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This is a list of best-selling horror games. The list includes survival horror, action-horror and horror RPG titles.

Franchises[]

No. Title Owner Debut year Sales Debut platform(s) Ref
1 Resident Evil Japan Capcom 1996 174,000,000 PlayStation [1]
2 The Walking Dead United States Telltale Games 2012 80,000,000 Multi-platform [2]
3 The Last of Us Japan Sony 2013 45,634,000 PlayStation 3 [3]
4 Megami Tensei Japan Sega 1987 41,503,046 Famicom [2]
5 Five Nights at Freddy's France Clickteam 2014 33,500,000 PC [4]
6 Dying Light United States Warner Bros. 2015 30,000,000 Multi-platform [5]
7 Castlevania Japan Konami 1986 24,000,000 Famicom Disk System [n 1]
8 Phasmophobia United Kingdom Kinetic Games 2020 22,000,000 PC [10]
9 Little Nightmares Japan Bandai Namco 2017 20,000,000 Multi-platform [11]
10 Dead Rising Japan Capcom 2005 18,000,000 Xbox 360 [1]
11 Metro Sweden Embracer 2010 16,200,000 Multi-platform [12]
12 Dead Island Poland Techland 2011 16,000,000 Multi-platform [13]
13 Outlast Canada Red Barrels 2013 15,000,000 PC [14]
14 S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Ukraine GSC 2007 15,000,000 PC [15]
15 Silent Hill Japan Konami 1999 13,000,000 PlayStation [16]
16 Left 4 Dead United States Valve 2008 12,000,000 Multi-platform [17]
17 Onimusha Japan Capcom 2001 8,900,000 PlayStation 2 [1]
18 Danganronpa Japan Spike Chunsoft 2010 8,500,000 PlayStation Portable [18]
19 Bloodborne Japan From Software 2015 7,648,000 PlayStation 4 [19]
20 Dead Space United States Electronic Arts 2008 7,490,000 Multi-platform [20]
21 Ghosts 'n Goblins Japan Capcom 1985 7,300,000 Arcade [21]
22 Alien Japan Sega 1982 7,262,000 Atari 2600 [22]
23 The Evil Within United States Microsoft 2014 6,318,190 Multi-platform [23]
24 Alone in the Dark Sweden Embracer 1992 6,000,000 PC [24]
25 Until Dawn Japan Sony 2015 4,889,000 PlayStation 4 [19][25]
26 Dino Crisis Japan Capcom 1999 4,500,000 PlayStation [1]

Games[]

No. Title Publisher Year Sales Platform Sub-genre Ref
1 Resident Evil 4 / Remake Japan Capcom 2005 26,252,463 Multi-plat Action-horror [26]
2 Resident Evil 2 / Remake Japan Capcom 1998 22,312,741 Multi-plat Survival horror
3 Phasmophobia United Kingdom Kinetic Games 2020 22,000,000 Multi-plat Survival horror [10]
4 The Last of Us Remastered / Part I Japan Sony 2014 20,632,000 Multi-plat Action-horror [27]
5 Dying Light United States Warner Bros. 2015 20,000,000 Multi-plat Action-horror [28]
6 Resident Evil 5 Japan Capcom 2009 16,811,739 Multi-plat Action-horror [26]
7 Resident Evil 6 Japan Capcom 2012 16,223,750
8 Resident Evil 7: Biohazard Japan Capcom 2017 15,400,000 Multi-plat Survival horror [29]
9 Resident Evil 3 / Remake Japan Capcom 1999 13,890,397 Multi-plat Survival horror [26]
10 Resident Evil / Remake Japan Capcom 1996 13,710,948
11 The Last of Us Japan Sony 2013 12,700,000 PS3 Action-horror [27]
12 The Last of Us: Part II / Remastered Japan Sony 2020 12,302,000 PS4, PS5 Action-horror [27]
13 Resident Evil Village Japan Capcom 2021 12,200,000 Multi-plat Survival horror [30]
14 Persona 5 Japan Sega 2016 10,460,000 Multi-plat Horror RPG [4]
15 Metro Exodus Sweden Embracer 2019 10,000,000 Multi-plat Action-horror [31]
16 Bloodborne Japan From Software 2015 7,648,000 PS4 Horror RPG [19]
17 Resident Evil Revelations 2 Japan Capcom 2015 6,300,000 Multi-plat Survival horror [26]
18 Resident Evil Revelations Japan Capcom 2013 6,252,965 Multi-plat
19 Resident Evil 0 Japan Capcom 2002 6,096,102 Multi-plat
20 Dead Rising 2 Japan Capcom 2010 6,000,000 Multi-plat Action-horror [21]
21 Dead Rising 3 Japan Capcom 2013 5,500,000 Multi-plat
22 Dead Island Poland Techland 2011 5,000,000 Multi-plat Action-horror [32]
23 Dying Light 2 United States Warner Bros. 2022 5,000,000 Multi-plat Action-horror [28]
24 Ghosts 'n Goblins Japan Capcom 1986 4,342,362 Multi-plat Action-horror [21]
25 Resident Evil Code: Veronica Japan Capcom 2000 4,369,490 Multi-plat Survival horror [26]
26 Persona 4 Japan Atlus 2008 4,220,899 Multi-plat Horror RPG [2]
27 Until Dawn Japan Sony 2015 4,039,000 PS4 Survival horror [19]
28 Left 4 Dead 2 United States Valve 2009 4,000,000 Multi-plat Action-horror [33]
29 Dead Space 2 Electronic Arts 2011 4,000,000 Multi-plat Survival horror [34]
30 Ghouls 'n Ghosts Japan Capcom 1989 3,787,606 Multi-plat Action-horror [21]
31 Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Japan Capcom 2012 3,500,000 Multi-plat Action-horror [26]
32 Persona 3 Japan Atlus 2006 4,220,899 Multi-plat Horror RPG [2]
33 Dead Rising Japan Capcom 2006 3,400,000 Multi-plat Action-horror [21]
34 Silent Hill 2 Japan Konami 2001 3,100,241 Multi-plat Survival horror [35][36][37]
35 Left 4 Dead United States Valve 2008 3,000,000 Multi-plat Action-horror [38]
The Walking Dead United States Telltale Games 2012 3,000,000 Multi-plat Survival horror [39]
Little Nightmares Japan Bandai Namco 2017 3,000,000 Multi-plat Survival horror [40]
Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania Japan Konami 2023 3,000,000 Multi-plat Action-horror [8][9]
Dead Island 2 Poland Techland 2023 3,000,000 Multi-plat Action-horror [41]

