List of highest-grossing video game franchises
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This is a list of the highest-grossing video game franchises that have grossed at least $1 billion in revenue.
List[edit]
At least $10 billion[edit]
| Franchise | Year of inception | Lifetime revenue | Revenue breakdown (est.) | Franchise owner(s) | Original platform(s) | Original genre(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Call of Duty | 2003 | est. $18.132 billion (as of 2019) |
|
Activision | PC | Shooter (FPS) |
| Dungeon Fighter Online (DFO) |
2005 | $15 billion (as of 2020)[5] |
|
Neople (Nexon) Tencent |
PC | Beat 'em up Action RPG MMORPG |
| Mario | 1981 | est. $14.349 billion (as of 2019) |
|
Nintendo | Arcade | Platformer (2D platformer) |
| Pac-Man | 1980 | est. $14.107 billion (as of 2016) |
|
Bandai Namco Entertainment | Arcade | Action (Maze) |
| Space Invaders | 1978 | est. $13.93 billion (as of 2016) |
|
Taito (Square Enix) |
Arcade | Shooter (Shoot 'em up) |
| Wii series | 2006 | est. $12.33 billion (as of 2017) | Nintendo | Wii | Simulation (Sports) Exergaming | |
| CrossFire | 2007 | est. $12 billion (as of 2019) |
|
Smilegate Tencent |
PC | Shooter (FPS) Tactical shooter |
| FIFA | 1993 | est. $11.479 billion (as of 2019) |
|
Electronic Arts | Sega Mega Drive | Sports (Association football) |
| Warcraft | 1994 | est. $11.026 billion (as of 2018) |
|
Blizzard Entertainment | PC | Strategy (RTS) |
| Street Fighter II | 1991 | est. $10.61 billion (as of 2017) |
|
Capcom | Arcade | Fighting (2D fighting) |
| Lineage | 1998 | est. $10.339 billion (as of 2020) |
|
NCSoft | PC Mac |
RPG (MMORPG) |
| League of Legends (LoL) |
2009 | est. $10.098 billion (as of 2019) |
|
Riot Games (Tencent) | PC Mac |
Strategy (MOBA) |
At least $5 billion[edit]
| Franchise | Year of inception | Lifetime revenue | Revenue breakdown (est.) | Franchise owner(s) | Original platform(s) | Original genre(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Theft Auto (GTA) |
1997 | est. $9.986 billion (as of 2019) |
|
Rockstar Games | PC | Action-adventure |
| Monster Strike | 2013 | est. $7.2 billion (as of 2019) |
|
Mixi | Mobile | Puzzle (Physics) JRPG |
| Puzzle & Dragons | 2012 | est. $7 billion (as of 2019) |
|
GungHo Online Entertainment | Mobile | Puzzle (Tile-matching) JRPG |
| Candy Crush | 2012 | est. $7.768 billion (as of 2020) |
|
King | Browser | Puzzle (Tile-matching) |
| Honor of Kings (Arena of Valor) |
2015 | est. $7.594 billion (as of 2020) |
|
Tencent Games | Mobile | Strategy (MOBA) |
| Clash of Clans | 2012 | est. $7 billion (as of 2020)[45] | Supercell (Tencent) | Mobile | Strategy | |
| Westward Journey | 2001 | est. $6.524 billion (as of 2018) |
|
NetEase | PC | RPG (MMORPG) |
| Dragon Quest (mobile/arcade games) |
2007 | est. $1.051 billion (as of 2019) |
|
Square Enix | Arcade | RPG (JRPG) |
| Sonic the Hedgehog | 1991 | est. $5 billion (as of 2019) |
|
Sega | Sega Mega Drive | Platformer (2D platformer) |
| Star Wars | 1982 | est. $5 billion (as of 2020) |
|
Lucasfilm LucasArts |
Atari 2600 | Shooter (Shoot 'em up) |
| PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) |
2017 | est. $5.914 billion (as of 2020) |
|
Bluehole Tencent |
PC | Battle royale |
| Donkey Kong | 1981 | est. $4.445 billion (as of 2019) |
|
Nintendo | Arcade | Platformer (2D platformer) |
| Madden NFL | 1988 | $4 billion (as of 2013)[57] | Electronic Arts | Apple II | Sports (American football) | |
| The Sims | 2000 | $4 billion (as of 2019)[58] |
|
