So for example, all votes for Runebound (2nd or 3rd Ed.) were just called Runebound regardless of the version. The only exception to this is that I put all entries for a game under the latest version. We treated every standalone game as a single entry. There were a total of 6028 votes (not everyone had 20 games). We had 85 people participate the first year, then 205 and this year it has swelled to 364! year, producing a list of 726 unique games way up from last year's 520 games.
Anything except strictly electronic variants like ios solo implementations that allow you to play the game in a way the physical game wouldn't honestly get played solo. It could be a true solo game, a co-op game, a multi-player game where you played multiple sides, print and play, official and unofficial variants. The only restriction we made was that the game had to be a physical game you enjoyed playing solo. People submitted up to 20 games ranked from 1-20. We apologize right up front for any damage to your wallets because of this list. It has been a lot of fun to vote and discover the list together.
^ The original PC version sold over 33 million units, as of November 2019.^ a b Only developers and publishers for the original release of each game are listed, except where noted otherwise.Lists of best-selling video games by platform.List of most-played mobile games by player count.List of highest-grossing media franchises.List of best-selling video game franchises.Pokémon Sun / Moon / Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon Light gun shooter, Sports, Shooting galleryĪction role-playing, First-person shooter The Witcher 3 / Hearts of Stone / Blood and Wine Single-player, multiplayer (alternating turns) Games reported on by gross revenue are included on the list of highest-grossing arcade games and list of highest-grossing mobile games. For the best-selling video game franchises, see this list. Games reported on by player count instead of official sales figures, such as registered accounts, subscriptions, or free-to-play ownership, are included on the list of most-played video games by player count instead. The oldest game in the top 50 is Pac-Man, which was released in May 1980 and most recent is Animal Crossing: New Horizons which was released in March 2020. Nintendo EAD is the developer with the most games in the top 50, with thirteen titles on the list, followed by Game Freak with six Pokémon games. Other publishers with multiple entries in the top 50 include Activision and Rockstar Games with five games each, Electronic Arts with three games, and Namco Bandai with two games. The best-selling game on a single platform is Wii Sports, with nearly 83 million sales for the Wii console.Īmong the top 50 best-selling video games on this list, over half were developed or published by Nintendo, including six of the top ten four Nintendo titles were published with their affiliate, The Pokémon Company. Grand Theft Auto V and EA's Tetris are the only other known video games to have sold over 100 million copies.
The best-selling video game to date is Minecraft, a sandbox game released by Mojang in May 2009 for a wide range of PC, mobile and console platforms, selling more than 238 million copies across all platforms.
This is a list of video games that have sold the highest number of software units worldwide.