List of Best Selling Pc Games

List[edit]

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[citation needed]	N/A	The Sims	September 14, 2004	Simulation	Maxis	Electronic Arts
The Sims	16 million[1]	N/A	The Sims	February 4, 2000	Simulation	Maxis	Electronic Arts
World of Warcraft	14 million[2]	N/A	World of Warcraft	Nov 23, 2004	Fantasy, MMORPG	Blizzard Entertainment	Blizzard Entertainment
Minecraft	14 million[3]	N/A	Minecraft	May 17, 2009[note 1]	Sandbox, Adventure/Survival, Construction	Mojang	Mojang
Diablo III	12 million[note 2][4]	N/A	Diablo	May 15, 2012	Action RPG, hack and slash dungeon crawl	Blizzard Entertainment	Activision Blizzard
Half-Life 2	12 million[5]	N/A	Half-Life	November 16, 2004	First-person shooter	Valve corporation	Valve Corporation(digital distribution) Sierra Entertainment(retail)
Battlefield 2	11 million[6]	N/A	Battlefield	June 21, 2005	Squad-based first-person shooter	Digital Illusions CE(DICE)	EA Games
StarCraft	11 million[7]	N/A	StarCraft	March 31, 1998	Real-time strategy	Blizzard Entertainment	Blizzard Entertainment
The Sims 3	10 million[8]	N/A	The Sims	June 2, 2009	Simulation	The Sims Studio	Electronic Arts
Half-Life	9.3 million[9][10]	N/A	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[11]	Guild Wars	April 28, 2005	Competitive online RPG	ArenaNet	NCsoft
Myst	6 million[12]	N/A	Myst	September 24, 1993	Graphic adventure,puzzle	Cyan	Brøderbund
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty	6 million[13]	N/A	StarCraft	July 27, 2010	Real-time strategy	Blizzard Entertainment	Activision Blizzard
SimCity 3000 (including re-release versions)	5 million[14]	N/A	SimCity	January 31, 1999	Simulation	Maxis	Electronic Arts
Riven	4.5 million[15]	N/A	Myst	October 29, 1997	Graphic adventure	Cyan Worlds	Red Orb Entertainment
Counter-Strike	4.2 million[9][10]	N/A	Counter-Strike	June 19, 1999	First-person shooter	Valve Corporation Turtle Rock Studios(XBox)	Valve Corporation Microsoft Game Studios (Xbox) Sierra Studios(former)
Cossacks: European Wars	4 million[16]	N/A	Cossacks	April 24, 2001	Real-time strategy	GSC Game World	Strategy First cdv Software Entertainment (re-release)
Diablo II	4 million[17]	N/A	Diablo	June 29, 2000	Action RPG, hack and slash	Blizzard North	Blizzard Entertainment
Populous	4 million[18][19]	N/A	Populous	June 5, 1989	Real-time strategy,God game	Bullfrog Productions	Electronic Arts
Portal 2	4 million[20]	N/A	Half-Life	April 19, 2011	Puzzle-platform game	Valve Corporation	Valve Corporation
RollerCoaster Tycoon	4 million	4 million in North America[21]	RollerCoaster Tycoon	March 31, 1999	Construction and management simulation	Chris Sawyer	MicroProse Software
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War(including expansions)	4 million[22]	N/A	Warhammer	September 20, 2004	Real-time strategy	Relic Entertainment	THQ
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?	4 million[23]	N/A	Carmen Sandiego	June 1, 1985	Educational, strategy	Brøderbund Software	Brøderbund Software
Doom 3	3.5 million[24]	N/A	Doom	August 3, 2004	First-person shooter,survival horror	id Software	Activision
EverQuest	3.5 million[25]	N/A	EverQuest	March 16, 1999	MMORPG	Sony Online Entertainment	Sony Online Entertainment
Theme Park	3.5 million[19]	N/A	Theme Park	1994	CMS	Bullfrog Productions	Electronic Arts
Guild Wars 2	3.5 million[26]	N/A	Guild Wars	August 28, 2012	MMORPG	ArenaNet	NCsoft
Age of Empires	3 million[27]	N/A	Age of Empires	October 15, 1997	Real-time strategy	Ensemble Studios	Microsoft
