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Best-selling fighting games

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The fighting game genre has historically been of the stronger, solidly selling genres. The following are some of the bestselling fighting games. Reminder that this list is not to be taken as an objective source since total sales data for some other fighting game franchise such as The King of Fighters[1] and Guilty Gear[2] are not available.

Gross revenue[]

Franchises[]

See also: List of highest-grossing video game franchises
Franchise Debut
year 		Gross
(billion US$)
(no inflation) 		Ref Gross
(billion US$)
(with inflation)
Japan Street Fighter 1987 12.2 [3] 24
United States Mortal Kombat 1992 5 [4][5] 9
Japan Virtua Fighter 1993 4.08 [6] 9

Games[]

See also: List of highest-grossing video games
Title Gross
(million US$)
(no inflation) 		Release
year 		Gross
as of
(year) 		Ref Gross
(million US$)
(with inflation)[7]
Japan Street Fighter II 10,610 1991 2008 [3] 21,215
Japan Virtua Fighter 1,680 1993 1996 [6] 3,543
Japan Virtua Fighter 2 1,200 1994 2001 [6] 2,467
United States Mortal Kombat II 1,000 1993 2002 [8][9] 1,694
United States Mortal Kombat 870 1992 2002 [10][11] 1,474
United Kingdom Killer Instinct 340 1994 1996 [12][13] 661

Software sales[]

Franchises[]

Games[]

  1. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - 34.22 million[25]
  2. Street Fighter II - 30.7 million[26]
  3. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U - 15.02 million[27]
  4. Mortal Kombat 11 - 15 million[28]
  5. Super Smash Bros. Brawl - 13.32 million[29]
  6. Mortal Kombat X - 12 million[30][31]
  7. Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 - 11.88 million[32]
  8. Tekken 7 - 11.8 million[33]
  9. Street Fighter IV - 10.5 million[26]
  10. Tekken 5 - 10 million[34]
  11. Dragon Ball FighterZ - 10 million[35]
  12. Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 - 10 million[35]
  13. Tekken 3 - 9 million[36]
  14. Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot - 8 million+[37]
  15. Street Fighter V - 7.7 million[38]
  16. Super Smash Bros. Melee - 7.09 million
  17. Street Fighter Alpha 3 - 6.82 million[26]
  18. Street Fighter Alpha 2 - 6.58 million[26]
  19. Street Fighter Alpha - 6 million[26]
  20. Tekken 2 - 5.74 million[39]
  21. Street Fighter - 5.66 million[26]
  22. Super Smash Bros. - 5.55 million
  23. Marvel vs. Capcom 3 - 5.4 million[38]
  24. Super NES Classic Edition - 5.28 million[40]
  25. Jump Force - 5.12 million[41]
  26. Dragon Ball Xenoverse - 5 million[42]
  27. Street Fighter 6 - 4.14 million[43]
  28. Mortal Kombat 1 - 4 million [44]
  29. Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 - 3.97 million[45]
  30. Street Fighter III - 3.66 million[26]
  31. Dragon Ball Z: Budokai - 3.58 million[46]
  32. Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance - 3.5 million[47]
  33. Pokkén Tournament - 3.42 million[39]
  34. Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection - 3.4 million[38]
  35. Killer Instinct - 3.2 million[22][1]
  36. Mortal Kombat (Mortal Kombat 9) - 3 million [43]
  37. ARMS - 2.66 million
  38. Virtua Fighter 2 - 2.5 million
  39. My Hero One's Justice 2 - 2.5 million[48]
  40. Capcom Arcade Stadium - 2.4 million[38]
  41. Soul Calibur IV - 2.32 million[49]
  42. Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite - 2.3 million[38]
  43. Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 - 2.08 million[46]
  44. Dead or Alive 3 - 2.04 million[2]
  45. Tekken 4 - 2 million+[39]
  46. Tekken 8 - 2 million+[17]
  47. Soul Calibur 6 - 2 million[50]
  48. Super Gem Fighter - 2 million[26]
  49. Street Fighter x Tekken - 2.89 million[39]
  50. Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 - 1.99 million[46]
  51. Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes - 1.98 million[51]
  52. Mortal Kombat: Deception - 1.9 million[52]
  53. Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 - 1.84 million[46]
  54. Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe - 1.8 million[53]
  55. Capcom Arcade Stadium - 1.8 million[38]
  56. Tekken - 1.79 million[39]
  57. Injustice 2 - 1.72 million [46]
  58. Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi - 1.61 million[46]
  59. Virtua Fighter 4 - 1.5 million
  60. Virtua Fighter - 1.5 million
  61. Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden - 1.45 million[54]
  62. Injustice: Gods Among Us - 1.42 million [45]
  63. Dead or Alive 4 - 1.2 million
  64. Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 2 - 1.2 million[54]
  65. Guilty Gear Strive- 1 million[55]
  66. Granblue Fantasy Versus - 1 million[56]
  67. Mortal Kombat: Armageddon - 1 million[57]

