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| | {{sort|330|200 million}}<ref name="Minecraft Stats">{{cite web|title=Store Minecraft|url=https://minecraft.net/en-us/store/|publisher=Mojang|website=Minecraft.net|access-date=April 3, 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108040452/minecraft.net/en-us/store/|archive-date=2019-11-08}}</ref>
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| {{dts|November 18, 2011}}{{efn|Although ''Minecraft'' was first publicly available on May 17, 2009,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://notch.tumblr.com/post/109000107/minecraft-0-0-11a-for-public-consumption |title= Minecraft 0.0.11a for public consumption : The Word of Notch |last= Persson |first= Markus |date= May 17, 2009 |website= ] |access-date= February 23, 2014 }}</ref> and the 1.0 version on November 18, 2011, the first version of ''Minecraft'' which required a paid account was first publicly available on December 23, 2009,<ref>{{cite web |title=Oh, ok! Here, play with the latest version! |url=https://notch.tumblr.com/post/295879830/oh-ok-here-play-with-the-latest-version |website=The Word of Notch |first=Markus |last=Persson |access-date=7 May 2019 |date=23 December 2009}}</ref> therefore it started accumulating sales in that year.<!-- The word "release" is avoided to avoid confusion with the 1.0 version of Minecraft referred to by the developers as the "release" version. -->}}
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|+Games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies on PC platforms, such as ], ], and ]
|-
! scope="col"| Game
! scope="col"| Total copies sold
! scope="col"| Series
! scope="col"| Release date
! scope="col"| Genre
! scope="col"| Developer
! scope="col"| Publisher
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| {{sort|420|42 million}}<ref>{{cite news |title=PUBG Has Sold 8 Million Copies on Xbox One |url=https://screenrant.com/pubg-8-million-copies-xbox-one/ |access-date=27 January 2019 |work=] |date=4 July 2018}}</ref>
| {{n/a}}
| {{dts|December 20, 2017}}
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| {{sort|200|20 million}}<ref>{{cite web|access-date=Aug 5, 2014|url=https://www.polygon.com/2014/8/5/5972671/diablo-3-activision-blizzard-pc-sales| title = Diablo 3 tops PC charts with 20 million copies sold|publisher=]}}</ref>{{efn|This excludes the 1.2 million copies given away as part of Blizzard's ''World of Warcraft ''annual pass offer.}}
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| {{dts|May 15, 2012}}
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| {{Sort|169|18 million}}<ref name="gmod">{{cite web|last=Newman|first=Garry|url=https://facepunch.com/news/2020/|title=2020|website=]|publisher=]|date=December 22, 2020|access-date=December 22, 2020}}</ref>
| {{n/a}}
| {{dts|November 29, 2006}}
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| '']''
| {{sort|172|17.2 million}}<ref>{{cite web|last1=Macgregor|first1=Jody|date=21 March 2021|title=Terraria has sold 35M copies across all platforms|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/terraria-has-sold-35m-copies-across-all-platforms/|url-status=live|access-date=21 March 2021|website=PC Gamer}}</ref>
| {{n/a}}
| {{dts|May 16, 2011}}
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| '']''
| {{sort|140|14 million}}<ref>{{cite web|access-date=December 23, 2013|url=http://www.statisticbrain.com/blizzard-entertainment-statistics/|title=Blizzard Entertainment Statistics|publisher=statisticbrain}}</ref> {{efn|Subscribers are not the same as sales; many Asian markets use a different business model that does not involve retail copies. As such subscriber figures do not equate to sales figures.}}{{Better source needed|reason=primary source for retail copy sales needed|date=May 2014}}
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| {{dts|November 23, 2004}}
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| {{sort|120|12 million}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2011/0228/technology-gabe-newell-videogames-valve-online-mayhem.html|title=The Master of Online Mayhem|date=February 9, 2011|work=Forbes|access-date=October 14, 2014}}{{Better source needed|reason=does not strictly say it is just PC Sales, may include Xbox and PS3|date=September 2014}}</ref>
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| {{dts|November 16, 2004}}
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| ] (digital)<br />] (retail)
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| {{sort|120|12 million}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/witcher-3s-sales-by-system-how-the-game-has-sold-o/1100-6475832/ |title=Witcher 3's Sales By System--How The Game Has Sold On PC, PS4, Xbox One, And Switch |website=] |date=April 17, 2020}}</ref>
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| {{dts|May 19, 2015}}
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| {{sort|112|11 million}}<ref name=guinness-sims>{{cite book | title=Guinness World Records 2016 Gamer's Edition | author=Guinness World Records | page=145 | publisher=Macmillan | year=2015 | isbn=9781910561133}}</ref>
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| {{dts|February 4, 2000}}
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| {{sort|110|11 million}}<ref name="starcraft">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.next-gen.biz/news/blizzard-confirms-one-frontline-release-09 |title=Blizzard Confirms One "Frontline Release" for '09 |date=February 11, 2009 |access-date=March 1, 2009 |magazine=] |author=Kris Graft |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825135123/http://www.next-gen.biz/news/blizzard-confirms-one-frontline-release-09 |archive-date=August 25, 2010 }}{{Better source needed|reason=existing source does not state strictly PC sales but may also include OSX and N64 sales|date=August 2014}}</ref>
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| {{dts|March 31, 1998}}
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| {{Sort|110|10 million}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/22/8825441/planet-coaster-is-getting-ready-for-a-big-ride|title=Planet Coaster is getting ready for a big ride|first=Colin|last=Campbell|work=]|date=June 22, 2015|access-date=December 30, 2016}}</ref>
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| {{dts|October 26, 2004}}
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|]
|] (Windows)<br />] (macOS)
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| '']''
