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This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

This is a list of PC games (including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux) that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

Sales from digital distribution outlets such as Steam are also not taken into account. Subscription figures for massively multiplayer online games such as World of Warcraft or Lineage are also not taken into account as they do not necessarily correspond to sales.

List

PC games which have sold or shipped one million copies
Title Total copies sold Sales breakdown Series Release date Genre Developer Publisher
The Sims 2 20 million — The Sims September 14, 2004 Simulation Maxis Electronic Arts
The Sims 16 million — The Sims February 4, 2000 Simulation Maxis Electronic Arts
Diablo III 12 million — Diablo May 15, 2012 Action RPG, hack and slash dungeon crawl Blizzard Entertainment Activision Blizzard
Battlefield 2 11 million — Battlefield June 21, 2005 Squad-based first-person shooter Digital Illusions CE (DICE) EA Games
Minecraft 11 million — — November 19, 2011 Sandbox, Adventure/Survival, Construction Mojang Mojang
StarCraft 11 million — StarCraft March 31, 1998 Real-time strategy Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment
The Sims 3 10 million — The Sims June 2, 2009 Simulation The Sims Studio Electronic Arts
World of Warcraft 10 million — Warcraft November 23, 2004 MMORPG Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment
Half-Life 9.3 million — Half-Life November 19, 1998 First-person shooter Valve Corporation Sierra Entertainment
Guild Wars 6.5 million 6.5 million in North America, Europe and Asia Guild Wars April 28, 2005 Co-operative online RPG ArenaNet NCsoft
Half-Life 2 12 million — Half-Life November 16, 2004 First-person shooter Valve Corporation Valve Corporation (digital distribution)
Sierra Entertainment (retail)
Myst 6 million — Myst September 24, 1993 Graphic adventure, puzzle Cyan Brøderbund
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty 6 million — StarCraft July 27, 2010 Real-time strategy Blizzard Entertainment Activision Blizzard
SimCity 3000 (including re-release versions) 5 million — SimCity January 31, 1999 Simulation Maxis Electronic Arts
Riven 4.5 million — Myst October 29, 1997 Graphic adventure Cyan Worlds Red Orb Entertainment
Counter-Strike 4.2 million — Counter-Strike June 19, 1999 First-person shooter
Cossacks: European Wars 4 million — Cossacks April 24, 2001
Diablo II 4 million — Diablo June 29, 2000
Populous 4 million — Populous June 5, 1989
Portal 2 4 million — Half-Life April 19, 2011
RollerCoaster Tycoon 4 million 4 million in North America RollerCoaster Tycoon March 31, 1999
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War (including expansions) 4 million — Warhammer September 20, 2004
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? 4 million — Carmen Sandiego June 1, 1985
Doom 3 3.5 million — Doom August 3, 2004
EverQuest 3.5 million — EverQuest March 16, 1999
Theme Park 3.5 million — Theme Park 1994
Age of Empires 3 million — Age of Empires October 15, 1997
Civilization IV 3 million — Civilization October 25, 2005
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 million — Command & Conquer October 31, 1996
Crysis 3 million — Crysis November 13, 2007
Guild Wars 2 3 million — Guild Wars August 28, 2012
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos 3 million 4.4 million shipped — Warcraft July 3, 2002
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero 2.9 million — Counter-Strike March 23, 2004
Age of Empires III 2.5 million — Age of Empires October 18, 2005
Anno 1503 2.5 million — Anno March 23, 2003
Anno 1602 2.5 million — Anno September 24, 1998
Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars 2.5 million — Cossacks April 15, 2005
Diablo 2.5 million — Diablo December 31, 1996
Far Cry 2.5 million — Far Cry March 23, 2004
Battlefield 1942 2.4 million — Battlefield September 10, 2002
Counter-Strike: Source 2.1 million — Counter-Strike November 1, 2004
The Witcher 2.1 million — The Witcher October 26, 2007
The 7th Guest 2 million — The 7th Guest January 1, 1993
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings 2 million — Age of Empires September 30, 1999
Baldur's Gate 2 million — Baldur's Gate November 30, 1998
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn 2 million — Baldur's Gate September 24, 2000
Black & White 2 million — Black & White March 25, 2001
Civilization III 2 million — Civilization October 30, 2001
Doom II: Hell on Earth 2 million — Doom September 30, 1994
Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven 2 million — Mafia August 28, 2002
Neverwinter Nights 2 million — Neverwinter Nights June 18, 2002
SimCity 4 2 million — SimCity January 14, 2003
Spore 2 million — Spore September 4, 2008
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl 2 million — S.T.A.L.K.E.R. March 20, 2007
Terraria 2 million — — May 16, 2011
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness 2 million — Warcraft December 9, 1995
Sacred 1.8 million — Sacred March 23, 2004
Dungeon Siege 1.7 million — Dungeon Siege April 5, 2002
Quake 1.7 million — Quake June 22, 1996
SimCity (2013) 1.6 million — SimCity March 5, 2013 Simulation Maxis Electronic Arts
American McGee's Alice 1.5 million — Alice October 6, 2000
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun 1.5 million — Command & Conquer August 27, 1999
Crysis Warhead 1.5 million — Crysis September 16, 2008
Duke Nukem 3D 1.5 million — Duke Nukem January 29, 1996
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 1.5 million
  • 1.3 million in the US
  • 200,000 in the UK
 Harry Potter November 15, 2001
Star Wars Galaxies 1.5 million — Star Wars June 26, 2003
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning 1.5 million shipped, 1.2 million sold — Warhammer September 18, 2008
Half-Life 2: Episode One 1.4 million — Half-Life June 1, 2006
Battlefield Vietnam 1.3 million — Battlefield March 14, 2004
Monopoly 1.3 million — Monopoly September 30, 1995
Zoo Tycoon 1.3 million
  • 1.1 million in the US
  • 200,000 in the UK
 Zoo Tycoon October 17, 2001
Doom 1.1 million — Doom December 10, 1993
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 1.1 million
  • 940,000 in the US
  • 200,000 in the UK
 RollerCoaster Tycoon October 15, 2002
SimCity 2000 1.1 million — SimCity July 1, 1993
Killing Floor 1.1 million — — May 14, 2009
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault 1.1 million
  • 900,000 in the US
  • 200,000 in the UK
 Medal of Honor January 22, 2002
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings 1.1 million — The Witcher May 17, 2011
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures 1 million — Conan the Barbarian May 20, 2008
Age of Mythology 1 million — Age of Empires October 30, 2002
The Binding of Isaac 1 million — — September 28, 2011
BioShock 1 million — BioShock August 21, 2007
Blade Runner 1 million — — November 21, 1997
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 1 million — Command & Conquer October 23, 2000
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars 1 million — Command & Conquer March 28, 2007
Daryl F. Gates' Police Quest: SWAT 1 million — Police Quest September 30, 1995
Deer Hunter 1 million — Deer Hunter November 13, 1997
Dungeon Lords 1 million — — May 5, 2005
Empire Earth 1 million — Empire Earth November 12, 2001
Frogger 1 million — Frogger November 3, 1997
Glory of the Roman Empire 1 million — — June 26, 2006
Hellgate: London 1 million — — October 31, 2007
Hidden & Dangerous 1 million — Hidden & Dangerous July 29, 1999
Hotel Giant 1 million — — May 17, 2002
Imperivm: Great Battles of Rome 1 million 1 million in Italy and Spain; not distributed elsewhere. — May 10, 2005
The Legend of Sword and Fairy 3 1 million — The Legend of Sword and Fairy July 31, 2003
Microsoft Flight Simulator X 1 million 1 million in the US Microsoft Flight Simulator October 17, 2006
Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis 1 million — — June 22, 2001
Patrician III: L'Impero Dei Mari 1 million 1 million in Italy and Spain The Patrician October 24, 2003
Phantasmagoria 1 million — Phantasmagoria July 31, 1995
Quake II 1 million — Quake November 30, 1997
Railroad Tycoon II 1 million — Railroad Tycoon November 4, 1998
Return to Castle Wolfenstein 1 million — Wolfenstein November 19, 2001
Return to Zork 1 million — Zork August 20, 1993
Runaway: A Road Adventure 1 million — Runaway July 6, 2001
Supreme Commander 1 million — Total Annihilation February 16, 2007
Tropico 1 million — Tropico April 24, 2001
Unreal 1 million — Unreal May 22, 1998
Unreal Tournament 1 million — Unreal November 30, 1999
Vietcong 1 million — Vietcong March 26, 2003
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 1 million — Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? November 28, 1999

