Highest-grossing games [ ]
See also: List of highest-grossing mobile games
The following table lists the top ten highest-grossing video games of the decade, in terms of worldwide revenue (including buy-to-play , free-to-play , pay-to-play , digital purchases , microtransactions and subscriptions ) across all platforms (including mobile , PC and console platforms). Among the top ten highest-grossing games of the decade, eight of them are free-to-play titles, five of which are published or owned by Chinese conglomerate Tencent .
Best-selling games [ ]
The following table lists video games of the 2010s that have sold at least 10 million copies. The list only includes buy-to-play titles, and does not include free-to-play or subscription titles. The company that published the most number of games with over 10 million sales during the decade was Nintendo , with fifteen titles on the list.
Lifetime sales [ ]
The following titles are the best-selling games released in the 2010s, as of 2025. Unlike the list above which only covers sales in the 2010s, the following list includes sales into the 2020s.
Minecraft (2011) - 350 million
Grand Theft Auto V (2013) - 215 million
Mario Kart 8 / Deluxe (2014) - 77.32 million
Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018) - 77 million
PUBG (2017) - 75 million
Terraria (2011) - 64 million
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015) - 60 million
Human: Fall Flat (2016) - 55 million
Overwatch (2016) - 50 million
Call of Duty: Black Ops III (2015) - 43 million
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) - 41 million
Stardew Valley (2016) - 41 million
Payday 2 (2013) - 40 million
Most-played games [ ]
See also: List of most-played video games by player count and List of most-played mobile games by player count
Notes [ ]
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 This list does not include revenue before 2010.
↑ Dungeon Fighter Online (DFO )
2012–2016 – $6.8 billion +
2017–2018 – $3.6 billion [ 3]
2019 – $1.6 billion [ 4]
↑ CrossFire :
2011 – $1 billion [ 5]
2012 – $1 billion [ 6]
2013 – $1 billion [ 7]
2014 – $1.4 billion [ 8]
2015 – $1.11 billion [ 9]
2016 – $1.1 billion [ 10]
2017 – $1.605 billion
PC – $1.4 billion [ 11]
CrossFire Mobile – $205 million [ 12]
2018 – $1.453 billion [ 3]
2019 – $1.4 billion [ 4]
↑ League of Legends :
2012 – $200 million [ 13]
2013 – $624 million [ 14]
2014 – $946 million [ 15]
2015 – $1.628 billion [ 9]
2016 – $1.7 billion [ 16]
2017–2018 – $4 billion [ 3]
2019 – $1.5 billion [ 4]
↑ Monster Strike :
As of October 2018[update] – $7.2 billion [ 18]
November 2018 – $52 million +[ 19]
December 2018 – $68 million +[ 20]
2019 – $932 million [ 21]
↑ Honor of Kings / Arena of Valor
2016 – $1.61 billion +[ 22]
2017–2018 – $4.91 billion [ 3]
2019 – $1.6 billion [ 4]
↑ Puzzle & Dragons :
As of October 2018[update] – $7 billion [ 23]
2019 (Japan) – ¥77.6 billion [ 24] ($712 million )
↑ World of Warcraft :
2010 – $1.23 billion [ 25]
2011 – $1 billion [ 26]
2012 – $986 million [ 27]
2013 – $1.041 billion [ 28]
2014 – $728 million [ 15]
2015 – $814 million [ 9]
2017–2018 – $1.05 billion [ 3]
↑ Clash of Clans :
Up until March 2019 – $6.4 billion [ 29]
June 2019 – $76 million [ 30]
December 2019 – $158.2 million [ 31]
↑ Grand Theft Auto V and Online :
2013–2018 – $6 billion [ 32]
2019 – $595 million [ 4]
↑ 11.0 11.1 Sales figure includes paid mobile downloads
↑ Mario Kart 8 sold 8.44 million units.[ 36] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sold 22.96 million units.[ 37]
↑ The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sold 14.54 million units on Nintendo Switch [ 37] and 1.5 million units on Wii U [ 49]
↑ Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS sold 9.54 million units[ 47] and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U sold 5.37 million units[ 36]
↑ New Super Mario Bros. U sold 5.79 million units[ 36] and New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe sold 4.59 million units[ 37]
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