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This is the list of best-selling Nintendo Switch video games in millions of copies sold from both physical and digital download sales, as of March 31, 2022. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is currently the system's best-selling game. The Nintendo Switch system has sold 107.65 million units (combined with Switch Lite sales) worldwide since its launch in March 2017. Almost all the games listed are released worldwide simultaneously.
Sales data are according to Nintendo's official IR data (unless otherwise noted).
Note: All sales data are updated once every three months.
List
| Title | Year | Sales (millions) | Developer(s) | Publisher | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2017 | 45.33 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | |
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2020 | 38.64 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | |
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2018 | 28.17 | Bandai Namco Sora Ltd. |
Nintendo | |
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2017 | 26.55 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | |
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2019 | 24.27 | Game Freak | The Pokémon Company Nintendo |
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2017 | 23.50 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | |
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2018 | 17.78 | Nd Cube | Nintendo | |
 
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2021 | 14.65 | Game Freak | The Pokémon Company Nintendo |
[1] |
 
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2018 | 14.53 | Game Freak | The Pokémon Company Nintendo |
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2019 | 14.09 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | |
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2019 | 13.31 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | [2] |
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2017 | 13.30 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | [2] |
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2022 | 12.64 | Game Freak | The Pokémon Company Nintendo |
[2] |
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2019 | 11.43 | Next Level Games | Nintendo | [2] |
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2021 | 9.43 | Nintendo EPD Nintendo Software Technology |
Nintendo | [2] |
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2020 | 9.01 | Nintendo | Nintendo | [3] |
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2021 | 7.7 | Capcom | Capcom | [4][5] |
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2019 | 7.15 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | [3] |
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2021 | 6.88 | ND Cube | Nintendo | [2] |
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2019 | 5.49 | Grezzo Nintendo EPD |
Nintendo | [3] |
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2020 | 4.22 | NDcube | Nintendo | [2] |
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2020 | 4 | Omega Force | Nintendo Koei Tecmo (JP) |
[6] |
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2020 | 3.91 | Tantalus | Nintendo | [2] |
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2018 | 3.66 | Camelot Software Planning | Nintendo | [7] |
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2020 | 3.5 | Konami | Konami | [8] |
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2017 | 3.45 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | [7] |
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2018 | 3.42 | HAL Laboratory | Nintendo | [7] |
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2018 | 3.42 | Retro Studios | Nintendo | [7] |
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2019 | 3.4 | Intelligent Systems Koei Tecmo |
Nintendo | [7] |
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2020 | 3.2 | Innersloth | Inntersloth | [9] |
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2017 | 3.13 | 4J Studios Ltd. | Mojang | [10][11] |
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2020 | 3.12 | Intelligent Systems | Nintendo | [3] |
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2021 | 2.90 | MercurySteam | Nintendo | [2] |
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2022 | 2.65 | HAL Laboratory | Nintendo | [2] |
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2019 | 2.56 | Good-Feel | Nintendo | [7] |
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2017 | 2.56 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | [7] |
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2017 | 2.5 | Ubisoft | Ubisoft Nintendo (JP) |
[12][13] |
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2021 | 2.40 | Bandai Namco | The Pokémon Company Nintendo |
[2] |
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2021 | 2.35 | Camelot Software Planning | Nintendo | [2] |
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2017 | 2.17 | Monolith Soft | Nintendo | [7] |
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2020 | 2.04 | Nintendo EPD Eighting |
Nintendo | [3] |
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2018 | 2+ | Square Enix | Nintendo Square Enix (JP) |
[14] |
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2018 | 1.77 | Nintendo Software Technology | Nintendo | [7] |
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2021 | 1.68 | Grezzo | Nintendo | [2] |
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2020 | 1.6 | Spike Chunsoft | Nintendo The Pokémon Company |
[7] |