Electronic Arts | PC | Simulation (Life simulation) |
| Halo | 2001 | est. $5 billion (as of 2015) (including console bundles)[60] |
Microsoft | Xbox | Shooter (FPS) |
At least $2 billion[edit]
| Franchise | Year of inception | Lifetime revenue | Revenue breakdown (est.) | Franchise owner(s) | Original platform(s) | Original genre(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortnite | 2017 | est. $4.582 billion (as of 2020) |
|
Epic Games | PS4 Xbox One PC |
Battle royale |
| Need for Speed (NFS) | 1994 | $4 billion (as of 2014)[63] | Electronic Arts | 3DO | Racing (Arcade) | |
| Gran Turismo | 1997 | $4 billion (as of 2017)[64] | Sony Interactive Entertainment | PlayStation | Racing (Simulation) | |
| Assassin's Creed | 2007 | $4 billion (as of 2016)[65] | Ubisoft | PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 |
Action-adventure (Stealth) | |
| Skylanders | 2011 | est. $3.5 billion (as of 2017)[66] (including all media) |
Activision | Wii | Platformer (3D platformer) | |
| Clash Royale | 2016 | est. $3 billion (as of 2020)[45] | Supercell (Tencent) | Mobile | Strategy (RTS) | |
| MapleStory | 2003 | est. $2.981 billion (as of 2018) |
|
Wizet Nexon |
PC | RPG (MMORPG) |
| Overwatch | 2016 | est. $2.557 billion (as of 2020) |
|
Blizzard Entertainment | PS4 / Xbox One / PC | Shooter (FPS) |
| Fate | 2004 | est. $2.031 billion (as of 2020) |
|
Type-Moon Aniplex (Sony Music Entertainment Japan) |
PC | Adventure (Visual novel) |
| Tom Clancy's | 1987 | est. $2.029 billion (as of 2019) |
|
Ubisoft | Wii | Action |
| NBA Jam | 1993 | $2 billion (as of 2010)[75] | Midway Games | Arcade | Sports (Basketball) | |
| Lego | 1995 | $2 billion (as of 2014)[76] | The Lego Group | Sega Pico | Educational | |
| Guitar Hero | 2005 | $2 billion (as of 2010)[77] | Activision | PlayStation 2 | Music (Rhythm) | |
| Watch Dogs | 2014 | $2 billion (as of 2020)[78] | Ubisoft | Multi-platform | Action-adventure |
At least $1 billion[edit]
| Franchise | Year of inception | Lifetime revenue | Revenue breakdown (est.) | Franchise owner(s) | Original platform(s) | Original genre(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One Piece | 2000 | est. $1.707 billion (as of 2019) |
|
Bandai Namco Entertainment | WonderSwan | Strategy RPG (Turn-based) |
| Black Desert Online | 2015 | $1.7 billion (as of 2020)[86] | Kakao Games | PC | RPG (MMORPG) | |
| Final Fantasy (online games) |
2002 | est. $1.655 billion (as of 2019) |
|
Square Enix | NES | RPG (JRPG) |
| Spider-Man | 1982 | est. $1.65 billion (as of 2018) |
|
Marvel Entertainment Sony |
Atari 2600 | Action |
| Mortal Kombat | 1992 | est. $1.624 billion (as of 2006) |
|
Warner Bros. Interactive | Arcade | Fighting (2D fighting) |
| Harry Potter | 2001 | est. $1.555 billion (as of 2018) |
|
Electronic Arts Warner Bros. Interactive |
Game Boy PlayStation PC |
Action-adventure |
| Disney Tsum Tsum | 2014 | $1.5 billion (as of 2019)[99] | Line Corporation The Walt Disney Company |
Mobile | Puzzle | |
| Fallout | 1997 | est. $1.45 billion (as of 2019) |
|
ZeniMax Media | PC | RPG (Turn-based) |
| The Legend of Zelda (Zelda no Densetsu) |
1986 | est. $1.407 billion (as of 2019) |
|
Nintendo | Famicom Disk System | Action-adventure |
| Resident Evil (Biohazard) |
1996 | est. $1.4 billion (as of 2011)[105] | Capcom | PlayStation | Action-adventure (Survival horror) | |
| Red Dead | 2004 | est. $1.4 billion (as of 2020) |
|
Rockstar Games | PlayStation 2 / Xbox | Action-adventure |
| The Elder Scrolls | 1994 | est. $1.391 billion (as of 2020) |