| {{sort|110|10 million}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hetfeld |first1=Malindy |title=Fall Guys has sold ten million copies on PC |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/fall-guys-has-sold-ten-million-copies-on-pc/ |website=PC Gamer |access-date=17 November 2020}}</ref>
| {{n/a}}
| {{dts|August 4, 2020}}
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| {{sort|093|9 million}}<ref name="gamasutra">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21319|title=Analysis: Valve's Lifetime Retail Sales For Half-Life, Counter-Strike Franchises|website=]|date=December 3, 2008|access-date=December 3, 2008}}{{Better source needed|reason=existing source does not state strictly PC sales and notes info came from Game Informer magazine which also includes console games|date=September 2014}}</ref>
| '']''
| {{dts|November 19, 1998}}
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| Sierra Entertainment
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|{{Sort|090|9 million}}<ref name="gmod" />
| {{n/a}}
|{{dts|February 8, 2018}}
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|{{sort|085|8 million}}<ref name="venturebeat">{{cite web |url=https://venturebeat.com/2016/02/18/civilization-25-years-66-versions-33m-copies-sold-1-billion-hours-played/|title=Civilization: 25 years, 33M copies sold, 1 billion hours played, and 66 versions|access-date=April 7, 2018}}</ref>
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| {{dts|September 2010}}
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| {{sort|077|7 million}}<ref name=guinness-sims/>
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| {{dts|June 2, 2009}}
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| {{sort|065|6.5 million}}<ref name="Rok s českou hrou Kingdom Come: Deliverance">{{cite web |title=Rok s českou hrou Kingdom Come: Deliverance |url=https://infografiky.ihned.cz/extra-kingdom-come/r~e1b924682eaf11e9813eac1f6b220ee8/ |website=Hospodářské noviny (IHNED.cz) |access-date=17 February 2019 |language=cs |date=12 February 2019}}</ref>
| ]
| {{dts|October 19, 2012}}
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| SCS Software
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| {{sort|065|6 million}}<ref name="guildwarsprophecies">{{cite web|title=Guild Wars surpasses 6.5 million sales, sequel will be released 'when it's done' |url=http://www.gamedaily.com/games/guild-wars-2/pc/game-features/guild-wars-surpasses-65-million-sales-sequel-will-be-released-when-its-done/ |date=August 31, 2010 |access-date=August 31, 2010 |publisher=] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100905022537/http://www.gamedaily.com/games/guild-wars-2/pc/game-features/guild-wars-surpasses-65-million-sales-sequel-will-be-released-when-its-done |archive-date=September 5, 2010 }}</ref>
| '']''
| {{dts|April 28, 2005}}
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| '']''
| {{sort|060|6 million}}<ref name=rivenmyst>{{cite news|url=http://www.spokesmanreview.com/pf.asp?date=052201&id=s966647 |title=Beyond the Myst |newspaper=] |date=May 22, 2001 |access-date=November 26, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102215621/http://www.spokesmanreview.com/pf.asp?date=052201&id=s966647 |archive-date=November 2, 2013 }}{{Better source needed|reason=Newspapers are notoriously erroneous, should be replaced with industry source|date=August 2014}}</ref>
| '']''
| {{dts|September 24, 1993}}
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| {{sort|060|6 million}}<ref name="thesims2">{{cite web |url=http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/587-13-best-selling-game-list.html |title=The Top 15 Best-Selling PC Games Of All Time: #4: The Sims 2 |date=March 21, 2012 |publisher=] |access-date=January 18, 2013}}</ref>
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| {{dts|September 14, 2004}}
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| '']''
| {{sort|060|6 million}}<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.polygon.com/2012/11/7/3615054/starcraft-2-heart-of-the-swarm-release-window-2013 |title=StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm launching in 'first half 2013'|access-date=November 8, 2012|date=November 8, 2011|publisher=polygon.com}}</ref>
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| {{dts|July 27, 2010}}
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| '']''
| {{sort|060|6 million}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wales |first1=Matt |title=Valheim dev shares tiny tease of first big update as sales pass 6 million mark |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-03-19-valheim-dev-shares-tiny-tease-of-first-big-update-as-sales-pass-6-million-mark |website=Eurogamer |access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref>
| {{n/a}}
| {{dts|February 2, 2021}}
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| Iron Gate
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| {{sort|055|5.5 million}}<ref name="Ninja">{{cite journal |title=Mark Cale interrogation |journal=] |date=October 2005 |issue=18 |pages=56-57 (57) |url=https://archive.org/details/Retro_Gamer_UK_18/page/n51}}</ref>
| '']''
| {{dts|1988|8|29}}
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| {{sort|055|5.5 million}}<ref name="bohemiainteractive">{{cite web |title=ARMA 3 reaches lifetime sales of 5.5M copies sold |url=https://www.bohemia.net/blog/bohemia-interactive-sales-reaching-68-milion-usd-in-2019#:~:text=DayZ%20%E2%80%93%20a%20big%20success%20bolstered%20by%20console%20releases&text=The%20Livonia%20DLC%20received%20a,around%20400%20thousand%20copies%20sold. |access-date=2 September 2020 |language=cs |date=20 March 2020}}</ref>
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| {{dts|September 12, 2013}}
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| {{sort|053|5 million}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bailey |first1=Dustin |title=The Forest sales top 5 million |url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/the-forest/the-forest-sales |website=PCGamesN |access-date=November 6, 2018}}</ref>
| {{n/a}}
| {{dts|April 30, 2018}}
| ]
| Endnight Games
| Endnight Games
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|'']''
|{{sort|050|5 million}}<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://news.ea.com/portal/site/ea/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&ndmConfigId=1013897&newsId=20071113005513&newsLang=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710163320/http://news.ea.com/portal/site/ea/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&ndmConfigId=1013897&newsId=20071113005513&newsLang=en |archive-date=July 10, 2011 |title= SimCity Societies Ships to Retailers, Turning PC Gamers Everywhere into Shapers of Cultures |date=November 13, 2007 |publisher=] |access-date=January 26, 2013}}</ref>