Arcade hardware[]

See also: Arcade gaming
  • Virtua Fighter series – 110,000+[6]
    • Virtua Fighter – 40,000+
    • Virtua Fighter 2 – 40,000
    • Virtua Fighter 3 – 30,000
  • Tekken series – 94,000+[61]
    • Tekken 2 – 40,000
    • Tekken 3 – 35,000
    • Tekken Tag Tournament – 19,000
  • Mortal Kombat series – 51,000
    • Mortal Kombat II – 27,000[62]
    • Mortal Kombat – 24,000[62]

References[]

  1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_Fighters
  2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilty_Gear
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Street Fighter
  4. ↑ "Threshold Digital Research Labs Greenlights Its First Digitally Animated Feature Film, 'Foodfight!'". PR Newswire. Cision. June 13, 2000. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  5. ↑ http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1320&dat=19950501&id=H0RWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=reoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3412,181681
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Arcade gaming
  7. ↑ "CPI Inflation Calculator". Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
  8. ↑ Rignall, Jaz (1 January 2016). "Top 10 Highest-Grossing Arcade Games of All Time". USgamer. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  9. ↑ Minnesota Intellectual Property Review - Volume 3, University of Minnesota Law School, 2002 (p.99).
  10. ↑ Horwitz, Jeremy (8 July 2002). "Mortal Apathy?". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2013-10-03. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  11. ↑ McKanic, Patricia Ann (March 24, 1994). "Video values: It's a whole new game for the industry". Lakeland Ledger. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  12. ↑ Dretzka, Gary (May 26, 1995). "Sony, Sega Fire Latest Shot in Game Wars". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Horowitz, Ken (30 July 2020). Beyond Donkey Kong: A History of Nintendo Arcade Games. McFarland & Company. p. 199. ISBN 978-1-4766-4176-8.
  14. ↑ https://www.tweaktown.com/news/91528/mortal-kombat-hits-80-million-sales-heres-how-it-stacks-up-against-competition/index.html
  15. ↑ Super Smash Bros.
    • 1999 -  N64 - Super Smash Bros. - 5.55
    • 2001 - GCN - Super Smash Bros. Melee - 7.41
    • 2008 - Wii - Super Smash Bros. Brawl - 13.32
    • 2014 - 3DS - Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS - 9.64
    • 2014 - Wii U - Super Smash Bros. for Wii U - 5.38
    • 2018 - Switch - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - 34.66
  16. ↑ Dragon Ball
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/tekken/news/tekken-8-sells-over-2-million-copies-worldwide-the-first-month-after-launch
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Capcom's franchise sales
  19. ↑ Page 3 - https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/cgi-bin/releases/index.cgi/file/view/10492?entry_id=7280
  20. ↑ SLOTデッド オア アライブ5　発表 - パチンコニュース : ニッカンアミューズメント Nikkan Sports, 7-13-2016.
  21. ↑ Romano, Sal (26 April 2019). "Dead or Alive 6 shipments top 350,000". Gematsu. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Ex-Rare devs talk Killer Instinct, Perfect Dark : Page 3 : Starfire Studios recounts Rare's heyday". Eurogamer.net. 13 October 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
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  24. ↑ https://sites.google.com/site/gamedatalibrary/game-search
  25. ↑ Nintendo Switch's Top 10 selling games
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4 26.5 26.6 26.7 Street Fighter
  27. ↑ Nintendo 3DS' top 10 selling games
  28. ↑ https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2022/oct/12/mk11ultimate-best-selling-game-franchise/
  29. ↑ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/wii.html
  30. ↑ 166 Rapid-Fire Questions With Mortal Kombat 11's Ed Boon - 16:43
