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 - 30 million (including Reaper of Souls)
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - 28 million[17]
- Pokémon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum - 25.27 million
- Pokémon Sun and Moon - 24.74 million
- Borderlands II - 22 million
- 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
- Final Fantasy VII - 13.11 million
- Fallout 3 - 12.4 million
- Fallout 4 - 12 million
- Fallout: New Vegas - 11 million[18]
- Final Fantasy XIV - 10.9 million subscribers
- Final Fantasy VI - 10.18 million
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - 9.5 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
- Final Fantasy XIII - 7.7 million
- Secret of Mana - 7.5 million[19]
- Super Mario RPG - 7.42 million
- Final Fantasy X-2 - 7.24 million
- Final Fantasy XII - 7.2 million
- Dragon Quest III - 6.45 million
- Dragon Quest V - 6.22 million
- Mass Effect 2 - 6 million[20]
- 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[21]
References
- ↑ http://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/327819/TOMB_RAIDER_LEGENDS_THE_BOARD_GAME_COMING_FEBRUARY_2019.php
- ↑ https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-08-05-borderlands-2-has-sold-22-million-units-to-date
- ↑ https://www.videogamer.com/news/the-witcher-series-has-sold-over-33-million-copies-worldwide
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20120215003616/www.statisticbrain.com/blizzard-entertainment-statistics/
- ↑ https://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/skrillex-hikaru-utada-kingdom-hearts-iii-1202961236/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/BandaiNamcoUS/status/1125946469188419585
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://www.segasammy.co.jp/english/ir/library/pdf/printing_annual/2018/ssh_ar18e_web.pdf
- ↑ https://www.4gamer.net/games/297/G029753/20160727078/
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Best selling Square-Enix games
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20160105145838/www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/group/index.html
- ↑ http://gematsu.com/2016/07/inazuma-eleven-ares-announced
- ↑ http://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/group/index.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20071023215138/www.xboxgamers.com/index.php?do=viewarticle&id=1889
- ↑ Nier 1 - 500k - SourceNier Automata - 4.5 million Source
- ↑ https://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/interviews/skyrim-creator-todd-howard-talks-switch-vr-and-elder-scrolls-wait-w451761
- ↑ https://twitter.com/DarkDetectiveNL/status/1247931336238731266
- ↑ https://twitter.com/bogorad222/status/742936567715659776
- ↑ Secret of Mana, Wiki of Mana
- ↑ https://twitter.com/bogorad222/status/1232581257688731649
- ↑ https://www.gamespot.com/articles/kingdom-hearts-3-breaks-franchise-sales-records/1100-6464815/