|
ZeniMax Media | PC | RPG (Action RPG) |
| Counter-Strike | 2000 | est. $1.233 billion (as of 2018) | Valve | PS3 / Xbox 360 / PC | Shooter (FPS) | |
| Power Pros (Pro Yakyū) | 1994 | est. $1.159 billion (as of 2019) |
|
Konami | Super Famicom | Sports (Baseball) |
| Dota | 2003 | est. $1.035 billion (as of 2019) | Valve | PC | Strategy (MOBA) | |
| Angry Birds | 2009 | est. $1.001 billion (as of 2019) (including films) |
|
Rovio Entertainment | Mobile | Puzzle (Physics) |
| Defender | 1981 | $1 billion (as of 2001)[116] | Williams Electronics | Arcade | Shooter (Shoot 'em up) | |
| Tomb Raider | 1996 | $1 billion (as of 2012)[117] | Square Enix | Sega Saturn | Platformer (Puzzle-platform) Action-adventure | |
| Diablo | 1996 | $1 billion (as of 2017)[29] | Blizzard Entertainment | PC | RPG (Action RPG) | |
| StarCraft | 1998 | $1 billion (as of 2017)[29] | Blizzard Entertainment | PC | Strategy (RTS) | |
| RuneScape | 2001 | $1 billion (as of 2018)[118] | Jagex | PC | Massively multiplayer online role-playing game | |
| Forza | 2005 | $1 billion (as of 2017)[119] | Microsoft Studios | Xbox | Racing (Simulation) | |
| Gears of War | 2006 | $1 billion (as of 2011)[120] | Microsoft Studios | Xbox 360 | Shooter (TPS) | |
| Uncharted | 2007 | $1 billion (as of 2016)[121] | Sony | PlayStation 3 | Action-adventure Shooter (TPS) | |
| Borderlands | 2009 | $1 billion (as of 2019)[122] | 2K Games | PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 |
RPG (Action RPG) Shooter (FPS) | |
| Bubble Witch | 2011 | $1 billion (as of 2017)[29] | King | Browser / Facebook | Puzzle | |
| Pet Rescue | 2012 | $1 billion (as of 2017)[29] | King | Puzzle | ||
| Farm Heroes | 2013 | $1 billion (as of 2017)[29] | King | Mobile | Puzzle | |
| Destiny | 2014 | $1 billion (as of 2017)[29] | Bungie | PlayStation / Xbox | Shooter (FPS) | |
| Heroes of the Storm | 2015 | $1 billion (as of 2017)[29] | Blizzard Entertainment | PC / Mac | Strategy (MOBA) | |
| Garena Free Fire | 2017 | $1 billion (as of 2019)[123] | Garena | Mobile | Battle royale | |
| Duke Nukem | 1991 | $1 billion (as of 2001)[124] | 3D Realms | MS-DOS | Platformer |
See also[edit]
- List of best-selling video game franchises
- List of highest-grossing media franchises
- List of highest-grossing mobile games
- List of most-played video games by player count
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Call of Duty (2017–2018)
- Call of Duty: WWII (2017) – $1 billion[2]
- Black Ops 4 (2018) – $1 billion[3]
- ↑ $8.7 billion up until 2016.[6] $1.6 billion in 2017.[7]
- ↑ Super Mario series:
- As of 2002[update] – $7 billion[10]
- Virtual Console digital sales – $15 million ($13.9 million in 2009,[11] $1.1 million in 2011)[12]
- Super Mario Run – $94 million[13]
- ↑ Mario Kart series:
- Mario Kart Wii (Wii) – $1.4 billion (up until October 2013)[14]
- Mario Kart Tour (2019) – $86 million[15]
- ↑ Other Mario games:
- Donkey Kong (1981) – $4.4 billion[16]
- United States retail sales between 2003 and 2006 – $99 million
- Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour – $26 million[17]
- Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga – $30 million[18]
- Mario Party 4 – $43 million[17]
- Dr. Mario World (2019) – $4.8 million[15]
- ↑ Other Pac-Man game sales in the United States:
- Pac-Mania (Arcade) – $2.82 million[21]
- Microsoft Return of Arcade (PC) – $9.5 million[22]
- Pac-Man Collection and Namco Museum (GBA) – $62 million[18]
- Pac-Man World 2 (PS2) – $23 million[17]
- ↑ $1.1 billion in 2016.[24] $1.4 billion in 2017.[7]
