Title
|
Total copies sold
|
Sales breakdown
|
Franchise
|
Release date
|
Genre
|
Developer
|
Publisher
|
Minecraft
|
22 million
|
—
|
Minecraft
|
May 17, 2009
|
Sandbox, Survival game
|
Mojang
|
Mojang, Microsoft
|
World of Warcraft
|
14 million
|
—
|
Warcraft
|
Nov 23, 2004
|
MMORPG
|
Blizzard Entertainment
|
Blizzard Entertainment
|
Terraria
|
12 million
|
—
|
Terraria
|
May 16, 2011
|
Action-adventure
|
Re-Logic
|
Re-Logic
|
Diablo III
|
12 million
|
—
|
Diablo
|
May 15, 2012
|
Action RPG, hack and slash dungeon crawl
|
Blizzard Entertainment
|
Activision Blizzard
|
Half-Life 2
|
12 million
|
—
|
Half-Life
|
November 16, 2004
|
First-person shooter
|
Valve Corporation
|
Valve Corporation (digital distribution) Sierra Entertainment (retail)
|
StarCraft
|
11 million
|
—
|
StarCraft
|
March 31, 1998
|
Real-time strategy
|
Blizzard Entertainment
|
Blizzard Entertainment
|
Garry's Mod
|
10 million
|
Digital release.
|
—
|
December 24, 2004
|
Sandbox
|
Facepunch Studios
|
Facepunch Studios
|
The Sims 3
|
10 million
|
—
|
The Sims
|
June 2, 2009
|
Simulation
|
The Sims Studio
|
Electronic Arts
|
Half-Life
|
9.3 million
|
—
|
Half-Life
|
November 19, 1998
|
First-person shooter
|
Valve Corporation
|
Sierra Entertainment
|
Guild Wars 2
|
5 million
|
7 million+ accounts created (include Free to Play Accounts)
|
Guild Wars
|
August 28, 2012
|
MMORPG
|
ArenaNet
|
NCsoft
|
Guild Wars
|
6.5 million
|
6.5 million in North America, Europe and Asia
|
Guild Wars
|
April 28, 2005
|
Competitive online RPG
|
ArenaNet
|
NCsoft
|
The Sims
|
6.3 million
|
—
|
The Sims
|
February 4, 2000
|
Simulation
|
Maxis
|
Electronic Arts
|
Myst
|
6 million
|
—
|
Myst
|
September 24, 1993
|
Graphic adventure, puzzle
|
Cyan
|
Brøderbund
|
The Sims 2
|
6 million
|
—
|
The Sims
|
September 14, 2004
|
Simulation
|
Maxis
|
Electronic Arts
|
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
|
6 million
|
—
|
StarCraft
|
July 27, 2010
|
Real-time strategy
|
Blizzard Entertainment
|
Activision Blizzard
|
Civilization V
|
5.8 million
|
—
|
Civilization
|
September 21, 2010
|
Turn-based strategy, 4X
|
Firaxis Games
|
2K Games & Aspyr
|
Riven
|
4.5 million
|
—
|
Myst
|
October 29, 1997
|
Graphic adventure
|
Cyan Worlds
|
Red Orb Entertainment
|
Diablo II
|
4 million
|
—
|
Diablo
|
June 29, 2000
|
Action RPG, hack and slash
|
Blizzard North
|
Blizzard Entertainment
|
Populous
|
4 million
|
—
|
Populous
|
June 5, 1989
|
Real-time strategy, God game
|
Bullfrog Productions
|
Electronic Arts
|
RollerCoaster Tycoon
|
4 million
|
4 million in North America
|
RollerCoaster Tycoon
|
March 31, 1999
|
Construction and management simulation
|
Chris Sawyer
|
MicroProse Software
|
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War (including expansions)
|
4 million
|
—
|
Warhammer
|
September 20, 2004
|
Real-time strategy
|
Relic Entertainment
|
THQ
|
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
|
4 million
|
—
|
Carmen Sandiego
|
June 1, 1985
|
Educational, strategy
|
Brøderbund Software
|
Brøderbund Software
|
Doom 3
|
3.5 million
|
—
|
Doom
|
August 3, 2004
|
First-person shooter, survival horror
|
id Software
|
Activision
|
EverQuest
|
3.5 million
|
—
|
EverQuest
|
March 16, 1999
|
MMORPG
|
Sony Online Entertainment
|
Sony Online Entertainment
|
Theme Park
|
3.5 million
|
—
|
Theme Park
|
1994
|
CMS
|
Bullfrog Productions
|
Electronic Arts
|
Age of Empires
|
3 million
|
—
|
