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The following are lists of the best-selling video games of 2021, including a list of the highest-grossing games by revenue (covering both free-to-play and pay-to-play games) and a list of the best-selling games by software units sold (covering only pay-to-play games).

Highest-grossing games by revenue[]

See also: List of highest-grossing video games
Rank Game Platform(s) Publisher(s) Play Revenue Ref
1 PUBG Multi-platform Krafton / Tencent F2P / P2P $3,233,600,000 [1][2]
2 Honor of Kings (Arena of Valor) Mobile Tencent F2P $2,800,000,000 [1][3]
3 Dungeon Fighter Online (DFO) PC Nexon / Tencent F2P $2,690,000,000 [n 1]
4 Genshin Impact Mobile miHoYo F2P $1,900,000,000 [1][3]
5 Roblox Mobile Mobile Roblox Corporation F2P $1,400,000,000 [1][3]
Coin Master Mobile Moon Active F2P $1,400,000,000 [1][3]
7 Pokémon Go Mobile Niantic F2P $1,300,000,000 [1][3]
Candy Crush Saga Mobile King (Activision Blizzard) F2P $1,300,000,000 [1][3]
9 Garena Free Fire Mobile Garena F2P $1,200,000,000 [1][3]
10 League of Legends (LoL) PC Tencent F2P $1,100,000,000 [9]
11 Uma Musume Pretty Derby Mobile Cygames F2P $990,000,000 [1][3]
12 Lineage Mobile / PC NCSoft F2P $981,000,000 [10]
13 Three Kingdoms Tactics Mobile Alibaba Group / Koei Tecmo F2P $931,000,000 [1][3]
14 Rise of Kingdoms Mobile Lilith Games F2P $926,000,000 [1]
15 Homescapes Mobile Playrix F2P $894,000,000 [1]
16 Fate/Grand Order Mobile Aniplex (Sony Music Japan) F2P $881,000,000 [1]
17 Pokémon Brilliant Diamond /
Shining Pearl 		Switch Nintendo P2P $840,000,000 [11][12]
18 New World PC Amazon Games P2P $800,000,000 [13]
19 CrossFire PC Tencent F2P $795,000,000+ [9]
20 Call of Duty: Mobile Mobile Activision / Tencent / Garena F2P $768,000,000 [1]
21 Gardenscapes Mobile Playrix F2P $767,000,000 [1]
22 Lineage 2 Mobile / PC NCSoft F2P $757,464,000 [10]
23 Puzzle & Dragons Mobile GungHo Online F2P $745,000,000 [1]
24 Fantasy Westward Journey Mobile NetEase F2P $715,000,000 [1]
25 Monster Strike Mobile Mixi F2P $702,000,000 [1]
26 Pro Yakyū Spirits A Mobile Konami F2P $686,000,000 [1]
27 Lords Mobile Mobile IGG F2P $667,000,000 [1]
28 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Switch Nintendo P2P $600,000,000 [14][15]
29 Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury Switch Nintendo P2P $530,000,000 [11][16]
30 Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle Mobile Bandai Namco F2P $529,000,000 [1]
31 Monster Hunter Rise Switch Capcom P2P $460,000,000 [17][18]
32 Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch Nintendo P2P $390,000,000 [14][19]
Ring Fit Adventure Switch Nintendo P2P $390,000,000 [14][20]
34 Minecraft Multi-platform Multiple P2P $380,000,000 [21]
35 Resident Evil Village Multi-platform Capcom P2P $340,000,000 [17][22]
36 Mario Party Superstars Switch Nintendo P2P $330,000,000 [11][23]
37 Grand Theft Auto V Multi-platform Take-Two P2P $280,000,000+ [24][25][26]
38 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Switch Nintendo P2P $270,000,000 [14][27]
39 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Switch Nintendo P2P $260,000,000 [14][28]
40 Raid: Shadow Legends Mobile Plarium F2P $247,000,000 [1]
41 FIFA 22 Multi-platform Electronic Arts P2P $240,000,000+ [29][30][31]
42 The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD Switch Nintendo P2P $230,000,000 [11][32]
43 Star Trek Fleet Command Mobile Scopely / CBS F2P $222,000,000 [1]
44 Marvel Strike Force Mobile FoxNext / Scopely F2P $216,000,000 [1]
45 Super Mario Party Switch Nintendo P2P $214,000,000 [14][33]
46 Pokémon Sword / Shield Switch Nintendo P2P $213,000,000 [14][34]
47 Marvel Contest of Champions Mobile Kabam (Netmarble) F2P $211,000,000 [1]
48 Tale of Immortal PC Lightning Games P2P $200,000,000+ [13]
Valheim PC Coffee Stain P2P $200,000,000+ [13]
Call of Duty: Vanguard Multi-platform Activision P2P $200,000,000+ [35][36][37]

Best-selling games by units sold[]

See also: List of best-selling video games

Note: Mobile downloads are excluded.

