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This is a list of computer and video game franchises that have sold or shipped at least 5 million copies. Unless otherwise stated, numbers indicate worldwide units sold, ordered alphabetically whenever two or more list the same amount. The exception are the ones specifying shipments, which have lower precedence than others listing sales.

For computer games, franchise sales include expansion packs even though they are not considered full video games.

At least 50 million copies

# Franchise name Original Release Date Sales
1 Mario 1981[1] 222 million[2]
The Mario franchise spawned over 200 games since its first release.[1] Known as Jumpman in the original Donkey Kong video game, the character was created by Shigeru Miyamoto and since became the official mascot of Nintendo, owner of the trademark. Mario franchise has expanded into other media, including three animated television series, comic books, manga, film and other merchandise.
2 Pokémon 1995 193 million[3]
Pokémon was created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1995 as a video game for the Game Boy portable console, soon turning into a franchise merchandised into anime, manga, trading cards, toys, books, and other media. It is owned by Nintendo and contains 17 games in the main RPG series and 43 games in total.
3 Tetris June 1985 125 million[4]
Tetris (Template:Lang-ru) is a falling-blocks puzzle video game, created by Alexey Pajitnov and released on a vast spectrum of platforms, from calculators to video game consoles and computers, with the version bundled with the Game Boy selling over 35 million.[4]
4 The Sims February 4, 2000 125 million[5]
The Sims is a series of strategic life-simulation computer and console video games created by game designer Will Wright, published by Maxis and distributed by Electronic Arts. The series consists of three main games and a number of compilations and expansion packs.
5 Need for Speed 1994 100 million[6]
Need For Speed is a series of racing video games by Electronic Arts, released on multiple platforms. The games consist mainly of racing with various cars on various tracks, and to some extent, include police pursuits in races.
6 Final Fantasy December 18, 1987 96 million[7]
Final Fantasy (ファイナルファンタジー, Fainaru Fantajī) is a media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi and owned by Square Enix that includes thirteen released main video games and a number of spin-offs — mostly role-playing games, motion pictures, and other merchandise.
7 Madden NFL 1988 75 million[8]
Madden NFL is an football video game series developed by Electronic Arts Tiburon for EA Sports. The game is named after Pro Football Hall of Famer John Madden, a well-known color commentator for NBC Sports and formerly a Super Bowl-winning head coach during the 1970s with the Oakland Raiders.
8 Sonic the Hedgehog June 23, 1991 70 million[9]
The Sonic the Hedgehog series is a franchise of video games released by Sega starring and named after its mascot character Sonic The Hedgehog, created by Yuji Naka and Naoto Ohshima. With time, it has expanded into animated television series, manga and comic books.
9 Grand Theft Auto 1997 70 million[10]
Grand Theft Auto is a sandbox style video game series created by Dave Jones and primarily developed by Scottish developer Rockstar North (formerly DMA Design) and published by Rockstar Games, including eight stand-alone games and two expansion packs for the original game.
10 FIFA Christmas 1993 65 million[11]
A series of soccer video games, released yearly by Electronic Arts under the EA Sports label, and the first to have an official licence from the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (International Federation of Association Football), the international governing body of football.
11 The Legend of Zelda February 21, 1986 59 million[12]
The Legend of Zelda (ゼルダの伝説, Zeruda no Densetsu) is a high fantasy action-adventure video game series created by game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, developed and published by Nintendo.
12 Winning Eleven 1995 55.5 million[13]
Winning Eleven is a soccer video game franchise made by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, presented as Pro Evolution Soccer in United States and Europe. The series is produced by Shingo Takatsuka.
13 Gran Turismo December 23, 1997 55.45 million [14]
Gran Turismo is a series of racing video games produced by Kazunori Yamauchi for the Sony PlayStation gaming systems by Polyphony Digital.
14 Call of Duty October 29, 2003 55 million[15]
Call of Duty is a first-person shooter video game series set in World War II, with the exception of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which is set in modern times, published by Activision and Aspyr Media and developed by Infinity Ward, Gray Matter Interactive, Spark Unlimited, Treyarch, Pi Studios, and Amaze Entertainment.
15 Tom Clancy August 21, 1998 55 million[16]
Includes sales from Tom Clancy–sponsored games made by Ubisoft, including Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six, and Splinter Cell.
16 Dragon Quest May 27, 1986 53 million[17][7]
Dragon Quest (ドラゴンクエスト, Doragon Kuesuto), published as Dragon Warrior in North America until the 2005 release of Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King, is a series of role-playing games created by Yuji Horii, with character design by manga artist Akira Toriyama and currently published by Square Enix.
17 Bejeweled May 30, 2001 50 million[18]
Bejeweled is a puzzle game first developed as a browser game by PopCap Games in 2001. A sequel to this game, Bejeweled 2, was released by PopCap Games in 2004.
18 Nickelodeon 50 million[19]
The Nickelodeon franchise includes licenses like SpongeBob SquarePants and Avatar: The Last Airbender, published by THQ.
19 Lego 1997 close to 50 million[20]
The Lego franchise includes franchises like List of Lego video games and games like Lego Batman: The Videogame and Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures, published by LucasArts.

At least 20 million copies

# Franchise name Original Release Date Sales
20 Donkey Kong 1981 49 million[21]
Donkey Kong is a video game series created by Shigeru Miyamoto when he was assigned by Nintendo to build a game that would appeal more to Americans on the arcade hardware of Radar Scope, a game that had been released to test audiences with poor results.
21 WWE SmackDown vs. Raw February 29, 2000 47 million shipped[22]
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw (formerly WWE SmackDown!) is a series of professional wrestling video games released by THQ. The franchise takes its name from World Wrestling Entertainment's weekly television programs SmackDown and Raw. The games are developed by the Japanese game developer Yuke's.
