List of best-selling PC games
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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.
The sales figures for expansion packs are not used in calculation of the sales figure for the original game (with the exception of Guild Wars). 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.
List
Game | Sales | Sales breakdown (region) | Series | Release date |
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The Sims 2 | 20 million[1] | — | The Sims | September 14, 2004 |
The Sims | 16 million[2] | — | The Sims | February 4, 2000 |
Half-Life 2 | 12 million[3] | — | Half-Life | November 16, 2004 |
StarCraft | 11 million[4] | — | StarCraft | March 31, 1998 |
Diablo III | 10 million[note 2][5] | — | Diablo | May 15, 2012 |
The Sims 3 | 10 million[6] | — | The Sims | June 2, 2009 |
World of Warcraft | at least 10 million[note 1] | — | Warcraft | November 23, 2004 |
Half-Life | 9.3 million[7][8] | — | Half-Life | November 19, 1998 |
Minecraft | 8.9 million[9] | — | — | November 18, 2011[note 3] |
Portal 2 | 8.0 million[citation needed] | — | Half-Life | April 19, 2011[note 3] |
Guild Wars Prophecies, including expansion packs: Factions Nightfall Eye of the North |
6.5 million in North America, Europe, and Asia[10] | — | Guild Wars | April 28, 2005 |
Myst | 6 million[11] | — | Myst | September 24, 1993 |
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty | 6 million[12] | — | StarCraft | July 27, 2010 |
The Sims 2: Pets | 5.6 million[13][14] | — | The Sims | October 17, 2006 |
SimCity 3000 (including re-release versions) | 5 million[15] | — | SimCity | January 31, 1999 |
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade | at least 4.7 million[note 1] | — | Warcraft | January 16, 2007 |
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King | at least 4.7 million[note 1] | — | Warcraft | November 13, 2008 |
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm | at least 4.7 million[16] | — | Warcraft | December 7, 2010 |
Riven | 4.5 million[17] | — | Myst | October 29, 1997 |
Counter-Strike | 4.2 million[7][8] | — | Counter-Strike | June 19, 1999 |
Cossacks: European Wars | 4 million[18] | — | Cossacks | April 24, 2001 |
Diablo II | 4 million[19] | — | Diablo | June 29, 2000 |
Populous | 4 million[20][21] | — | Populous | June 5, 1989 |
RollerCoaster Tycoon | 4 million | 4 million in North America[22] | RollerCoaster Tycoon | March 31, 1999 |
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? | 4 million[23] | — | Carmen Sandiego | June 1, 1985 |
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War (including expansions) | 4 million[24] | — | Warhammer | September 20, 2004 |
Doom 3 | 3.5 million[25] | — | Doom | August 3, 2004 |
EverQuest | 3.5 million[26] | — | EverQuest | March 16, 1999 |
Theme Park | 3.5 million[21] | — | Theme Park | 1994 |
Age of Empires | 3 million[27] | — | Age of Empires | October 15, 1997 |
Civilization IV | 3 million[28] | — | Civilization | October 25, 2005 |
Command & Conquer: Red Alert | 3 million[29] | — | Command & Conquer | October 31, 1996 |
Crysis | 3 million[30] | — | Crysis | November 13, 2007 |
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos | 3 million[31][32] | — | Warcraft | July 3, 2002 |
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero | 2.9 million[7][8] | — | Counter-Strike | March 23, 2004 |
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | 2.75 million[citation needed] | — | The Elder Scrolls | November 11, 2011 |
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria | 2.7 million[5] | — | Warcraft | September 25, 2012 |
Age of Empires III | 2.5 million[33] | — | Age of Empires | October 18, 2005 |
Anno 1503 | 2.5 million[34] | — | Anno | March 23, 2003 |
Anno 1602 | 2.5 million[35] | — | Anno | September 24, 1998 |
Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars | 2.5 million[36] | — | Cossacks | April 15, 2005 |
Diablo | 2.5 million[19] | — | Diablo | December 31, 1996 |
Far Cry | 2.5 million[30] | — | Far Cry | March 23, 2004 |
Battlefield 1942 | 2.47 million[37] | — | Battlefield | September 10, 2002 |
Counter-Strike: Source | 2.1 million[7][8] | — | Counter-Strike | November 1, 2004 |
The Witcher | 2.1 million[38] | — | The Witcher | October 26, 2007 |
