
sold more than 50 million units worldwide up until 1996.

^ Mario Kart 8 sold 8.46 million units and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sold 53.79 million units.^ Although Minecraft was first publicly available on May 17, 2009, and the full release on November 18, 2011, the game first accepted pre-orders on June 13, 2009, so it started accumulating sales at that time.^ a b c d e Including paid mobile game downloads.

^ 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.For the purposes of this list, Pokémon titles released in pairs along with their sequels are counted together. ^ Pokémon games are typically released in pairs, such as Pokémon Red and Blue, and may include related sequels, such as Pokémon Yellow.Lists of best-selling video games by platform.List of most-played mobile games by player count.List of highest-grossing media franchises.


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.