Age of Empires
|
October 15, 1997
|
Real-time strategy
|
Ensemble Studios
|
Microsoft
|
Civilization IV
|
3 million
|
—
|
Civilization
|
October 25, 2005
|
Turn-based strategy, 4X
|
Firaxis Games
|
2K Games & Aspyr
|
Command & Conquer
|
3 million
|
—
|
Command & Conquer
|
August 31, 1995
|
Real-time strategy
|
Westwood Studios
|
Virgin Interactive Electronic Arts (since 1998; also freeware release)
|
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
|
3 million
|
—
|
Command & Conquer
|
October 31, 1996
|
Real-time strategy
|
Westwood Studios
|
Virgin Interactive
|
Crysis
|
3 million
|
—
|
Crysis
|
November 13, 2007
|
First-person shooter
|
Crytek Frankfurt
|
Electronic Arts
|
DayZ
|
3 million
|
—
|
—
|
December 16, 2013
|
Survival horror
|
Bohemia Interactive
|
Bohemia Interactive
|
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
|
3 million
|
—
|
Warcraft
|
July 3, 2002
|
Real-time strategy
|
Blizzard Entertainment
|
Blizzard Entertainment (North America) Sierra Entertainment (Europe) Capcom (Japan)
|
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
|
2.9 million
|
—
|
Counter-Strike
|
March 23, 2004
|
First-person shooter
|
Valve Corporation Gearbox Software Ritual Entertainment Turtle Rock Studios
|
Valve Corporation (digital distribution) Sierra Entertainment (retail)
|
Doom
|
2.9 million
|
—
|
Doom
|
December 10, 1993
|
First-person shooter
|
id Software
|
id Software
|
Magicka
|
2.8 million
|
—
|
—
|
January 25, 2011
|
Action-adventure game
|
Arrowhead Game Studios
|
Paradox Interactive Valve Corporation (digital distribution)
|
Age of Empires III
|
2.5 million
|
—
|
Age of Empires
|
October 18, 2005
|
Real-time strategy
|
Ensemble Studios
|
Microsoft
|
Anno 1503
|
2.5 million
|
—
|
Anno
|
March 23, 2003
|
Real-time strategy, city-building game
|
Max Design
|
Sunflowers
|
Anno 1602
|
2.5 million
|
—
|
Anno
|
September 24, 1998
|
Real-time strategy, city-building game
|
Max Design
|
Sunflowers
|
Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars
|
2.5 million
|
—
|
Cossacks
|
April 15, 2005
|
Real-time strategy
|
GSC Game World
|
CDV Software
|
Diablo
|
2.5 million
|
—
|
Diablo
|
December 31, 1996
|
Action RPG, hack and slash, dark fantasy
|
Blizzard North
|
Blizzard Entertainment (North America) Ubisoft (Europe)
|
Far Cry
|
2.5 million
|
—
|
Far Cry
|
March 23, 2004
|
First-person shooter
|
Crytek
|
Ubisoft
|
Rust
|
2.4 million
|
—
|
—
|
December 11, 2013
|
Sandbox
|
Facepunch Studios
|
Valve Software
|
Battlefield 1942
|
2.4 million
|
—
|
Battlefield
|
September 10, 2002
|
First-person shooter
|
DICE
|
Electronic Arts
|
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
|
2.2 million
|
—
|
The Witcher
|
May 17, 2011
|
Action RPG, hack and slash
|
CD Projekt RED
|
CD Projekt (Poland) Atari, Inc (North America) Namco Bandai Games (Europe & Australia)
|
Counter-Strike: Source
|
2.1 million
|
—
|
Counter-Strike
|
November 1, 2004
|
First-person shooter
|
Valve Corporation
|
Electronic Arts (retail) Valve Corporation (digital distribution)
|
The Witcher
|
2.1 million
|
—
|
The Witcher
|
October 26, 2007
|
Action RPG, hack and slash
|
CD Projekt RED
|
Atari, Inc
|
The 7th Guest
|
2 million
|
—
|
The 7th Guest
|
April 28, 1993
|
Interactive movie, puzzle adventure
|
Trilobyte
|
Virgin Interactive
|
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
|
2 million
|
—
|
Age of Empires
|
September 30, 1999
|
