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Tetris is a puzzle game franchise created by Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union and first commercialized for computers in 1988. It was popularized worldwide by Nintendo's Game Boy and NES releases in 1989. The franchise is currently owned by The Tetris Company, founded in the United States by Pajitnov and Henk Rogers in 1996.

The franchise has sold more than 500 million units worldwide,[1] including 70 million physical sales and more than 400 million paid mobile downloads.[2] This makes it the best-selling puzzle game franchise, and the overall second best-selling game franchise after Mario. In terms of revenue, the franchise is estimated to have grossed more than $2 billion across all platforms.

Games[]

Title Year Platform Market Publisher Unit sales Gross (est.) Ref
Physical games 1988 70,000,000 $1,775,900,000 [2]
Tetris 1988 Computers Europe Mirrorsoft 20,000 $500,000 [3][4]
Computers Japan BPS 2,000,000 $76,000,000 [5][6]
Famicom
Arcade Japan Sega 10,000 $160,000,000 [7]
Spectrum UK Virgin 10,000 $100,000
Tetris 1988 PC NA Spectrum 1,000,000 $40,000,000 [8][9]
Welltris 1989
Super Tetris 1991
Tetris Classic 1992
Tetris Gold 1993
Tetris 1989 Game Boy Worldwide Nintendo 35,000,000 $700,000,000 [10][11]
Arcade USA Atari — $80,000,000 [7]
HK Atari — $4,000,000
NES NA Tengen 100,000 $4,000,000 [12][13]
West Nintendo 8,000,000 $300,000,000 [14][13]
Tetris 2 + BomBliss 1991 Famicom Japan BPS 185,913 $9,000,000 [15][16]
Super Tetris 2 + Bombliss 1992 SFC Japan BPS 1,000,000 $67,000,000 [15][17]
Tetris Battle Gaiden 1993 SFC Japan BPS 45,852 $3,000,000 [18]
Tetris Flash 1993 Famicom Japan Nintendo 50,364 $3,000,000 [19]
1994 Game Boy Japan Nintendo 56,498 $2,000,000 [20]
Super Tetris 3 1994 SFC Japan BPS 37,763 $3,000,000 [21]
Tetris Plus 1996 PS1 USA Jaleco 1,770,000 $53,000,000 [22][23]
Tetris X 1996 PS1 Japan BPS 14,606 $300,000 [24]
Tetrisphere 1997 N64 West Nintendo 430,000 $30,000,000 [25][26]
Tetris 4D 1998 Dreamcast Japan BPS 23,378 $1,000,000 [27][28]
Magical Tetris Challenge 1999 N64 USA Capcom 116,997 $6,000,000 [29][30]
The Next Tetris 1999 PS1 USA Infogrames 329,055 $13,000,000 [29][31]
The New Tetris 1999 N64 USA Nintendo 185,243 $10,000,000 [29][32]
The Next Tetris: On-Line Edition 2000 Dreamcast USA Crave 28,804 $1,000,000 [29][33]
SuperLite 1500 Series: The Tetris 2000 PS1 Japan Success 503,058 $7,000,000 [34]
Tetris with CardCaptor Sakura 2000 PS1 Japan Arika 24,248 $1,000,000 [35]
Sega Tetris 2000 Dreamcast Japan Sega 13,946 $400,000 [27][36]
Tetris Worlds 2001 GBA USA THQ 960,000 $22,000,000 [37]
2002 PS2 USA THQ 850,000 $18,000,000 [38]
GameCube USA THQ 49,582 $1,000,000 [29][38]
Xbox USA THQ 90,722 $2,000,000
Minna no Soft: Tetris Advance 2003 GBA Japan Success 47,087 $1,000,000 [39]
SuperLite: Tetris Kiwamemichi 2003 PS2 Japan Success 68,779 $1,000,000 [40]
Tetris: The Grandmaster Ace 2005 X360 Japan AQ 5,184 $200,000 [41]
Tetris DS 2006 DS Worldwide Nintendo 2,050,000 $65,000,000 [42][43]
Sega Ages: Tetris Collection 2006 PS2 Japan Sega 3,266 $100,000 [44]
Tetris Party Deluxe 2010 DS Japan Hudson 98,578 $4,000,000 [45]
Wii Japan Hudson 28,631 $1,000,000 [46]
Tetris Axis 2011 3DS Japan Bamco 68,093 $3,000,000 [47]
Puyo Puyo Tetris 2014 Multi-plat Worldwide Sega 1,400,000 $49,000,000 [48][49]
Tetris Effect 2018 PS4 Japan Sony 10,229 $400,000 [50][51]
Tetris 99 2019 Switch Japan Nintendo 8,221 $200,000 [52]
Tetris Effect: Connected 2020 Steam Worldwide Enhance 251,000 $6,500,000 [53]
Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 2020 Switch Japan Sega 448,188 $21,000,000 [15][54]
PS4 Japan Sega 3,325 $200,000 [55][56]
2021 Steam Worldwide Sega 400,000 $6,000,000 [57]
Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 S 2025 Switch 2 Japan Sega 3,485 $100,000 [58]
Mobile games 2001 425,000,000 $950,000,000 [2][59][60]
Tetris 2001 Mobile Japan G-Mode 132,000,000 $660,000,000 [60][59]
Tetris variants 2001
2002
Tetris 2002 2003
Tetris Mania 2006 Mobile Worldwide EA
Tetris Black 2006 Mobile Japan G-Mode
Tetris variants 2007
Tetris 2008 Mobile Worldwide EA
Tetris Blockout
Tetris Pop
Tetris variants 2008 Mobile Japan G-Mode
2009
Tetris Revolution 2009 Mobile Worldwide EA
Tetris Remix 2010 Mobile Japan G-Mode
Tetris Blitz 2013 Mobile Worldwide EA — $20,000,000 [61]
Tetris Monsters 2013 Mobile Japan EA — —
Tetris 2020 Mobile Worldwide PlayStudios — $2,000,000 [62]
Total 520,000,000 $2,725,900,000 [1]

Sales milestones[]

Year Sales milestone Physical games Mobile Ref
Sales Computers Arcade NES Game Boy
1988 120,000 120,000 120,000 — — — — [63][3]
1989 3,156,347 3,156,347 460,000 10,000 632,597 2,063,750 — [64][9]
1990 5,970,000 5,970,000 — — 5,500,000 — [65]
1995 — — 1,310,000 — — — — [8][64]
1996 40,000,000 40,000,000 — — — — — [66]
1997 — — — — — 29,720,000 — [67]
1999 50,000,000 50,000,000 — 15,771 — 35,000,000 — [68][69][10]
2004 — — — — 8,000,000 — — [14]
2007 60,000,000 — — — — — — [70]
2009 125,000,000 50,000,000 — — — — 75,000,000 [71]
2010 150,000,000 — — — — — 100,000,000 [72][71]
2011 182,000,000 — — — — — 132,000,000 [60]
2014 495,000,000 70,000,000 — — — — 425,000,000 [2]
2024 520,000,000 70,000,000 1,310,000 15,771 8,000,000 35,000,000 425,000,000 [1]

References[]

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