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In 2023, Minecraft became the first video game to surpass 300 million copies sold worldwide. [1] Among the top 50 best-selling video games on this list, over half were developed or published by Nintendo ; four Nintendo titles were published with their affiliate, The Pokémon Company .
- Overview
- Best-selling games by units sold
- Regional charts
- See also
- Notes
- References
The following are lists of the best-selling video games of 2021, including a list of the highest-grossing games by revenue (covering both free-to-play and pay-to-play games) and a list of the best-selling games by software units sold (covering only pay-to-play games).
Note: Mobile downloads are excluded.
United States
1.Call of Duty: Vanguard 2.Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War 3.Madden NFL 22 4.Pokémon: Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl* 5.Battlefield 2042 6.Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales 7.Mario Kart 8 Deluxe* 8.Resident Evil: Village 9.MLB: The Show 21** 10.Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury*
United Kingdom
These are the top selling games in the UK according to the GSD. It includes digital for select publishers 1.FIFA 22 2.Call of Duty: Vanguard 3.Grand Theft Auto 5 4.FIFA 21 5.Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War 6.Red Dead Redemption 2 7.Spider-Man: Miles Morales 8.F1 2021 9.Far Cry 6 10.Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Europe
These are the top selling games across Europe according to the GSD. It includes digital for select publishers If they combine both Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon Shining Pearl, the combine title would have been No. 5 1.FIFA 22 2.Grand Theft Auto 5 3.FIFA 21 4.Call of Duty: Vanguard 5.Mario Kart 8: Deluxe* 6.Red Dead Redemption 2 7.Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury* 8.Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War 9.Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10.Spider-Man: Miles Morales
1.Dungeon Fighter Online (DFO) - $18 billion up until 2021
•Up until 2016 – $8.7 billion
•2017–2018 – $3.6 billion
•2019 – $1.6 billion
1."Top Games by Monetization Descriptors — How Top Titles Utilize Monetization Features". The State of Mobile Game Monetization 2022 — An Analysis of the Latest Mobile Game Monetization Strategies. Sensor Tower. March 2022. pp. 12-9. https://go.sensortower.com/rs/351-RWH-315/images/st-state-of-mobile-game-monetization-2022.pdf#page=12.
2.https://press.krafton.com/KRAFTON-INC-REPORTS-157-BILLION-USD-IN-REVENUE-FOR-2021-THE-HIGHE
3.Chapple, Craig (16 December 2021). "Record-Breaking Eight Mobile Games Surpass $1 Billion in Global Player Spending During 2021". Sensor Tower. https://sensortower.com/blog/billion-dollar-mobile-games-2021.
4.http://m.theinvestor.co.kr/view.php?ud=20220324000257
5."Nexon courts Western game developers with creativity pitch". VentureBeat. March 6, 2017. https://venturebeat.com/2017/03/06/nexon-courts-western-game-developers-with-creativity-pitch/.
6.Special Report: Evolution of Mobile Esports for the Mass Market. Niko Partners. August 2019. pp. 18–9. https://nikopartners.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Evolution-of-Mobile-Esports-for-the-Mass-Market.pdf.
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- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. 9.99 / 10. Read Reviews. Read More Reviews. See on amazon. has always been a fighting game series that has not only pushed the boundaries for what fighting games can be, but also pushed the boundaries for what fans of a fighting game can be like.
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. 9.88 / 10. Read Reviews. Read More Reviews. See on amazon. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is a title in the Elder Scrolls series that has maintained a consistently high level of popularity and acclaim since its release in 2011.
- Sid Meier's Civilization VI. 9.87 / 10. Read Reviews. Read More Reviews. See on amazon. Civilization is a series that’s held a large amount of popularity for decades due to its unique turn-based strategy gameplay involving simulation aspects.
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. 9.99 / 10. Read Reviews. Read More Reviews. See on amazon. The Legend of Zelda has always been an iconic series filled with undebatable classics.
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