Notes[]

  1. ↑ Castlevania series:
    • Up until 2006 - 20,000,000[6]
    • Lords of Shadow (2010) - 1,000,000[7]
    • Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania (2023) - 3,000,000[8][9]

References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Game Series Sales". Capcom.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Takahashi, Dean (January 27, 2025). "The Walking Dead games hit $1B in revenue and the Netflix show hits 1.3B viewing hours in 2023". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on 2025-01-27. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  3. ↑ The Last of Us
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Is the Movie Just Not Enough? Here's the Wildest Five Nights at Freddy's Merchandise". SYFY. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "Techland (@TechlandGames) on X". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 2025-09-26."Techland (@TechlandGames) on X". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  6. ↑ Marlowe, Chris (August 4, 2006). "Project 51 to Explore Castlevania Storyline". GameDaily. Archived from the original on January 16, 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2009.
  7. ↑ "Castlevania: LOS ships a million". Eurogamer. November 22, 2010. Archived from the original on September 7, 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2023/06/dead-cells-dlc-planned-until-2025-as-game-sells-10-million-copies
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 https://resources.newzoo.com/hubfs/Reports/DLC%20Report/Newzoo_DLC_Content_Report_2023_Final.pdf
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Phasmophobia sales top one million on consoles, total sales approach 22 million". Gematsu. 2024-12-03. Retrieved 2024-12-06.
  11. ↑ "Find your way out of the Nowhere in LITTLE NIGHTMARES III, available on 10 October 2025". Bandai Namco Entertainment. 2025-06-24. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  12. ↑ https://www.vgchartz.com/game/228256/metro/
  13. ↑ https://www.vgchartz.com/game/226360/dead-island/?region=All
  14. ↑ Handrahan, Matthew (14 May 2018). "From zero to 15 million: The story of Outlast". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  15. ↑ "Koch Media and GSC Game World partner up for the physical release of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl". Koch Media. 11 August 2021. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  16. ↑ "Digital Entertainment Business". Konami.
  17. ↑ Cook, Dave (28 September 2012). "Valve interview: 'I just told Gabe he was full of shit'". VG247. Archived from the original on December 7, 2022. Retrieved December 21, 2022.Cook, Dave (28 September 2012). "Valve interview: 'I just told Gabe he was full of shit'". VG247. Archived from the original on December 7, 2022. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  18. ↑ "High-Speed Deductive Action Game Danganronpa 2×2 Coming to North America and Europe in 2026". Spike Chunsoft. 12 September 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 Lifetime (Report). Sony. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-12-19.
  20. ↑ https://www.vgchartz.com/game/226378/dead-space/?region=All
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 Best-selling Capcom games
  22. ↑ https://www.vgchartz.com/game/231947/alien/?region=All
  23. ↑ https://www.vgchartz.com/games/games.php?page=1&name=evil%20within&order=TotalShipped&ownership=Both&showtotalsales=0&shownasales=0&showpalsales=0&showjapansales=0&showothersales=0&showpublisher=1&showdeveloper=0&showreleasedate=1&showlastupdate=1&showvgchartzscore=1&showcriticscore=1&showuserscore=1&showshipped=1
  24. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150409211432/http://files.atari.com/corporate/RES_ANNUELS_0607_EUR.pdf
  25. ↑ https://www.vgchartz.com/game/86441/until-dawn-rush-of-blood/?region=All
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4 26.5 Resident Evil
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 Lifetime (Report). Sony. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-12-19.
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 "Dying Light 2: Stay Human sales top five million in one month; Dying Light 1 tops 20 million". Gematsu. 22 April 2022. Archived from the original on 22 April 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  29. ↑ "Platinum Titles". Capcom.
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  31. ↑ "Metro Exodus hits 10 million copies sold". www.gamedeveloper.com. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  32. ↑ "Dead Island sales surpass 5 million copies". VentureBeat. 2013-02-05. Archived from the original on 28 December 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
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  35. ↑ "Silent Hill 2 Cracks Million Mark". IGN. October 31, 2001. Archived from the original on May 24, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2007.
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  37. ↑ "Silent Hill 2 remake shipments and digital sales top two million". Gematsu. 2025-01-29. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
  38. ↑ "Left 4 Dead Crash Course Available Sept 29 - L4D1 DLC2 Expands Award-Winning Game". Store.steampowered.com. September 23, 2009. Archived from the original on March 5, 2019. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
  39. ↑ Rose, Mike (July 27, 2014). "The Walking Dead sells 28M episodes, third season on the way". Gamasutra.
  40. ↑ https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/news/get-ready-discover-the-world-of-little-nightmares-ii-releasing-week
  41. ↑ Batchelor, James (2024-05-23). "Embracer Group full-year sales rise to $3.9bn, but $1.5bn debt remains". GamesIndustry.biz. Archived from the original on May 23, 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
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