List of best-selling Dreamcast games explained

This is a list of video games for the Dreamcast video game console that have sold or shipped at least 250,000 copies or more. Sega launched the Dreamcast in Japan on November 27, 1998, in North America on September 9, 1999, and in Europe on October 14, 1999. In North America, first day sales for the console reached $100 million dollars.

On January 31, 2001, Sega announced that they would be transitioning to third-party developers and publishing games for Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft's consoles, while the Dreamcast was discontinued on March 31, 2001.

According to PC Data, the top ten best-selling Dreamcast Games in 2000 were, in order: NFL 2K1, Crazy Taxi, NBA 2K1, Shenmue, , NHL 2K, World Series Baseball 2K1, Sonic Adventure, NBA 2K and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2. At 2.5 million copies, Sonic Adventure is the best-selling Dreamcast game.

According to GamePro, the Dreamcast's game library was celebrated. In January 2000, Electronic Gaming Monthly wrote that "with triple-A stuff like Soul Calibur, NBA 2K, and soon Crazy Taxi to kick around, we figure you're happy you took the 128-bit plunge". In a retrospective, PC Magazine referred to Dreamcast's "killer library" and said that Sega's creative influence and visual innovation had been at its peak.

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Sonic AdventureSonic TeamSegaDecember 23, 19982.5 millionAction-adventure
ShenmueSega AM2SegaDecember 29, 19991.2 millionAction-adventure
Capcom Production Studio 4CapcomFebruary 3, 20001.14 millionSurvival horror
NFL 2KVisual ConceptsSegaSeptember 7, 20001.13 millionSports
Crazy TaxiHitmakerSegaJanuary 27, 20001.11 millionStreet racing
NFL 2K1Visual ConceptsSegaSeptember 7, 20001.01 millionSports
SoulcaliburProject SoulNamcoAugust 5, 19991 millionFighting
NBA 2K1Visual ConceptsSegaOctober 31, 2000504,000Sports
Sonic Adventure 2Sonic TeamSegaJune 19, 2001500,000Platform, action adventure
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SegaJuly 29, 1999399,342Simulation
NHL 2KBlack Box GamesSegaFebruary 9, 2000348,000Sports
World Series Baseball 2K1Wow EntertainmentSegaJuly 20, 2000347,000Sports
NBA 2KVisual ConceptsSegaNovember 11, 1999311,000Sports
Virtua Fighter 3tbSega AM2SegaNovember 27, 1998308,707Fighting
Sakura Wars 3: Is Paris Burning?Red EntertainmentSegaMarch 22, 2001304,135Cross-genre
Sega Rally 2Sega AM AnnexSegaJanuary 28, 1999290,000Racing
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2NeversoftActivisionSeptember 19, 2000286,000Sports
Red EntertainmentSegaMarch 21, 2002257,386Cross-genre

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