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A list of best-selling video games of 2018, in terms of both software sales figures and gross revenue figures.
Best-selling games[]
- See also: List of best-selling video games
Rank | Title | Sales (million units) | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Red Dead Redemption 2 | 23 | [1] |
2 | Monster Hunter World | 13.3 | [2] |
3 | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 12.08 | [3] |
4 | Pokémon: Let's Go | 10 | [3] |
5 | Spider-Man | 9 | [4] |
6 | Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 | 8.3 | [5] |
7 | Super Mario Party | 5.3 | [3][6] |
8 | Far Cry 5 | 5 | [7] |
God of War | 5 | [8] | |
Hitman 2 | 5 | [9] | |
Subnautica | 5 | ||
12 | DayZ | 4 | [10] |
13 | Dragon Ball FighterZ | 3.5 | [11] |
14 | Mario Tennis Aces | 2.53 | [3] |
15 | FIFA 19 | 2.5 | [12] |
16 | Kirby Star Allies | 2.42 | [3] |
17 | Sea of Thieves | 2 | [13] |
Rust | 2 | [9] | |
The Forest | 2 | [9] | |
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 | 2 | [9] | |
DayZ | 2 | [9] | |
Scroll of Taiwu | 2 | [9] | |
23 | Kirby: Star Allies | 1.26 | [3] |
24 | Octopath Traveler | 1 | [6] |
A Way Out | 1 | [14] | |
Dead Cells | 1 | [9] | |
RimWorld | 1 | [9] | |
Frostpunk | 1 | [9] | |
Kingdom Come: Deliverance | 1 | [9] | |
Artifact | 1 | [9] | |
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1 | [9] | |
Scum | 1 | [9] |
Highest-grossing games[]
- See also: List of highest-grossing video games
Regional charts[]
United States[]
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
- NBA 2K19
- Madden NFL 19
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
- Marvel’s Spider-Man
- Far Cry 5
- God of War
- Monster Hunter: World
- Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
United Kingdom[]
These are retail game sales for the United Kingdom by units for 2018 based on data from GfK and UKIE[44]
Rank | Title | Sales |
---|---|---|
1 | FIFA 19 | 1,889,401 |
2 | Red Dead Redemption 2 | 1,757,212 |
3 | Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 | 1,172,855 |
4 | Marvel's Spider-Man | 676,621 |
5 | Mario Kart 8: Deluxe | 458,675 |
6 | Far Cry 5 | 434,133 |
7 | Crash Bandicoot N-Sane Trilogy | 430,551 |
8 | God of War (2018) | 399,395 |
9 | Forza Horizon 4 | 392,960 |
10 | FIFA 18 | 351,788 |
Germany[]
These are the best selling games in Germany for 2018 according to BIU with data from GfK[45]
- FIFA 19
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- Far Cry 5
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
- Marvel's Spider-Man
- Super Mario Party
- God of War (2018)
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Super Mario Odyssey
Japan[]
Media Create Top 500 selling games 2018
These are the top retail games in Japan for 2018 according to data from Media Create.
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Switch)
- Monster Hunter World (Playstation 4)
- Splatoon 2 (Switch)
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch)
- Super Mario Party (Switch)
- Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu! (Switch)
- Kirby: Star Allies (Switch)
- Pokemon: Let's Go, Eevee! (Switch)
- Super Mario Odyssey (Switch)
- Minecraft (Switch)
See also[]
Notes[]
References[]
- ↑ https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianmazique/2019/02/06/red-dead-redemption-2-sold-more-than-23-million-copies-so-how-did-take-twos-stock-price-drop/
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Monster Hunter
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/index.html
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2019/01/spider-man_ps4_has_sold_more_than_9_million_copies_worldwide_says_sony
- ↑ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-18/activision-slips-as-call-of-duty-launch-sales-may-disappoint
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Nintendo Co., Ltd. (31 October 2018). Six Months Financial Results Briefing for Fiscal Year Ended March 2019. Nintendo. Retrieved on 31 October 2018.
- ↑ https://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/04/06/far-cry-5-sells-5-million-copies-ps4-pc-xbox/
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Arif, Shabana (May 25, 2018). God of War Sales Top 5 Million in the First Month. IGN.
- ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 9.14 9.15 https://steamspy.com/year/2018
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-11-16-dayz-reaches-4-million-units-sold
- ↑ https://gematsu.com/2018/10/dragon-ball-fighterz-shipments-and-digital-sales-top-3-5-million
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Pokémon
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2018/03/28/microsoft-touts-sea-of-thieves-sales.aspx
- ↑ http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2018/04/13/a-way-out-sales-cross-a-million-units/
- ↑ 15.00 15.01 15.02 15.03 15.04 15.05 15.06 15.07 15.08 15.09 15.10 15.11 15.12 15.13 https://www.superdataresearch.com/market-data/market-brief-year-in-review/
- ↑ https://sensortower.com/blog/honor-of-kings-revenue-2018
- ↑ 17.00 17.01 17.02 17.03 17.04 17.05 17.06 17.07 17.08 17.09 17.10 17.11 17.12 17.13 17.14 17.15 17.16 http://game-i.daa.jp/?2018%E5%B9%B4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%97%E3%83%AA%E5%8F%8E%E7%9B%8A%E4%BA%88%E6%B8%AC
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 http://jp.mobileindex.com/report/report_view.asp?s=55
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Lineage
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 https://sensortower.com/blog/fortnite-mobile-revenue-2018
- ↑ https://www.foxsportsasia.com/esports/callofduty/982991/call-of-duty-black-ops-4-makes-over-1-billion-in-under-a-month-to-become-best-selling-game-of-2018/
- ↑ https://news.yahoo.com/red-dead-redemption-2-now-195425033.html
- ↑ Monster Hunter: World – Global Game Business Summit Presentation (TGS2018) (September 21, 2018). Retrieved on September 23, 2018.
- ↑ https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=34864
- ↑ https://www.smythstoys.com/ie/en-ie/video-games-and-tablets/xbox-one/xbox-one-games/monster-hunter-world-xbox-one/p/161355
- ↑ http://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A=54.99&C1=EUR&C2=USD&MA=1&DD1=01&MM1=01&YYYY1=2018&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=31&MM2=03&YYYY2=2018
- ↑ https://www.bullring.co.uk/shoponline/product/ae0f761fad36/monster-hunter-world-xbox-game
- ↑ http://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A=54.99&C1=GBP&C2=USD&MA=1&DD1=01&MM1=02&YYYY1=2018&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=31&MM2=03&YYYY2=2018
- ↑ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/monster-hunter-world/bng91pt95lqn
- ↑ https://sensortower.com/blog/knives-out-revenue-2018
- ↑ https://smashbros.nintendo.com/buy/
- ↑ http://jp.mobileindex.com/report/report_view.asp?s=68
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 https://sensortower.com/blog/supercell-revenue-2018
- ↑ Blumenthal, Eli (September 20, 2018). Marvel's 'Spider-Man' for PlayStation 4 swings to a record-breaking opening. USA Today. Retrieved on September 20, 2018.
- ↑ https://www.gamespot.com/articles/heres-how-much-money-candy-crush-makes-compared-to/1100-6464305/
- ↑ https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-12-17-gamesindustry-biz-presents-the-year-in-numbers-2018
- ↑ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ubisofts-far-cry-5-first-week-sales-top-310-million-1112816
- ↑ Dragon Ball
- ↑ https://sensortower.com/news-feed/battle-royale-title-free-fire-from-garena-nets-its-first-10-million-on-ios/5c04aa2d7193b65bb50ef3a9
- ↑ https://sensortower.com/android/US/garena-international-i-private-limited/app/garena-free-fire-winterlands/com.dts.freefireth/overview
- ↑ https://sensortower.com/blog/nintendo-mobile-revenue-2018
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/SWGalaxyOfHeroes/comments/ae5p8x/estimated_swgoh_sales_for_2018_152_million/
- ↑ https://steamspy.com/app/221100
- ↑ https://www.gamesindustry.biz/uk-video-games-market-is-now-80-percent-digital
- ↑ VGChartz rehosting the table from the BIU
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