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|{{dts|January 31, 1999}}
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| {{sort|050|5 million}}<ref name="guildwars2">{{cite web|url = http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/08/21/guild-wars-2-sales-figures-revealed|title = ArenaNet has revealed Guild Wars 2 has sold more than 5 million copies to-date.|publisher = www.guildwars2.com|author = Mike O’Brien|date = August 21, 2015|access-date = August 30, 2015}}</ref><ref name="guildwars">{{cite web|url = http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/10/23/guild-wars-2-hits-7-million-players-as-expansion-launches|title = The news comes two months after the announcement the core game would be embracing a free-to-play model|publisher = www.guildwars2.com|author = Mike O’Brien|date = October 23, 2015|access-date = August 30, 2015}}</ref>
| '']''
| {{dts|August 28, 2012}}
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| '']''
| {{sort|050|5 million}}<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kerr|first1=Chris|title=Cities: Skylines has sold 5M copies on PC alone|url=https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/315350/Cities_Skylines_has_sold_5M_copies_on_PC_alone.php|website=Gamasutra|access-date=March 8, 2018|date=March 8, 2018}}</ref>
| {{n/a}}
| {{dts|March 10, 2015}}
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| '']''
| {{sort|047|4.5 million}}<ref>{{cite web|first=James|last=Batchelor|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-12-10-cyberpunk-2077-racked-up-8m-pre-orders-74-percent-were-digital|title=Cyberpunk 2077 racked up 8m pre-orders, 74% were digital|website=gamesindustry.biz|date=10 December 2020|access-date=10 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210125804/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-12-10-cyberpunk-2077-racked-up-8m-pre-orders-74-percent-were-digital|archive-date=10 December 2020}}</ref>
| {{n/a}}
| {{dts|December 10, 2020}}
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| {{sort|040|4 million}}<ref name="Ninja"/>
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| {{dts|1987}}
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| {{sort|040|4 million}}<ref name="Rok s českou hrou Kingdom Come: Deliverance"/>
| {{n/a}}
| {{dts|December 16, 2013}}
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| {{sort|040|4 million}}<ref name=Diablo/>
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| {{dts|June 29, 2000}}
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| {{sort|045|4 million}}<ref>{{cite news|author=Pham, Alex|date=May 17, 2001|title=Game Design; Adding Texture, Detail to Miller Brothers' Legacy|newspaper=]|page=T4}}{{Better source needed|reason=existing source is hard to verify; likely that is includes sales for other platforms such as PS1, Sega Saturn|date=August 2014}}</ref>
| '']''
| {{dts|October 29, 1997}}
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| '']''
| {{sort|040|4 million}}<ref name="lionhead"/>{{Better source needed|reason=existing source does not state strictly PC sales;may include SNES, Genesis, Game Boy, etc|date=August 2014}}
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| {{dts|June 5, 1989}}
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| '']''
| {{sort|040|4 million}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pc.ign.com/articles/358/358020p1.html |website=IGN |access-date=November 26, 2006 |date=April 25, 2002 |author=Ivan Sulic |title=Roller Coaster Tycoon II}}{{Better source needed|reason=source includes expansions and doesn't specifically state just PC sales;may include XBox|date=August 2014}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=source includes expansions and doesn't specifically state just PC sales|date=August 2014}}
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| {{dts|March 31, 1999}}
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| '']'' (including expansions)
| {{sort|040|4 million}}<ref name="thqdow">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=22176 |title=THQ's Farrell: Focus On Fewer, Better Core Titles |author=Chris Remo |date=February 4, 2009 |access-date=February 5, 2009 |website=]}}{{Better source needed|reason=source includes expansions packs|date=August 2014}}</ref>
| '']''
| {{dts|September 20, 2004}}
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| '']''
| {{sort|040|4 million}}<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vAsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA91|title=That's Edutainment|journal=]|date=May 1, 1995|volume=107|issue=19|page=91|issn=0006-2510|publisher=]|access-date=August 8, 2009}}{{Better source needed|reason=existing source does not state strictly PC sales; may include SNES,NES, Genesis, Turbo Grafx, etc.|date=August 2014}}</ref>
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| {{dts|June 1, 1985}}
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| {{sort|033|3.6 million}}<ref name="Rice"/>
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| {{dts|August 23, 2012}}
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| {{sort|033|3.3 million}}<ref name="Rice">{{cite web |title=The top 100 best selling Japanese games on Steam |url=https://ricedigital.co.uk/the-best-selling-japanese-games-on-steam/ |website=Rice Digital |date=July 9, 2018 |access-date=30 October 2020}}</ref>
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| {{dts|April 12, 2016}}
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| {{sort|035|3 million}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shacknews.com/docs/press/010710_id_carmack_emmys.x |title=John Carmack and iD Software's pineering development work in 3D game engines recognized with two technology Emmy Awards |access-date=February 15, 2007 |date=January 9, 2007 |publisher=] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205014659/http://www.shacknews.com/docs/press/010710_id_carmack_emmys.x |archive-date=February 5, 2007 }}</ref>
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| {{dts|August 3, 2004}}
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| {{sort|035|3 million}}<ref name="lionhead">{{cite web |url=http://www.lionhead.com/about.html |title=About Lionhead Studios |access-date=January 8, 2008 |publisher=] |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071211003352/http://www.lionhead.com/about.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = December 11, 2007}}{{Better source needed|reason=source doesn't specifically state just PC sales and may include video game consoles like PS1, SNES, Saturn, Jaguar, etc.|date=August 2014}}</ref>
