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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, 2025. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is currently the system's best-selling game. The Nintendo Switch system has sold 152.12 million units (combined with Switch Lite and OLED Model 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)
2017 69.56 Nintendo EPD Nintendo
2020 48.62 Nintendo EPD Nintendo
2018 36.93 Bandai Namco
Sora Ltd. 		Nintendo
2017 33.34 Nintendo EPD Nintendo
2017 29.84 Nintendo EPD Nintendo
2019 27.61 Game Freak The Pokémon Company
Nintendo
2022 26.96 Game Freak The Pokémon Company
Nintendo
2023 22.15 Nintendo EPD Nintendo
2018 21.23 Nd Cube Nintendo
2019 18.53 Nintendo EPD Nintendo
2022 16.27 Nintendo EPD Nintendo [1]
2023 16.03 Nintendo EPD Nintendo [1]
2019 15.38 Nintendo EPD Nintendo [2]

2018 15.07 Game Freak The Pokémon Company
Nintendo 		[3]

2021 15.06 Game Freak The Pokémon Company
Nintendo 		[4]
2022 14.83 Game Freak The Pokémon Company
Nintendo 		[5][6]
2019 14.25 Next Level Games Nintendo [7]
2021 14+ ND Cube Nintendo [1]
2017 13.60 Nintendo EPD Nintendo [4][8]
2021 13.47 Nintendo EPD
Nintendo Software Technology 		Nintendo [7]
2022 11.96 Nintendo EPD Nintendo [7]
2020 9.07 Nintendo Nintendo [9]
2024 8.64 ND Cube Nintendo [10]
2019 8.42 Nintendo EPD Nintendo [4]
2021 8.02 Capcom Capcom [11][12]
2017 7.9 ConcernedApe ConcernedApe [13]
2022 7.52 HAL Laboratory Nintendo [7]
2021 7.4 Aladdin X Aladdin X [14]
2019 6.46 Grezzo
Nintendo EPD 		Nintendo [4]
2017 5.67 4J Studios Ltd. Mojang [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
2020 4.64 NDcube Nintendo [4]
2018 4.62 Retro Studios Nintendo [4]
2018 4.50 Camelot Software Planning Nintendo [4]
2018 4.38 HAL Laboratory Nintendo [4]
2021 4.15 Tantalus Nintendo [8]
2019 4.12 Intelligent Systems
Koei Tecmo 		Nintendo [4]
2024 4.09 Grezzo
Nintendo EPD 		Nintendo [1]
2020 4+ Omega Force Nintendo
Koei Tecmo (JP) 		[25]
2020 4+ Konami Konami [26]
2017 3.74 Nintendo EPD Nintendo [4]
2023 3.48 Nintendo EPD Nintendo [7]
2020 3.47 Intelligent Systems Nintendo [4]
2019 3.35 Good-Feel Nintendo [4]
2023 3.31 ArtePiazza Nintendo [7]
2020 3.2 Innersloth Inntersloth [27]
2021 3.07 MercurySteam Nintendo [4]
2022 3~ Ubisoft Paris
Ubisoft Milan 		Ubisoft [28]
2021 2.74 Bandai Namco The Pokémon Company
Nintendo 		[8][29]
2017 2.72 Nintendo EPD Nintendo [4]
2017 2.70 Monolith Soft Nintendo [4]
2022 2.54 Next Level Games
Nintendo EPD 		Nintendo [5]
2017 2.5 Ubisoft Ubisoft
Nintendo (JP) 		[30][31]
2021 2.48 Camelot Software Planning Nintendo [4]
2018 2.43 Arc System Works Bandai Namco [4]
2020 2.4 Nintendo EPD
Eighting 		Nintendo [4]
2018 2.35 Nintendo Software Technology Nintendo [4]
2018 2.24 Bandai Namco Studios Bandai Namco Entertainment [4]
2018 2.16 Square Enix Nintendo
Square Enix (JP) 		[32][33]
2024 2.10 Intelligent Systems Nintendo [1]
2017 2 Curve Digital No Brakes Games [34]
2020 1.99 Spike Chunsoft Nintendo
The Pokémon Company 		[4]
2024 1.97 Acquire Nintendo [1]
2021 1.94 Indieszero
Nintendo EPD 		Nintendo [4]
2024 1.88 Tantalus Nintendo [1]
2020 1.88 Monolith Soft Nintendo [4]
2022 1.86 Monolith Soft Nintendo [5]
2017 1.82 Dimps Bandai Namco [4]
2021 1.79 Grezzo Nintendo [4]
2020 1.73 Velan Studios Nintendo [4]