Real-time strategy
|
Ensemble Studios
|
Microsoft
|
The Binding of Isaac
|
2 million
|
—
|
—
|
September 28, 2011
|
Action-adventure, dungeon crawl, roguelike
|
Edmund McMillen & Florian Himsl
|
Headup Games
|
Black & White
|
2 million
|
—
|
Black & White
|
March 25, 2001
|
Simulation, god game
|
Lionhead Studios
|
EA Games Sold-Out Software
|
Civilization III
|
2 million
|
—
|
Civilization
|
October 30, 2001
|
Turn-based strategy
|
Firaxis Games
|
Infogrames
|
Doom II: Hell on Earth
|
2 million
|
—
|
Doom
|
September 30, 1994
|
First-person shooter, horror
|
id Software
|
GT Interactive
|
Euro Truck Simulator 2
|
2 million
|
—
|
Euro Trucks Simulator
|
October 19, 2012
|
Simulation video game
|
SCS Software
|
SCS Software
|
Grand Theft Auto V
|
2 million
|
—
|
Grand Theft Auto
|
April 14, 2015
|
Sandbox
|
Rockstar North
|
Rockstar Games
|
Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven
|
2 million
|
—
|
Mafia
|
August 28, 2002
|
Third-person shooter
|
Illusion Softworks
|
Gathering of Developers
|
Neverwinter Nights
|
2 million
|
—
|
Neverwinter Nights
|
June 18, 2002
|
Role-playing game
|
BioWare
|
Infogrames / Atari
|
SimCity
|
2 million
|
—
|
SimCity
|
March 5, 2013
|
Simulation
|
Electronic Arts
|
Electronic Arts
|
SimCity 4
|
2 million
|
—
|
SimCity
|
January 14, 2003
|
Simulation
|
Maxis
|
Electronic Arts (Windows) Aspyr Media (Mac OS X)
|
Spore
|
2 million
|
—
|
Spore
|
September 4, 2008
|
God Game Simulation Real-Time Strategy
|
Maxis
|
Electronic Arts
|
Stronghold: Crusader
|
2 million
|
—
|
Stronghold
|
July 31, 2002
|
Real-time strategy
|
Firefly Studios
|
Take-Two Interactive / Gathering of Developers
|
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
|
2 million
|
—
|
Warcraft
|
December 9, 1995
|
Real-time strategy
|
Blizzard Entertainment
|
Blizzard Entertainment
|
Quake
|
1.8 million
|
—
|
Quake
|
June 22, 1996
|
First-person shooter
|
id Software
|
GT Interactive
|
Sacred
|
1.8 million
|
—
|
Sacred
|
March 23, 2004
|
Action RPG
|
Ascaron
|
Encore Koch Media Red Ant Enterprises
|
Cities: Skylines
|
1.8 million
|
—
|
—
|
March 10, 2015
|
Simulation
|
Colossal Order (company)
|
Paradox Interactive
|
Dungeon Siege
|
1.7 million
|
—
|
Dungeon Siege
|
April 5, 2002
|
Role-playing game
|
Gas Powered Games
|
Microsoft Game Studios
|
American McGee's Alice
|
1.5 million
|
—
|
Alice
|
October 6, 2000
|
Action-adventure, platformer
|
Rogue Entertainment
|
Electronic Arts
|
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
|
1.5 million
|
—
|
Command & Conquer
|
August 27, 1999
|
Real-time strategy
|
Westwood Studios
|
Electronic Arts
|
Crysis Warhead
|
1.5 million
|
—
|
Crysis
|
September 16, 2008
|
First-person shooter
|
Crytek Budapest
|
Electronic Arts
|
Duke Nukem 3D
|
1.5 million
|
—
|
Duke Nukem
|
January 29, 1996
|
First-person shooter
|
3D Realms
|
GT Interactive Software
|
Star Wars Galaxies
|
1.5 million
|
—
|
Star Wars
|
June 26, 2003
|
MMORPG
|
Sony Online Entertainment (North America) Electronic Arts (Japan)
|
LucasArts
|
Stronghold
|
1.5 million
|
—
|
Stronghold
|
October 19, 2001
|
Real-time strategy
|
Firefly Studios
|
Take-Two Interactive / Gathering of Developers
|
Total Annihilation
|
1.5 million
|
—
|
Total Annihilation
|
September 30, 1997
|
Real-time strategy
|
Cavedog Entertainment
|
GT Interactive
|
Battlefield Vietnam
|
1.3 million
|
—
|
Battlefield
|
March 14, 2004
|
First-person shooter
|
DICE