| ''Theme Park''
| {{dts|1994}}
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| '']''
| {{sort|030|3 million}}<ref name="ageofempires">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20000307/pritchard_pfv.htm |title=Postmortem: Ensemble Studios' Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings |access-date=November 26, 2006 |date=March 7, 2000 |author=Matt Pritchard |website=]}}</ref>
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| {{dts|October 15, 1997}}
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| {{sort|030|3 million}}<ref name="taketwovalue">{{cite web |url=http://taketwovalue.com/documents/TTWO_Value.pdf |title=Recommendation of the Board of Directors to Reject Electronic Arts Inc.'s Tender Offer |access-date=August 3, 2008 |date=March 26, 2008 |publisher=] |pages=12, 14, 16 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080626142151/http://taketwovalue.com/documents/TTWO_Value.pdf <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = June 26, 2008}}</ref>
| '']''
| {{dts|October 25, 2005}}
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| {{sort|030|3 million}}<ref name="cvg">{{cite press release |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627215723/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=49038 |url=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=49038 |title=Games that changed the world: ''Command & Conquer'' |last=Mallinson |first=Paul |work=] |archive-date=June 27, 2009 |date=May 31, 2002}}{{Better source needed|reason=source doesn't specifically state just PC sales; may include PS1, N64, Saturn|date=August 2014}}</ref>
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| {{dts|August 31, 1995}}
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| ]<br />] (since 1998; also freeware release)
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| {{sort|030|3 million}}<ref name="redalert">{{cite press release|url=http://www.cncgames.com/wspress.shtml#Westwood%20Studios%20Ships%20More%20Than%201%20Million |title=Westwood Studios Ships More Than 1 Million Copies of Red Alert 2 |access-date=August 3, 2008 |date=November 2, 2000 |publisher=] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080708184418/http://www.cncgames.com/wspress.shtml |archive-date=July 8, 2008 }}</ref>
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| {{dts|October 31, 1996}}
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| '']''
| {{sort|030|3 million}}<ref name="Crysis">{{cite web|url=http://www.zuse.hessen.de/mm/Konrad_Zuse_Kongress_Yerli_Final.pdf |title=CryEngine 3 - The next generation of interactive entertainment and real-time 3D technologies |publisher=] |author=Avni Yerli |access-date=January 3, 2011 |date=May 26, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719040303/http://www.zuse.hessen.de/mm/Konrad_Zuse_Kongress_Yerli_Final.pdf |archive-date=July 19, 2011 }}</ref>
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| {{dts|November 13, 2007}}
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| {{sort|030|3 million}}<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906165059/https://www.sony.com/en_us/SCA/company-news/press-releases/sony-online-entertainment/2004/satellite-feed-everquest-ii-online-game-hits-the-s.html |url=https://www.sony.com/en_us/SCA/company-news/press-releases/sony-online-entertainment/2004/satellite-feed-everquest-ii-online-game-hits-the-s.html |archive-date=September 6, 2015 |access-date=November 6, 2018 |date=November 5, 2004 |publisher=] |title=Satellite Feed - EverQuest II Online Game Hits the Stores |author=Sony Online Entertainment}}</ref>
| ''EverQuest''
| {{dts|March 16, 1999}}
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| '']''
| {{sort|030|3 million}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Life is Strange has sold over 3M copies|url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/298393/Life_is_Strange_has_sold_over_3M_copies.php|website=Gamasutra|access-date=May 18, 2017}}</ref>
| '']''
| {{dts|January 30, 2015}}
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| ]
| ]
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|030|3 million}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Medina|first=Eddie|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-7798788.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305040051/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-7798788.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 5, 2017|title=When Good Characters go bad, and vice versa, plot twists abound|newspaper=]|url-access=subscription |date=July 13, 2003|access-date=March 4, 2017|via=]}}</ref>
| '']''
| {{dts|July 3, 2002}}
| ]
| ]
| ] (North America)<br />] (Europe)<br />] (Japan)
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|027|2.7 million}}<ref name="Rice"/>
| '']''
| {{dts|April 24, 2014}}
| ]
| ]
| ]
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|025|2.5 million}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-327 |title=Friday Facts #327 |date=December 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Friday Facts #365 - Future plans|url=https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-365|access-date=2021-02-05|website=Factorio}}</ref>
| {{n/a}}
| {{dts|February 2016}}
| ]
| ]
| ]
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|021|2.1 million}}{{efn|''Final Fantasy VII'':
*1998 physical Windows release {{ndash}} {{nowrap|1 million}}<ref name="PolygonRetro">{{cite web |url=http://www.polygon.com/a/final-fantasy-7 |title=Final Fantasy 7: An oral history |last=Leone |first=Matt |work=] |publisher=] |date=January 9, 2017 |access-date=January 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109201832/http://www.polygon.com/a/final-fantasy-7 |archive-date=January 9, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*2013 digital Steam release {{ndash}} 1,136,100<ref name="Rice"/>
}}
| '']''
| {{dts|June 25, 1998}}
| ]
| ]
| ]
|-
| ''Stickfight: The Game''
| {{sort|029|2 million}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/landfallgames/status/1029704198076747777 |title= "We just reached 2 million Stick fight sales!" - Landfall Games on twitter|language=en-US|access-date=August 15, 2018}}</ref>
| ''{{N/A}}''
| {{dts|September 28, 2017}}
| ]
| Landfall Games
| Landfall Games
