Top 5 Most Popular Video Games Of All Time

The popularity of video games has been on the rise lately, especially after the creation of popular video games in the 1990s. As of today, gaming has become a multi-billion dollar industry with some individuals finding huge success in their careers as gamers.

Video games have continued to develop as time went on with various consoles such as PlayStation, Xbox series, PC gaming, and even mobile gaming. With many genres of video games to play each year, there will always be one particular video game that is among our favorites.

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The quality, type, and game access are some of the factors contributing to the interest of gamers. Here we would like to share with you the top 5 most popular video games of all time based on the number of copies sold.

5. PUBG (75 Million Copies)

PUBG or Playerunknown's battlegrounds has played a critical role in increasing the popularity of video games with the genre battle royale for the past 5 years. So it is not surprising to see that PUBG has amassed such massive downloads.

The creative director, Krafton Dave Curd told the Verge that it has sold 75 million copies of this game as of December 2021. That might be the last final sale of this game as months later today, PUBG can be played for free.

Despite the number of downloads on mobile not being counted towards the sale, the popularity of PUBG Mobile can also be said the same with downloads of more than 1 billion times as of March 2021.

4. Wii Sports (82.9 Million Copies)

According to the official sale from Nintendo, Wii Sports is the highest-selling game of the company. Despite most of the video games on this list having been combined with the console at one moment in time, Wii Sports has merged with Wii in almost all countries during its launch.

With almost 83 million copies sold worldwide, it is the top-selling video game on a single platform of all time. Wii Sports is a compilation of 4 games designed to utilize the remote control called the Big N.

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The discs of the game that were sent for free with Wii in America and Europe include the baseball, boxing, gold, and tennis versions. Not only that, but learning the basics of the game is super easy too.

3. Grand Theft Auto V (170 Million Copies)

Grand Theft Auto 5 is the most popular console and PC video game of all time. GTA Rockstar has surpassed 170 million copies sold as of 30 September 2022. This figure is a combination of sales across three generations of consoles and PC from 2013 to 2022.

This video game is the fastest one to reach all mediums to a whopping $1 billion. Ever since then, the company has garnered billions of dollars afterward making it the most profitable entertainment until 2018.

GTA 5 was first sold on 17 September 2003 and can be obtained from various platforms like PS5, PS4, PS3, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PC.

2. Minecraft (238 Million Copies)

Minecraft has sold more than 238 million copies as of April 2021 according to Microsoft and has been increasing ever since. The company stated that the figure is based on the total sales across 22 readily available platforms.

With the making of Netflix movies, education modules, toys, and many other projects in completion or development, Minecraft has crossed various mediums in ways that have never been done before.

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The earliest version of Minecraft was released on 17 May 2009 and this video game was available on different platforms like Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS4, PS3, PS Vita, Switch, Wii U, 3DS, PC, VR, and smartphone.

1. Tetris (520 Million Copies)

The most classic game on this list, Tetris has managed to be on the top list of most popular video games of all time with 520 million copies sold according to The Tetris Company. This number includes sales across all platforms with the majority coming from the mobile device.

Henk Rogers, the director of Tetris Company said that Tetris has 425 million sold copies as of 2014. Tetris was issued by the Elektronika 60 computer that was developed by the Soviet Union.

The game features unique puzzle shapes that were made on 50 different platforms. Tetris was also the video game that caused the rise of Game Boy in which 35 million units of them were sold as Nintendo hand consoles.

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