The ten single video-game titles that have sold the most copies worldwide, from Minecraft's record-setting 400 million down.
Quick answer: 1. Minecraft, 2. Grand Theft Auto V, 3. Red Dead Redemption 2, 4. Wii Sports, 5. Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, 6. PUBG: Battlegrounds, 7. Terraria, 8. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, 9. Super Mario Bros., 10. The Sims.
A handful of games have escaped the charts entirely and become cultural fixtures, selling by the hundreds of millions. This list ranks the ten best-selling individual video-game titles ever, measured by total lifetime copies sold across every platform they've appeared on. It's a like-for-like comparison of single games — not franchises. That distinction matters: sprawling series such as Tetris or Call of Duty have moved more copies in aggregate, but only across dozens of separately-released titles. Here, each entry is one game.
The best-selling single video game of all time, recognized by Guinness World Records, at a reported 400 million copies as of 2026. The sandbox title still sells across every major platform more than a decade after release.
Take-Two confirmed roughly 230 million copies sold-in as of its Q4 FY2026 results (quarter ended March 31, 2026), making it the most commercially profitable single title on this list.
Rockstar's open-world western has sold 85 million copies per Take-Two, the best-selling non-GTA title the studio has produced.
Bundled with most Wii consoles, which vastly extended its reach; 82.9 million is Nintendo's reported lifetime figure.
The Wii U original plus its Switch Deluxe re-release combine for 79.54 million copies, making it the best-selling kart racer ever and one of the Switch's top titles.
The battle-royale title that popularized the genre has sold 75 million copies of its premium paid version, separate from its free-to-play mobile spinoffs.
An indie 2D sandbox from a small studio, Terraria has sold 70 million copies, ranking among the best-selling independent games ever made.
CD Projekt Red's open-world RPG has sold 65 million copies, buoyed by years of deep discounts and the popularity of the Netflix adaptation.
The 1985 NES platformer that anchored Nintendo's console era has sold 58 million copies, most as a pack-in bundled with the console itself.
Maxis's life-simulation debut sold 50 million copies, the top-selling PC game of its era and the seed of a long-running franchise.
| # | Name | Release year | Developer | Original platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minecraft | 2011 | Mojang Studios | PC (Java) |
| 2 | Grand Theft Auto V | 2013 | Rockstar North | PlayStation 3 / Xbox 360 |
| 3 | Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2018 | Rockstar Games | PlayStation 4 / Xbox One |
| 4 | Wii Sports | 2006 | Nintendo EAD | Wii |
| 5 | Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | 2014 | Nintendo EAD / EPD | Wii U |
| 6 | PUBG: Battlegrounds | 2017 | PUBG Studios | PC |
| 7 | Terraria | 2011 | Re-Logic | PC |
| 8 | The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 2015 | CD Projekt Red | PC / PlayStation 4 / Xbox One |
| 9 | Super Mario Bros. | 1985 | Nintendo R&D4 | Nintendo Entertainment System |
| 10 | The Sims | 2000 | Maxis | PC |
Items are ranked by total lifetime copies sold worldwide for a single video-game title, combining all platforms, as reported by the game's publisher or the primary record-keeper (e.g. Guinness World Records, Take-Two Interactive earnings filings, Nintendo's investor figures). Rank 1 is the highest sales figure. Only individual games qualify: franchise aggregates that sum many separately-released titles (for example the Tetris family across its many ports) are excluded so every entry is a comparable single release. Where a game and a later remaster are counted together by the publisher (Mario Kart 8 plus Mario Kart 8 Deluxe), we follow the publisher's combined reporting. Figures are copies sold/shipped as most recently reported and are rounded to the publisher's stated precision.
Minecraft is the best-selling single video game of all time, with a reported 400 million copies sold worldwide across all platforms as of 2026 — a record recognized by Guinness World Records.
This list ranks individual games, not franchises. Tetris and Call of Duty have each sold more copies in total, but only by summing many separately-released titles and ports. Counting like-for-like single games keeps every entry comparable.
Grand Theft Auto V has sold roughly 230 million copies, according to publisher Take-Two Interactive's Q4 FY2026 earnings release for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, making it the second best-selling single game ever.
Each figure comes from the game's publisher or the primary record-keeper — for example Guinness World Records for Minecraft, Take-Two's SEC earnings filings for the Rockstar titles, and Nintendo's reported lifetime numbers — aggregated on Wikipedia's List of best-selling video games with per-line citations.