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|029|2 million}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21319 |title= Analysis: Valve's Lifetime Retail Sales For Half-Life, Counter-Strike Franchises|language=en-US|access-date=March 24, 2016}}</ref>
| '']''
| {{dts|March 23, 2004}}
| ]
| ]<br />]<br />]<br />]
| ] (digital)<br />] (retail)
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|029|2 million}}<ref name=jaarticle>{{cite web|title=Now What Was That GT and Hasbro Were Saying About American Game Purchasers Being a Group of 17-28 Year Olds Only Interested in Bloody Games?|url=http://justadventure.com/articles/What_Was_That/What_Was_That.shtm|work=Just Adventure|access-date=October 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206145241/http://justadventure.com/articles/What_Was_That/What_Was_That.shtm|archive-date=December 6, 2010}}{{Better source needed|reason=source needs clarification if only PC sales, article is not dated either|date=August 2014}}</ref>
| '']''
| {{dts|December 10, 1993}}
| ]
| ]
| ]
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|028|2 million}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Paradox: Magicka 2 on PlayStation 4 Is a Risk|url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/Paradox-Magicka-2-on-PlayStation-4-Is-a-Risk-448076.shtml|access-date=October 19, 2014|first=Andrei |last=Dumitrescu |date=June 25, 2014 |publisher=]}}</ref>
| {{n/a}}
| {{dts|January 25, 2011}}
| ]
| ]
| ]
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|025|2 million}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Age of Empires 3: The Asian Dynasties |url=http://www.gamearena.com.au/pc/games/title/age-of-empires-3-the-asian-dynasties/index.php |publisher=] |access-date=May 22, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001123037/http://www.gamearena.com.au/pc/games/title/age-of-empires-3-the-asian-dynasties/index.php |archive-date=October 1, 2011 }}</ref>
| '']''
| {{dts|October 18, 2005}}
| '']''
| '']''
| '']''
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|025|2 million}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.gamespy.com/devdiary/november02/1503-6/ |title=1503 A.D. - The New World: Volume 6 (PC) |access-date=July 5, 2008 |date=November 16, 2002 |publisher=] |author=Wolfgang Duhr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210153838/http://archive.gamespy.com/devdiary/november02/1503-6/ |archive-date=December 10, 2007 }}</ref>
| ''Anno''
| {{dts|March 23, 2003}}
| ]
| ]
| ]
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|025|2 million}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sunflowers.de/german/news.php?id=399 |title=ANNO 1602 ist auch nach vier Jahren noch die Nr. 1 in den Jahrescharts! |language=de |access-date=November 26, 2006 |date=February 13, 2003 |publisher=] |archive-date=December 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217015520/https://www.ubisoft.com/german/news.php?id=399 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| ''Anno''
| {{dts|September 24, 1998}}
| ]
| ]
| ]
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|025|2 million}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/Cossacks-II-Napoleonic-Wars-is-Gold-1236.shtml |publisher=] |access-date=November 26, 2006 |date=April 13, 2005 |title=Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars is Gold}}</ref>
| ''Cossacks''
| {{dts|April 15, 2005}}
| ]
| ]
| CDV Software
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|025|2 million}}<ref name="Diablo">{{cite press release |url=http://www.gamesfirst.com/articles/diablo2_sales.htm |title=Diablo II: Lord of Destruction Shatters Sales Records Worldwide With Over 1 Million Copies Sold |publisher=] |access-date=June 11, 2008 |date=August 29, 2001}}{{Better source needed|reason=Not a widely used source, surely we can find the original Blizzard press release|date=August 2014}}</ref>
| '']''
| {{dts|December 31, 1996}}
| ]
| ]
| ] (North America)<br />] (Europe)
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|025|2 million}}<ref name="Crysis"/>
| '']''
| {{dts|March 23, 2004}}
| ]
| ]
| ]
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|015|2 million}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://7daystodie.com/|website=7daystodie.com|title=7 Days to Die|access-date=February 19, 2018}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=third-party source needed|date=February 2018}}
| ''7 Days''
| {{dts|June 28, 2016}}
| ]
| ]
| The Fun Pimps
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|024|2 million}}<ref name="battlefield1942">{{cite web |url=http://www.dice.se/PDF.aspx?article=0a204e8e-a1a6-434d-894f-b8d9147750b7 |format=PDF |access-date=March 25, 2008 |title=2006 interim report January–June |page=3 |publisher=] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061013164910/http://www.dice.se/PDF.aspx?article=0a204e8e-a1a6-434d-894f-b8d9147750b7|archive-date=October 13, 2006}}</ref>
| '']''
| {{dts|September 10, 2002}}
| ]
| ]
| ]
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|022|2 million}}<ref>{{cite web|last=R |first=Jackie |url=http://thenexusnews.com/the-witcher-2-has-sold-over-2-2-million-units/853492/ |title=The Witcher 2 Has Sold Over 2.2 Million Units |work=The Nexus News |date=January 13, 2013 |access-date=February 19, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115051922/http://thenexusnews.com/the-witcher-2-has-sold-over-2-2-million-units/853492/ |archive-date=January 15, 2013 }}</ref>
| ''The Witcher''
| {{dts|May 17, 2011}}
| ]
| ]
| ]
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|021|2 million}}<ref name=valve2>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21319 |website=] |title=Analysis: Valve's Lifetime Retail Sales For Half-Life, Counter-Strike Franchises |date=December 3, 2008 |author=Chris Remo|access-date=December 3, 2008}}</ref>
| ''Counter-Strike''
| {{dts|November 1, 2004}}
| ]
| ]
| ] (retail)<br />] (digital)
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|021|2 million}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielnyegriffiths/2012/05/10/cd-projekt-red-ceo/2/ |title=CD Projekt Red's CEO On Being Poland's Number 1, The Witcher 2 And Mass Effect 3}}</ref>
| ''The Witcher''
| {{dts|October 26, 2007}}
| ]
| ]
| ]
|-
|'']''
| {{sort|020|2 million}}<ref name="About BioWare">{{cite web |url= http://www.bioware.com/bioware_info/about/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080409131841/http://www.bioware.com/bioware_info/about/ | archive-date= April 9, 2008 |title=About BioWare |publisher= ] |access-date= July 25, 2009}}</ref>
| '']''
| {{dts|September 21, 2000}}
| ]
| ]
| ]
|-
|'']''
| {{sort|020|2 million}}<ref name="About BioWare"/>
