List of best-selling video game franchises

This is a list of the best-selling video game franchises worldwide, ranked up to 50th place by reported software unit sales. Mario is the best-selling video game franchise of all time, with over 893 million units sold since its first commercial release in 1983. Nintendo, the publisher of Mario, has the most franchises on the list with eight entries.
For this list, sales figures must be directly attributed to a franchise to be included. In instances where overall figures for a franchise are not known but sales of a single game within that franchise are, sales for that game will be attributed to the franchise. Sales of expansion packs and episodic video games are included. Metrics such as "players" or "installs" are not listed as they typically refer to user engagement rather than sales; even for paid games, these metrics could include free trials or other free promotions and cannot reliably be substituted for sales figures.
The listed publisher correspond to each franchise's most recent release, and release years refer only to the first commercial launch, excluding any pre-release stages. Rankings serve solely for numbering purposes and are not meant to be precise, reflecting the list's limited scope because there is no credible, comprehensive sales-tracking source for the video game industry, unlike for films, which have box office tracking sites such as Box Office Mojo and The Numbers. Tied ranks are resolved using the standard competition ranking method, in which entries with equal figures share the same rank and following ranks are increased based on the number of tied entries.

Rank	Franchise	Sales	Debut year	Publisher
1	Mario	893.5	1983	Nintendo
2	Tetris	520	1988	Various
3	Call of Duty	500	2003	Activision
4	Pokémon	489	1996	Nintendo / The Pokémon Company
5	Grand Theft Auto	460	1997	Rockstar Games
6	Minecraft	350	2011	Mojang Studios
7	FIFA	325	1993	Electronic Arts
8	Assassin's Creed	230	2007	Ubisoft
9	Final Fantasy	204	1987	Square Enix
9	Wii	204	2006	Nintendo
11	The Sims	200	2000	Electronic Arts
12	Resident Evil	183	1996	Capcom
13	NBA 2K	167	1999	2K
14	Madden NFL	150	1988	Electronic Arts
14	Need for Speed	150	1994	Electronic Arts
16	Sonic the Hedgehog	140	1991	Sega
17	The Legend of Zelda	133	1986	Nintendo
18	Monster Hunter	125	2004	Capcom
19	Pro Evolution Soccer	112.5	1995	Konami
20	Red Dead	106	2004	Rockstar Games
21	Mortal Kombat	100	1992	Warner Bros. Games
21	Tomb Raider	100	1996	Various
21	Gran Turismo	100	1997	Sony Interactive Entertainment
21	Bejeweled	100	2000	Electronic Arts
25	Borderlands	99	2009	2K
26	Tamagotchi	98.1	1996	Bandai
27	WWE 2K	98	2000	2K
28	Dragon Quest	95	1986	Square Enix
29	Just Dance	90	2009	Ubisoft
30	Battlefield	88.7	2002	Electronic Arts
31	The Witcher	85	2007	CD Projekt
32	Donkey Kong	82	1981	Nintendo
33	Halo	81	2001	Xbox Game Studios
34	Civilization	80	1991	2K
34	The Walking Dead	80	2012	Telltale Games / Skybound Games
36	Worms	75	1995	Team17
37	Super Smash Bros.	72	1999	Nintendo
37	Counter-Strike	72	2000	Valve
39	Animal Crossing	70	2001	Nintendo
40	God of War	66	2005	Sony Interactive Entertainment
41	Metal Gear	65.5	1987	Konami
42	The Oregon Trail	65	1971	Gameloft
43	Tekken	61	1994	Bandai Namco Entertainment
44	Far Cry	60	2004	Ubisoft
45	Street Fighter	58	1987	Capcom
46	Kirby	50	1992	Nintendo
46	Destiny	50	2014	Bungie
46	Overwatch	50	2016	Blizzard Entertainment
46	Marvel's Spider-Man	50	2018	Sony Interactive Entertainment
50	Pac-Man	48	1980	Bandai Namco Entertainment