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These games are selling several copies…
With the growing popularity and recognition of free-to-play games such as Fortnite, CS:GO, and PUBG, the games have reached a staggering number of players and are logging huge amounts of play time. But what are the best-selling games of all time in terms of paid game sales? In this gallery, we present the top 10 best-selling games of all time, based on the latest publicly available data. .
This list doesn't include free-to-play games, so you won't find huge games like Fortnite, Rocket League, Dota 2, or CS: GO on the list. These games are definitely reaching more people and are probably the best compared to other free-to-play games.
However, this list also includes pack-in game sales for hardware bundles, which is an important distinction. For example, Wii Sports sold approximately 83 million copies, in part because it was bundled with his Wii. The original Super Mario Bros. was also a pack-in game for the NES.
With those caveats aside, let's take a look at the top 10 best-selling games of all time. You can probably guess some of these.
We will continue to update this list as GTA 5 inevitably continues to sell more copies.