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7.3

1. The Sims - PC Games

Sales: 16 million
Release: 2000
Genre: Virtual Life
Publisher: Electronic Arts

* Total includes original plus all expansions, special editions, and bundles

List-All's rating:

1642

7.6

2. The Sims 2 - PC Games

Sales: 13 million
Release: 2004
Genre: Virtual Life
Publisher: Electronic Arts

* Total includes original (5.2 million) plus all expansions, special editions, and bundle packs

List-All's rating:

1170

7.4

3. World of Warcraft - PC Games

Sales: 11.8 million subscribers
Release: 2004
Genre: Massive Multiplayer Online RPG
Publisher: Blizzard

618

4. StarCraft - PC Games

Sales: 11 million
Release: 1998
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Publisher: Blizzard

List-All's rating:

848

8.2

5. Half-Life - PC Games

Sales: 9.3 million
Released: 1998
Genre: First Person Shooter

List-All's rating:

1155

8.4

6. Half-Life 2 - PC Games

Sales: 6.5 million
Release: 2004
Genre: First Person Shooter

List-All's rating:

150

7.3

7. Myst - PC Games

Sales: 6 milion
Released: 1993
Genre: Adventure

List-All's rating:

317

7.1

8. Guild Wars - PC Games

Sales: 6 million (including all expansions)
Release: 2005
Genre: Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing game (MMORPG)

291

7.6

9. The Sims 2: Pets (Expansion) - PC Games

Sales: 5.6 million
Release: 2006
Genre: People simulator (add-on)

211

7.8

10. Battlefield: 1942 - PC Games

Sales: 4.39 million (including all expansions)
Release: 2002
Genre: Online First Person Shooter

List-All's rating:

459

7.6

11. Half-Life: Counter-Strike - PC Games

Sales: 4.2 million
Release: 2000
Genre: Online FPS

237

7.8

12. RollerCoaster Tycoon - PC Games

Sales: 4 million (North American sales only)
Release: 1999
Genre: Management Strategy

List-All's rating:

884

8.2

13. Diablo II - PC Games

Sales: 4 million
Release: 2000
Genre: Action Role-Playing Game

List-All's rating:

202

8.4

14. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - PC Games

Sales: 4 million
Release: 2008
Genre: MMORPG Expansion

7.5

15. Populous - PC Games

Sales: 4 million
Release: 1989
Genre: God-mode strategy

List-All's rating:

6.7

16. Cossacks: European Wars - PC Games

Sales: 4 million
Release: 2000
Genre: Real-Time Strategy

List-All's rating:

522

7.2

17. DOOM 3 - PC Games

Sales: 3.5 million
Release: 2004
Genre: First Person Shooter

List-All's rating:

7.5

18. Everquest - PC Games

Sales: 3.5 million
Release: 1999
Genre: Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing game (MMORPG)

6.5

19. Theme Park - PC Games

Sales: 3.5 million
Release: 1994
Genre: Management Strategy

322

8.1

20. World Of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Colle... - PC Games

Sales: 3.5 million
Release: 2007
Genre: MMORPG (add-on)

372

7.8

21. Sid Meier's Civilization IV - PC Games

Sales: 3 million
Release: 2005
Genre: Empire building strategy

676

7.8

22. Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos - PC Games

Sales: 3 million
Release: 2002
Genre: Real-Time Strategy

List-All's rating:

353

7.5

23. Age of Empires - PC Games

Sales: 3 million
Release: 1997
Genre: Real-Time Strategy

List-All's rating:

527

8.1

24. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - PC Games

Sales: 3 million (includes X360 version)
Release: 2006
Genre: Fantasy Role-Playing Game

List-All's rating:

248

7.9

25. Command & Conquer: Red Alert - PC Games

Sales: 3 million
Release: 1996
Genre: Real-Time Strategy

List-All's rating:

513

7.6

26. Diablo - PC Games

Sales: 2.5 million
Release: 1997
Genre: Action Role-Playing Game

List-All's rating:

