Changes: Best-selling RPG games

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These are the best selling role-playing games. This list only include games that are actual role-playing games, not just games with role-playing elements.

The following sales figures are derived from official figures from developers and publishers, along with figures from analyst firms Famitsu, Media Create, NPD and Steam Spy. See the individual franchise articles for more details on the sales figures.

Franchises

Pokémon - 346 mn
Final Fantasy - 144 million
Dragon Quest - 76 million^[1]
Monster Hunter - 54 million
The Elder Scrolls - 52 million
Borderlands - 48 million^[2]
Lineage - 43 million
The Witcher - 40 million
Fallout - 38 million
Diablo - 36.5 million^[3]
World of Warcraft - 33 million^[4]
Mario RPG - 28.7 million
Kingdom Hearts - 25 million^[5]
Tales - 20 million^[6]
Dragon Ball RPG - 17.2 million
Mass Effect - 16.5 million
Megami Tensei - 16.5 million^[7]
Super Robot Wars - 16 million
World of Warcraft - 14 million
Souls - 14.7 million
Yo-kai Watch - 13 million^[8]
Fable - 12 million^[9]
Guild Wars - 11.5 million
Mana - 11.5 million^[10]
SaGa - 9.9 million^[11]
Persona - 9.3 million^[7]
Inazuma Eleven - 8 million^[12]
Chrono - 5.4 million^[13]
Baldur's Gate - 5 million^[14]
Nier - 5 million^[15]

Individual Entries

This list only counts entries above 5 million.

Pokémon Red / Green / Blue / Yellow - 59.52 million
Pokémon Gold / Silver / Crystal - 42.21 million
Pokémon Ruby / Sapphire / Emerald - 36.6 million
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - 30 million^[16]
Diablo III and Reaper of Souls expansion - 30 million
The Witcher 3 and expansions (Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine) - 28 million^[17]^[18]
Pokémon Diamond / Pearl / Platinum - 25.27 million
Pokémon Sun and Moon - 24.74 million
Borderlands 2 - 22 million
Final Fantasy VII - 16.69 million (including Remake)
Pokémon X and Y - 16.34 million
Pokémon Sword and Shield - 16.06 million
Pokémon Black and White - 15.64 million
World of Warcraft - 15 million subscribers
Monster Hunter: World - 14.9 million
Fallout 3 - 12.4 million
Fallout 4 - 12 million
Fallout: New Vegas - 11 million^[19]
Final Fantasy XIV - 10.9 million subscribers
Final Fantasy VI - 10.18 million (including SNES Classic bundles)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - 9.5 million
Monster Hunter 3 - 9.4 million
Final Fantasy X - 9.34 million
Final Fantasy VIII - 8.8 million
The Elder Scrolls Online - 8.5 million subscribers
Final Fantasy XV - 8.4 million
Monster Hunter 4 - 8.3 million
Final Fantasy XIII - 7.7 million
Secret of Mana - 7.5 million (including SNES Classic bundles)^[20]
Super Mario RPG - 7.42 million
Final Fantasy X-2 - 7.24 million
Final Fantasy XII - 7.2 million
Monster Hunter 2 - 6.72 million
Dragon Quest III - 6.45 million
Monster Hunter X / Generations - 6.45 million
Dragon Quest V - 6.22 million
Mass Effect 2 - 6 million^[21]
Dragon Quest IV - 5.97 million
Final Fantasy IX - 5.93 million
Kingdom Hearts - 5.9 million
Dragon Quest VIII - 5.81 million
Dragon Quest VII - 5.57 million
Dragon Quest IX - 5.35 million
Xeno - 5.27 million
Diablo II - 5.2 million^[4]
Final Fantasy I - 5.19 million
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years - 5.06 million
Fable II - 5 million^[9]
Kingdom Hearts III - 5 million^[22]

References

[1] ttp://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/327819/TOMB_RAIDER_LEGENDS_THE_BOARD_GAME_COMING_FEBRUARY_2019.php

[2] ttps://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-08-05-borderlands-2-has-sold-22-million-units-to-date

[3] ttps://www.videogamer.com/news/the-witcher-series-has-sold-over-33-million-copies-worldwide

[blizzard-4] 4.0 ^4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20120215003616/www.statisticbrain.com/blizzard-entertainment-statistics/

[5] ttps://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/skrillex-hikaru-utada-kingdom-hearts-iii-1202961236/

[6] ttps://twitter.com/BandaiNamcoUS/status/1125946469188419585

[sega-7] 7.0 ^7.1 https://www.segasammy.co.jp/english/ir/library/pdf/printing_annual/2018/ssh_ar18e_web.pdf

[8] ttps://www.4gamer.net/games/297/G029753/20160727078/

[:0-9] 9.0 ^9.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20100313175010/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/11/fable-2-sold-3-5-million-copies-lionhead-needs-5-million-for/ https://twitter.com/bogorad222/status/1233306835475685377

[10] Best selling Square-Enix games

[11] ttp://web.archive.org/web/20160105145838/www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/group/index.html

[12] ttp://gematsu.com/2016/07/inazuma-eleven-ares-announced

[13] ttp://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/group/index.html

[14] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20071023215138/www.xboxgamers.com/index.php?do=viewarticle&id=1889

[15] Nier 1 - 500k - SourceNier Automata - 4.5 million Source

[16] ttps://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/interviews/skyrim-creator-todd-howard-talks-switch-vr-and-elder-scrolls-wait-w451761

[17] ttps://www.cdprojekt.com/en/wp-content/uploads-en/2020/04/management-board-report-on-activities-of-cd-projekt-group-and-cd-projekt-s-a-in-2019.pdf#page=51

[18] ttps://twitter.com/DarkDetectiveNL/status/1247931336238731266

[19] ttps://twitter.com/bogorad222/status/742936567715659776

[som-20] Secret of Mana, Wiki of Mana

[21] ttps://twitter.com/bogorad222/status/1232581257688731649

[22] ttps://www.gamespot.com/articles/kingdom-hearts-3-breaks-franchise-sales-records/1100-6464815/

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 # [[Pokémon|''Pokémon Sun'' and ''Moon'']] - 24.74 million
 # ''[[Borderlands|Borderlands 2]]'' - 22 million
+# ''[[Final Fantasy|Final Fantasy VII]]'' - 16.69 million (including ''Remake'')
 # [[Pokémon|''Pokémon X'' and ''Y'']] - 16.34 million
 # [[Pokémon|''Pokémon Sword and Shield'']]'' ''- 16.06 million
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 # ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' - 15 million subscribers
 # ''[[Monster Hunter|Monster Hunter: World]]'' - 14.9 million
-# ''[[Final Fantasy|Final Fantasy VII]]'' - 13.17 million
 # ''[[Fallout|Fallout 3]]'' - 12.4 million
 # ''[[Fallout|Fallout 4]]'' - 12 million