List of best-selling Nintendo Switch video games explained

This is a list of video games for the Nintendo Switch video game console that have sold or shipped at least one million copies. As Nintendo shares the sales of their video games every quarter while most other publishers do not share sales figures per console, this list consists mostly of Nintendo-published titles.

Nintendo Switch, a hybrid home console and handheld device, launched worldwide on March 3, 2017. By the end of 2017, it had outsold the lifetime sales of Wii U, its home console predecessor.^[1] In September 2019, Nintendo launched the Nintendo Switch Lite, a handheld-only version of the system. By the end of 2020, total Nintendo Switch family units had outsold the lifetime sales of the Nintendo 3DS, its handheld console predecessor, by selling nearly 80 million units.^[2] As of June 30, 2024, 143.42 million Nintendo Switch consoles had been shipped, with over 1.26 billion copies of games having been shipped for the platform.^[3] The three best-selling games on the platform have been Mario Kart 8 Deluxe at 62.90 million units sold, at 45.85 million units, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate at 34.66 million units.^[4] The three best-selling franchises on the platform have been Mario at 237.56 million units sold, Pokémon at 102.87 million units, and The Legend of Zelda at 67.46 million units. Other major selling franchises include Splatoon which sold 25.56 million units and Kirby which sold 13.36 million units.

List

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Copies sold	As of	Release date	Genre(s)	Developer(s)	Publisher(s)
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	million			Kart racing	Nintendo EPD	Nintendo
	million			Social simulation	Nintendo EPD	Nintendo
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate	million			Fighting		Nintendo
	million			Action-adventure	Nintendo EPD	Nintendo
Super Mario Odyssey	million			Platformer	Nintendo EPD	Nintendo
Pokémon Sword and Shield	million			Role-playing	Game Freak
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet	million			Role-playing	Game Freak
Super Mario Party	million			Party	NDcube	Nintendo
	million			Action-adventure	Nintendo EPD	Nintendo
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe	million			Platformer	Nintendo EPD	Nintendo
Ring Fit Adventure	million^[5]				Nintendo EPD	Nintendo
Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!	million^[6]			Role-playing	Game Freak
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl	million^[7]			Role-playing	ILCA
	million			Action role-playing	Game Freak
Luigi's Mansion 3	million^[8]			Action-adventure	Next Level Games	Nintendo
Splatoon 2	million			Third-person shooter	Nintendo EPD	Nintendo
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury	million			Platformer	Nintendo EPD	Nintendo
Super Mario Bros. Wonder	million			Platformer	Nintendo EPD	Nintendo
Nintendo Switch Sports	million			Sports	Nintendo EPD	Nintendo
Mario Party Superstars	million			Party	NDcube	Nintendo
Splatoon 3	million			Third-person shooter	Nintendo EPD	Nintendo
Super Mario 3D All-Stars	million^[9]				Nintendo	Nintendo
Super Mario Maker 2	million				Nintendo EPD	Nintendo
Monster Hunter Rise	million			Action role-playing	Capcom	Capcom
Kirby and the Forgotten Land	million			Platformer	HAL Laboratory	Nintendo
Suika Game	million^[10]			Puzzle	Aladdin X	Aladdin X
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening	million			Action-adventure	Grezzo	Nintendo
Minecraft	million				Mojang
	million			Tabletop game	NDcube	Nintendo
	million			Platformer	Retro Studios	Nintendo
Mario Tennis Aces	million			Sports	Camelot Software Planning	Nintendo
Kirby Star Allies	million			Platformer	HAL Laboratory	Nintendo
	million			Action-adventure	Tantalus Media	Nintendo
	million			Tactical role-playing		Nintendo
