While we already ran our multiplayer shooters of the decade list, some might not be interested in that, but instead, on which games sold the most in the previous decade. Well, if you’re curious, The NPD Group has published the best selling video games of the decade list!
As an added bonus, it includes the top 20 best selling games by decade 2000!
The NPD Group: U.S. Top 20 Best-Selling Games by Decade 2000 through 2019 ranked on dollar sales #videogames pic.twitter.com/5RmKgISbNi
— NPD Games (@npdgames) January 17, 2020
2000-2009:
- Guitar Hero III Legends of Rock
- Fit
- Rock Band
- Wii Play w/ Remote
- Guitar Hero World Tour
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Mario Kart Wii
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Call of Duty: World at War
- Guitar Hero 2
- Rock Band 2
- Madden NFL 07
- Halo 3
- Madden NFL 08
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Madden NFL 09
- Halo 2
- Grand Theft Auto IV
- Madden NFL 06
2010-2019:
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III
- Call of Duty: Ghosts
- Red Dead Redemption II
- Call of Duty: WWII
- Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
- Minecraft
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019
- Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Mario Kart 8
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
- Battlefield 1
- Battlefield 4
- Destiny
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Star Wars Battlefront 2015
As you can see, most of the games are from Activision, and a lot are Call of Duty titles. Speaking of which, we ranked the Call of Duty multiplayer of the decade! Not only that, we also did it for Battlefield as well.