Best-selling action-adventure games

This is a list of best-selling action-adventure games. They are games with a focus on combat and exploration that don't traditionally fall under the RPG category. Some of these games may overlap with the horror or hack & slash genres.

Franchises[]

No.	Title	Debut year	Debut platform	Owner	Sales	Ref
1	Grand Theft Auto	1997	PC	Take-Two	460,000,000	^[1]
2	Assassin's Creed	2007	PS3 / X360	Ubisoft	230,000,000	^[2]
3	The Legend of Zelda	1986	NES	Nintendo	182,012,539	^[3]
4	Resident Evil	1996	PS1	Capcom	178,000,000	^[4]
5	Red Dead	2004	PS2 / Xbox	Take-Two	104,000,000	^[5]
6	Tomb Raider	1996	Saturn	Embracer	100,000,000	^[6]
7	God of War	2005	PS2	Sony	76,500,000	^[7]
8	Metal Gear	1987	MSX	Konami	64,300,000	^[8]
9	Far Cry	2004	PC	Ubisoft	60,000,000	^[9]
10	Uncharted	2007	PS3	Sony	56,948,000	^[10]
11	Marvel's Spider-Man	2018	PS4	Sony	50,000,000	^[11]
12	The Last of Us	2013	PS3	Sony	45,634,000	^[12]
13	Harry Potter	2001	PS1	Warner Bros.	40,000,000	^[13]
14	Devil May Cry	2001	PS2	Capcom	36,000,000	^[4]
15	Mafia	2002	PC	Take-Two	34,000,000	^[14]
16	Saints Row	2006	X360	Deep Silver	32,000,000	^[15]
17	Batman: Arkham	2009	PS3 / X360	Warner Bros.	30,000,000	^[16]
18	Just Cause	2006	Multi-platform	Square Enix	26,000,000	^[17]
19	Castlevania	1986	Famicom Disk	Konami	24,000,000	^[18]
20	Metroid	1986	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	22,640,000	^[19]
21	Watch Dogs	2014	Multi-platform	Ubisoft	21,900,000	^[20]^[21]
22	Prince of Persia	1989	Apple II	Ubisoft	21,000,000	^[22]
23	Hollow Knight	2017	PC	Team Cherry	21,000,000	^[23]^[24]
24	Driver	1999	PS1	Ubisoft	20,000,000	^[25]
25	Yakuza / Like a Dragon ^{[n 1]}	2005	PS2	Sega	18,284,292	^[26]
26	Dead Rising	2006	X360	Capcom	18,000,000	^[27]
27	Ghost	2020	PS4	Sony	16,300,000	^[28]^[29]
28	Ori	2015	PC / XB1	Microsoft	15,000,000	^[30]
29	Silent Hill	1999	PS1	Konami	12,700,000	^[18]
30	Star Wars Jedi	2019	PC / PS4 / XB1	Disney	12,500,000	^[31]^[32]
31	Tenchu	1998	PS1	From Software	10,000,000	^[33]
32	Infamous	2009	PS3	Sony	9,203,000	^[34]
33	Onimusha	2001	PS2	Capcom	8,900,000	^[4]
34	Darksiders	2010	PS3 / X360	THQ Nordic	8,039,960	^[35]
35	Bayonetta	2009	PS3 / X360	Sega	7,698,954	^[36]
36	True Crime	2003	GC / PS2 / Xbox	Activision	6,420,000	^[37]
37	Death Stranding	2019	PS4	Sony	6,400,000	^[38]^[39]
38	Monolith's Middle-earth	2014	PC / PS4 / XB1	Embracer	5,880,000	^[40]^[41]
39	The Getaway	2002	PS2	Sony	5,320,000	^[42]
40	Ōkami	2006	PS2	Capcom	4,700,000	^[4]

Note[]

↑ Excluding turn-based RPGs

References[]

Best-selling games by genres
Action-adventure · Beat 'em up · Fighting · First-person shooters · Horror · Licensed · Music · Platformers · Puzzle · Racing · Role-playing games · Sports · Strategy · Superhero · Survival craft See also: Best selling games · Best selling franchises

[26] Excluding turn-based RPGs

[1] ttps://ir.take2games.com/static-files/2b782ec8-e583-4f7b-a213-86f2d1dbce40

[2] ttps://staticctf.ubisoft.com/8aefmxkxpxwl/3AgUJAVcWfjQ22gJnDl7TC/f1b26ad04be636577722555ce33d39e1/2025_Ubisoft_Presskit_EN_1_EDITED.pdf

[3] The Legend of Zelda

[:5-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 "Game Series Sales". Capcom.