22 Lineage September 1998 43 million[23]
Lineage (Template:Lang-ko) is a medieval fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing franchise by the South Korean computer game developer NCsoft. It has become highly popular in Korea with subscriptions counting into the millions, but is also available in Chinese, Japanese, and English language versions.
26 Resident Evil March 22, 1996 42 million[24]
Resident Evil (known in Japan as Biohazard (バイオハザード, Baiohazādo)) is a media franchise consisting of a survival horror video games series, comic books, novelizations, three Hollywood motion pictures, and a variety of collectibles, including action figures, strategy guides and publications, created by Shinji Mikami and developed by Capcom.
23 Crash Bandicoot August 31, 1996 40 million[25]
Crash Bandicoot is a video game series created by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin, starring the titular character. The main games of the series are largely platform games, but there are also some spin-offs in different genres.
24 Guitar Hero November 8, 2005 40 million[26]
Guitar Hero is a series of music video games published by RedOctane and Activision, and developed by Harmonix Music Systems from 2005 to 2007 before development duties of the series were transferred to Neversoft starting with Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.
25 Harry Potter November 2001 40 million[27]
Based on the Harry Potter novels by J. K. Rowling, the video game series one for each of the novels and a Quidditch simulation game, has been developed and published by Electronic Arts.
27 NBA Live 1994 35 million[28]
The NBA Live series of basketball video games is developed and published by EA Sports annually since 1995.
28 Tomb Raider November 15, 1996 35 million[29] (or 30 million)[30]
Tomb Raider is a series of video games, comic books, novels and movies, centering around the adventures of the female fictional British archaeologist Lara Croft, recognized by the Guinness World Records as the "Most Successful Human Video game Heroine" in 2006.[31]
29 Pixar 35 million shipped[32]
Based on Pixar properties, the franchise includes titles like Ratatouille, Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, WALL-E, The Incredibles and Cars.
30 Tekken December 9, 1994 33 million[33]
Tekken (鉄拳, lit. Iron Fist) is a series of fighting games developed and published by Namco. Originally an arcade game, versions exist for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 3.
31 Brain Age May 19, 2005 31.12 million[34]
Based on the book Train Your Brain: 60 Days to a Better Brain by Professor Ryuta Kawashima and distributed under the Touch! Generations brand, the franchise includes two Nintendo DS games.
32 Medal of Honor November 11, 1999 31 million[35]
Medal of Honor is the name of a series of first-person shooter games set in World War II, developed by DreamWorks Interactive (currently known as EA Los Angeles) and published by Electronic Arts. Medal of Honor spawned a series of follow-up games including multiple expansions spanning various console platforms and the PC and Apple Mac.
33 Command & Conquer August 31, 1995 30 million[36]
Command & Conquer is a video game franchise, mostly of the real-time strategy style, initially developed by Westwood Studios between 1995 and 2003, with development being taken over by Electronic Arts with the liquidation of Westwood Studios in 2003.
34 Halo November 15, 2001 30 million[37]
Halo is a science fiction video game series created by Bungie Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios which was later adapted to six novels, with five more games in the works, a graphic novel, numerous action figures, and a tabletop game.
35 James Bond 1983 30 million[38]
The franchise based on James Bond 007, the fictional British agent created in 1952 by writer Ian Fleming, consist of over 20 video games published through several companies like Nintendo and Electronic Arts. The license is currently handled by Activision.
36 Kirby April 27, 1992 30 million[39][40]
The Kirby (星のカービィ, Hoshi no Kābi) series is a fantasy video game series starring the character Kirby, developed by HAL Laboratory, Inc. and Nintendo, and produced by Nintendo. The gameplay of the majority of the games in the series consists mainly of action, platformer and puzzle-solving elements.
37 Tony Hawk September 30, 1999 30 million[41]
The Tony Hawk's series is a skateboarding computer and video game series endorsed by Tony Hawk, created by game developer Neversoft and published by Activision.
38 Mega Man December 17, 1987 28 million[24]
Mega Man, known as Rockman (ロックマン, Rokkuman) in Japan, is a series of over 50 released video games from Capcom, usually starring the character Mega Man.
39 Street Fighter August 30, 1987 28 million[24]
Street Fighter (ストリートファイター, Sutorīto Faitā), is a series of fighting games designed by Takashi Nishiyama and Hiroshi Matsumoto in 1987, developed and published by Capcom, which eventually turned into a media franchise covering comic books, anime series and movies.
40 Metal Gear July 12, 1987 26.5 million[42]
Metal Gear (メタルギア) is a series of stealth games created by Hideo Kojima and developed and published by Konami. The franchise also includes a novel, a radio drama, comic books, a toy line and an upcoming movie.
41 Mortal Kombat 1992 26 million[43]
Mortal Kombat is a series of fighting games created originally by the Midway Manufacturing Company. It is noted for its digitized sprites (which differentiated it from its contemporaries' hand-drawn sprites), and its high levels of blood and gore, including, most notably, its graphic fatality killing moves.
42 Marvel 25 million[44]
Known for their comics, the franchise includes games from Spider-Man and X-Men published by Activision.
43 Ratchet & Clank November 7, 2002 25 million[45]
Ratchet & Clank is a series of 3D platform/shooter video games. The franchise has been developed primarily by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and the PlayStation 3 video game systems.
44 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 1998 21.8 million[46]
Tiger Woods PGA Tour is a series of video games developed and published by Electronic Arts featuring professional golfer Tiger Woods, among other pros on the PGA Tour.
45 Yu-Gi-Oh! July 1998[47] 21.8 million[47]
Based on the Japanese anime and manga franchise Yu-Gi-Oh! (遊☆戯☆王, Yūgiō, lit. "Game King") created by Kazuki Takahashi. All related video games are produced by Konami.
46 Nintendogs April 21, 2005 21.67 million[48]
Nintendogs is a real-time pet simulation video game series developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console, originally released in three versions, plus two additional versions, all differing only in the starting available dogs to play with.