  31. ↑ https://twitter.com/noobde/status/1419669323984035842?s=19
  32. ↑ "《第1回》サイバーコネクトツー【2024年卒向け会社説明会】基本編". Youtube (in Japanese). December 6, 2022. Archived from the original on April 28, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
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  34. ↑ World famous character could have joined TEKKEN? Harada QA Ⅱ
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 https://twitter.com/dragonballgames/status/1656207541863366656
  36. ↑ World famous character could have joined TEKKEN? Harada QA Ⅱ
  37. ↑ Romano, Sal (July 4, 2024). "Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot shipments and digital sales top eight million". Gematsu. Archived from the original on July 4, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  38. ↑ 38.0 38.1 38.2 38.3 38.4 38.5 Capcom's million-sellers list
  39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 39.2 39.3 39.4 Tekken
  40. ↑ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2018/180426e.pdf
  41. ↑ CESA White Paper 2022 via Installbase Forum
  42. ↑ https://twitter.com/bk2128/status/925695824213848066
  43. ↑ https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/data/pdf/explanation/2024/1st/explanation_2024_1st_01.pdf
  44. ↑ https://www.ign.com/articles/street-fighter-6-now-on-4-million-sales-matching-mortal-kombat-1
  45. ↑ Derek Padula (2 June 2015). Dragon Soul: 30 Years of Dragon Ball Fandom.
  46. ↑ 46.0 46.1 46.2 46.3 46.4 Dragon Ball
  47. ↑ Cook, Dave (2011-04-20). "Mortal Kombat: Ed Boon Interview". Now Gamer. Archived from the original on March 16, 2012. Retrieved 2011-09-06.
  48. ↑ https://twitter.com/heroaca_oj/status/1601139599497216000
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  50. ↑ https://twitter.com/soulcalibur/status/1417655554126663680
  51. ↑ Best-selling Capcom games
  52. ↑ Surette, Tim (October 14, 2005). "MK: Deception slashes price". GameSpot. [web.archive.org/web/20201028092830/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/mk-deception-slashes-price/1100-6135817/ Archived] from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved February 22, 2021. {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help)
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  54. ↑ 54.0 54.1 "Game Search". Game Data Library (Famitsu data). Retrieved 30 January 2019. Dragon Ball
  55. ↑ https://www.guiltygear.com/ggst/en/news/post-1636/2.5 million players https://www.ign.com/articles/guilty-gear-strive-season-3-details-revealed-as-it-reaches-25-million-players-globally-evo-2023
  56. ↑ https://www.gematsu.com/2023/08/granblue-fantasy-versus-sales-top-one-million
  57. ↑ https://www.gamespot.com/articles/mk-armageddon-sells-a-million/1100-6163898/
  58. ↑ "Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2008", Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition (Guinness World Records): p. 77, 2008, ISBN 978-1-904994-21-3, https://books.google.com/books?id=OJQFSlyMEfAC, retrieved 2011-04-09, "Street Fighter has sold over 25 million console games and 500,000 arcade units generating more than a billion dollars in revenue."
  59. ↑ [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HqC0AAAAIAAJ&q=super+street+fighter+ii Japan Company Handbook: Second section, Issues 1-2, Toyo Keizai Shinposha, 1994, page 758] – "Sales of "Street Fighter II Turbo' aimed at 4.2 mil units, and commercial-use "Super Street Fighter II" at 100,000 units in current term."
  60. ↑ Steven L. Kent (2001), The Ultimate History of Video Games: The Story behind the Craze that Touched Our Lives and Changed the World, Prima, p. 446, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=C2MH05ogU9oC, retrieved 2011-04-09, "Capcom will not release the final numbers, but some outsiders have estimated that more than 60,000 Street Fighter II arcade machines were sold worldwide."
  61. ↑ Tekken
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