[5] ttps://ir.take2games.com/static-files/4caa8ce3-9cd2-45d5-b267-593e2391801f

[6] ttps://www.tombraider.com/news/video-games/tomb-raider-iv-vi-remastered-reveal-100-million-games-sold-and-more

[7] ttps://www.digitec.ch/en/page/30-years-of-playstation-lets-look-back-at-the-30-most-successful-playstation-game-series-of-all-time-35732

[8] Metal Gear

[9] ttps://staticctf.ubisoft.com/8aefmxkxpxwl/3AgUJAVcWfjQ22gJnDl7TC/f1b26ad04be636577722555ce33d39e1/2025_Ubisoft_Presskit_EN_1_EDITED.pdf

[10] Uncharted

[11] ttps://www.pushsquare.com/news/2024/02/marvels-spider-man-2s-ps5-sales-swing-past-10-million-units

[12] The Last of Us

[13] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20190530001650/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/harry-potter/5768937/Harry-Potter-and-the-Half-Blood-Prince-one-of-the-most-successful-franchises-of-all-time.html

[14] ttps://www.polygon.com/news/442193/mafia-the-old-country-is-a-return-to-the-series-after-at-least-8-years

[15] ttps://mb.cision.com/Main/15049/3183342/1298981.pdf

[16] ttps://www.directv.com/insider/ranking-the-best-arkham-games-ahead-of-gotham-knights-release/

[17] ttps://deadline.com/2019/05/just-cause-videogame-movie-john-wick-creator-derek-kolstad-writing-constantin-film-1202619886/

[:0-18] 18.0 ^18.1 Best-selling Konami games

[19] Metroid

[20] ttps://www.gamespot.com/articles/ubisoft-has-11-games-that-have-sold-over-10-millio/1100-6477303/

[21] ttps://gamingbolt.com/watch-dogs-legion-sold-1-9-million-digital-units-in-october

[22] ttps://static9.cdn.ubisoft.com/ubigroupstatic/en-US/global/img/company/Ubisoft%20Facts%20Figures%20February%202016_238554.pdf

[23] ttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-21/why-silksong-team-cherry-s-sequel-to-hollow-knight-took-so-long-to-make

[24] ttps://goombastomp.com/hollow-knight-silksong-breaks-sales-records-with-three-person-development-team/

[25] ttps://static9.cdn.ubisoft.com/ubigroupstatic/en-US/global/img/company/Ubisoft%20Facts%20Figures%20February%202016_238554.pdf

[27] Like a Dragon

[28] ttps://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/business/salesdata.html

[29] ttps://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/24/arts/ghost-of-yotei-tsushima-sequel-playstation.html

[30] ttps://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/IR/library/presen/er/pdf/25q2_supplement.pdf

[31] ttps://gamingbolt.com/ori-series-has-sold-over-15-million-units

[32] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20200806143037/https://venturebeat.com/2020/05/05/star-wars-jedi-fallen-order-tops-10-million-copies-sold/

[33] ttps://www.xda-developers.com/ea-wont-make-star-wars-battlefront-3-because-it-doesnt-have-to-now/

[34] ttps://www.spieltimes.io/news/will-there-be-a-new-tenchu-game-on-the-ps5/

[35] ttps://www.vgchartz.com/game/232718/infamous/

[36] Darksiders (VGChartz)

[:9-37] Bayonetta

[38] ttps://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/games.php?name=True+Crime

[39] ttps://x.com/KojiPro2015_EN/status/1419584795282137090

[:8-40] Sinha, Ravi (3 July 2025). "Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Sold 1.4 Million Copies by June End, Says Analyst Firm". GamingBolt. Retrieved 2025-10-01.

[41] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20200309135401/https://www.gamesradar.com/uk/8-things-we-want-middle-earth-shadow-mordor-sequel/

[42] ttps://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/opinion-embracer-s-plan-for-the-lord-of-the-rings-is-bad-for-everyone

[43] The Getaway (VGChartz)

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