Civilization IV	3 million[28]	N/A	Civilization	October 25, 2005	Turn-based strategy,4X	Firaxis Games	2K Games & Aspyr
Command & Conquer	3 million[29]	N/A	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[30]	N/A	Command & Conquer	October 31, 1996	Real-time strategy	Westwood Studios	Virgin Interactive
Crysis	3 million[31]	N/A	Crysis	November 13, 2007	First-person shooter	Crytek Frankfurt	Electronic Arts
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos	3 million[32][33] 4.4 million shipped[34]	N/A	Warcraft	July 3, 2002	Real-time strategy	Blizzard Entertainment	Blizzard Entertainment(North America) Sierra Entertainment(Europe) Capcom (Japan)
Terraria	3 million[35]	N/A	N/A	May 16, 2011	Action-adventure	Re-Logic	Re-Logic
Garry's Mod	3.5 million[36]	N/A	N/A	December 24, 2004	Sandbox	Facepunch Studios	Valve Software
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero	2.9 million[9][10]	N/A	Counter-Strike	March 23, 2004	First-person shooter	Valve Corporation Gearbox Software Ritual Entertainment Turtle Rock Studios	Valve Corporation
Doom	2.9 million[37]	N/A	Doom	December 10, 1993	First-person shooter	id Software	id Software
Age of Empires III	2.5 million[38]	N/A	Age of Empires	October 18, 2005	Real-time strategy	Ensemble Studios	Microsoft
Anno 1503	2.5 million[39]	N/A	Anno	March 23, 2003	Real-time strategy,city-building game	Max Design	Sunflowers
Anno 1602	2.5 million[40]	N/A	Anno	September 24, 1998	Real-time strategy,city-building game	Max Design	Sunflowers
Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars	2.5 million[41]	N/A	Cossacks	April 15, 2005	Real-time strategy	GSC Game World	CDV Software
Diablo	2.5 million[17]	N/A	Diablo	December 31, 1996	Action RPG, hack and slash, dark fantasy	Blizzard North	Blizzard Entertainment(North America) Ubisoft (Europe)
Far Cry	2.5 million[31]	N/A	Far Cry	March 23, 2004	First-person shooter	Crytek	Ubisoft
Battlefield 1942	2.4 million[42]	N/A	Battlefield	September 10, 2002	First-person shooter	DICE	Electronic Arts
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings	2.2 million[43]	N/A	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[9][10]	N/A	Counter-Strike	November 1, 2004	First-person shooter	Valve Corporation	Valve Corporation
The Witcher	2.1 million[44]	N/A	The Witcher	October 26, 2007	Action RPG, hack and slash	CD Projekt RED	Atari, Inc
SimCity (2013)	2 million[45]	N/A	SimCity	March 5, 2013	Simulation	Maxis	Electronic Arts
The 7th Guest	2 million[46]	N/A	The 7th Guest	January 1, 1993	Interactive movie,puzzle adventure	Trilobyte	Virgin Interactive
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings	2 million[47]	N/A	Age of Empires	September 30, 1999	Real-time strategy	Ensemble Studios	Microsoft
Baldur's Gate	2 million[48]	N/A	Baldur's Gate	November 30, 1998	Role-playing game	BioWare	Black Isle Studios Interplay Entertainment
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn	2 million[48]	N/A	Baldur's Gate	September 24, 2000	Role-playing game	BioWare	Black Isle Studios Interplay Entertainment
Black & White	2 million[19]	N/A	Black & White	March 25, 2001	Simulation, god game	Lionhead Studios	EA Games Sold-Out Software
Civilization III	2 million[49]	N/A	Civilization	October 30, 2001	Turn-based strategy	Firaxis Games	Infogrames
Doom II: Hell on Earth	2 million[50]	N/A	Doom	September 30, 1994	First-person shooter,horror	id Software	GT Interactive
Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven	2 million[51]	N/A	Mafia	August 28, 2002	Third-person shooter	Illusion Softworks	Gathering of Developers
Neverwinter Nights	2 million[52]	N/A	Neverwinter Nights	June 18, 2002	Role-playing game	BioWare	Infogrames / Atari
SimCity 4	2 million[53]	N/A	SimCity	January 14, 2003	Simulation	Maxis	Electronic Arts(Windows) Aspyr Media (Mac OS X)
Spore	2 million[54]	N/A	Spore	September 4, 2008	God Game Simulation Real-Time Strategy	Maxis	Electronic Arts
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl	2 million[55]	N/A	S.T.A.L.K.E.R.	March 20, 2007	First-person shooter,survival horror	GSC Game World	THQ
Stronghold: Crusader	2 million[56]	N/A	Stronghold	July 31, 2002	Real-time strategy	Firefly Studios	Take-Two Interactive /Gathering of Developers
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness	2 million[57]	N/A	Warcraft	December 9, 1995	Real-time strategy	Blizzard Entertainment	Blizzard Entertainment
Quake	1.8 million[37]	N/A	Quake	June 22, 1996	First-person shooter	id Software	GT Interactive
Sacred	1.8 million[58]	N/A	Sacred	March 23, 2004	Action RPG	Ascaron	Encore Koch Media Red Ant Enterprises
Dungeon Siege	1.7 million[59]	N/A	Dungeon Siege	April 5, 2002	Role-playing game	Gas Powered Games	Microsoft Game Studios
American McGee's Alice	1.5 million[60][61]	N/A	Alice	October 6, 2000	Action-adventure,platformer	Rogue Entertainment	Electronic Arts
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun	1.5 million[62]	N/A	Command & Conquer	August 27, 1999	Real-time strategy	Westwood Studios	Electronic Arts
Crysis Warhead	1.5 million[31]	N/A	Crysis	September 16, 2008	First-person shooter	Crytek Budapest	Electronic Arts
Duke Nukem 3D	1.5 million[63]	N/A	Duke Nukem	January 29, 1996	First-person shooter	3D Realms	GT Interactive Software
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	1.5 million	1.3 million in the US[64] 200,000 in the UK[65]	Harry Potter	November 15, 2001	Action-adventure,platformer	KnowWonder	Electronic Arts
Star Wars Galaxies	1.5 million[66]	N/A	Star Wars	June 26, 2003	MMORPG	Sony Online Entertainment (North America) Electronic Arts(Japan)	LucasArts
Stronghold	1.5 million[67]	N/A	Stronghold	October 19, 2001	Real-time strategy	Firefly Studios	Take-Two Interactive /Gathering of Developers
Total Annihilation	1.5 million[68]	N/A	Total Annihilation	September 30, 1997	Real-time strategy	Cavedog Entertainment	GT Interactive
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning	1.5 million shipped,[69] 1.2 million sold[70]	N/A	Warhammer	September 18, 2008	MMORPG	Mythic Entertainment	Electronic Arts
Half-Life 2: Episode One	1.4 million[9][10]	N/A	Half-Life	June 1, 2006	First-person shooter	Valve Corporation	Valve Corporation
Battlefield Vietnam	1.3 million[42]	N/A	Battlefield	March 14, 2004	First-person shooter	DICE	Electronic Arts
Monopoly	1.3 million[71][72]	N/A	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)
Zoo Tycoon	1.3 million	1.1 million in the US[64] 200,000 in the UK[65]	Zoo Tycoon	October 17, 2001	Business simulation game	Microsoft	Blue Fang Games
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2	1.1 million	940,000 in the US[64] 200,000 in the UK[65]	RollerCoaster Tycoon	October 15, 2002	Construction and management simulation	Chris Sawyer	Infogrames
SimCity 2000	1.1 million[71]	N/A	SimCity	July 1, 1993	Simulation, city-building game	Maxis	Maxis