47 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six August 21, 1998 21 million[49]
Initially developed by Red Storm Entertainment while the Rainbow Six novel was being written by Tom Clancy, the tactical shooter franchise soon spawned a number of sequels and expansion packs. Red Storm was later acquired by Ubisoft, who currently develops and publishes the games.
48 Age of Empires October 26, 1997 20 million[50]
Age of Empires is a series of real-time strategy computer games developed by Ensemble Studios, and published by Microsoft Game Studios. There are seven titles in the series (four of which are expansions) and a spin-off titled Age of Mythology.
49 Castlevania September 26, 1986 20 million[51]
Castlevania is a video game series created and developed by Konami originally released as Akumajō Dracula (悪魔城ドラキュラ, Akumajō Dorakyura, lit. "Devil's Castle Dracula"). The franchise spawned a number of action figures and a future movie.
50 Diablo December 1996 20 million[52]
Developed by Blizzard North and published by Blizzard Entertainment, Ubisoft and Electronic Arts, Diablo is a dark fantasy-themed action role-playing game in a hack and slash or "Dungeon Roaming" style.
51 Frogger 1981 20 million[53]
Developed by Konami and released worldwide by Sega and Gremlin Industries in 1981, Frogger has seen numerous sequels for a number of systems including computers and video game consoles.
52 Lego Star Wars April 5, 2005 20 million[54]
A platform-based video game series where the player takes the role of characters from the films, in minifigure form.
53 Lemmings February 14, 1991 20 million[55]
Lemmings is a puzzle computer game, developed by DMA Design (now Rockstar North) and published by Psygnosis in 1991, originally for the Commodore Amiga.
54 Rayman September 1, 1995 20 million[49]
Created in 1992 by graphic artist Michel Ancel, the main character of the series, Rayman, became the official mascot of the video game publisher Ubisoft. The Rayman series does not include the Raving Rabbits series.
55 Simple 1998 20 million[56]
The Simple series are a number of series of budget-priced console games, published by Japanese company D3 Publisher and developed by a variety of companies, covering many systems.
56 SingStar May 21, 2004 20 million[57]
SingStar is a competitive karaoke video game series for the PlayStation family, published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and developed by London Studio. Fifteen English-language installments of the series have been released for the PlayStation 2, with recent versions also released for the PlayStation 3.
57 SpongeBob SquarePants 20 million[58]
SpongeBob SquarePants is an Emmy-nominated American animated television series and media franchise. The games are published by THQ.
58 Spyro the Dragon September 10, 1998 20 million[59]
Spyro the Dragon is a platform game series starring the video game character Spyro, originally released for the PlayStation by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The franchise expanded to several other platforms including portable and mobile phones through different developers since then.
59 Mobile Suit Gundam August 28, 1986 20 million shipped[60]
Gundam (ガンダム, Gandamu) is a video game franchise based on one of the longest running series of anime featuring giant robots or mecha, created by Sunrise and currently published by Namco Bandai Games.

At least 10 million copies

# Franchise name Original Release Date Sales
60 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell November 18, 2002 19 million[49]
Splinter Cell is a series of video games endorsed by American author Tom Clancy which spawned a novel series in 2004 written under the pseudonym David Michaels. As a brand, it is owned by Tom Clancy's company, Rubicon, and is licensed to Ubisoft to make the games. The characters of the game, as well as "Third Echelon" itself, were created by Ubisoft writer J.T. Petty.
61 Warcraft January 15, 1994 19 million[61]
Warcraft is a fictional universe in which a series of games and books published by Blizzard Entertainment are set. The franchise also includes tabletop games, collectible card games and an upcoming movie. Figure includes World of Warcraft.
62 Dynasty Warriors February 28, 1997 18 million[62]
Dynasty Warriors (真・三國無双, Shin Sangokumusō, lit. "True - Unrivaled Three Kingdoms") is a series of tactical action video games created by Koei which began as a spin-off of Koei's turn-based strategy Romance of the Three Kingdoms series, based loosely around the Chinese epic of the same name.
63 SimCity 1989 18 million[63]
SimCity is an open-ended city-building computer and console video game series and the brainchild of developer Will Wright. It was published by Maxis (now a division of Electronic Arts).
64 Battlefield September 10, 2002 17 million[64]
The Battlefield franchise is a series of computer and console games developed by Digital Illusions CE, and published by Electronic Arts. The games feature a focus on large maps and vehicle warfare over traditional first person shooters, including robust online capabilities.
65 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon November 13, 2001 17 million[49]
Ghost Recon is a series of military tactical shooter video games created by Red Storm Entertainment, the game development studio founded by American author Tom Clancy.
66 Petz 1995 17 million[49]
Petz (which includes brands like Dogz and Catz) is a series of games in which the player can adopt, raise, care for and breed their own virtual pets.
67 Zuma December 12, 2003 17 million[65]
Zuma is a fast-paced puzzle game developed by PopCap Games. It can be played for free online at several Web sites, and can be purchased for a number of platforms, including PDAs, mobile phones, and the iPod. An enhanced version, called Zuma Deluxe, is available for purchase in Windows and Mac OS X versions and as an Xbox Live Arcade download for the Xbox 360 and a PlayStation Network download for the PlayStation 3.
68 Half-Life November 19, 1998 16 million[66]
Half-Life is a science fiction first-person shooter computer series developed by Valve Software, first released by Sierra Studios.
69 Backyard Sports 1996 15 million[67]
Backyard Sports is a series of video games that play on both consoles and computers. The series is best known for starring kid-sized versions of popular professional sports stars, such as Albert Pujols, Paul Pierce, Barry Bonds, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Tom Brady, Alex Rodriguez, Joe Thornton and Andy Macdonald. The Backyard Sports series is the only game brand licensed by all the leading professional US sports leagues (MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, and MLS).
70 Barbie 15 million[68]
Based on the Barbie doll made by Mattel, the video games are currently published by Activision.