|
Electronic Arts
|
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
|
1.3 million
|
1.3 million in the US
|
Harry Potter
|
November 15, 2001
|
Action-adventure, platformer
|
KnowWonder
|
Electronic Arts
|
The Legend of Sword and Fairy 5
|
1.3 million
|
—
|
The Legend of Sword and Fairy
|
July 7, 2011
|
Role-playing game
|
Softstar Technology (Beijing)
|
Softstar Entertainment Baiyou
|
Monopoly
|
1.3 million
|
—
|
Monopoly
|
September 30, 1995
|
Board game
|
Leisure Genius (1985/1988) Virgin Interactive (1991) Westwood Studios (1995) Gremlin Interactive (1997) Mind's-Eye Productions (1999) Runecraft (2002) EA Bright Light (2008)
|
Leisure Genius (1985/1988, 1991) Hasbro Interactive (1995) Infogrames (2002) Electronic Arts (2008)
|
Prison Architect
|
1.2 million
|
—
|
—
|
September 25, 2012
|
Construction and management simulation
|
Introversion Software
|
Introversion Software
|
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
|
1.2 million sold
|
—
|
Warhammer
|
September 18, 2008
|
MMORPG
|
Mythic Entertainment
|
Electronic Arts
|
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm
|
1.1 million
|
—
|
StarCraft
|
March 12, 2013
|
Real-time strategy
|
Blizzard Entertainment
|
Activision Blizzard
|
Crusader Kings II
|
1.1 million
|
—
|
Crusader Kings
|
February 14, 2012
|
Grand strategy
|
Paradox Development Studio
|
Paradox Interactive
|
Killing Floor
|
1.1 million
|
—
|
—
|
May 14, 2009
|
First-person shooter
|
Tripwire Interactive
|
Tripwire Interactive
|
Zoo Tycoon
|
1.1 million
|
1.1 million in the US
|
Zoo Tycoon
|
October 17, 2001
|
Business simulation game
|
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
|
ARMA 3
|
1 million
|
—
|
ARMA
|
September 12, 2013
|
Tactical shooter
|
Bohemia Interactive
|
Bohemia Interactive
|
BioShock
|
1 million
|
—
|
BioShock
|
August 21, 2007
|
First-person shooter, action adventure, survival horror
|
Irrational Games (as 2K Boston)
|
2K Games
|
Blade Runner
|
1 million
|
—
|
—
|
November 21, 1997
|
Adventure, point-and-click
|
Westwood Studios
|
Virgin Interactive
|
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
|
Daryl F. Gates' Police Quest: SWAT
|
1 million
|
—
|
Police Quest
|
September 30, 1995
|
Interactive movie, simulation, action-adventure
|
Sierra Online
|
Sierra Online
|
Deer Hunter
|
1 million
|
—
|
Deer Hunter
|
November 13, 1997
|
Sports (hunting)
|
Sunstorm Interactive
|
WizardWorks Software
|
Dungeon Lords
|
1 million
|
—
|
—
|
May 5, 2005
|
Role-playing game
|
Heuristic Park
|
DreamCatcher Interactive, FX Interactive, Crimson Cow, 1C, Typhoon Games
|
Empire Earth
|
1 million
|
—
|
Empire Earth
|
November 12, 2001
|
Real-time strategy
|
Stainless Steel Studios
|
Sierra Entertainment
|
Frogger
|
1 million
|
—
|
Frogger
|
November 3, 1997
|
Arcade, action
|
SCE Cambridge Studio
|
Hasbro Interactive
|
Full Throttle
|
1 million
|
—
|
—
|
April 30, 1995
|
Graphic adventure
|
LucasArts
|
LucasArts
|
Glory of the Roman Empire
|
1 million
|
—
|
—
|
June 26, 2006
|
City-building game
|
Haemimont Games
|
CDV FX Interactive (Spain & Italy)
|
Hidden & Dangerous
|
1 million
|
—
|
Hidden & Dangerous
|
July 29, 1999
|
Action game with tactical elements
|
Illusion Softworks
|
Take-Two Interactive TalonSoft
|
Hidden & Dangerous 2
|
1 million
|
—
|
Hidden & Dangerous
|
October 21, 2003
|
Action game with tactical elements
|
Illusion Softworks
|
Take-Two Interactive TalonSoft