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2021 | 1.59 | Indieszero Nintendo EPD |
Nintendo | [2] |
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2020 | 1.52 | Monolith Soft | Nintendo | [3] |
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2018 | 1.42 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | [7] |
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2017 | 1.38 | Bandai Namco | Nintendo The Pokémon Company (JP) |
[15][16] |
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2019 | 1.31 | Team Ninja | Nintendo | [7] |
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2020 | 1.27 | Velan Studios | Nintendo | [3] |
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2021 | 1.27 | Intelligent Systems | Nintendo | [2] |
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2019 | 1.21 | PlatinumGames | Nintendo | [7] |
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2021 | 1.06 | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | [2] |
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2017 | 1+ | Omega Force Team Ninja |
Nintendo Koei Tecmo (JP) |
[17] |
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2017 | 1+ | Konami HexaDrive |
Konami | [18] |
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2017 | 1+ | Devolver Digital | Dodge Roll | [19] |
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2018 | 1+ | Bandai Namco Studios | Bandai Namco Entertainment | [20] |
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2021 | 1+ | Atlus | Atlus / Sega | [21] |
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2018 | 1+ | Imagineer | Nintendo Imagineer (JP) |
[22] |
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2020 | 1+ | Imagineer | Nintendo Imagineer (JP) |
[23] |
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2021 | 1+ | Marvelous | Marvelous XSEED (NA) |
[24] |
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2017 | 1 | Capcom | Capcom | [5] |
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2019 | 1 | Noble Muffins | Forever Entertainment | [25] |
Sales by region
Below lists the games that have sold 1 million or more per specific region.
Japan
| Title | Year | Sales (millions) |
Publisher | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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2020 | 7.23 | Nintendo | [26] |
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2018 | 4.87 | Nintendo | [10] |
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2017 | 4.62 | Nintendo | [10] |
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2019 | 4.33 | The Pokémon Company Nintendo |
[26] |
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2017 | 4.06 | Nintendo | [26] |
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2019 | 3.14 | Nintendo | [10] |
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2020 | 2.64 | Konami | [26] |
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2017 | 2.63 | Mojang | [27] |
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2021 | 2.53 | The Pokémon Company Nintendo |
[28] |
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2021 | 2.32 | Capcom | [27] |
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2017 | 2.32 | Nintendo | [29] |
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2022 | 2.24 | The Pokémon Company Nintendo |
[10] |
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2018 | 2.07 | Nintendo | [28] |
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2017 | 2+ | Nintendo | [26] |
 
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2018 | 1.74 | Nintendo | [30] |
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2019 | 1.2 | Nintendo | [28] |
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2019 | 1.17 | Nintendo | [28] |
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2021 | 1.04 | Nintendo | [26] |
United States
| Title | Year | Sales (millions) |
Publisher | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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2017 | 5+ | Nintendo | [31] |
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2017 | 4.7 | Nintendo | [31] |
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2017 | 4+ | Nintendo | [31] |
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2018 | 3+ | Nintendo | [31] |
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2020 | 2.6 | Nintendo | [32] |
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2018 | 2+ | Nintendo | [31] |
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2019 | 2+ | Nintendo | [33] |
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2018 | 1.4 | Nintendo | [31] |
References
- ↑ Financial Results Explanatory Material 3rd Quarter of Fiscal Year Ending March 2022
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 Nintendo Financial Results (as of May 2022)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Nintendo March 2021 Earnings (May 6, 2021)
- ↑ CAPCOM | Platinum Titles (December 31, 2021)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 CAPCOM | Platinum Titles
- ↑ Hyrule Warriors Calamity Sales Tweet (Japanese)
- ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 2021CESAゲーム白書 (2021 CESA Games White Papers). Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association. 2021. ISBN 978-4-902346-43-5. (For Labo - Variety Kit sales is 1.42 million)
- ↑ Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! sales top 3.5 million (Gematsu) Date: March 21, 2022. Author: Sal Romano.
- ↑ SuperData estimate: Among Us sold 3.2 million copies on Switch in December (Nintendo Everything) Date: January 23, 2021.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Famitsu sales (4/25/22 – 5/8/22) (Nintendo Everything) Date: May 12, 2022.