71 Burnout November 11, 2001 15 million[69]
Burnout is a series of high-speed racing games for game consoles. The game series was developed by Criterion Games, published by Acclaim and later Electronic Arts.
72 Driver June 30, 1999 15 million[70][71]
Driver is a series of mission-based driving video games for PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Wii, PlayStation Portable, Game Boy Advance, Mobile Phone and PC. Developed by Reflections Interactive in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, it was originally published by GT Interactive, later by Atari, and nowadays by Ubisoft.
73 Need for Speed: Underground November 17, 2003 15 million[72]
A complete re-imagining of the original Need For Speed series of racing video games originally developed by EA Canada, a branch of Electronic Arts based in Vancouver, Canada, Need for Speed: Underground shifts focus to the import tuner culture.
74 Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū 1994 14.8 million[73]
Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū (実況パワフルプロ野球), known as Live Powerful Pro Baseball to non-Japanese speakers, is a traditionally Japan-only baseball series created by Konami. It is known for its big-headed characters, and arcade-style gameplay.
75 Metroid August 6, 1986 14 million[21]
The Metroid (メトロイド, Metoroido) is a series of science fiction-based video games produced by Nintendo, spanning through several Nintendo systems like the Famicom Disk System, NES, Game Boy, Super NES, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo DS, and Wii.
76 Prince of Persia 1989 14 million[49]
Prince of Persia is a series of platform games, originally developed by Jordan Mechner.
77 Worms 1995 14 million[74]
Worms is a series of turn-based computer games developed by Team17 Software. Players control a small platoon of worms across a deformable landscape, battling other computer- or player-controlled teams. The game's concept was devised by Andy Davidson.
78 Disney 13.2 million[24]
Includes games based on licenses from Disney properties.
79 The Fast and the Furious March 31, 1999 13 million[75]
The Fast and the Furious is a series of racing games for mobile phones developed by Australian developer Firemint.
80 Imagine 13 million[49]
Imagine is a series of video games aimed primarily at girls released from 2007 and still expanding.
81 Dragon Ball Z May 2002[76] 12.7 million[77]
Dragon Ball (ドラゴンボール, Doragon Bōru), created by Akira Toriyama in 1984, is an internationally famous media franchise. It consists primarily of one manga series, three different anime, seventeen animated feature films, a collectible trading card game as well as other collectibles like action figures. Only games published by Atari since May 2002 are included in this specific amount.
82 Kingdom Hearts March 28, 2002 12 million[30]
Kingdom Hearts (キングダムハーツ, Kingudamu Hātsu) is a series of action role-playing games developed and published by Square Enix (formerly Square). It is the result of a collaboration between Square and Disney Interactive Studios and is under the direction of Tetsuya Nomura, a longtime Square character designer.
83 Mario Kart August 27, 1992 12 million in North America[78]
Mario Kart is a series of go-kart-style racing video games developed by Nintendo as a series of spin-offs from their trademark Super Mario series of platformer adventure-style video games.
84 Myst September 24, 1993 12 million[79]
The Myst franchise consists of a series of video games and novels, centering around the storyline of Atrus and his family, who are descendants of the fallen D'ni civilization – a subterranean city whose people could link to other universes by writing a descriptive book about that world.
85 Midnight Club October 26, 2000 12 million[10]
Midnight Club is a series of free roam racing games within metropolitan areas developed by Rockstar San Diego (formerly Angel Studios).
86 SOCOM August 27, 2002 12 million[80]
SOCOM is a series of third-person shooter video games created by Zipper Interactive. The games focus on various teams of United States Navy SEALs completing missions with occasional help from other special operations forces from around the world such as the SAS,SBS, and GROM.
87 Dance Dance Revolution August 12, 1998 11 million[81]
Dance Dance Revolution is a music video game series produced by Konami. It was first introduced to Japanese video arcades in 1998, after being shown at the Tokyo Game Show earlier that year. The Dance Dance Revolution series is a subset of the larger Bemani series of music video games.
88 Gears of War November 7, 2006 11 million[82]
Gears of War is a tactical third-person shooter video game developed by Epic Games and published by Microsoft Game Studios.
89 Monster Hunter September 21, 2004 11 million[83]
Monster Hunter is series of adventure video games released by Capcom.
90 StarCraft April 1, 1998 11 million[52]
StarCraft is a science fiction media franchise created by Chris Metzen and Bill Roper and owned by Blizzard Entertainment. The series has grown to include a number of other games as well as eight novels, two Amazing Stories articles, a board game and other licensed merchandise such as collectible statues and toys.
91 Ace Combat 1995 10 million[84][85]
Ace Combat is an arcade style flight/combat simulation video game series published by the Japanese company Namco. Although set in fictional countries, many details are similar to real-life wars, such as the Persian Gulf War, the Cold War, and World War II, and feature actual present day aircraft, but also fictional ones, especially flying fortresses.
92 Adventure Island September 12, 1986 10 million[86]
Adventure Island (高橋名人の冒険島, Takahashi Meijin no Bouken Jima, lit. "Master Takahashi's Adventure Island"), also known as Hudson's Adventure Island, is a platform game series developed by Hudson Soft.
93 Asphalt Urban GT November 21, 2004 10 million[87]
Asphalt Urban GT is a series of racing games developed by Gameloft and published by Ubisoft for portable platforms including Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable and mobile phones.
94 Bomberman 1983 10 million[88]
Bomberman is a strategic, maze-based computer and video game franchise originally developed by Hudson Soft. The original game was published in 1983 and new games in the series are still being published to this day. Today, Bomberman is featured in over 60 different games.
95 Colin McRae Rally 1998 10 million[89]
Colin McRae Rally is a racing video game series developed and published by Codemasters. The series is named after the late World Rally Championship driver Colin McRae, who provided technical advice during development.
96 Deer Hunter December 31, 1997 10 million[90]
Deer Hunter is a first-person shooting game series of North American video games published by WizardWorks Software, a division of Infogrames.
