This article covers the best-selling Square Enix games and franchises. This includes games made by Squaresoft, Enix, and their 2003 merged corporation, Square Enix. It also includes games by its acquired subsidiaries, Eidos and Taito, from before and after their consolidation. It does not include the Eidos properties sales post their 2022 sale to Embracer Group. Square Enix is particularly known for having many of the best selling RPG games.
Franchises[]
This list includes all Square Enix franchises that have sold more than a million units.
Note: Sales data is mostly based on official Square Enix sales data, along with data from Famitsu, Media Create, NPD and Nintendo.
Rank | Franchise | Debut year | Debut platform | Sales | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Final Fantasy | 1987 | NES | 195,000,000 | [1] |
2 | Dragon Quest | 1986 | NES | 93,000,000 | [2][1] |
3 | Kingdom Hearts | 2002 | PlayStation 2 | 36,000,000 | [3] |
4 | Just Cause | 2006 | Multi-platform | 15,000,000 | [4] |
5 | Mana / Seiken Densetsu | 1991 | Game Boy | 12,340,521 | [n 1] |
6 | Drakengard / Nier | 2003 | PlayStation 2 | 10,327,344 | [14] |
7 | SaGa | 1989 | Game Boy | 10,000,000 | [15] |
8 | Space Invaders | 1978 | Arcade | 8,006,998 | [16] |
9 | Chrono | 1995 | Super NES | 7,175,871 | [17] |
10 | Star Ocean | 1996 | Super Famicom | 4,200,000 | [18] |
11 | Octopath Traveler | 2018 | Nintendo Switch | 4,000,000 | [19][20] |
12 | Chocobo | 1997 | PlayStation | 3,306,833 | [n 2] |
13 | Parasite Eve | 1998 | PlayStation | 3,279,747 | [n 3] |
14 | Front Mission | 1995 | Super Famicom | 3,206,894 | [25] |
15 | Bravely | 2012 | Nintendo 3DS | 3,000,000 | [26] |
16 | Life Is Strange | 2015 | Multi-platform | 3,000,000 | [27] |
17 | Outriders | 2021 | Multi-platform | 2,500,000 | [28] |
18 | Valkyrie Profile | 1999 | PlayStation | 2,200,000 | [29] |
19 | Ogre | 1993 | Super NES | 2,135,145 | [n 4] |
20 | Xenogears | 1998 | PlayStation | 1,209,479 | [40] |
21 | Soul Blazer | 1992 | Super NES | 1,145,000 | [n 5] |
22 | Chaos Rings | 2010 | iPhone | 1,100,000 | [43] |
Former franchises[]
- Tomb Raider (100 million)[44]
- Hitman (15 million)[45] (only the titles from Eidos and Square Enix)
- Legacy of Kain (3.5 million)[46]
Best-selling games[]
Unit sales[]
This table lists the top fifty best-selling Square Enix games in terms of units sold.