| '']''
| {{dts|December 21, 1998}}
| ]
| ]<br />]
| ]
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|020|2 million}}<ref>{{cite web |title="Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings" Crowned No. 1 On Holiday Sales Charts Around the World |url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2000/Jan00/CrownedPR.mspx |publisher=] |date=January 27, 2000 |access-date=November 26, 2006}}{{Better source needed|reason=need better source since does not clarify if it includes Playstation 2 sales|date=August 2014}}</ref>
| '']''
| {{dts|September 30, 1999}}
| '']''
| '']''
| '']''
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|020|2 million}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.destructoid.com/the-binding-of-isaac-broke-two-million-sales-252047.phtml|title=The Binding of Isaac broke two million sales|access-date=October 14, 2014}}</ref>
| {{n/a}}
| {{dts|September 28, 2011}}
| ], ]
| ] & Florian Himsl
| ]
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|020|2 million}}<ref name="lionhead"/>
| ''Black'' & ''White''
| {{dts|March 25, 2001}}
| ]
| ]
| ]<br />Sold-Out Software
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|020|2 million}}<ref name="ownt">{{cite web |url=http://www.ownt.com/qtakes/2003/gamestats/gamestats.shtm |title=All Time Top 20 Best Selling Games |access-date=December 1, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060221044930/http://www.ownt.com/qtakes/2003/gamestats/gamestats.shtm |archive-date=February 21, 2006 |date=May 21, 2003}}</ref>
| '']''
| {{dts|October 30, 2001}}
| ], ]
| ]
| ]
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|020|2 million}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://idsoftware.com/corporate/idhist.html |title=What id is |publisher=] |access-date=February 15, 2007 |date=December 1998 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/19990209072923/http://idsoftware.com/corporate/idhist.html |archive-date = February 9, 1999}}{{Better source needed|reason=need source as doesn't strictly say PC sales; could be for GBA, PS3, XBox, etc.|date=August 2014}}</ref>
| '']''
| {{dts|September 30, 1994}}
| ]
| ]
| ]
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|020|2 million}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2015/05/01/surprise-gta-5-is-also-a-massive-hit-on-pc/ |title=Surprise, 'GTA 5' Is Also A Massive Hit On PC|date=April 14, 2015}}</ref>
| '' ]''
| {{dts|April 14, 2015}}
| ]
| ]
| ]
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|020|2 million}}<ref name="mafia">{{cite web|url=http://www.2kgames.com/index.php?p=news&ID=232 |title=2K Games Announces Mafia 2 |publisher=] |date=August 21, 2007 |access-date=September 1, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080402162107/http://www.2kgames.com/index.php?p=news |archive-date=April 2, 2008 }}</ref>
| ''Mafia''
| {{dts|August 28, 2002}}
| ]
| ]
| ]
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|020|2 million}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/neverwinter-nights-ii/536369p1.html |title=Neverwinter Nights 2 (PC) |work=The History of Dungeons & Dragons |publisher=] |access-date=November 26, 2006 |date=August 6, 2004 |author=Tal Blevins}}</ref>
| '']''
| {{dts|June 18, 2002}}
| ]
| ]
| ] / ]
|-
|'']''
|{{sort|020|2 million}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Frontier's Jurassic World Evolution and Planet Coaster both cross 2m sales milestone|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-01-15-frontiers-jurassic-world-evolution-and-planet-coaster-both-cross-2m-sales-milestone|date=January 15, 2019|website=]|access-date=May 18, 2020}}</ref>
| {{n/a}}
|{{dts|November 2016}}
|]
|]
|]
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|020|2 million}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/ubi-soft-entertainment-s-a-history/|title=Ubi Soft Entertainment S.A. History |publisher=St. James Press |access-date=November 12, 2018}}</ref>
| ''POD''
| {{dts|February 28, 1997}}
| ]
| ]
| ]
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|020|2 million}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/news/simcity-sales-hit-2-million-6411970|title=SimCity has sold over 1.6 million units|date=July 24, 2013|access-date=July 24, 2013|work=Gamespot}}</ref>
| '']''
| {{dts|March 5, 2013}}
| ]
| ]
| ]
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|020|2 million}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://themetropolisproject.org/articles/core-ideas/open-source-future |title=The Open Source Future |publisher=The Metropolis Project |date=October 11, 2009 |access-date=July 25, 2012 |author=John |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410172408/http://themetropolisproject.org/articles/core-ideas/open-source-future |archive-date=April 10, 2013 }}</ref>
| '']''
| {{dts|January 14, 2003}}
| ]
| ]
| ] (Windows)<br />] (macOS)
|-
| '']''
|{{sort|020|2 million}}<ref name="Rok s českou hrou Kingdom Come: Deliverance"/>
|{{n/a}}
| {{dts|October 13, 2013}}
|]
|]
|]
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|020|2 million}}<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://news.ea.com/portal/site/ea/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&ndmConfigId=1012492&newsId=20081030006325&newsLang=en|title=EA Reports Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2009 Results|publisher=]|date=October 30, 2008|access-date=August 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710163706/http://news.ea.com/portal/site/ea/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&ndmConfigId=1012492&newsId=20081030006325&newsLang=en|archive-date=July 10, 2011}}</ref>
| ''Spore''
| {{dts|September 4, 2008}}
| ]
| ]
| ]
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|020|2 million}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Fireflyworlds Stronghold Crusader 2 |url=http://www.fireflyworlds.com/press/sheet.php?p=Stronghold%20Crusader%202 |publisher=Firefly Studios |access-date=October 3, 2013}}</ref>
|''Stronghold''
| {{dts|July 31, 2002}}
| ]
| ]
| ] / ]
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|020|2 million}}<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991012214549/http://blizzard.com/press/991001.html |title=Warcraft II: Battle.Net Edition goes gold |date=October 1, 1999 |publisher=] |url=http://www.blizzard.com/press/991001.html |archive-date=October 12, 1999 |access-date=October 4, 2007}}{{Better source needed|reason=source does not strictly state PC sales. Differentiate between PS1 and Saturn if possible|date=August 2014}}</ref>
| '']''
| {{dts|December 9, 1995}}
| ]
| ]
| ]