97 Devil May Cry August 23, 2001 10 million[24]
Devil May Cry is a series of video games set in the modern day, created by Shinji Mikami and developed by Capcom.
98 DreamWorks 10 million[91]
The franchise includes games based on DreamWorks movies like Shrek 2, Shark Tale and Madagascar, published by Activision.
99 Hitman November 2000 10 million[92] (or 8 million)[30]
Hitman is a video game franchise available on PC as well as several video game consoles, including PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, Xbox and Nintendo GameCube, developed by the Danish company IO Interactive, now a division of Eidos Interactive. The games feature a mix of orchestral and electronica musical scores, composed by Jesper Kyd. The plot focuses on an extremely skilled clone assassin who is sent to silently kill the world's most powerful criminals.
100 The Lord of the Rings October 21, 2002 10 million[93]
Based on the series of movies The Lord of the Rings by Peter Jackson, the series include The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, published by Electronic Arts.
101 Momotaro Dentetsu October 26, 1987 10 million[88]
Momotaro Dentetsu (桃太郎電鉄, Momotarō Dentetsu, Momotarō Electric Railway) (also known by the abbreviated name Momotetsu) is a long-running board game-style video game series in Japan. The game mechanics are often compared to the board games sugoroku and Monopoly.
102 Pitfall! 1982 10 million[94]
Pitfall! is a series of platform games developed by Activision.
103 Puyo Puyo 1991 10 million[95]
Puyo Pop, known in Japan as Puyo Puyo (ぷよぷよ) is a series of computer puzzle games originally created in 1991 by Compile for various video game systems.
104 Soul 1995 10 million[96]
The Soul series is a weapon based fighting game series of arcade games. Each installment has its own version on a home console, published by Namco.
105 Star Wars: Battlefront September 21, 2004 10 million[97]
The Star Wars: Battlefront series is a trilogy of first-person/third-person shooters based on the Star Wars films by George Lucas. Pandemic Studios developed the first two installments, while Renegade Squadron was developed by Rebellion Developments. LucasArts was behind the entire series’ publishing.
106 Tales December 15, 1995 10 million[98]
The Tales (テイルズ, Teiruzu) series is a media franchise of role-playing games published by Namco.
107 Rock Band November 20, 2007 10 million[99]
Rock Band is a series of music video games developed by Harmonix Music Systems and MTV Games, and distributed by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation 2 and 3, Xbox 360, and Wii game consoles. The series expands upon Harmonix' earlier work on the Guitar Hero series, and allows for up to four players to virtually perform rock music songs on lead guitar, bass guitar, drums, and vocals using special controllers modeled after musical instruments.
108 Tap Tap September 11, 2007 10 million[100]
Tap Tap is series of rhythm video games released by Tapulous for the iPhone OS platform.

At least 5 million copies

# Franchise name Original Release Date Sales
109 Civilization 1991 9 million[101]
Civilization is a series of turn-based strategy video games produced by Sid Meier. Basic gameplay functions are similar throughout the series, namely, guiding a civilization on a macro-scale from prehistory to the present day.
110 EA Sports NASCAR series October 31, 1997 9 million[102]
EA Sports NASCAR series is a series of NASCAR video games published by EA Sports. The series began with NASCAR 98 and NASCAR 99 in 1997 and 1998 as NASCAR series EA Sports released NASCAR Thunder 2002 in 2001, and ever since then, Jeff Gordon (2002), Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (2003),and Tony Stewart (2004) were on the cover.
111 RollerCoaster Tycoon March 31, 1999 9 million[103]
RollerCoaster Tycoon is a series of computer games that simulate amusement park management. Each game in the series challenges players with open-ended amusement park management and development, and also allows players to construct and customize their own unique roller coasters.
112 Doom December 10, 1993 8.5 million[104]
Doom is a series of video games by id Software, and several licensed properties have been based on the series.
113 Assassin's Creed November 13, 2007 8 million[49]
Assassin's Creed is a video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC video game consoles/computer.
114 Cars June 6, 2006 8 million[105]
Cars is a video game based on the Cars film, and a sequel to the Disney/Pixar film.
115 God of War March 22, 2005 8 million[106]
God of War is a series of action-adventure video games based on Greek mythology. It follows the adventures of Kratos.
116 Spider-Man 8 million[107]
Numerous electronic games featuring the popular Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man have been released. To date, Spider-Man has made appearances on over 15 gaming platforms, which also includes mobile games on cellphones.
117 Zoo Tycoon October 17, 2001 8 million[108]
The Zoo Tycoon is a video game series that began in 2001. All of the games in the series focus around building up a successful zoo and running it, although scenarios may have other goals. It was developed by Blue Fang Games.
118 Professor Layton February 15, 2007 8 million shipped[109]
The Professor Layton series ("Reiton-kyōju series" (レイトン教授シリーズ) is a puzzle video game series for the Nintendo DS, currently consisting of three games. Three more are due for 2009/2010. The games are developed by Level 5. Each title is based in a series of puzzles and mysteries given by the citizens of towns that the main characters visit. It is not necessary to solve all the puzzles to progress, but some are mandatory and at certain points in the game a minimum number of puzzles must be solved before the story will continue.
119 Onimusha January 25, 2001 7.9 million[24]
Onimusha (鬼武者, lit. "Oni Warrior") is a series of action-adventure games by Capcom. The series makes use of the historic figures that shaped Japan's history, retelling their stories with supernatural elements.
120 Dead or Alive 1996 7.5 million[110]
Dead or Alive (デッドオアアライブ, Deddo oa Araibu) is a video game series produced by Tecmo that comprises primarily fighting games. The story and characters are the creation of Tomonobu Itagaki, and the game was developed by Tecmo's Team Ninja development team.
121 Everybody's Golf July 7, 1997 7.5 million[111]
Everybody's Golf (みんなのGOLF, Minna no Golf), known as Hot Shots Golf in North America is a series of golf games published by Sony for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 3 consoles.
