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1972 in games


This page lists board and card games, wargames, and miniatures games published in 1972. For video and console games, see 1972 in video gaming.

Games released or invented in 1972

  • 4000 A.D.
  • Boggle
  • Conquest
  • Don't Give Up The Ship!
  • ''Richthofen's War''

Books

  • 1 Wuthering Heights 27,099
  • 2 A Court of Thorns and Roses 25,969
  • 3 Project Hail Mary 18,491
  • 4 Daemon (novel) 12,597
  • 5 Bridgerton (novel series) 11,036
  • 6 Lord of the Flies 10,438
  • 7 Tales of Dunk and Egg 10,238
  • 8 The Count of Monte Cristo 8,859
  • 9 The Testaments 8,145
  • 10 A Song of Ice and Fire 7,344

Films

  • 1 The Bride! 74,749
  • 2 Big Shoes 62,430
  • 3 Scream 7 53,121
  • 4 Hoppers (film) 40,891
  • 5 XXX: Return of Xander Cage 33,089
  • 6 XXX (film series) 32,685
  • 7 Sinners (2025 film) 29,202
  • 8 Marty Supreme 26,892
  • 9 Wuthering Heights (2026 film) 25,429
  • 10 One Battle After Another 24,400

Programming Languages

  • 1 Python (programming language) 4,420
  • 2 C (programming language) 4,022
  • 3 Scratch (programming language) 3,216
  • 4 C++ 2,194
  • 5 JavaScript 2,174
  • 6 R (programming language) 1,986
  • 7 Rust (programming language) 1,860
  • 8 Java (programming language) 1,653
  • 9 YAML 1,554
  • 10 Go (programming language) 1,514

TV Series

  • 1 Young Sherlock (British TV series) 78,402
  • 2 Bridgerton 62,276
  • 3 The Beauty (TV series) 43,867
  • 4 Paradise (2025 TV series) 42,905
  • 5 A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (TV series) 41,798
  • 6 Love Story (2026 TV series) 40,075
  • 7 Lanterns (TV series) 38,780
  • 8 The Pitt 35,704
  • 9 Vladimir (TV series) 34,541
  • 10 The Night Agent 25,958

Video Games

  • 1 Resident Evil Requiem 61,600
  • 2 Pokémon Pokopia 46,497
  • 3 Wordle 34,139
  • 4 Crimson Desert 18,619
  • 5 Marathon (2026 video game) 14,674
  • 6 Resident Evil Village 11,022
  • 7 Pokémon (video game series) 10,291
  • 8 Roblox 10,152
  • 9 Resident Evil 7: Biohazard 9,765
  • 10 Resident Evil (1996 video game) 9,103

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