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Trilogy 2017 1.73 CyberConnect2 Bandai Namco [4]
2022 1.61 Intelligent Systems Nintendo [5]
2019 1.60 Team Ninja Nintendo [4]
2017 1.54 Bandai Namco Nintendo
The Pokémon Company (JP) 		[35][36]
2023 1.50 Konami
M2 		Konami [37]
2017 1.50 Capcom Capcom [11]
2023 1.46 HAL Laboratory Nintendo [5]
2018 1.42 Nintendo EPD Nintendo [38]
2021 1.34 Intelligent Systems Nintendo [4]
2019 1.33 PlatinumGames Nintendo [4]
2024 1.30 Good-Feel Nintendo [7]
2025 1.27 Forever Entertainment Nintendo [1]
2019 1.27 Nintendo EPD
indieszero 		Nintendo [4]
2018 1.24 PlatinumGames Nintendo [4]
2018 1.23 PlatinumGames Nintendo [4]
2019 1.2 Capcom Capcom [11]
2021 1.15 FromSoftware Bandai Namco [4]
2021 1.15 Nintendo EPD Nintendo [4]
2024 1.12 Nintendo Software Technology Nintendo [7]
2021 1.1 Atlus Atlus / Sega [4]
2023 1.09 Retro Studios Nintendo [5]
2022 1.07 PlatinumGames Nintendo [5]
2019 1.02 Sega Sega [39][40][41]
2019 1.1 Capcom Capcom [11]
2023 1+ TOSE Square Enix [42]
2017 1+ Omega Force
Team Ninja 		Nintendo
Koei Tecmo (JP) 		[43]
2022 1+ Omega Force Nintendo
Koei Tecmo (JP) 		[44]
2017 1+ Konami
HexaDrive 		Konami [45]
2017 1+ Devolver Digital Dodge Roll [46]
2018 1+ Imagineer Nintendo
Imagineer (JP) 		[47]
2020 1+ Imagineer Nintendo
Imagineer (JP) 		[48]
2021 1+ Marvelous Marvelous
XSEED (NA) 		[49]
2019 1 Noble Muffins Forever Entertainment [50]

References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Financial Results Ended March 2025 (Nintendo) Date: May 8, 2025.
  2. ↑ Nintendo Switch Best-Selling Games (archived July 27, 2023)
  3. ↑ Nintendo Switch Best-Selling Games (archived April 30, 2023)
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 4.23 4.24 4.25 4.26 4.27 4.28 4.29 4.30 4.31 4.32 4.33 4.34 4.35 2023CESAゲーム白書 (2023 CESA Games White Papers). Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association. 2023. ISBN 978-4-902346-47-3.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Nintendo Financial Results (as of May 2023)
  6. ↑ Nintendo Financial Results (as of February 2023)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 Nintendo Financial Results (as of May 2024)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Nintendo Financial Results (as of May 2022) Note: New Pokemon Snap WW sales: 2.40 million.
  9. ↑ [2022CESAゲーム白書 (2022 CESA Games White Papers). Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association. 2022. ISBN 978-4-902346-45-9]
  10. ↑ Financial Results Explanatory Material 2nd Quarter of Fiscal Year Ending March 2026 (Nintendo) Date: November 4, 2025.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 CAPCOM | Platinum Titles "Monster Hunter Rise - 7.7M"
    "Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen - 1.20M"
    "Resident Evil 6 - 1.1M"
  12. ↑ Famitsu Sales: 5/15/23 – 5/21/23 [Update (Gematsu)] Date: May 25, 2023. Author: Sal Romano.
  13. ↑ Stardew Valley - Press "As of December 2024, Stardew Valley has sold[...] 7.9 million copies on the Nintendo Switch."
  14. ↑ (GNN News) (CH) Date: April 11, 2024. "[The] Nintendo Switch [version] in Japan reached the milestone of No. 1 in the download rankings, and has been downloaded more than 7.4 million times worldwide so far."