Notes

  • ^1 While the full version of Minecraft was made available on November 18, 2011, alpha (and later beta) versions of the game had been publicly available since May 17, 2009, and 4 million of the sales were made prior to November 7, 2011.
  • ^2 This includes the 1.2 million copies given away as part of World of Warcraft's Annual Pass offer.
  • ^3 World of Warcraft: Cataclysm sold 4.7 million copies during its first month on sale. Since a copy of the main game and all prior expansions are required to play Cataclysm, both the original game and the expansions must also have sold at least 4.7 million copies.

Older computers

This section lists the sales of video games released for older personal computer platforms such as the Amiga, Apple II, Atari 8-bit and Atari ST; BBC Micro, Commodore VIC-20 and Commodore 64; FM-7 and FM Towns; MSX, NEC PC-88 and PC-98; and the Sharp X1 and X68000. The computer game industry was much smaller when these platforms were active, but gradually increasing; the best-selling computer game up until June 1982 sold 35,000 copies, a major hit in 1983 would have sold around 50,000 copies, and a major hit in 1985 would have sold around 150,000 copies. As such, the threshold is at least 35,000 sales for titles released up until 1982, 50,000 for titles released in 1983, and at least 100,000 sales for titles released from 1984 onwards.

Game Release year Copies sold Sales as of
The Last Ninja 1987 2 million 2008
Thexder 1985 1 million 1990
Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu 1985 400,000 in Japan 1985
Sokoban 1982 400,000 in Japan 1988
Zork I 1980 378,987 1986
Skyfox 1984 317,545 1986
The Bard's Tale 1985 300,000 2003
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar 1985 300,000 1990
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1984 254,249 1986
Out Run 1987 250,000 in the UK 1987
Door Door 1983 200,000 in Japan 1985
Gauntlet 1986 200,000 in the UK 1987
Zork II 1981 173,204 1986
Chessmaster 2000 1986 160,000 1987
The Black Onyx 1984 150,000 in Japan 1986
The Seven Cities of Gold 1984 150,000 2003
Deadline 1982 140,719 1986
Zork III 1982 129,232 1986
Ultima III: Exodus 1983 120,000 2008
Pac-Man 1987 100,000 in the US 1987
Will: The Death Trap II 1985 100,000 in Japan 1986
Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer 1987 100,000 1987
Suspended 1983 99,956 1986
Starcross 1982 90,315 1986
Mystery House 1980 80,000 2003
Choplifter 1982 60,000 1983
Wizard and the Princess 1980 60,000 2010
Ultima II: The Revenge of the Enchantress 1982 50,000 1990
Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness 1981 50,000 1990
Temple of Apshai 1979 40,000 in the US 1982
K-razy Shoot-Out 1982 35,000 in the US 1982

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