122 Jak and Daxter December 4, 2001 7.5 million[112]
Jak and Daxter is a video game franchise originally developed by Naughty Dog for the PlayStation 2 named after its own protagonists.
123 Animal Crossing April 14, 2001 7 million[113]
Animal Crossing, known in Japan as Dōbutsu no Mori (どうぶつの森, lit. "Animal Forest"), is a video game series developed by Nintendo, in which the player lives his/her own virtual life in real time.
124 BioShock August 21, 2007 7 million[114]
BioShock' is a video game series developed by Irrational Games—the first under the name 2K Boston/2K Australia—and designed by Ken Levine.
125 Max Payne July 25, 2001 7 million[10]
Max Payne is a third-person shooter video game series originally developed by the Finnish company Remedy Entertainment, produced by 3D Realms and published by Gathering of Developers. Later versions were published by Rockstar Games, MacSoft and Feral Interactive. The Max Payne series has a major cinematic influence: the Hong Kong action movie genre, particularly the work of director John Woo, which features a great deal of slow-motion violence and gunfights, almost resembling ballet.
126 Moto Racer 7 million[115]
Moto Racer is a sports game based on motorbikes developed and published by Nobilis.
127 Project Gotham Racing November 9, 2001 7 million[116]
Project Gotham Racing is a franchise of racing video games developed by Bizarre Creations and is published by Microsoft Game Studios. This series is exclusive to the Xbox and Xbox 360 consoles only. This series of racing games consists of Project Gotham Racing, Project Gotham Racing 2, Project Gotham Racing 3, and Project Gotham Racing 4.
129 The Settlers 1993 7 million[49]
The Settlers (also known as Serf City, original German title Die Siedler) is a slow-paced real time strategy computer game by German developer Blue Byte Software.
130 Unreal May 22, 1998 7 million[117]
The Unreal series is a computer game franchise developed by Epic Megagames, now known as Epic Games and originally published by GT Interactive, later by Infogrames, Atari, and currently by Midway Games. It was powered by the Unreal Engine which had been in development for over three years before the game was released.
131 Nancy Drew December 1998 Almost 7 million[118]
Nancy Drew games follow the popular adventure game style of play. Players must move Nancy around in a virtual environment to talk to suspects, pick up clues, solve puzzles, and eventually solve the crime. They are usually published by Her Interactive.
132 EyeToy November 4, 2003 6.7 million[119]
The EyeToy is a color digital camera device, similar to a webcam, for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. Games on these series require the camera to input gestures in order to achieve certain goals in themselves.
133 MX vs. ATV 6.5 million shipped[120]
MX vs. ATV is an offroad racing game franchise published by THQ.
134 Alone in the Dark 1992 6 million[76]
Alone in the Dark is a series of survival horror computer games from Infogrames, based on the writings of H. P. Lovecraft, although later games in the series drew inspiration from other sources including Voodoo, the Wild West, and the works of H.R. Giger.
135 Brothers in Arms March 1, 2005 6 million[49]
Brothers in Arms is a first-person shooter video game series created by Gearbox Software and published by Ubisoft, originally released in early 2005. The game takes place during World War II and focuses on team strategy rather than the faster paced run and gun tactics of the Medal of Honor series.
136 Buzz! October 21, 2005 6 million[119]
Buzz! is a series of video games originated by Sleepydog Ltd., developed by Relentless Software and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe for the PlayStation 2 console. They are quiz games that sees the players answering trivia questions whilst competing in the fictional game show, Buzz.
137 Carmen Sandiego 1985 6 million[121]
Carmen Sandiego was originally conceived in 1983 by ex-Disney artist Gene Portwood, Mark Iscaro, Dane Bigham and Lauren Elliott at Brøderbund Software. The concept for the product evolved from a game the Carlstons (founders of Brøderbund) played as kids, using the world almanac and maps to play quiz games. The franchise later developed into television series and books.
138 Carnival Games August 27, 2007 6 million[114]
Carnival Games is a video game franchise for Nintendo's Wii console and the Nintendo DS. It was published by Global Star Software, before GSS was absorbed into Take-Two Interactive (and what is now 2K Play).
139 Championship Manager September 1, 1992 6 million[122]
The Championship Manager series is a series of British football-management simulation. It was one of the most popular computer game franchises of all time. The Championship Manager brand and game was conceived by two brothers: Paul and Oliver Collyer.
140 Cooking Mama March 23, 2006 6 million in USA[123]
Cooking Mama (クッキング ママ, Kukkingu Mama) is a series of cookery simulation-styled minigame compilation video games developed by Cooking Mama Limited (formerly known as Office Create) and published by Taito in Japan and for the iPhone OS, Majesco in North America and 505 Games in Europe.
141 Far Cry 2004 6 million[49]
Far Cry is a franchise of first person shooter computer and video games, following the name of the first game of the series.
142 Guild Wars April 28, 2005 6 million[124]
Guild Wars is an episodic series of multiplayer online role-playing games created by ArenaNet, a Seattle game development studio and a subsidiary of the South Korean game publisher NCsoft.
143 NBA 2K 1999 6 million[10]
NBA 2K is a basketball video game series that was initially exclusive for the Dreamcast starting in 1999. The series was originally published by Sega, under the label Sega Sports and developed by Visual Concepts.
144 NBA Jam 1993 6 million[125]
NBA Jam is a series of basketball-based video games created by Midway.
145 Raving Rabbids November 14, 2006 6 million[49]
Raving Rabbids is a spinoff in the Rayman series released by the French company Ubisoft.
146 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 1986 6 million[126]
Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三國志, Sangokushi) is a turn-based computerized wargame series by Koei that originated from Japan. The games cover events of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms in China during the 2nd and 3rd centuries.