Rank | Title | Year | Platform(s) | Sales | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Final Fantasy XIV | 2010 | Multi-platform | 24,000,000 | [47][48] |
2 | Final Fantasy VII | 1997 | Multi-platform | 15,251,183 | [49] |
3 | Tomb Raider | 2013 | Multi-platform | 14,500,00 | [50] |
4 | Rise of the Tomb Raider | 2015 | Multi-platform | 11,900,00 | [51] |
5 | Final Fantasy VIII | 1999 | Multi-platform | 11,199,111 | [52] |
6 | Final Fantasy XV | 2016 | Multi-platform | 10,270,000 | [52] |
7 | Final Fantasy XIII | 2009 | Multi-platform | 9,605,000 | [52] |
8 | Final Fantasy X | 2001 | PS2 / PSV | 8,639,690 | [52] |
9 | Final Fantasy XII | 2006 | Multi-platform | 8,390,451 | [52] |
10 | Final Fantasy IX | 2000 | Multi-platform | 8,127,462 | [52] |
11 | Dragon Quest V | 1992 | Multi-platform | 8,047,086 | [53] |
12 | Space Invaders | 1978 | Multi-platform | 8,006,998 | [16] |
13 | Kingdom Hearts | 2002 | PS2 | 8,000,000 | [54][55] |
Nier: Automata | 2017 | Multi-platform | 8,000,000 | [56] | |
15 | Dragon Quest III | 1988 | Multi-platform | 7,510,822 | [53] |
16 | Dragon Quest IX | 2009 | Nintendo DS | 7,218,223 | [53] |
17 | Dragon Quest IV | 1990 | Multi-platform | 7,209,044 | [53] |
18 | Dragon Quest VIII | 2004 | Multi-platform | 7,031,947 | [53] |
19 | Dragon Quest XI | 2017 | Multi-platform | 7,000,000+ | [1] |
20 | Final Fantasy VII Remake | 2020 | PS4 / PS5 / PC | 7,000,000+ | [52] |
21 | Tomb Raider | 1996 | Multi-platform | 7,000,000 | [57] |
22 | Tomb Raider II | 1997 | PS1 / PC / Mac | 7,000,000 | [57] |
23 | Dragon Quest VII | 2000 | PS1 / 3DS | 6,866,998 | [53] |
24 | Kingdom Hearts III | 2019 | PS4 / XB1 / PC | 6,700,000 | [58] |
25 | Dragon Quest II | 1987 | Multi-platform | 6,129,352 | [53] |
26 | Final Fantasy XIII-2 | 2011 | Multi-platform | 6,077,000 | [52] |
27 | Final Fantasy X/X-2 | 2013 | Multi-platform | 6,043,628 | [52] |
28 | Tomb Raider III | 1998 | PS1 / PC / Mac | 6,000,000 | [57] |
Kingdom Hearts II | 2005 | PS2 / PS3 | 6,000,000 | [59][60] | |
Just Cause 2 | 2010 | PS3 / X360 / PC | 6,000,000 | [61] | |
31 | Final Fantasy III | 1990 | Multi-platform | 5,755,808 | [52] |
32 | Dragon Quest VI | 1995 | Multi-platform | 5,667,473 | [53] |
33 | Dragon Quest | 1986 | Multi-platform | 5,461,426 | [53] |
34 | Final Fantasy X-2 | 2003 | PS2 / PSV | 5,416,355 | [52] |
35 | Super NES Classic Edition [n 6] | 2017 | SNES | 5,280,000 | [62] |
36 | Final Fantasy VI | 1994 | Multi-platform | 5,150,649 | [52] |
37 | Chrono Trigger | 1995 | Multi-platform | 5,132,871 | [17] |
38 | Final Fantasy IV: The After Years | 2008 | Multi-platform | 5,034,000 | [52] |
39 | Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation | 1999 | Multi-platform | 5,000,000 | [57] |
40 | Just Cause 3 | 2015 | PS4 / PC | 4,700,000 | [63] |
41 | Final Fantasy IV | 1991 | Multi-platform | 4,675,851 | [52] |
42 | Sleeping Dogs | 2012 | Multi-platform | 4,550,000 | [64][65] |
43 | Tomb Raider: Legend | 2006 | Multi-platform | 4,500,000 | [66] |
44 | Final Fantasy V | 1992 | Multi-platform | 4,213,000 | [52] |
45 | Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII | 2007 | Multi-platform | 3,918,448 | [52] |
46 | Final Fantasy Tactics | 1997 | PS1 / PSP / MOB | 3,749,397 | [52] |
47 | Final Fantasy XVI | 2023 | Multi-platform | 3,700,000 | [52] |
48 | NES Classic Edition [n 7] | 2017 | NES | 3,600,000 | [67] |
49 | Hitman: Absolution | 2012 | Multi-platform | 3,600,000 | [64] |
50 | Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII | 2013 | Multi-platform | 3,585,000 | [52] |
Gross revenue[]
This table lists the highest-grossing Square Enix games in terms of estimated revenue.
Platforms[]
Sales data from respective franchise articles (such as Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest), unless otherwise noted.