|
Hotel Giant
|
1 million
|
—
|
—
|
May 17, 2002
|
Business simulation game
|
Enlight Software
|
JoWood Productions
|
Imperivm: Great Battles of Rome
|
1 million
|
1 million in Italy and Spain; not distributed elsewhere.
|
—
|
May 10, 2005
|
Real-time strategy, real-time tactics
|
Haemimont Games
|
FX Interactive
|
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
|
1 million in the US
|
Microsoft Flight Simulator
|
October 17, 2006
|
Amateur flight simulation
|
Microsoft Game Studios
|
Microsoft Game Studios
|
Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis
|
1 million
|
—
|
—
|
June 22, 2001
|
Tactical shooter
|
Bohemia Interactive Studio
|
Codemasters
|
Patrician III: Rise of the Hanse
|
1 million
|
1 million in Italy and Spain
|
The Patrician
|
October 24, 2003
|
Business simulation game
|
Ascaron
|
Encore
|
Phantasmagoria
|
1 million
|
—
|
Phantasmagoria
|
July 31, 1995
|
Interactive movie, psychological horror, point-and-click adventure
|
Sierra Online
|
Sierra Online
|
Quake II
|
1 million
|
—
|
Quake
|
November 30, 1997
|
First-person shooter
|
id Software
|
Activision
|
Railroad Tycoon II
|
1 million
|
—
|
Railroad Tycoon
|
November 4, 1998
|
Business simulation game
|
PopTop Software
|
Gathering of Developers Take-Two Interactive
|
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
|
1 million
|
—
|
Wolfenstein
|
November 19, 2001
|
First-person shooter
|
Gray Matter Interactive id Software Nerve Software (multiplayer)
|
Activision
|
Return to Zork
|
1 million
|
—
|
Zork
|
August 20, 1993
|
Adventure game
|
Infocom
|
Activision
|
Runaway: A Road Adventure
|
1 million
|
—
|
Runaway
|
July 6, 2001
|
Adventure game
|
Péndulo Studios, S.L.
|
Dinamic Multimedia FX Interactive
|
Space Engineers
|
1 million
|
—
|
—
|
October 13, 2013
|
Sandbox, Adventure/Survival, Construction
|
Keen Software House
|
Keen Software House
|
Star Wars: Rebel Assault
|
1 million
|
—
|
Star Wars
|
November 1993
|
Rail shooter
|
LucasArts
|
LucasArts
|
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
|
Mundane Games Digital Extremes
|
GT Interactive
|
Unreal Tournament
|
1 million
|
—
|
Unreal
|
November 30, 1999
|
First-person shooter
|
Mundane Games Digital Extremes
|
GT Interactive
|
Vietcong
|
1 million
|
—
|
Vietcong
|
March 26, 2003
|
Tactical first-person shooter
|
Pterodon Illusion Softworks
|
Gathering of Developers
|
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
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1 million
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
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November 28, 1999
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Trivia game
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Jellyvision
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Disney Interactive Studios
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Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger
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1 million
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Wing Commander
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December 1994
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Space combat simulation
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Origin Systems
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Electronic Arts
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