147 Test Drive 1987 6 million[71]
Test Drive is the name of a racing game franchise originally published by Accolade, which was later bought by Infogrames. The Test Drive games are now published by Atari, the name which Infogrames renamed itself in 2003.
148 Turok February 28, 1997 6 million[127]
Turok is a first-person shooter video game series, set in a primitive world inhabited by dinosaurs and other creatures, published by Acclaim Entertainment.
149 Conflict September 30, 2002 6 million shipped[122]
Conflict is a series of tactical third-person shooter developed by Pivotal Games and published by SCi.
150 Major League Baseball 2K March 1, 2004 5.5 million[10]
Major League Baseball 2K is a series of Major League Baseball video games, developed by Visual Concepts and Kush Games, and published by 2K Sports. Visual Concepts called the series World Series Baseball in years prior to 2004 for the Dreamcast, with Pedro Martínez as the cover athlete.
151 Ninja Gaiden December 9, 1988 5.5 million[110]
Ninja Gaiden (忍者外伝) is a series of video games by Tecmo featuring the dragon ninja, Ryu Hayabusa. The series was originally known as Ninja Ryukenden (忍者龍剣伝, Ninja Ryūkenden, lit. "Legend of the Ninja Dragon Sword") in Japan, while the original arcade title and early home installments of the series were usually known as Shadow Warriors in the PAL region.
152 Anno 1602 February 1, 2000 5 million[49][128]
Anno is a series of games with both real time strategy and city building elements, developed by Germany-based Sunflowers Interactive Entertainment Software company.
153 Asterix 1993 5 million[129]
Based on The Adventures of Asterix (Template:Lang-fr), a series of French comic books by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). The video game franchise has been handled by Infogrames since 1993.
154 Baldur's Gate November 30, 1998 5 million[130]
Baldur's Gate is a series of computer role-playing games that take place on Faerûn, the main continent from Dungeons & Dragons's Forgotten Realms campaign setting, set in the years following the cataclysmic Time of Troubles, originally developed by BioWare.
155 Chessmaster 1986 5 million[131]
Chessmaster is a chess playing computer game series by Ubisoft initially developed by The Software Toolworks. It includes numerous tutorials by International Master Joshua Waitzkin for players of all skill levels.
156 Mario Party December 18, 1998 5 million in US[132]
Mario Party is a multi-player party game featuring Mario series characters in which four human- and/or computer-controlled characters compete in a board game interspersed with minigames. Most of the Mario Party games have been developed by Hudson Soft and published by Nintendo (though the arcade version was developed by Capcom).
157 Oddworld September 19, 1997 5 million[133]
Oddworld is a comprehensive fictional universe presented in video game form, created by game developers Oddworld Inhabitants under the direction of Lorne Lanning.
158 Saints Row August 2006 5 million[134]
Saints Row is a popular video game series created by Volition, Inc.. The gameplay consists of a mixture of action, adventure and driving and has gained controversy for its adult nature and violent themes.
159 Stronghold October 21, 2001 5 million[135]
Stronghold is a historic real-time strategy (RTS) game series developed by Firefly Studios starting from 2001. The game focuses primarily on conquest and expansion through military pursuits, but also provides space for economic strategy and development.
160 Tecmo Bowl 1987 5 million[110]
Tecmo Bowl is an arcade video game series of American Football released by Tecmo, Inc.
161 TOCA Touring Car series 1997 5 million[136]
TOCA is a racing video game series developed and published by Codemasters, initially focusing specifically on Touring car racing but more recently expanding to cover a wide variety of motorsport.
162 Twisted Metal November 5, 1995 5 million in North America[137]
Twisted Metal is a vehicular combat series made for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and PSP. The series is published by Sony and developed by the game studio Incognito Entertainment.
163 V-Rally July 1998 5 million[138]
V-Rally is a racing game franchise originally developed by Eden Studios and published by Infogrames and later by Electronic Arts.
163 ATV Offroad Fury February 5, 2001 almost 5 million[139]
ATV Offroad Fury is a series of PlayStation 2 racing games, developed by Rainbow Studios and published by Sony Computer Entertainment.

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  1. Mario (222 million)[2]
  2. Pokémon (193 million)[3]
  3. Tetris (125 million)[4]
  4. The Sims (125 million)[5]
  5. Need for Speed (100 million)[6]
  6. Final Fantasy (96 million)[7]
  7. Madden NFL (75 million)[8]
  8. Sonic the Hedgehog (70 million)[9]
  9. Grand Theft Auto (70 million)[10]
  10. FIFA (65 million)[11]
  11. The Legend of Zelda (59 million)[12]
  12. Winning Eleven (55.5 million)[13]
  13. Gran Turismo (55.45 million)[14]
  14. Call of Duty (55 million)[15]
  15. Tom Clancy (55 million, includes Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six, and Splinter Cell franchises)[16]
  16. Dragon Quest (53 million)[17][7]
  17. Bejeweled (50 million)[18]
  18. Nickelodeon (50 million,[19] includes SpongeBob SquarePants franchise)
  19. Lego (close to 50 million)[20]
  20. Donkey Kong (49 million)[21]
  21. WWE SmackDown vs. Raw (47 million shipped)[22]
