.

A later official million will belong in a revision of a table cell; it will not change the method. Those dated unit totals are the spine of the list, and they will still be the spine after a later investor presentation or a later Nintendo table has been published in a later quarter.