	million^[11]			Hack and slash	Omega Force
	million^[12]			Board game	Konami
1-2-Switch	million			Party	Nintendo EPD	Nintendo
Pikmin 4	million			Real-time strategy	Nintendo EPD	Nintendo
	million				Intelligent Systems	Nintendo
Yoshi's Crafted World	million			Platformer	Good-Feel	Nintendo
Super Mario RPG	million				ArtePiazza	Nintendo
Among Us	million^[13]				Innersloth	Innersloth
Metroid Dread	million			Action-adventure		Nintendo
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope	million^[14]			Tactical role-playing
New Pokémon Snap	million			Photography	Bandai Namco Studios
Arms	million			Fighting	Nintendo EPD	Nintendo
Xenoblade Chronicles 2	million			Action role-playing	Monolith Soft	Nintendo
	million			Sports	Next Level Games	Nintendo
	million			Sports	Camelot Software Planning	Nintendo
Dragon Ball FighterZ	million			Fighting	Arc System Works	Bandai Namco Entertainment
Pikmin 3 Deluxe	million			Real-time strategy	Eighting	Nintendo
	million			Action puzzle	Nintendo EPD	Nintendo
	million			Rhythm	Bandai Namco Studios	Bandai Namco Entertainment
Octopath Traveler	million			Role-playing
	million^[15]			Puzzle-platform	No Brakes Games
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle<	-- Do not replace with the 10 or 7.5 million players figures; "number of players" and "copies sold" are not interchangeable. -->	million^[16]			Tactical role-playing
	million			Roguelike	Spike Chunsoft	Nintendo
	million			Puzzle	Nintendo EPD, indieszero	Nintendo
	million			Action role-playing	Monolith Soft	Nintendo
Xenoblade Chronicles 3	million			Action role-playing	Monolith Soft	Nintendo
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2	million			Fighting	Dimps	Bandai Namco Entertainment
Miitopia	million			Role-playing	Grezzo	Nintendo
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door	million^[17]			Role-playing	Intelligent Systems	Nintendo
	million				Velan Studios	Nintendo
Naruto Shippudden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Trilogy	million			Fighting	CyberConnect2	Bandai Namco Entertainment
Fire Emblem Engage	million			Tactical role-playing	Intelligent Systems	Nintendo
	million			Action role-playing	Team Ninja	Nintendo
Pokkén Tournament DX	million			Fighting	Bandai Namco Studios
Resident Evil: Revelations Collection	million^[18]			Survival horror	Capcom	Capcom
Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe	million			Platformer	HAL Laboratory	Nintendo
	million			Construction kit	Nintendo EPD	Nintendo
	million			Party		Nintendo
Astral Chain	million				PlatinumGames	Nintendo
	million				Good-Feel	Nintendo
Dr Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch	million			Puzzle	Nintendo EPD, indieszero	Nintendo
Bayonetta	million				PlatinumGames	Nintendo
Bayonetta 2	million				PlatinumGames	Nintendo
Luigi's Mansion 2 HD	million				Next Level Games	Nintendo
Dark Souls Remastered	million				FromSoftware	Bandai Namco Entertainment
Game Builder Garage	million			Programming	Nintendo EPD	Nintendo
Mario vs. Donkey Kong	million				Nintendo Software Technology	Nintendo
	million			Role-playing	Capcom	Capcom
Shin Megami Tensei V	million			Role-playing	Atlus
Metroid Prime Remastered	million			Action-adventure	Retro Studios	Nintendo
Bayonetta 3	million				PlatinumGames	Nintendo
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020	million			Sports	Sega	Sega
	million^[19]			Role-playing	Tose	Square Enix
Enter the Gungeon	million^[20]			Bullet hell	Dodge Roll	Devolver Digital
	million^[21]				Omega Force
Fitness Boxing	million^[22]				Imagineer
Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm and Exercise	million^[23]				Imagineer
Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru!	million^[24]			Board game	Konami
Resident Evil 6	million			Survival horror	Capcom	Capcom
	million^[25]				Marvelous	Xseed Games
Thief Simulator	million^[26]			Stealth	Noble Muffins	Forever Entertainment

