Evolution of Best-selling video games (1981-2018)

Frogger - 20 million sold (1981) 

Pac-Man - 7 million sold (1982)

Duck Hunt 28.30 million sold (1984) 

Super Mario Bros - 43.17 million sold (1985)

The Legend of Zelda - 6.51 million sold (1986)  

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link - 4.38 million sold (1987) 

Super Mario Bros. 3 - 18 million sold (1988)  

Tetris - 170 million sold (1989) 

Super Mario World - 20.97 million sold (1990) 

Sonic the Hedgehog - 23.98 million sold (1991)

Super Mario Kart - 8.76 million sold (1992) 

Super Mario All-Stars - 10.55 million sold (1993) 

Donkey Kong Country - 9.30 million sold (1994)  

Donkey Kong Country 2 - 5.15 million sold (1995)

Pokémon Red and Blue - 45 million sold (1996)

Final Fantasy VII - 11 million sold (1997)  

StarCraft - 11 million sold (1998)  

Pokémon Gold and Silver - 23.10 million sold (1999)  

The Sims - 16 million sold (2000) 

Grand Theft Auto III - 17.50 million sold (2001) 

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - 20 million sold (2002) 

Mario Kart: Double Dash - 7 million sold (2003) 

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - 27.50 million sold (2004) 

Nintendogs - 23.96 million sold (2005) 

Wii Sports - 82.86 million sold (2006) 

Wii Fit - 43.80 million sold (2007)

Mario Kart Wii - 37.14 million sold (2008)  

Wii Sports Resort - 33 million sold (2009) 

Call of Duty: Black Ops - 26.20 million sold (2010) 

Minecraft - 154 million sold (2011)

Diablo III - 30 million sold (2012)  

Grand Theft Auto V - 100 million sold (2013)

Mario Kart 8 - 23.44 million sold (2014) 

Fallout 4 - 17 million sold (2015) 

Pokémon Sun and Moon - 24.42 million sold (2016)

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds - 50 million sold (2017)  

Red Dead Redemption 2 - 23 million sold (2018)