- ↑ $1.3 billion in 2018.[4] $1.4 billion in 2019.[9]
- ↑ $145 million digital revenue in 2014.[26] $1.876 billion revenue in 2016.[27] $896 million in 2017.[7]
- ↑ $1.272 billion in 2018.[4] $1.29 billion in 2019.[9]
- ↑ $9.23 billion up until 2017.[19] $161 million in August 2018.[28]
- ↑ Hearthstone:
- ↑ See Lineage (series) § Revenue
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.8 See List of highest-grossing mobile games § List
- ↑ $200 million as of 2012[update].[32] $624 million in 2013.[33] $946 million in 2014.[34] $1.628 billion in 2015.[35] $1.7 billion in 2016.[36]
- ↑ $2.1 billion in 2017.[7] $1.4 billion in 2018.[4]
- ↑ Grand Theft Auto franchise revenue up until 2009:
- ↑ Grand Theft Auto franchise revenue between 2012 and 2018:
- ↑ Other Candy Crush games:
- Candy Crush Friends Saga – $200 million[43]
- Candy Crush Jelly Saga – $158 million
- ↑ $3.9 billion up until 2015.[16] Westward Journey Online II grossed $95 million during January–April 2016.[46]
- ↑ Fantasy Westward Journey mobile game grossed over $800 million in China by 2016,[47] $1.5 billion worldwide in 2017,[7] and $229 million during June–October 2018.[48]
- ↑ Dragon Quest mobile game revenue in Japan during 2017–2019 – ¥107.45 billion ($967.15 million)
- ↑ See Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road § Reception.
- ↑ Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road revenue:
- Arcade sales during 2007–2008 – $78.2 million[lower-alpha 23]
- ↑ $3 billion up until July 2015.[53] $1 billion during August–December 2015.[54]
- ↑ PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds premium digital sales on PC and consoles during 2018–2019:
- ↑ Fortnite (2017–2018)
- ↑ $326 million in 2013.[68] $240 million in 2014.[34] $253 million in 2015.[35] $83 million in 2016.[46] $279 million in 2017.[7]
- ↑ MapleStory PC revenue:
- 2003–2011 – $1.8 billion[67]
- 2013–2017 – $1.181 billion[lower-alpha 28]
- ↑ Overwatch reached 30 million players as of the first quarter of 2017,[70] and gained 20 million players from Q1 2017 to Q3 2019.[71] Overwatch costs about $40 per copy.
- ↑ Overwatch League sold 12 teams for $20m each, 8 teams for $50m each, a $90 million, two-year Twitch deal, and its two-year deals with HP Omen and Intel are worth $17 million and $10 million. Sponsorship deals are incomplete.
- ↑ One Piece video game revenue:
- Between 2008 and March 2012 – ¥31,500,000,000 ($394,786,314)
- Bandai Namco's One Piece video game revenue between April 2012 and December 2018 – $1.312 billion
- ↑ Final Fantasy spin-off sales:
- Final Fantasy mobile game revenue in Japan during 2017 – ¥28.8 billion[49] ($259 million)
- Final Fantasy mobile game revenue in Japan (excluding A New Empire) during 2018 – ¥21.93 billion ($197 million)[50]
- Final Fantasy Brave Exvius English revenue during April 2018 and June–October 2018 – $31 million (including $9 million on the App Store,[89] and $22 million on Google Play)[90]
- Final Fantasy mobile game revenue in Japan (excluding A New Empire) during 2019 – ¥10.6 billion ($95 million)[51]
- ↑ Fallout spin-offs:
- New Vegas – $300 million[102]
- Fallout Shelter – $100 million[103]
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda Virtual Console digital sales:
- Wii Virtual Console (2009) – $4.4 million[11]
- Link's Awakening (3DS) – $2.3 million (2011)[12]
- ↑ Angry Birds 2 grossed $332.5 million.[113] Angry Birds Evolution grossed over $30 million.[114]
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