The 7th Guest | 2 million[39] | — | The 7th Guest | January 1, 1993 |
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings | 2 million[40] | — | Age of Empires | September 30, 1999 |
Baldur's Gate | 2 million[41] | — | Baldur's Gate | November 30, 1998 |
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn | 2 million[41] | — | Baldur's Gate | September 24, 2000 |
Black & White | 2 million[21] | — | Black & White | March 25, 2001 |
Civilization III | 2 million[42] | — | Civilization | October 30, 2001 |
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction | 2 million shipped, 1 million sold[19] | — | Diablo | June 27, 2001 |
Doom II: Hell on Earth | 2 million[43] | — | Doom | September 30, 1994 |
Guild Wars 2 | 2 million[44] | — | Guild Wars | August 28, 2012 |
Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven | 2 million[45] | — | Mafia | August 28, 2002 |
Neverwinter Nights | 2 million[46] | — | Neverwinter Nights | June 18, 2002 |
SimCity 4 | 2 million[47] | — | SimCity | January 14, 2003 |
Spore | 2 million[48] | — | Spore | September 4, 2008 |
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl | 2 million[49] | — | S.T.A.L.K.E.R. | March 20, 2007 |
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness | 2 million[50] | — | Warcraft | December 9, 1995 |
Sacred | 1.8 million[51] | — | Sacred | March 23, 2004 |
Dungeon Siege | 1.7 million[52] | — | Dungeon Siege | April 5, 2002 |
Quake | 1.7 million[53] | — | Quake | June 22, 1996 |
American McGee's Alice | 1.5 million[54][55] | — | Alice | October 6, 2000 |
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun | 1.5 million[56] | — | Command & Conquer | August 27, 1999 |
Crysis Warhead | 1.5 million[30] | — | Crysis | September 16, 2008 |
Duke Nukem 3D | 1.5 million[57] | — | Duke Nukem | January 29, 1996 |
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | 1.5 million | Harry Potter | November 15, 2001 | |
The Orange Box | 1.5 million[60] | — | Half-Life | October 9, 2007 |
Star Wars Galaxies | 1.5 million[61] | — | Star Wars | June 26, 2003 |
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning | 1.5 million shipped,[62] 1.2 million sold[63] | — | Warhammer | September 18, 2008 |
Half-Life 2: Episode One | 1.4 million[7][8] | — | Half-Life | June 1, 2006 |
Battlefield Vietnam | 1.36 million[37] | — | Battlefield | March 14, 2004 |
Monopoly | 1.3 million[64][65] | — | Monopoly | September 30, 1995 |
Zoo Tycoon | 1.3 million | Zoo Tycoon | October 17, 2001 | |
Doom | 1.154 million[65][64] | — | Doom | December 10, 1993 |
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 | 1.14 million | RollerCoaster Tycoon | October 15, 2002 | |
SimCity 2000 | 1.136 million[64] | — | SimCity | July 1, 1993 |
Half-Life: Opposing Force | 1.1 million[7][8] | — | Half-Life | November 10, 1999 |
Killing Floor | 1.1 million[66] | — | — | May 14, 2009 |
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault | 1.1 million | Medal of Honor | January 22, 2002 | |
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings | 1.1 million[67] | — | The Witcher | May 17, 2011 |
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures | 1 million[68] | — | Conan the Barbarian | May 20, 2008 |
Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome | 1 million[27] | — | Age of Empires | October 31, 1998 |
Age of Mythology | 1 million[69] | — | Age of Empires | October 30, 2002 |
The Binding of Isaac | 1 million[70] | — | — | September 28, 2011 |
BioShock | 1 million[71] | — | BioShock | August 21, 2007 |
Blade Runner | 1 million[72] | — | — | November 21, 1997 |
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 | 1 million[29] | — | Command & Conquer | October 23, 2000 |
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars | 1 million[73] | — | Command & Conquer | March 28, 2007 |
Daryl F. Gates' Police Quest: SWAT | 1 million[74] | — | Police Quest | September 30, 1995 |
Deer Hunter | 1 million[75] | — | Deer Hunter | November 13, 1997 |
Dungeon Lords | 1 million[76] | — | — | May 5, 2005 |
Empire Earth | 1 million[77] | — | Empire Earth | November 12, 2001 |
Frogger | 1 million[78] | — | Frogger | November 3, 1997 |
Glory of the Roman Empire | 1 million[79] | — | — | June 26, 2006 |
Hellgate: London | 1 million[80] | — | — | October 31, 2007 |
