Half of the past decade’s top 20 US games were Call of Duty

Activision and Rockstar games dominate the best-seller rankings

Half of the past decade’s top 20 US games were Call of Duty

US market research firm the NPD Group has revealed the best-selling games of 2019 and the 2010s.

The data includes physical and digital sales where available and the rankings are based on dollar rather than unit sales.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare takes the top place on the 2019 list, while 10 of the 20 top-selling games of the last decade were from Activision’s shooter series.

Rockstar titles Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption II feature on both the 2019 and 2010s charts. GTA V, released in 2013, was the decade’s best-seller ahead of Call of Duty: Black Ops and Call of Duty: Black Ops II.

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said in November 2019 that Rockstar’s blockbuster game has shipped over 115 million units worldwide.

Mario Kart 8 and Minecraft also feature on both NPD lists, while three DICE games (Battlefield 1, Battlefield 4 and Star Wars Battlefront) make the top 20 games of the decade.

Best-selling games of 2019

  1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
  2. NBA 2K20
  3. Madden NFL 20
  4. Borderlands 3
  5. Mortal Kombat 11
  6. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
  7. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
  8. Kingdom Hearts III
  9. Tom Clancy’s The Division 2
  10. Mario Kart 8
  11. Grand Theft Auto V
  12. Red Dead Redemption II
  13. Minecraft
  14. FIFA 20
  15. Anthem
  16. Pokémon Sword
  17. Resident Evil 2 2019
  18. Luigi’s Mansion 3
  19. Days Gone
  20. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
Half of the past decade’s top 20 US games were Call of Duty
Grand Theft Auto V has shipped over 115 million units

Best-selling games of the 2010s

  1. Grand Theft Auto V
  2. Call of Duty: Black Ops
  3. Call of Duty: Black Ops II
  4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
  5. Call of Duty: Black Ops III
  6. Call of Duty: Ghosts
  7. Red Dead Redemption II
  8. Call of Duty: WWII
  9. Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
  10. Minecraft
  11. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
  12. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019
  13. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
  14. Mario Kart 8
  15. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
  16. Battlefield 1
  17. Battlefield 4
  18. Destiny
  19. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
  20. Star Wars Battlefront 2015

FIFA 20, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe were the best-selling boxed console games of 2019 in the UK, where Grand Theft Auto V, Call of Duty: Black Ops and Minecraft were the best-selling games of the decade.

FIFA 20 was also the best-selling boxed game in Europe in 2019 ahead of Modern Warfare and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

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