- ↑ Nintendo Switch sales in Europe pass 10m (gamesindustry.biz) Date: October 10, 2019. Author: Marie Dealessandri. Minecraft's EU sales 500,000
- ↑ Mario + Rabbids On Nintendo Switch Has Sold More Than Two Million Copies Date: September 1, 2017. Author: Liam Doolan.
- ↑ Nintendo Switch sales in Europe passes 10m (gamesindustry.biz) Date: October 10, 2019. Author: Marie Dealessandri.
- ↑ Nintendo Europe Twitter Post: "To celebrate 2 million copies sold..." Date: March 18, 2020.
- ↑ Super Mario Odyssey Passes The 10 Million Sold Marker (Nintendo Life) Date: April 26, 2018. Author: Damien McFerran.
- ↑ Media Create Sales: 2/5/18 – 2/11/18 (Gematsu) Date: February 14, 2018. Author: Sal Romano. Pokken JP sales: 222,781
- ↑ Koei Tecmo Financial Report (in Japanese only) (pg. 2; sec. #1) April 2018
- ↑ Super Bomberman R Hits One Million Worldwide Sales, Konami Celebrates With Bungee Jump (Nintendo Life) Date: August 2, 2018. Author: Ryan Craddock.
- ↑ Enter the Gungeon Sells 1 Million on Switch with Physical Edition on the way (Hardcore Gamer) Date: March 3, 2019. Author: Kirstin Swalley.
- ↑ "TAIKO NO TATSUJIN SELLS 1 MILLION" (Japanese Nintendo) Date: July 3, 2020.
- ↑ "SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI V" SALES - 1 MILLION (Atlus) (Japanese) April 25, 2022.
- ↑ Fitness Boxing has now sold 1,000,000 copies worldwide (My Nintendo News) Date: September 8, 2020.
- ↑ Imagineer, Switch software "Fit Boxing 2" has shipped and sold more than 1 million units worldwide! (gamebix) (Japanese) Date: December 9 , 2021.
- ↑ STORY OF SEASONS: Pioneers of Olive Town Free Content Update Revealed with New Series Sales Milestone (XSEED) Date: November 18, 2021.
- ↑ Thief Simulator Twitter post
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4 26.5 Famitsu software sales (4/18/22 – 4/24/22) – Top 30 (Nintendo Everything) Date: April 28, 2022.
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Famitsu software sales (9/20/21 – 9/26/21) – Top 30 (Nintendo Everything) Date: October 1, 2021.
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 Famitsu software sales (4/4/22 – 4/10/22) – Top 30 (Nintendo Everything) Date: April 14, 2022.
- ↑ Famitsu software sales (2/14/22 – 2/20/22) – Top 30 (Nintendo Everything) Date: February 24, 2022.
- ↑ Famitsu software sales (8/17/20 - 8/23/20) – Top 30 (Nintendo Everything) Date: August 27, 2020.
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 31.3 31.4 31.5 Nintendo Switch is the Fastest-Selling Video Game System of This Generation (Business Wire) Date: December 18, 2018.
- ↑ Nintendo comments on removing certain games after March 2021 (Nintendo Life) Date: December 16, 2020. "Super Mario 3D All-Stars has sold over 2.6 million units in the U.S. alone." - Doug Bowser on Polygon interview.
- ↑ Pokemon Sword and Shield sales go big for launch (SlashGear) Date: November 21, 2019. Author: Eric Abent.
External links
- Nintendo Sales Data - Top-Selling Nintendo Switch Title Units
- Nintendo Fiscal Year Earnings Period Ending March 2019 (PDF)
- Nintendo Fiscal Year Earnings Period Ending June 2019
- Nintendo Fiscal Year Earnings Period Ending September 2019
See also
- List of Nintendo Switch games
- List of best-selling Wii U games
- List of best-selling Wii games
- List of best-selling Nintendo 3DS games
- List of best-selling Nintendo DS games
- List of best-selling GameCube games
- List of best-selling Nintendo 64 games
- List of best-selling Super Nintendo Entertainment System games
- List of best-selling Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom Disk System games
- List of best-selling Mario games
- List of best-selling video game franchises
