Nintendo has provided updated sales for its best-selling Nintendo Switch games and it seems that Animal Crossing: New Horizons is catching up with the previously unstoppable Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe remains the best-selling Nintendo Switch game at 48.41 million units sold and Animal Crossing: New Horizon has sold 40.17 million units worldwide. The two games are by far and away the best-selling titles on Nintendo’s current platform. Nintendo also announced that Splatoon 3 has sold 7.9 million units and that Kirby and the Forgotten Land is the best-selling Kirby game of all-time selling 5.27 million units.
Top Ten Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games (as of September 30, 2022):
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 48.41 million (up from 46.82 million)
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 40.17 million (up from 39.38 million)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 29.53 million (up from 28.82 million)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 27.79 million (up from 27.14 million)
- Pokémon Sword and Shield – 25.37 million (up from 24.50 million)
- Super Mario Odyssey – 24.40 million (up from 23.93 million)
- Super Mario Party – 18.35 million (up from 18.06 million)
- Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl – 14.92 million (up from 14.79 million)
- Ring Fit Adventure – 14.87 million (up from 14.54 million
- Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! & Let’s Go, Eevee! – 14.81 million (up from 14.66 million)
I have 6 out of these 10.
I have 8 😊
I had all 10 but sold Breath of the Wild because I didn’t enjoy it that much.
I’m just missing Ring Fit of this list.
Yeah, Ring Fit and Super Mario Party for me.
Oh yeah, and Mario party lol how did I miss that one.
All but Pokémon which are 3 spots on this list 😯
Love Animal Crossing New Horizons, one of my favorite Switch games. Never lack for something to do on Animal Crossing.
1 08/11 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 48,41
2 08/11 Animal Crossing: New Horizons 40,17
3 08/11 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 29,53
4 08/11 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 27,29
5 08/11 Pokémon Sword/Pokémon Shield 25,37
6 08/11 Super Mario Odyssey 24,4
7 08/11 Super Mario Party 18,35
8 08/11 Pokémon Brilliant Diamond / Pokémon Shining Pearl 14,92
9 08/11 Ring Fit Adventure 14,87
10 08/11 Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu!/ Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! 14,81
11 08/11 Pokémon Legends: Arceus 13,91
12 10/05 New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe 13,31
13 10/05 Splatoon 2 13,3
14 10/05 Luigi’s Mansion 3 11,43
15 10/05 Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury 9,43
16 Q4 2021 Super Mario 3D All-Stars 9,07
17 08/11 Mario Party Superstars 8,07
18 08/11 Splatoon 3 7,9
19 Q4 2021 Super Mario Maker 2 7,89
20 08/11 Nintendo Switch Sports 6,15
21 Q4 2021 The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening 6,08
22 08/11 Kirby and the Forgotten Land 5,27
23 Q4 2021 Mario Tennis Aces 4,28
24 10/05 Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics 4,22
25 Q4 2021 Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze 4,12
26 Q4 2021 Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity 4
27 Q4 2021 Kirby Star Allies 3,98
28 10/05 The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD 3,91
29 Q4 2021 Fire Emblem Three Houses 3,82
30 Q4 2021 1-2 Switch 3,63
31 Q4 2021 Paper Mario: The Origami King 3,34
32 Q4 2021 Yoshi’s Crafted World 3,01
33 10/05 Metroid Dread 2,9
34 Q4 2021 Arms 2,66
35 Q4 2021 Xenoblade Chronicles 2 2,44
36 10/05 New Pokémon Snap 2,4
37 10/05 Mario Golf: Super Rush 2,35
38 Q4 2021 Pikmin 3 Deluxe 2,23
39 08/11 Mario Strikers: Battle League 2,17
40 Q4 2021 Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker 2,13
41 Q4 2020 Octopath Traveler 1,9
42 Q4 2021 Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX 1,89
43 Q2 2020 Pokkén Tournament DX 1,8
44 08/11 Xenoblade Chronicles 3 1,72
45 10/05 Miitopia 1,68
46 Q4 2021 Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition 1,68
47 10/05 Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain 1,59
48 Q4 2021 Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit 1,58
49 Q4 2021 Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 1,5
50 Q4 2020 Nintendo Labo 01: Variety Kit 1,42
51 Q4 2021 Astral Chain 1,28
52 10/05 WarioWare: Get It Together! 1,27
53 Q4 2021 Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training for Switch 1,2
54 10/05 Game Builder Garage 1,06
55 Q4 2021 Bayonetta 2 1,04
56 Q3 2022 Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes 1
57 Q1 2018 Fire Emblem Warriors 1
Happy to see Tropical Freeze cracked the top 25. I know people are excited for Retro getting back to Metroid, but I hope I’m not the only one waiting for a follow-up to one of the best platformers ever made
this is cool thing
Nice! Some big numbers!
Makes me smile that MK8 was a WiiU title.
I assume that this is first-party only?
Yeah First-Party and/or Published by Nintendo I think
Didn’t Splatoon 3 break a record in Japan over its launch weekend? I’m surprised that still wasn’t enough to put it in the top 10. Ah well, it’ll climb up there soon enough, I’m sure.
Completely unsurprising that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is still the reigning champ.
Japanese sales tend to be a relatively small cumulative amount when it comes to games sales, iirc Sword and Shield had more domestic sales than Smash Ultimate, but the international sales put Ultimate higher. 25 million Switches have been sold in Japan, and while that may seem like a lot there’s still 88 million Switches sold outside of Japan.