Notes and References

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3. Web site: IR Information : Sales Data - Dedicated Video Game Sales Units . August 3, 2022 . Nintendo . June 21, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170621033554/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/hard_soft/index.html . live .
4. Web site: IR Information : Sales Data - Top Selling Title Sales Units . 6 February 2024 . Nintendo . January 30, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200130072006/http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/index.html . live .
5. Web site: Financial Results Explanatory Material . Nintendo . 9 May 2023 . May 9, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230509154008/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2023/230509_3e.pdf . live .
6. Web site: IR Information : Sales Data - Top Selling Title Sales Units . Nintendo . 6 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230209002921/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/index.html . February 9, 2023.
7. Book: 2023CESAゲーム白書 (2023 CESA Games White Papers) . . 2023 . 978-4-902346-47-3.
8. Web site: May 7, 2024 . Financial Results Explanatory Material 4th Quarter of Fiscal Year Ending March 2024 . May 7, 2024 . Nintendo.
9. Book: 2022CESAゲーム白書 (2022 CESA Games White Papers). Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association. 2022. 978-4-902346-45-9.
10. Web site: April 11, 2024 . 人氣益智遊戲《西瓜遊戲》正式推出 Android 版 Switch 與 iOS 版累計下載突破 890 萬次 . April 11, 2024 . GNN新聞 . chinese.
11. Web site: 4 Jan 2022. 『#ゼルダ無双 厄災の黙示録』の全世界累計出荷本数が400万本を突破しました。プレイしていただいた皆さま、誠にありがとうございます。. live. 4 Jan 2022. Twitter. January 5, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220105014310/https://twitter.com/zelda_musou/status/1478539711203676161.
12. Web site: July 19, 2023 . Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! shipments and digital sales top four million . https://web.archive.org/web/20230720094126/https://www.gematsu.com/2023/07/momotaro-dentetsu-showa-heisei-reiwa-mo-teiban-shipments-and-digital-sales-top-four-million . July 20, 2023 . 20 July 2023 . Gematsu . live .
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14. Web site: January 15, 2024 . A year after being branded a flop, Mario + Rabbids' sequel is steadily selling . January 15, 2024 . Videogames Chronicle . January 15, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240115153337/https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-year-after-being-branded-a-flop-mario-rabbids-sequel-is-steadily-selling/ . live .
15. Web site: May 2, 2024 . CURVE GAMES MARKS NINTENDO SWITCH CHINA DEBUT WITH NO 1 SMASH HIT . May 8, 2024 . Curvegames.
16. Web site: Doolan . Liam . Mario + Rabbids On Nintendo Switch Has Sold More Than 2 Million Copies . Nintendo Life . September 2, 2018 . September 2, 2018 . June 9, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190609152033/http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/09/mario_plus_rabbids_on_nintendo_switch_has_sold_more_than_two_million_copies . live .
17. Web site: Financial Result Explanatory Material 1st Quarter of Fiscal Year Ending March 2025 . Nintendo . 2 August 2024.
18. Web site: Platinum Titles |Product Data | CAPCOM . February 1, 2022 . July 14, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080714022921/http://ir.capcom.co.jp/english/data/million.html . live .
19. Web site: January 17, 2024 . Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince shipments and digital sales top one million . January 18, 2024 . Gematsu . January 17, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240117224306/https://www.gematsu.com/2024/01/dragon-quest-monsters-the-dark-prince-shipments-and-digital-sales-top-one-million . live .
20. Web site: Swalley . Kirstin . Enter the Gungeon Sells 1 Million on Switch with Physical Edition on the way . Hardcore Gamer . March 3, 2019 . March 4, 2019 . July 31, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190731065658/https://www.hardcoregamer.com/2019/03/03/enter-the-gungeon-sells-1-million-on-switch-with-physical-edition-on-the-way/326203/ . live .
21. Web site: 【世界累計出荷100万本突破】『#FE無双風花雪月』の世界累計出荷本数が100万本を突破しました。ご購入いただいた皆さま、誠にありがとうございます！ 現在体験版も配信中ですので、購入を検討されている方はぜひお試しください。 体験版、ご購入はこちら. Twitter. Gamecity. 17 August 2021. August 17, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220817093213/https://twitter.com/fireemblemmusou/status/1559812281835347968. live.
22. Web site: Nintendo Switch software "Fit Boxing" and "Fitness Boxing" (overseas version) Announcement of worldwide cumulative shipment of 1 million units . Imagineer . September 8, 2020 . September 8, 2020 . October 29, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201029080059/https://www.imagineer.co.jp/news/news.php?id=1506 . live .
23. Web site: イマジニア、Switch用ソフト『Fit Boxing 2』の全世界での累計出荷販売本数が100万本を突破！ gamebiz. 2021-12-09. gamebiz【ゲームビズ】. ja. December 9, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211209151746/https://gamebiz.jp/news/338934. live.
24. Web site: December 21, 2023 . Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! shipments and digital sales top one million . December 21, 2023 . Gematsu . December 21, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231221062048/https://www.gematsu.com/2023/12/momotaro-dentetsu-world-chikyuu-wa-kibou-de-mawatteru-shipments-and-digital-sales-top-one-million . live .
25. Web site: November 18, 2021 . STORY OF SEASONS: Pioneers of Olive Town Free Content Update Revealed with New Series Sales Milestone . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211130191517/https://www.xseedgames.com/2021/11/18/story-of-seasons-pioneers-of-olive-town-free-content-update-revealed-with-new-series-sales-milestone/ . November 30, 2021 . 25 November 2021 . XSEED Games.
26. Web site: Have you seen the robber? Thief Simulator - our first game with 1 000 000 copies sold on #NintendoSwitch! . Twitter . Forever Entertainment . 16 July 2021 . August 5, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210805030018/https://twitter.com/foreverentert/status/1415931294438068224 . live .