Rank Title Platform(s) Publisher(s) Units sold Ref
1 Minecraft Multi-platform Multiple 18,000,000 [21]
2 Pokémon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl

Switch

Nintendo 13,970,000 [11]
3 New World PC Amazon Games 13,500,000 [38]
4 Grand Theft Auto V Multi-platform Take-Two 10,000,000+ [24][25]
Tale of Immortal PC Lightning Games 10,000,000+ [13]
Valheim PC Coffee Stain 10,000,000+ [13]
7 GTA Trilogy Multi-platform Take-Two 10,000,000 [39]
8 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Switch Nintendo 9,940,000 [14]
9 Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury Switch Nintendo 8,850,000 [11]
10 Monster Hunter Rise Switch

Capcom

7,700,000 [17]
11 Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch Nintendo 6,440,000 [14]
12 Resident Evil Village Multi-platform Capcom 5,700,000 [17]
13 Mario Party Superstars Switch Nintendo 5,430,000 [11]
14 Ring Fit Adventure Switch Nintendo 4,850,000 [14]
15 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Switch Nintendo 4,550,000 [14]
16

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Switch Nintendo 4,350,000 [14]
17 FIFA 22 Multi-platform Electronic Arts 3,938,778+ [29][30]
18 The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD Switch Nintendo 3,850,000 [11]
19 Super Mario Party Switch Nintendo 3,570,000 [14]
20 Pokémon Sword / Shield Switch Nintendo 3,550,000 [14]
21 Call of Duty: Vanguard Multi-platform Activision 3,400,000+ [35][36]
22 It Takes Two Multi-platform Electronic Arts 3,000,000+ [40]
23 New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Switch Nintendo 2,900,000 [14]
24 Super Mario Odyssey Switch Nintendo 2,790,000 [14]
25 Metroid Dread Switch Nintendo 2,740,000 [11]
26 New Pokémon Snap Switch Nintendo 2,672,931 [11][41]
27 Mario Golf: Super Rush Switch Nintendo 2,260,000 [11]
28 Resident Evil 7: Biohazard PS4, XB1, PC Capcom 2,100,000 [17][42]
29 Naraka: Bladepoint PC NetEase Games 2,000,000+ [13]
30 Luigi's Mansion 3 Switch Nintendo 1,910,000 [14]
31 Miitopia Switch Nintendo 1,630,000 [11]
32 Monster Hunter World: Iceborne PS4, XB1, PC Capcom 1,600,000 [17][42]
33 Farming Simulator 22 Multi-platform Giant Software 1,500,000+ [43]
34 Resident Evil 2 PS4, XB1, PC Capcom 1,500,000 [17][42]
35 Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin Switch, PC Capcom 1,400,000 [17]
36 Pokémon: Let's Go Switch Nintendo 1,330,000 [14]
37 Resident Evil 3 PS4, XB1, PC Capcom 1,300,000 [17][42]
38 Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain Switch Nintendo 1,280,000 [11]
39 Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa Mo Teiban! Switch Nintendo 1,266,477 [44]
40 WarioWare: Get It Together! Switch Nintendo 1,240,000 [11]
41 Game Builder Garage Switch Nintendo 1,010,000 [11]
42 Monster Hunter World PS4, XB1, PC Capcom 1,000,000 [17][42]

Regional charts[]

United States[]

  1. Call of Duty: Vanguard
  2. Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War
  3. Madden NFL 22
  4. Pokémon: Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl*
  5. Battlefield 2042
  6. Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
  7. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe*
  8. Resident Evil: Village
  9. MLB: The Show 21**
  10. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury*

United Kingdom[]

These are the top selling games in the UK according to the GSD. It includes digital for select publishers[45]

  1. FIFA 22
  2. Call of Duty: Vanguard
  3. Grand Theft Auto 5
  4. FIFA 21
  5. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
  6. Red Dead Redemption 2
  7. Spider-Man: Miles Morales
  8. F1 2021
  9. Far Cry 6
  10. Assassin's Creed Valhalla

Europe[]

These are the top selling games across Europe according to the GSD. It includes digital for select publishers[46] If they combine both Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon Shining Pearl, the combine title would have been No. 5

  1. FIFA 22
  2. Grand Theft Auto 5
  3. FIFA 21
  4. Call of Duty: Vanguard
  5. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe*
  6. Red Dead Redemption 2
  7. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury*
  8. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
  9. Assassin's Creed Valhalla
  10. Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Japan[]

This list only counts retail sales according to data from Famitsu.

  1. Monster Hunter Rise (Switch)
  2. Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl (Switch)
  3. Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Switch)
  4. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (Switch)
  5. Ring Fit Adventure (Switch)
  6. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch)
  7. Minecraft (Switch)
  8. Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch)
  9. Mario Party Superstars (Switch)
  10. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Switch)

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ↑ Dungeon Fighter Online (DFO) - $18 billion up until 2021[4]
    • Up until 2016 – $8.7 billion[5]
    • 2017–2018 – $3.6 billion[6]
    • 2019 – $1.6 billion[7]
    • 2020 – $1.41 billion[8]

References[]

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  6. ↑ Special Report: Evolution of Mobile Esports for the Mass Market. Niko Partners. August 2019. pp. 18–9. https://nikopartners.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Evolution-of-Mobile-Esports-for-the-Mass-Market.pdf.
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  8. ↑ Games and interactive media earnings rose 12% to $139.9B in 2020. SuperData Research. Nielsen Company (6 January 2021). Alt URL
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  16. ↑ Super Mario™ 3D World + Bowser’s Fury.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 17.6 17.7 17.8 17.9 https://web.archive.org/web/20220329213238/www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/business/million.html
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  19. ↑ https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/animal-crossing-new-horizons-switch/
  20. ↑ https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/ring-fit-adventure-switch/
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  22. ↑ https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-resident-evil-village/
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  33. ↑ https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/super-mario-party-switch/
  34. ↑ https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/pokemon-sword-switch/
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  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 https://gamingbolt.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war-sold-5-7-million-digital-units-in-november
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  38. ↑ https://mmostats.com/game/new-world
  39. ↑ Ivan, Tom (7 February 2022). GTA's remaster trilogy has 'significantly exceeded expectations' with up to 10m sales. Video Games Chronicle. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on 8 February 2022. Retrieved on 8 February 2022.
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