  15. ↑ Famitsu Sales: 4/22/24 – 5/5/24 [Update 2 (Gematsu)] Date: May 9, 2024. Author: Sal Romano. "Minecraft - 3,516,475 JP sales"
  16. ↑ Nintendo Switch sales in Europe pass 10m (gamesindustry.biz) Date: October 10, 2019. Author: Marie Dealessandri. Minecraft's EU sales 500,000
  17. ↑ 2019 France Game Sales Minecraft FR Switch Sales 2018: 161,557 (pg. 21)
  18. ↑ 2018 France Game Sales Minecraft FR Switch Sales 2019: 258,862 (pg. 17)
  19. ↑ 2020 France Game Sales Minecraft FR Switch Sales 2020: 258,862 (pg. 21)
  20. ↑ 2021 France Game Sales Minecraft FR Switch Sales 2021: 301,907 (pg. 21)
  21. ↑ 2022 France Game Sales Minecraft FR Switch Sales 2022: 252,994 (pg. 21)
  22. ↑ 2023 France Game Sales Minecraft FR Switch Sales 2023: 227,004 (pg. 23)
  23. ↑ Total France Switch sales: 1,505,331
  24. ↑ Ventas España: Nintendo recibe las comuniones como agua de mayo (GameReactor; ES) Date: May 9, 2024. Author: Alberto Garrido. Minecraft SP Switch sales: 658,000
  25. ↑ Hyrule Warriors Calamity Sales Tweet (Japanese)
  26. ↑ Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! shipments and digital sales top four million (Gematsu) Date: July 19, 2023. Author: Sal Romano.
  27. ↑ SuperData estimate: Among Us sold 3.2 million copies on Switch in December (Nintendo Everything) Date: January 23, 2021.
  28. ↑ A year after being branded a flop, Mario + Rabbids’ sequel is steadily selling Date: January 15, 2024. Author: Andy Robinson.
  29. ↑ Famitsu Sales: 5/9/22 – 5/15/22 [Update (Gematsu)] Date: May 19, 2022. Author: Sal Romano. New Pokemon Snap JP sales: 0.34 million
  30. ↑ Mario + Rabbids On Nintendo Switch Has Sold More Than Two Million Copies Date: September 1, 2017. Author: Liam Doolan.
  31. ↑ Nintendo Switch sales in Europe passes 10m (gamesindustry.biz) Date: October 10, 2019. Author: Marie Dealessandri.
  32. ↑ [2021CESAゲーム白書 (2021 CESA Games White Papers). Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association. 2021. ISBN 978-4-902346-43-5] Octopath WW sales: 1.9 million.
  33. ↑ Media Create Sales: 8/20/18 – 8/26/18 (Gematsu) Date: August 29, 2018. Author: Sal Romano. Octopath JP sales: 0.18 million.
  34. ↑ CURVE GAMES MARKS NINTENDO SWITCH CHINA DEBUT WITH NO 1 SMASH HIT (Curve Games) Date: May 2, 2024.
  35. ↑ Super Mario Odyssey Passes The 10 Million Sold Marker (Nintendo Life) Date: April 26, 2018. Author: Damien McFerran.
  36. ↑ Japan's 35 Best-Selling Switch Games In The First Four Years, According To Famitsu (Nintendo Life) Date: March 7, 2021. Author: Liam Doolan. Pokken JP sales: 344,201.
  37. ↑ Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! shipments and digital sales top 1.5 million (Gematsu) Date: December 25, 2024. Author: Sal Romano.
  38. ↑ 2021CESAゲーム白書 (2021 CESA Games White Papers). ISBN 978-4-902346-43-5.
  39. ↑ Annual Financial Statements Ended March 31, 2020 (SEGA) WW Sales: 0.9 million
  40. ↑ Famitsu Sales: 3/30/20 – 4/5/20 [Update (Gematsu)] Date: April 8, 2020. Author: Sal Romano. "Mario & Sonic" JP sales: 295,764 (April 2020)
  41. ↑ Best-selling games on Switch in Japan after five years (Nintendo Everything) Date: March 13, 2022. "Mario & Sonic" JP sales: 422,191 (March 2022)
  42. ↑ Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince shipments and digital sales top one million (Gematsu) Date: January 17, 2024. Author: Sal Romano.
  43. ↑ Koei Tecmo Financial Report (in Japanese only) (pg. 2; sec. #1) April 2018
  44. ↑ https://twitter.com/FireEmblemMusou/status/1559812281835347968
  45. ↑ Super Bomberman R Hits One Million Worldwide Sales, Konami Celebrates With Bungee Jump (Nintendo Life) Date: August 2, 2018. Author: Ryan Craddock.
  46. ↑ Enter the Gungeon Sells 1 Million on Switch with Physical Edition on the way (Hardcore Gamer) Date: March 3, 2019. Author: Kirstin Swalley.
  47. ↑ Fitness Boxing has now sold 1,000,000 copies worldwide (My Nintendo News) Date: September 8, 2020.
  48. ↑ Imagineer, Switch software "Fit Boxing 2" has shipped and sold more than 1 million units worldwide! (gamebix) (Japanese) Date: December 9 , 2021.
  49. ↑ STORY OF SEASONS: Pioneers of Olive Town Free Content Update Revealed with New Series Sales Milestone (XSEED) Date: November 18, 2021.
  50. ↑ Thief Simulator Twitter post

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