Killing Floor	1.1 million[73]	N/A	N/A	May 14, 2009	First-person shooter	Tripwire Interactive	Tripwire Interactive
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault	1.1 million	900,000 in the US[64] 200,000 in the UK[65]	Medal of Honor	January 22, 2002	First-person shooter	2015, Inc.	EA Games
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures	1 million[74]	N/A	Conan the Barbarian	May 20, 2008	Sword and sorceryMMORPG, online RPG	Funcom	Funcom Eidos Interactive
Age of Mythology	1 million[75]	N/A	Age of Empires	October 30, 2002	Real-time strategy	Ensemble Studios	Microsoft
The Binding of Isaac	2 million[76]	N/A	N/A	September 28, 2011	Action-adventure,dungeon crawl,roguelike	Edmund McMillen & Florian Himsl	Headup Games
BioShock	1 million[77]	N/A	BioShock	August 21, 2007	First-person shooter,action adventure,survival horror	Irrational Games (as 2K Boston)	2K Games
Blade Runner	1 million[78]	N/A	N/A	November 21, 1997	Adventure, point-and-click	Westwood Studios	Virgin Interactive
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2	1 million[30]	N/A	Command & Conquer	October 23, 2000	Real-time strategy	Westwood Pacific	Electronic Arts
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars	1 million[79]	N/A	Command & Conquer	March 28, 2007	Real-time strategy	EA Los Angeles	Electronic Arts
Daryl F. Gates' Police Quest: SWAT	1 million[80]	N/A	Police Quest	September 30, 1995	Interactive movie,simulation, action-adventure	Sierra Online	Sierra Online
"DayZ"	1 million[81]	N/A	N/A	December 16, 2013	Survival horror	Bohemia Interactive	Bohemia Interactive
Deer Hunter	1 million[82]	N/A	Deer Hunter	November 13, 1997	Sports (hunting)	Sunstorm Interactive	WizardWorks Software
Dungeon Lords	1 million[83]	N/A	N/A	May 5, 2005	Role-playing game	Heuristic Park	DreamCatcher Interactive, FX Interactive, Crimson Cow, 1C, Typhoon Games
Empire Earth	1 million[84]	N/A	Empire Earth	November 12, 2001	Real-time strategy	Stainless Steel Studios	Sierra Entertainment
Frogger	1 million[85]	N/A	Frogger	November 3, 1997	Arcade, action	SCE Cambridge Studio	Hasbro Interactive
Glory of the Roman Empire	1 million[86]	N/A	N/A	June 26, 2006	City-building game	Haemimont Games	CDV FX Interactive (Spain & Italy)
Hellgate: London	1 million[87]	N/A	N/A	October 31, 2007	Action RPG	Flagship Studios	Namco Bandai Games Electronic Arts HanbitSoft
Hidden & Dangerous	1 million[88]	N/A	Hidden & Dangerous	July 29, 1999	Action game with tactical elements	Illusion Softworks	Take-Two Interactive TalonSoft
Hotel Giant	1 million[89]	N/A	N/A	May 17, 2002	Business simulation game	Enlight Software	JoWood Productions
Imperivm: Great Battles of Rome	1 million	1 million in Italy and Spain;[90] not distributed elsewhere.	N/A	May 10, 2005	Real-time strategy,real-time tactics	Haemimont Games	FX Interactive
The Legend of Sword and Fairy 3	1 million[91]	N/A	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[92]	Microsoft Flight Simulator	October 17, 2006	Amateur flight simulation	Microsoft Game Studios	Microsoft Game Studios
Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis	1 million[93]	N/A	N/A	June 22, 2001	Tactical shooter	Bohemia Interactive Studio	Codemasters
Patrician III: Rise of the Hanse	1 million	1 million in Italy and Spain[94]	The Patrician	October 24, 2003	Business simulation game	Ascaron	Encore
Phantasmagoria	1 million[95]	N/A	Phantasmagoria	July 31, 1995	Interactive movie,psychological horror,point-and-click adventure	Sierra Online	Sierra Online
