Best-selling RPG games

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. Individualy, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is the best selling RPG of all time.^[1]

Franchises

Pokémon - 368 million
1. Final Fantasy - 154.5 million
2. Dragon Quest - 81 million^[2]
3. Dragon Quest - 81 million^[3]
  1. The Elder Scrolls - 52 million
  2. Borderlands - 48 million^[4]
  3. Lineage - 43 million
    1. The Witcher - 40 million
    2. Fallout - 38 million
    3. Mario RPG - 28.7 million
    4. Mario RPG - 28.7 million
    5. Kingdom Hearts - 25 million^[5]
    6. Megami Tensei - 23.5 million^[6]</nowiki>^[7]
    7. Tales - 20 million^[8]
      1. Dragon Ball RPG - 17.2 million
      2. Mass Effect - 16.5 million
        Super Robot Wars - 16 million
        
        World of Warcraft - 14 million
        
        Souls - 14.7 million
        
        Yo-kai Watch - 13 million^[9]
        
        Mana - 12.3 million^[10]
        
        Fable - 12 million^[11]^[12]
        
        Guild Wars - 11.5 million
        
        Persona - 11.1 million^[13]
        
        SaGa - 9.9 million^[14]
        
        Inazuma Eleven - 8 million^[15]
        
        Chrono - 5.4 million^[16]
        
        Baldur's Gate - 5 million^[17]
        
        Nier - 5 million<ref>Nier 1 - 500k - SourceNier Automata - 4.5 million Source </ref>

Individual Entries

This list only counts entries above 5 million.

Pokémon Red / Blue / Yellow - 59.52 million
1. Pokémon Gold / Silver / Crystal - 42.21 million
2. Pokémon Ruby / Sapphire / Emerald - 36.6 million
3. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - 30 million^[18]
4. Diablo III and Reaper of Souls expansion - 30 million
5. The Witcher 3 and expansions (Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine) - 28 million^[19]^[20]
6. Pokémon Diamond / Pearl / Platinum - 25.27 million
7. Pokémon Sun and Moon - 24.74 million
8. Borderlands 2 - 22 million
9. Pokémon X and Y - 16.34 million
10. Pokémon Sword and Shield- 18.22 million
11. Pokémon Black and White - 15.64 million
12. World of Warcraft - 15 million subscribers
13. Fallout 4 - 14 million
14. Final Fantasy VII - 13.26 million
15. Fallout 3 - 12.4 million #''Pokémon: Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee -'' 12.2 million
16. Fallout: New Vegas - 11 million^[21]
17. Final Fantasy XIV - 10.9 million subscribers
18. Final Fantasy VI - 10.18 million (including SNES Classic bundles)
19. Dark Souls 3 10 million^[22]
20. Final Fantasy VIII - 9.65 million
21. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - 9.5 million # ''Final Fantasy X'' - 9.34 million
22. Final Fantasy XV - 8.9 million # ''The Elder Scrolls Online'' - 8.5 million subscribers
23. Secret of Mana - 7.89 million (including SNES Classic bundles)^[23] # ''Final Fantasy XIII'' - 7.7 million
24. Super Mario RPG - 7.42 million
25. Final Fantasy XII - 7.4 million
26. Yo-kai Watch 2 - 7.30 million
27. Final Fantasy X-2 - 7.24 million
28. Dragon Quest III - 6.45 million
29. Dragon Quest V - 6.22 million
30. Mass Effect 2 - 6 million^[24]
31. Dragon Quest IV - 5.97 million
32. Final Fantasy IX - 5.93 million
33. Kingdom Hearts - 5.9 million
34. Dragon Quest VIII - 5.81 million
35. Dragon Quest VII - 5.57 million
36. Dragon Quest IX - 5.35 million
37. Xeno - 5.27 million
38. Diablo II - 5.2 million^[25]
  1. Final Fantasy I - 5.19 million
  2. Final Fantasy IV: The After Years - 5.06 million
  3. Fable II - 5 million^[26]
  4. Kingdom Hearts III - 5 million^[27] #''Final Fantasy VII Remake'' - 5 million

References

[1] ttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jefferygardiner/

[:0-2] ttps://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/361513/FINAL_FANTASY_VII_REMAKE_SHIPMENTS_AND_DIGITAL_SALES_SURPASS_35_MILLION_WORLDWIDE_IN_THREE_DAYS.php

[:02-3] ttps://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/361513/FINAL_FANTASY_VII_REMAKE_SHIPMENTS_AND_DIGITAL_SALES_SURPASS_35_MILLION_WORLDWIDE_IN_THREE_DAYS.php

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

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

[sega-6] ttps://www.segasammy.co.jp/english/ir/library/pdf/printing_annual/2018/ssh_ar18e_web.pdf<nowiki>

[Persona-7] Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Persona

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

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

[10] Best selling Square-Enix games

[:03-11] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20100313175010/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/11/fable-2-sold-3-5-million-copies-lionhead-needs-5-million-for/

[12] ttps://twitter.com/bogorad222/status/1233306835475685377

[Persona2-13] ttps://www.gematsu.com/2019/12/persona-5-worldwide-shipments-top-3-2-million-persona-5-royal-japanese-shipments-top-400000

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

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

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

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

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

[19] 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

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

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

[22] ttps://www.gamespot.com/articles/dark-souls-3-has-sold-over-10-million-copies-pushi/1100-6477468/

[som-23] Secret of Mana, Wiki of Mana

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

[blizzard-25] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20120215003616/www.statisticbrain.com/blizzard-entertainment-statistics/

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

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