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|018|1.8 million}}<ref name="Rice"/>
| '']''
| {{dts|September 1, 2015}}
| ], ]
| ]
| ]
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|015|1.5 million}}<ref name="Rice"/>
| '']''
| {{dts|June 1, 2010}}
| ]
| ]
| ]
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|019|1.5 million}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Stellaris celebrates over 1.5 million copies sold - Apocalypse DLC available today |url=https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/en/stellaris-celebrates-over-1-5-million-copies-sold-apocalypse-dlc-available-today/ |website=Paradox Interactive |access-date=12 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502121333/https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/en/stellaris-celebrates-over-1-5-million-copies-sold-apocalypse-dlc-available-today/ |archive-date=2 May 2019 |date=22 February 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| {{n/a}}
| {{dts|May 9, 2016}}
| ], ], ]
| ]
| ]
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|013|1.3 million}}<ref name="Rice"/>
| '']''
| {{dts|March 21, 2013}}
| ], ]
| ]
| ]
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|019|1.3 million<ref name="Releasing Satisfactory's Total Number of Sales">{{cite web |title=Releasing Satisfactory's Total Number of Sales|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZxNtTPmiJU|website=YouTube|access-date=3 July 2020}}</ref>}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{dts|March 19, 2019}}
| ]
| ]
| ]
|-
| '']''
| {{sort|013|1.3 million}}<ref name="Rice"/>
| '']''
| {{dts|July 2, 2009}}
| ]
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| Capcom |- | Resident Evil 4: Ultimate HD Edition | 1.2 million | Resident Evil | February 27, 2014 | Third-person shooter, survival horror | Capcom | Capcom |- | Nier: Automata | 1.2 million | Nier | March 17, 2017 | Action role-playing, hack and slash | PlatinumGames
Square Enix | Square Enix |- | Kingdom Come: Deliverance | 1.1 million | data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | — | February 13, 2018 | Action role-playing game | Warhorse Studios | Warhorse Studios |- | Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+ | 1.1 million | Pac-Man | September 25, 2013 | Maze, arcade | Namco Bandai Games
Mine Loader Software | Namco Bandai Games |- | Machinarium | 1 million | data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | — | October 16, 2009 | Graphic adventure, puzzle | Amanita Design | Amanita Design |- | Quake | 1 million | Quake | June 22, 1996 | First-person shooter | id Software | GT Interactive |- | Sacred | 1 million | Sacred | March 23, 2004 | Action role-playing | Ascaron | Encore
Koch Media
Red Ant Enterprises |- | Dungeon Siege | 1 million | Dungeon Siege | April 5, 2002 | Role-playing game | Gas Powered Games | Microsoft Game Studios |- | American McGee's Alice | 1 million | Alice | October 6, 2000 | Action-adventure, platformer | Rogue Entertainment | Electronic Arts |- | American Truck Simulator | 1.5 million | Trucks Simulator | October 19, 2012 | Vehicle simulation | SCS Software | SCS Software |- | Grand Prix 2 | 1 million | Grand Prix | August 30, 1996 | Sim racing | MicroProse | MicroProse |- | Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun | 1 million | Command & Conquer | August 27, 1999 | Real-time strategy | Westwood Studios | Electronic Arts |- | Crysis Warhead | 1 million | Crysis | September 16, 2008 | First-person shooter | Crytek Budapest | Electronic Arts |- | Duke Nukem 3D | 1 million | Duke Nukem | January 29, 1996 | First-person shooter | 3D Realms | GT Interactive Software |- | Star Wars Galaxies | 1 million | Star Wars | June 26, 2003 | MMORPG | Sony Online Entertainment | LucasArts |- | Stronghold | 1 million |Stronghold | October 19, 2001 | Real-time strategy | Firefly Studios | Take-Two Interactive / Gathering of Developers |- | Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines | 1 million | Commandos | June 24, 1998 | Real-time tactics | Pyro Studios | Eidos Interactive |- | Total Annihilation | 1 million |Total Annihilation | September 30, 1997 | Real-time strategy | Cavedog Entertainment | GT Interactive |- | Battlefield Vietnam | 1 million | Battlefield | March 14, 2004 | First-person shooter | EA DICE | Electronic Arts |- | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | 1 million | Harry Potter | November 15, 2001 | Action-adventure | KnowWonder | Electronic Arts |- |The Legend of Sword and Fairy 5 |1 million |The Legend of Sword and Fairy |July 7, 2011 |Role-playing game |Softstar |Softstar |- | Psychonauts | 1 million | Psychonauts | April 19, 2005 | Platform | Double Fine Productions | THQ |- | Prison Architect | 1 million | data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | — | September 25, 2012 | Construction and management simulation | Introversion Software | Introversion Software |- | Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning | 1 million | Warhammer | September 18, 2008 | MMORPG | Mythic Entertainment | Electronic Arts |- | Rome: Total War | 1 million | Total War | September 22, 2004 | Real-time strategy |The Creative Assembly |Activision |- | StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm | 1 million | StarCraft | March 12, 2013 | Real-time strategy | Blizzard Entertainment | Blizzard Entertainment |- | Crusader Kings III | 1 million | Crusader Kings | 1 September 2020 | Grand strategy | Paradox Development Studio | Paradox Interactive |- | Crusader Kings II | 1 million | Crusader Kings | February 14, 2012 | Grand strategy | Paradox Development Studio | Paradox Interactive |- | Killing Floor | 1 million | data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | — | May 14, 2009 | First-person shooter | Tripwire Interactive | Tripwire Interactive |- | Zoo Tycoon | 1 million | Zoo Tycoon | October 17, 2001 | Business simulation | Microsoft | Blue Fang Games |- | Age of Mythology | 1 million | Age of Empires | October 30, 2002 | Real-time strategy | Ensemble Studios | Microsoft |- | Ark: Survival Evolved | 1 million | Ark: Survival Evolved | June 2, 2015 | Action-adventure, Survival | Studio Wildcard