Quake II	1 million[96]	N/A	Quake	November 30, 1997	First-person shooter	id Software	Activision
Railroad Tycoon II	1 million[88]	N/A	Railroad Tycoon	November 4, 1998	Business simulation game	PopTop Software	Gathering of Developers Take-Two Interactive
Return to Castle Wolfenstein	1 million[96]	N/A	Wolfenstein	November 19, 2001	First-person shooter	Gray Matter Interactive id Software Nerve Software(multiplayer)	Activision
Return to Zork	1 million[97]	N/A	Zork	August 20, 1993	Adventure game	Infocom	Activision
Runaway: A Road Adventure	1 million[98]	N/A	Runaway	July 6, 2001	Adventure game	Péndulo Studios, S.L.	Dinamic Multimedia FX Interactive
Supreme Commander	1 million[99]	N/A	Total Annihilation	February 16, 2007	Real-time strategy	Gas Powered Games	THQ
Tropico	1 million[88]	N/A	Tropico	April 24, 2001	Construction and management simulation	PopTop Software	Gathering of Developers
Unreal	1 million[100]	N/A	Unreal	May 22, 1998	First-person shooter	Epic Games Digital Extremes	GT Interactive
Unreal Tournament	1 million[100]	N/A	Unreal	November 30, 1999	First-person shooter	Epic Games Digital Extremes	GT Interactive
Vietcong	1 million[88]	N/A	Vietcong	March 26, 2003	Tactical first-person shooter	Pterodon Illusion Softworks	Gathering of Developers
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	1 million[101]	N/A	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	November 28, 1999	Trivia game	Jellyvision	Disney Interactive Studios

Notes[edit]

• ^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.^[102]

• ^2 This includes the 1.2 million copies given away as part of Blizzard's World of Warcraft annual pass offer.

• ^3 Subscriber ≠ sales; many Asian markets use a different business model that does not involve retail copies. As such subscriber figures do not equate to sales figures.

Older computers[edit]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,^[103] 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.^[104] 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[105]	2008
Thexder	1985	1 million[106]	1990
Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu	1985	400,000 in Japan[107][108]	1985
Sokoban	1982	400,000 in Japan[109]	1988
Zork I	1980	378,987[110]	1986
Skyfox	1984	317,545[111]	1986
The Bard's Tale	1985	300,000[112]	2003
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar	1985	300,000[113]	1990
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	1984	254,249[110]	1986
Out Run	1987	250,000 in the UK[114]	1987
Door Door	1983	200,000 in Japan[115]	1985
Gauntlet	1986	200,000 in the UK[116]	1987
Zork II	1981	173,204[110]	1986
Chessmaster 2000	1986	160,000[117]	1987
The Black Onyx	1984	150,000 in Japan[118]	1986
The Seven Cities of Gold	1984	150,000[119]	2003
Deadline	1982	140,719[110]	1986
Zork III	1982	129,232[110]	1986
Ultima III: Exodus	1983	120,000[120]	2008
Pac-Man	1987	100,000 in the US[121]	1987
Will: The Death Trap II	1985	100,000 in Japan[122]	1986
Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer	1987	100,000[123]	1987
Suspended	1983	99,956[110]	1986
Starcross	1982	90,315[110]	1986
Mystery House	1980	80,000[124]	2003
Choplifter	1982	60,000[125]	1983
Wizard and the Princess	1980	60,000[126]	2010
Ultima II: The Revenge of the Enchantress	1982	50,000[127]	1990
Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness	1981	50,000[128]	1990
Temple of Apshai	1979	40,000 in the US[108]	1982
K-Razy Shoot-Out	1982	35,000 in the US[103]	1982