List of best-selling Xbox 360 video games explained

This is a list of video games for the Xbox 360 video game console that have sold or shipped at least one million copies. The best-selling Xbox 360 game is Kinect Adventures!, which was bundled with the Kinect accessory, selling 24 million units.

As of December 2009, over 353.8million total copies of games had been sold for the Xbox 360.[1]

List

GameCopies soldRelease dateGenre(s)Developer(s)Publisher(s)
Kinect Adventures!million[2] Good Science StudioMicrosoft Game Studios
Grand Theft Auto VmillionAction-adventureRockstar NorthRockstar Games
million[3] 4J StudiosMicrosoft Studios
million[4] First-person shooterActivision
million[5] First-person shooterTreyarchActivision
Halo 3million[6] First-person shooterBungieMicrosoft Game Studios
millionFirst-person shooterTreyarchActivision
millionAction role-playingBethesda Game StudiosBethesda Softworks
millionFirst-person shooterInfinity WardActivision
Grand Theft Auto IVmillionAction-adventureRockstar NorthRockstar Games
million[7] First-person shooterInfinity WardActivision
millionFirst-person shooterBungieMicrosoft Game Studios
Halo 4million
First-person shooter343 IndustriesMicrosoft Studios
Gears of Warmillion[8] Third-person shooterEpic GamesMicrosoft Game Studios
Gears of War 2million[9] Third-person shooterEpic GamesMicrosoft Game Studios
million[10] Action-adventureRocksteady StudiosWarner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
millionFirst-person shooterInfinity WardActivision
Fable IImillion[11] Action role-playingLionhead StudiosMicrosoft Game Studios
million[12] Action-adventureRocksteady StudiosSquare Enix
millionFirst-person shooterTreyarchActivision
Sneak KingmillionStealth-action, advergameBlitz Games StudiosKing Games
Gears of War 3million[13] [14] Third-person shooterEpic GamesMicrosoft Studios
million[15] First-person shooterBungieMicrosoft Game Studios
Kinect Sportsmillion[16] SportsRareMicrosoft Game Studios
Battlefield 3million
First-person shooterEA DICEElectronic Arts
Forza Motorsport 2millionRacingTurn 10 StudiosMicrosoft Game Studios
Assassin's CreedmillionUbisoft MontrealUbisoft
Dance CentralmillionHarmonixMTV Games
million[17] Action-adventureTraveller's TalesLucasArts
millionAction role-playingRaven Software
Unomillion[18] Card gameCarbonated GamesMicrosoft Game Studios
Final Fantasy XIIImillion[19] Role-playingSquare Enix 1st Production DepartmentSquare Enix
Forza Motorsport 3million[20] RacingTurn 10 StudiosMicrosoft Game Studios
Guitar Hero IImillion[21] HarmonixActivision
Saints Rowmillion[22] Action-adventureVolitionTHQ
Trials HDmillion[23] RedLynxMicrosoft Game Studios
Assassin's Creed IImillionUbisoft MontrealUbisoft
millionAction role-playingBethesda Game Studios
Madden NFL 09millionSportsEA TiburonEA Sports
Red Dead RedemptionmillionAction-adventureRockstar San DiegoRockstar Games
Dead RisingmillionCapcom Production Studio 1Capcom
Rock BandmillionHarmonixMTV Games
Madden NFL 07millionSportsEA TiburonEA Sports
millionNeversoftActivision
million[24] Third-person shooterCapcomCapcom
Mass Effectmillion[25] Action role-playingBioWareMicrosoft Game Studios
Mass Effect 2million[26] BioWareElectronic Arts
millionUbisoft MontrealUbisoft
Call of Duty 3millionFirst-person shooterTreyarchActivision
Fallout 3millionAction role-playingBethesda Game StudiosBethesda Softworks
Madden NFL 08millionSportsEA TiburonEA Sports
BioShockmillion[27] First-person shooter2K Games
Crackdownmillion[28] Action-adventureRealtime WorldsMicrosoft Game Studios
Perfect Dark Zeromillion[29] RareMicrosoft Game Studios
Resident Evil 5millionThird-person shooterCapcomCapcom
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced WarfightermillionTactical shooterUbisoft
Call of Duty 2million[30] First-person shooterInfinity WardActivision
Fight Night Round 3millionSportsEA ChicagoEA Sports
UFC 2009 UndisputedmillionSportsYuke'sTHQ
Guitar Hero World TourmillionNeversoftActivision
millionLucasArtsLucasArts
millionUbisoft MontrealUbisoft
millionFirst-person shooterEA DICEElectronic Arts
Rock Band 2millionHarmonixMTV Games
Dead or Alive 4million[31] FightingTeam NinjaTecmo
Halo Warsmillion[32] Real-time strategyEnsemble StudiosMicrosoft Game Studios
Left 4 Deadmillion[33] Valve SouthValve
Ninja Gaiden IImillion[34] Team NinjaMicrosoft
The Orange Boxmillion[35] ValveValve
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2million[36] Tactical shooterUbisoft
Viva Piñatamillion[37] Life simulationRareMicrosoft Game Studios
Trials Evolutionmillion[38] RacingRedLynxMicrosoft Studios

See also

Notes and References

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  3. 4JStudios . 1074956995567017985 . TU73 (the final update) for Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition will be out later today, adding The Nightmare Before Christmas Mash-up Pack. It's been a long journey since TU1 on May 9, 2012! Thank you to the more than 21 million #MinecraftX360 players for your support over the years :) . 4J Studios . December 18, 2018 . October 10, 2021.
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  34. Web site: Ninja Gaiden II skewers 1M . . 2008-08-28 . 2008-08-29 . Tor . Thorsen . 2009-09-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090927093641/http://www.gamespot.com/news/6196971.html . live .
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