353

7.4

27. Age of Empires III - PC Games

Sales: 2.5 million
Release: 2005
Genre: Real-Time Strategy

28. Anno 1602 A.D. - PC Games

Sales: 2.5 million (including 1602 A.D.)
Release: 1999
Genre: Real-Time Strategy

List-All's rating:

5.5

29. Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars - PC Games

Sales: 2.5 million
Release: 2005
Genre: Real-Time Strategy

333

8.3

30. BioShock - PC Games

Sales: 2.2 million (includes X360 version)
Release: 2007
Genre: First Person Shooter

List-All's rating:

350

7.5

31. Battlefield 2 - PC Games

Sales: 2.09 million
Release: 2005
Genre: Online First Person Shooter

List-All's rating:

224

8.2

32. Baldur's Gate - PC Games

Sales: 2 million
Release: 1998
Genre: Fantasy Role-Playing Game

List-All's rating:

240

8.6

33. Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn - PC Games

Sales: 2 million
Release: 2000
Genre: Fantasy Role-Playing Game

List-All's rating:

247

7.9

34. Sid Meier's Civilization III - PC Games

Sales: 2 million
Release: 2001
Genre: Empire building strategy

299

7.4

35. Neverwinter Nights - PC Games

Sales: 2 million
Release: 2002
Genre: Fantasy Role-Playing Game

List-All's rating:

216

7.6

36. Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness - PC Games

Sales: 2 million
Release: 1995
Genre: Real-Time Strategy

List-All's rating:

296

37. Black & White - PC Games

Sales: 2 million
Release: 2001
Genre: God-mode Strategy

List-All's rating:

168

7.6

38. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl - PC Games

Sales: 2 million
Released: 2007
Genre: First Person Shooter

210

8.6

39. Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven - PC Games

Sales: 2 million
Release: 2002
Genre: Third-person Shooter

7.7

40. Prince of Persia - PC Games

Sales: 2 million
Release: 1990
Genre: 2D Action Platformer

List-All's rating:

507

41. Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings - PC Games

Sales: 2 million
Release: 1999
Genre: Real-Time Strategy

List-All's rating:

103

7.2

42. Riven: The Sequel to Myst - PC Games

Sales: 2 million
Release: 1997
Genre: Puzzle Adventure

List-All's rating:

7.7

43. The 7th Guest - PC Games

Sales: 2 million
Release: 1992
Genre: Puzzle Adventure

List-All's rating:

214

8.2

44. DOOM II: Hell on Earth - PC Games

Sales: 2 million
Release: 1994
Genre: First Person Shooter

7.4

45. Ragnarök Online - PC Games

Sales: 2 million
Release: 2002
Genre: MMORPG

List-All's rating:

6.8

46. Sacred - PC Games

Sales: 1.8 million
Release: 2004
Genre: Action RPG

293

7.6

47. Quake - PC Games

Sales: 1.7 million
Released: 1996
Genre: First Person Shooter

List-All's rating:

207

48. The Orange Box - PC Games

Sales: at least 1.5 million
Release: 2007
Genre: First Person Shooter

List-All's rating:

250

7.9

49. Crysis - PC Games

Sales: 1.5 million
Release: 2007
Genre: First Person Shooter

7.7

50. Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning - PC Games

Sales: 1.5 million shipped
Release: 2008
Genre: MMORPG

An incomplete list of best-selling PC games of all time. It's incomplete because getting full results of sales across all platforms, re-releases, and from all types of vendors is problematic to say the least.

The games on this list are ones that have published aprox sales figures, with minimum of 1 million sales, and listed from best-seller onwards.

Latest figures taken from wikipedia page on January 2008: link

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* Best Selling Wii Games
* Best Selling X360 Games
* Best Selling PS3 Games

6th Generation Consoles:
* Best Selling PS2 Games
* Best Selling GameCube Games
* Best Selling Xbox Games
* Best Selling DreamCast Games

5th Generation Consoles:
* Best Selling PS1 Games
* Best Selling N64 Games
* Best Selling SAT Games

4th Generation Consoles:
* Best Selling SNES Games
* Best Selling GEN/MD Games

3rd Generation Consoles:
* Best Selling NES Games