Instinct Games | Studio Wildcard |- |Europa Universalis IV |1 million |Europa Universalis |August 13, 2013 |Grand strategy |Paradox Development Studio |Paradox Interactive |- | BioShock | 1 million | BioShock | August 21, 2007 | First-person shooter | Irrational Games | 2K Games |- | Blade Runner | 1 million | data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | — | November 21, 1997 | Point-and-click | Westwood Studios | Virgin Interactive |- | Civilization II | 1 million | Civilization | February 29, 1996 | Turn-based strategy, 4X | MicroProse | MicroProse |- | Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 | 1 million | Command & Conquer | October 23, 2000 | Real-time strategy | Westwood Pacific | Electronic Arts |- | Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars | 1 million | Command & Conquer | March 28, 2007 | Real-time strategy | EA Los Angeles | Electronic Arts |- |Cuphead | 1 million | data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | — | September 29, 2017 |Run and gun |StudioMDHR |StudioMDHR |- | Daryl F. Gates' Police Quest: SWAT | 1 million | Police Quest | September 30, 1995 | Interactive movie | Sierra Online | Sierra Online |- | Deer Hunter | 1 million | Deer Hunter | November 13, 1997 | Sports | Sunstorm Interactive | WizardWorks |- | Divinity: Original Sin II | 1 million | Divinity | September 14, 2017 | Role-playing game | Larian Studios | Larian Studios |- | Dungeon Lords | 1 million | data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | — | May 5, 2005 | Role-playing game | Heuristic Park | DreamCatcher Interactive |- | Empire Earth | 1 million | Empire Earth | November 12, 2001 | Real-time strategy | Stainless Steel Studios | Sierra Entertainment |- | Frogger | 1 million | Frogger | November 3, 1997 | Action | SCE Cambridge Studio | Hasbro Interactive |- | Full Throttle | 1 million | data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | — | April 30, 1995 | Graphic adventure | LucasArts | LucasArts |- | Glory of the Roman Empire | 1 million | data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | — | June 26, 2006 | City-building game | Haemimont Games | CDV Software |- | Hearts of Iron IV | 1 million | Hearts of Iron | June 6, 2016 | Real-time strategy, grand strategy wargame | Paradox Development Studio | Paradox Interactive |- | Hidden & Dangerous | 1 million | Hidden & Dangerous | July 29, 1999 | Action | Illusion Softworks | Take-Two Interactive |- | Hidden & Dangerous 2 | 1 million | Hidden & Dangerous | October 21, 2003 | Action | Illusion Softworks | Take-Two Interactive |- | Hollow Knight | 1 million | data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | — | February 24, 2017 | Metroidvania | Team Cherry | Team Cherry |- | Hotel Giant | 1 million | data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | — | May 17, 2002 | Business simulation | Enlight Software | JoWood Productions |- | Hydlide | 1 million | Hydlide | December 13, 1984 | Action role-playing | Technology and Entertainment Software | Technology and Entertainment Software |- | Imperivm: Great Battles of Rome | 1 million | data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | — | May 10, 2005 | Real-time strategy | Haemimont Games | FX Interactive |- | Just Survive | 1 million | data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | — | January 15, 2015 | Survival | Daybreak Game Company | Daybreak Game Company |- | The Legend of Sword and Fairy 3 | 1 million | The Legend of Sword and Fairy | July 31, 2003 | Role-playing game | Softstar Entertainment | Softstar Entertainment
Unistar |- | Microsoft Flight Simulator X | 1 million | Microsoft Flight Simulator | October 17, 2006 | Amateur flight simulation | Microsoft Game Studios | Microsoft Game Studios |- | Mordhau | 1 million | data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | — | April 29, 2019 | Action | Triternion | Triternion |- | Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis | 1 million | data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | — | June 22, 2001 | Tactical shooter | Bohemia Interactive Studio | Codemasters |- | Patrician III: Rise of the Hanse | 1 million | The Patrician | October 24, 2003 | Business simulation | Ascaron | Encore |- | Phantasmagoria | 1 million | Phantasmagoria | July 31, 1995 | Interactive movie | Sierra Online | Sierra Online |- | Quake II | 1 million | Quake | December 9, 1997 | First-person shooter | id Software | Activision |- | Railroad Tycoon II | 1 million | Railroad Tycoon | November 4, 1998 | Construction and management simulation | PopTop Software | Gathering of Developers
Take-Two Interactive |- | Resident Evil 5 | 1 million | Resident Evil | September 17, 2009 | Third-person shooter, survival horror | Capcom | Capcom |- | Return to Castle Wolfenstein | 1 million | Wolfenstein | November 19, 2001 | First-person shooter | Gray Matter Interactive
id Software | Activision |- | Return to Zork | 1 million | Zork | August 20, 1993 | Adventure | Infocom | Activision |- | Runaway: A Road Adventure | 1 million | Runaway | July 6, 2001 | Adventure | Péndulo Studios, S.L. | Dinamic Multimedia |- | StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void | 1 million | StarCraft | November 10, 2015 | Real-time strategy | Blizzard Entertainment | Blizzard Entertainment |- | Star Wars: Rebel Assault |1 million | Star Wars | November 1993 | Rail shooter | LucasArts | LucasArts |- |Stardew Valley |1 million | data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | — |February 26, 2016 |Simulation, role-playing game |ConcernedApe |ConcernedApe |- |The Stanley Parable |1 million | data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | — |October 17, 2013 |Interactive fiction |Galactic Cafe |Galactic Cafe |- | Supreme Commander | 1 million | Total Annihilation | February 16, 2007 | Real-time strategy | Gas Powered Games | THQ |- | Tropico | 1 million | Tropico | April 24, 2001 | Construction and management simulation | PopTop Software | Gathering of Developers |- | Unreal | 1 million | Unreal | May 22, 1998 | First-person shooter | Epic Games
Digital Extremes | GT Interactive |- | Unreal Tournament | 1 million | Unreal | November 30, 1999 | First-person shooter | Epic Games
Digital Extremes | GT Interactive |- | Vietcong | 1 million | Vietcong | March 26, 2003 | Tactical shooter | Pterodon
Illusion Softworks | Gathering of Developers |- | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? | 1 million | data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | — | November 28, 1999 | Trivia game | Jellyvision | Disney Interactive Studios |- | Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger | 1 million | Wing Commander | December 1994 | Space combat simulation | Origin Systems | Electronic Arts |}

See also

Notes

  1. Sold a million copies under the name of H1Z1 while in early access. Not to be confused with the H1Z1 battle royale game by the same company.
  2. Published by Chucklefish between 2016–2018

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