Arcades[]
- Space Invaders (750,000) (Taito)[76]
- Jungle Hunt (18,000 in USA) (Taito)[77]
- Phoenix (15,000 in USA) (Taito)[78]
- Double Dragon (10,000+ in USA) (Taito)[79]
- Speed Race / Wheels (10,000 in USA) (Taito)[80]
- Gun Fight (8,000 in USA) (Taito)[81][82][83]
- Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road (3,500 in Japan)
- Dissidia Final Fantasy (3,000 in Japan)
- Special Criminal Investigation (1,500 in UK)[84][85]
- TV Basketball (1,400 in USA) (Taito)[86]
8-bit computers[]
- The Death Trap (500,000 in Japan) (Square)[87]
- Double Dragon (289,510+ in UK) (Taito)[88]
- Door Door (200,000 in Japan) (Enix)[89]
- Will: The Death Trap II (100,000 in Japan) (Square)[90]
- Portopia Renzoku Satsujin Jiken (60,000 in Japan) (Enix)[91]
PC[]
- Final Fantasy XIV (5.876 million)[52]
- Tomb Raider (5.6 million)[92]
- Just Cause 2 (4.4 million)[92]
- Final Fantasy VII & Remake (4.1 million)[52]
- Final Fantasy XV: Windows Edition (2.5 million)[93]
- Rise of the Tomb Raider (2.3 million)[92]
- Final Fantasy XIII (2 million)[94]
- Hitman: Sniper Challenge (2 million)[92]
- Final Fantasy VIII (1.802 million)[52]
- Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster (1.7 million)[95]
Atari 2600[]
- Space Invaders (6,266,579 in USA) (Taito)[16]
- Double Dragon (500,000 in USA) (Taito)[96]
NES[]
- Dragon Quest III (3.895 million) (Enix)
- Dragon Quest IV (3.18 million) (Enix)
- Dragon Quest II (2.55 million) (Enix)
- Dragon Quest (2 million) (Enix)
- Rad Racer (1.96 million) (Square)[97]
- Final Fantasy III (1.4 million in Japan) (Square)
- Final Fantasy (1.1 million) (Square)
- Final Fantasy II (800,000 in Japan) (Square)
- Portopia Renzoku Satsujin Jiken (700,000 in Japan) (Enix)[98]
- Double Dragon (500,000+ in USA) (Taito)[96]
- 3-D WorldRunner (500,000) (Square)[99]
SNES[]
- Dragon Quest VI (3.2 million in Japan) (Enix)
- Final Fantasy VI (3 million) (Square)
- Dragon Quest V (2.8 million in Japan) (Enix)
- Final Fantasy V (2.45 million in Japan) (Square)
- Chrono Trigger (2.32 million) (Square)[100]
- Super Mario RPG (2.14 million) (Square)[101]
- Secret of Mana (Seiken Densetsu 2) (2 million+) (Square)[7][102]
- Final Fantasy IV (1.84 million) (Square)
- Romancing SaGa 2 (1.49 million in Japan) (Square)
- Dragon Quest III (1.4 million in Japan) (Enix)
- Romancing SaGa (1.32 million in Japan) (Square)
- Romancing SaGa 3 (1.3 million in Japan) (Square)
- Dragon Quest I・II (1.2 million in Japan) (Enix)
Game Boy and GBA[]
- Dragon Quest Monsters (2.35 million in Japan) (Enix)
- Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (1.742 million)[103] (Square) (Square Enix)
- Dragon Quest Monsters 2 (1.593 million in Japan) (Enix)
- Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (1.47022 million) (Square)
- Final Fantasy Legend (1.37 million) (Square)
PlayStation[]
- Final Fantasy VII (10 million) (Square)[104]
- Final Fantasy VIII (8.6 million) (Square)[105]
- Tomb Raider (7 million)[106] (Eidos)
- Tomb Raider II (7 million)[57] (Eidos)
- Tomb Raider III (6 million)[57] (Eidos)
- Final Fantasy IX (5.3 million)[107] (Square)
- Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (5 million)[57] (Eidos)
- Dragon Quest VII (4.29 million) (Enix)
- Final Fantasy Tactics (2.4 million) (Square)
- Parasite Eve (1.94 million) (Square)
- Chrono Cross (1.5 million) (Square)
- Tomb Raider Chronicles (1.5 million)[108] (Eidos)
- Dragon Quest IV (1.2 million in Japan) (Enix)
- Xenogears (1.19 million) (Square)
- Chocobo no Fushigina Dungeon (1.166 million in Japan) (Square)
- SaGa Frontier (1.1 million in Japan) (Square)
- Parasite Eve II (1.09 million) (Square)
PlayStation 2[]
- Final Fantasy X (8.5 million) (Square)[109]
- Final Fantasy XII (6.1 million) (Square Enix)
- Kingdom Hearts (5.9 million)[110] (Square)
- Final Fantasy X-2 (5.4 million) (Square)[109]
- Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (4.91 million) (Square Enix)
- Kingdom Hearts II (4 million)[111] (Square Enix)
- Dragon Quest V: Tenku no Hanayome (1.64 million in Japan) (Square Enix)
- Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (1.363 million)[112] (Enix)
- Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (1.2432 million)[113] (Square Enix)
Nintendo DS[]
- Dragon Quest IX (5,320,000)
- Final Fantasy III (2 million)[114]
- Dragon Quest IV (1.53 million)
- Dragon Quest V (1.49 million)
- Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker (1.47 million in Japan)
- Dragon Quest VI (1.35 million in Japan)
- Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (1.04 million)[115]
PSP[]
- Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (2.6 million)
- Dissidia Final Fantasy (1.81 million)
Switch[]
- Octopath Traveler (2 million)[116]
- Bravely Default (1 million) [117]
- Triangle Strategy (1 million)[118]
Other media[]
Films[]
Gross revenue of box office and video disc sales:
- Tomb Raider series – $643,360,316[119]
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) – $274,703,340
- Tomb Raider (2018) – $212,151,588
- Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003) – $156,505,388
- Final Fantasy series – $344,076,274[120]
- Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005) – $217,120,016
- Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) – $111,731,830
- Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016) – $15,224,428
- Hitman series – $182,313,448
- Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) series – $45,319,314
- Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (2005) – $29,686,193[n 8]
- Fullmetal Alchemist (2017) – $8,053,641 (Japan)[129]
- Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos (2011) – $7,579,480[n 9]
- Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji) series – $10,177,724
- Black Butler (2014) – $5,342,108 (Asia)[133]
- Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic (2017) – $4,835,616[n 10]
Manga[]
Number of manga comic tankōbon volumes sold:
- Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) – 70,000,000[137]
- Dragon Quest series – 70,000,000[70]
- Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken – 50,000,000 (Japan)
- Dragon Quest Retsuden: Roto no Monshō – 20,000,000
- Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji) – 24,000,000[138]
- Soul Eater – 18,000,000[138]
- Magical Circle Guru Guru (Mahojin Guruguru ) – 12,000,000 (Japan)[138]
Television[]
Number of viewers on television:
- Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) series – 30,726,301
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009-2010) – 18,501,209[n 11]
- Fullmetal Alchemist (2003-2004) – 8,682,716 (Japan)[n 12]
- Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos (2011) – 2,389,860[n 13]
- Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (2005) – 1,152,516 (Japan)[n 14]
- Soul Eater (2008-2009) – 12,659,703[n 15]
- Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji) series – 2,081,175 (Japan)
Music[]
Number of albums and singles sold:
- Final Fantasy series – 17,343,732[120]
- Final Fantasy XV – 3,627,082
- Final Fantasy X & X-2 – 3,027,699
- Final Fantasy VII series – 2,642,809
- Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius – 2,044,000
- Final Fantasy XIII & XIII-2 – 1,165,949
- Final Fantasy VIII – 844,257
- Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series – 732,835
- Final Fantasy XII series – 704,906
- Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within – 303,260
- Final Fantasy Type-0 – 256,194
- Kingdom Hearts series – 9,781,098
- Kingdom Hearts – 8,095,581[n 18]
- Kingdom Hearts II – 1,681,288[n 19]
- Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep & 358/2 – 4,229[163]
- Fullmetal Alchemist – 1,712,758
- Drakengard & Nier series – 791,457
- Drakengard 2 & 3 – 713,808[n 24]
- Nier & Automata – 77,649[n 25]
- Dragon Quest series – 318,646[70]
- Dragon Quest IV – 260,960
- Dragon Quest VII – 22,980
- Dragon Quest VIII – 18,672
- Dragon Quest X – 9,350
- Dragon Quest XI – 6,684
- SaGa series – 16,216[154]
- Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song – 12,486
- SaGa Frontier II – 3,730
- Legend of Mana – 13,470[n 26]
- Xenogears – 9,977[n 27]
- Chrono Cross – 8,760[n 28]
Notes[]
- ↑ Mana series sales:
- ↑ Chocobo series:
- ↑ Parasite Eve series:
- ↑ Total sales of Ogre games - 2,135,145
- Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen
- Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together
- Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber
- Ogre Battle Gaiden: Prince of Zenobia
- NGPC – SNK – 2000/06/22 – 14,283 in Japan[37]
- Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis
- ↑ Total sales of Soul Blazer franchise:[31]
- ↑ Includes Squaresoft titles Secret of Mana (1993), Final Fantasy VI (1994) and Super Mario RPG (1996).
