Most Popular Video Games of All Time in 2026 (By Copies Sold)

Most Popular Video Games of All Time, in millions

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Table Showing the Most Popular Video Games of All Time by Copies Sold

Tetris is the most popular video game in the world, with 520 million copies sold. This figure combines all versions of the game released over the years. Minecraft is in second place with over 425 million copies sold, which puts it 95 million copies behind Tetris. Grand Theft Auto V holds the third spot with over 230 million copies sold.

Sales drop sharply after the top three. Red Dead Redemption 2 is fourth with over 87 million copies, which is 143 million fewer than GTA V. Wii Sports (82.9 million), Mario Kart 8 / Deluxe (79.99 million), and PUBG: Battlegrounds (75 million) complete the top seven.

The rest of the list is very close together. Terraria has sold 70 million copies, while The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt are tied at over 65 million each. Super Mario Bros. and Human: Fall Flat come next with 58 million copies each, and Animal Crossing: New Horizons follows with 50.29 million. The Sims, Stardew Valley, and Overwatch close out the list with 50 million copies each.

How Many People Play Video Games Worldwide?

There are 3.70 billion gamers worldwide in 2026, up 4.4% from 3.544 billion in 2025. This huge player base explains how the games on this list reached tens or even hundreds of millions in sales.

The 16 games on this list have sold over 2 billion copies combined. That equals more than half of the world’s 3.70 billion gamers, though many players own more than one of these titles. The global gamer base is expected to cross 4 billion in 2029, so there is still room for these sales numbers to grow.

Notable Data Points on the Most Popular Video Games

• Tetris and Minecraft, the top two games on the list, have sold a combined 945 million copies.
• The top three games have sold about 1.18 billion copies together, which is more than the other 13 games on the list combined, which is about 841 million copies.
• Tetris, Minecraft, and Grand Theft Auto V are the only three games on the list that have sold more than 100 million copies.
• The largest gap between two back-to-back ranks is between Minecraft and Grand Theft Auto V, at 195 million copies.
• Tetris has sold more than 10 times as many copies as each of the three games tied at the bottom of the list.
• Only 37 million copies separate Red Dead Redemption 2 at fourth place (87 million) from the three games tied at 16th place (50 million).
• Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2 have sold over 317 million copies combined.
• The four Nintendo games on the list, Wii Sports, Mario Kart 8 / Deluxe, Super Mario Bros., and Animal Crossing: New Horizons, have sold about 271 million copies together.
• Mario Kart 8 / Deluxe is just 10,000 copies short of the 80 million mark, at 79.99 million copies sold.

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