Hidden & Dangerous | 1 million[81] | — | Hidden & Dangerous | July 29, 1999 |
Hotel Giant | 1 million[82] | — | — | May 17, 2002 |
Imperivm: Great Battles of Rome | 1 million | 1 million in Italy and Spain;[83] not distributed elsewhere. | — | May 10, 2005 |
The Legend of Sword and Fairy 3 | 1 million[84] | — | The Legend of Sword and Fairy | July 31, 2003 |
Microsoft Flight Simulator X | 1 million | 1 million in the US[85] | Microsoft Flight Simulator | October 17, 2006 |
Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis | 1 million[86] | — | — | June 22, 2001 |
Patrician III: L'Impero Dei Mari | 1 million | 1 million in Italy and Spain[87] | The Patrician | October 24, 2003 |
Phantasmagoria | 1 million[88] | — | Phantasmagoria | July 31, 1995 |
Quake II | 1 million[89] | — | Quake | November 30, 1997 |
Railroad Tycoon II | 1 million[81] | — | Railroad Tycoon | November 4, 1998 |
Return to Castle Wolfenstein | 1 million[89] | — | Wolfenstein | November 19, 2001 |
Return to Zork | 1 million[90] | — | Zork | August 20, 1993 |
Runaway: A Road Adventure | 1 million[91] | — | Runaway | July 6, 2001 |
The Sims 2: Seasons | 1 million[92][14] | — | The Sims | March 1, 2007 |
Supreme Commander | 1 million[93] | — | Total Annihilation | February 16, 2007 |
Terraria | 1 million[94] | — | — | May 16, 2011 |
Tropico | 1 million[81] | — | Tropico | April 24, 2001 |
Unreal | 1 million[95] | — | Unreal | May 22, 1998 |
Unreal Tournament | 1 million[95] | — | Unreal | November 30, 1999 |
Vietcong | 1 million[81] | — | Vietcong | March 26, 2003 |
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne | 1 million[96][97] | — | Warcraft | July 1, 2003 |
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? | 1 million[98] | — | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? | November 28, 1999 |
Notes
- ^1 World of Warcraft: Cataclysm has sold 4.7 million copies during its' first month of release..[16] 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. There are 10 million subscribers of World of Warcraft. Seeing as a copy of the base game is required, as to subscribing, there must be at least 10 million people who own the base game.
- ^2 This includes the 1.2 million copies given away as part of World of Warcraft's Annual Pass offer.
- ^3 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.[99]
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,[100] 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.[101] 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 |
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The Last Ninja | 1987 | 2 million[102] | 2008 |
Thexder | 1985 | 1 million[103] | 1990 |
Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu | 1985 | 400,000 in Japan[104][105] | 1985 |
Sokoban | 1982 | 400,000 in Japan[106] | 1988 |
Zork I | 1980 | 378,987[107] | 1986 |
Skyfox | 1984 | 317,545[108] | 1986 |
The Bard's Tale | 1985 | 300,000[109] | 2003 |
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar | 1985 | 300,000[110] | 1990 |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | 1984 | 254,249[107] | 1986 |
Out Run | 1987 | 250,000 in the UK[111] | 1987 |
Door Door | 1983 | 200,000 in Japan[112] | 1985 |
Gauntlet | 1986 | 200,000 in the UK[113] | 1987 |
Zork II | 1981 | 173,204[107] | 1986 |
Chessmaster 2000 | 1986 | 160,000[114] | 1987 |
The Black Onyx | 1984 | 150,000 in Japan[115] | 1986 |
The Seven Cities of Gold | 1984 | 150,000[116] | 2003 |
Deadline | 1982 | 140,719[107] | 1986 |
Zork III | 1982 | 129,232[107] | 1986 |
Ultima III: Exodus | 1983 | 120,000[117] | 2008 |
Pac-Man | 1987 | 100,000 in the US[118] | 1987 |
Will: The Death Trap II | 1985 | 100,000 in Japan[119] | 1986 |
Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer | 1987 | 100,000[120] | 1987 |
Suspended | 1983 | 99,956[107] | 1986 |
Starcross | 1982 | 90,315[107] | 1986 |
Mystery House | 1980 | 80,000[121] | 2003 |
Choplifter | 1982 | 60,000[122] | 1983 |
Wizard and the Princess | 1980 | 60,000[123] | 2010 |
Ultima II: The Revenge of the Enchantress | 1982 | 50,000[124] | 1990 |
Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness | 1981 | 50,000[125] | 1990 |
Temple of Apshai | 1979 | 40,000 in the US[105] | 1982 |
K-razy Shoot-Out | 1982 | 35,000 in the US[100] | 1982 |
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