  22. Lineage (43 million)[23]
  23. Crash Bandicoot (40 million)[25]
  24. Guitar Hero (40 million)[26]
  25. Harry Potter (40 million)[27]
  26. Resident Evil (42 million)[24]
  27. NBA Live (35 million)[28]
  28. Tomb Raider (35 million)[29]
  29. Pixar (35 million shipped,[32] includes Cars franchise)
  30. Tekken (33 million)[33]
  31. Brain Age (31.12 million)[34]
  32. Medal of Honor (31 million)[35]
  33. Command & Conquer (30 million)[36]
  34. Halo (30 million)[37]
  35. James Bond (30 million)[38]
  36. Kirby (30 million)[39][40]
  37. Tony Hawk (30 million)[41]
  38. Mega Man (28 million)[24]
  39. Street Fighter (28 million)[24]
  40. Metal Gear (26.5 million)[42]
  41. Mortal Kombat (26 million)[43]
  42. Marvel (25 million)[44]
  43. Ratchet and Clank (25 million)[45]
  44. Tiger Woods PGA Tour (25 million)[46]
  45. Yu-Gi-Oh! (21.8 million)[47]
  46. Nintendogs (21.67 million)[48]
  47. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (21 million)[49]
  48. Age of Empires (20 million)[50]
  49. Castlevania (20 million)[51]
  50. Diablo (20 million)[52]
  51. Frogger (20 million)[53]
  52. Lego Star Wars (20 million)[54]
  53. Lemmings (20 million)[55]
  54. Rayman (20 million)[49]
  55. Simple (20 million)[56]
  56. SingStar (20 million)[57]
  57. SpongeBob SquarePants (20 million)[58]
  58. Spyro the Dragon (20 million)[59]
  59. Mobile Suit Gundam (20 million shipped)[60]
  60. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (19 million)[49]
  61. Warcraft (19 million)[23][61]
  62. Dynasty Warriors (18 million)[62]
  63. SimCity (18 million)[63]
  64. Battlefield (17 million)[64]
  65. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon (17 million)[49]
  66. Petz (17 million)[49]
  67. Zuma (17 million)[65]
  68. Half-Life (16 million)[66]
  69. Backyard Sports (15 million)[67]
  70. Barbie (15 million)[68]
  71. Burnout (15 million)[69]
  72. Driver (15 million)[70][71]
  73. Need for Speed: Underground (15 million)[72]
  74. Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū (14.8 million)[73]
  75. Metroid (14 million)[21]
  76. Prince of Persia (14 million)[49]
  77. Worms (14 million)[74]
  78. Disney (13.2 million)[24]
  79. The Fast and the Furious (13 million)[75]
  80. Imagine (13 million)[49]
  81. Dragon Ball Z (12.7 million)[77]
  82. Kingdom Hearts (12 million)[30]
  83. Mario Kart (12 million in North America)[78]
  84. Myst (12 million)[79]
  85. Midnight Club (12 million)[10]
  86. SOCOM (12 million)[80]
  87. Dance Dance Revolution (11 million)[81]
  88. Gears of War (11 million)[82]
  89. Monster Hunter (11 million)[83]
  90. StarCraft (11 million)[52]
  91. Ace Combat (10 million)[84][85]
  92. Adventure Island (10 million)[86]
  93. Asphalt Urban GT (10 million)[87]
  94. Bomberman (10 million)[88]
  95. Colin McRae Rally (10 million)[89]
  96. Deer Hunter (10 million)[90]
  97. Devil May Cry (10 million)[24]
  98. DreamWorks (10 million)[91]
  99. Hitman (10 million)[92]
  100. Lord of the Rings (10 million)[93]
  101. Momotaro Dentetsu (10 million)[88]
  102. Pitfall! (10 million)[94]
  103. Puyo Puyo (10 million)[95]
  104. Soul (10 million)[96]
  105. Star Wars: Battlefront (10 million)[97]
  106. Tales (10 million)[98]
  107. Rock Band (10 million shipped)[99]
  108. Tap Tap (10 million)[100]
  109. Civilization (9 million)[101]
  110. EA Sports NASCAR series (9 million)[102]
  111. RollerCoaster Tycoon (9 million)[103]
  112. Doom (8.5 million)[104]
  113. Assassin's Creed (8 million)[49]
  114. Cars (8 million)[105]
  115. God of War (8 million)[106]
  116. Spider-Man (8 million)[107]
  117. Zoo Tycoon (8 million)[108]
  118. Professor Layton (8 million shipped)[109]
  119. Onimusha (7.8 million)[24]
  120. Dead or Alive (7.5 million)[110]
  121. Everybody's Golf (7.5 million)[111]
  122. Jak and Daxter (7.5 million)[112]
  123. Animal Crossing (7 million)[113]
  124. BioShock (7 million)[114]
  125. Max Payne (7 million)[10]
  126. Moto Racer (7 million)[115]
  127. Project Gotham Racing (7 million)[116]
  128. The Settlers (7 million)[49]
  129. Unreal (7 million)[117]
  130. Nancy Drew (Almost 7 million)[118]
  131. EyeToy (6.7 million)[119]
  132. MX vs. ATV (6.5 million shipped)[120]
  133. Alone in the Dark (6 million)[76]
  134. Brothers in Arms (6 million)[49]
  135. Buzz! (6 million)[119]
  136. Carmen Sandiego (6 million)[121]
  137. Carnival Games (6 million)[114]
  138. Championship Manager (6 million)[122]
  139. Cooking Mama (6 million in USA)[123]
  140. Far Cry (6 million)[49]
  141. Guild Wars (6 million)[124]
  142. NBA 2K (6 million)[10]
  143. NBA Jam (6 million)[125]
  144. Raving Rabbits (6 million)[49]
  145. Romance of the Three Kingdoms (6 million)[126]
  146. Test Drive (6 million)[71]
  147. Turok (6 million)[127]
  148. Conflict (6 million shipped)[122]
  149. MLB 2K (5.5 million)[10]
  150. Ninja Gaiden (5.5 million)[110]
  151. Anno (5 million)[49][128]
  152. Asterix (5 million)[129]
  153. Baldur's Gate (5 million)[130]
  154. Chessmaster (5 million)[131]
  155. Mario Party (5 million in US)[132]
  156. Oddworld (5 million)[133]
  157. Saints Row (5 million)[134]
  158. Stronghold (5 million)[135]
  159. Tecmo Bowl (5 million)[110]
  160. TOCA Touring Car series (5 million)[136]
  161. Twisted Metal (5 million in North America)[137]
  162. V-Rally (5 million)[138]
  163. ATV Offroad Fury (almost 5 million)[139]

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