- ↑ Japanese version includes Final Fantasy III (1990), international version includes Final Fantasy (1987), and Japanese Shōnen Jump Edition includes Dragon Quest (1986).
- ↑ Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa
- ↑ Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos
- ↑ Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic
- ↑ Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
- Japan – 11% viewer ratings (2009-2010),[139] out of 128,057,352 (2010) population[140] = 14,086,309 viewers
- United States – 2,965,000 viewers
- Mega Manilla (Philippines) – 8.1% viewer ratings (2009-2010), out of 17,900,000 population = 1,449,900 viewers
- ↑ Fullmetal Alchemist (Japan television) – 6.8% view rating,[125] out of 127,687,000 (2004)[145] population = 8,682,716 viewers
- ↑ Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: The Sacred Star of Milos (television)
- ↑ Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (Japan television) – 0.9% viewer rating (2011),[147] out of 128,057,352 (2010) population[140] = 1,152,516 viewers
- ↑ Soul Eater (television)
- ↑ Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji) television series
- ↑ Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji) film (Japan television) – 0.8% viewer rating (2016),[153] out of [https://www.google.com/search?q = japan+population+2016 127,000,000] (2016) population = 1,016,000 viewers
- ↑ Kingdom Hearts music sales:
- Kingdom Hearts: Original Soundtrack (Yoko Shimomura) – 15,940[154]
- "Hikari" (Utada Hikaru) – 8,079,641
- "Hikari" – 860,000[155]
- "Colors" – 893,790[156]
- Deep River – 3,605,000[157]
- Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 1 – 2,720,851[158]
- ↑ Kingdom Hearts II music sales:
- Kingdom Hearts II: Original Soundtrack (Yoko Shimomura) – 15,288[154]
- "Passion" (Utada Hikaru)
- "Passion" – 350,000[159]
- Ultra Blue – 1,300,000[160][161]
- This Is the One (US edition) – 16,000[162]
- ↑ Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood music sales
- ↑ Fullmetal Alchemist music sales
- Hagane no Renkinjutsushi COMPLETE BEST – 194,329[172]
- "Ready Steady Go" (L'Arc~en~Ciel) – 310,534[173]
- ↑ Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa music sales
- ↑ Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos music sales
- "Good Luck My Way" (L'Arc-en-Ciel) – 100,000[175]
- ↑ Drakengard 2 & 3
- Drakengard 2 – 673,423
- "Hitori" (Mika Nakashima) – 26,275[176]
- Music (Mika Nakashima) – 547,148[177]
- Tears (Mika Nakashima) – 100,000[178]
- Drakengard 3 – 40,385
- Drakengard 2 – 673,423
- ↑ Nier & Automata:
- ↑ Legend of Mana:
- ↑ Xenogears:
- Myth: The Xenogears Orchestral Album – 5,427[187]
- Square Vocal Collection – 4,550[154][186]
- ↑ Chrono Cross:
- Chrono Cross: Original Soundtrack – 4,210[154]
- Square Vocal Collection – 4,550[154][186]
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