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Best-Selling PC Games

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People who added this item 278  Average listal rating (242 ratings) 7.3  
1. The Sims - PC games
Sales: 16 million
Release: 2000
Genre: People simulator

People who added this item 465  Average listal rating (333 ratings) 8  
2. The Sims 2 - PC Games
Sales: 13 million
Release: 2004
Genre: People simulator

People who added this item 422  Average listal rating (242 ratings) 7.5  
3. World of Warcraft - PC Games
Sales: 10 million subscribers
Release: 2004
Genre: Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing game (MMORPG)

People who added this item 183  Average listal rating (159 ratings) 8  
4. StarCraft - PC games
Sales: 9.5 million (includes Brood War)
Release: 1998
Genre: Real-Time Strategy

People who added this item 259  Average listal rating (198 ratings) 8  
5. Half-Life - PC games
Sales: 8 million
Released: 1998
Genre: First Person Shooter

People who added this item 42  Average listal rating (29 ratings) 7.3  
6. Myst - PC games
Sales: 6 milion
Released: 1993
Genre: Adventure

People who added this item 85  Average listal rating (42 ratings) 7.5  
7. The Sims 2: Pets (Expansion) - PC games
Sales: 5.6 million
Release: 2006
Genre: People simulator (add-on)

People who added this item 150  Average listal rating (78 ratings) 7.4  
8. Guild Wars - PC Games
Sales: 5 million (including all expansions)
Release: 2005
Genre: Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing game (MMORPG)

People who added this item 59  Average listal rating (54 ratings) 7.6  
9. RollerCoaster Tycoon - PC games
Sales: 4 million (North American sales only)
Release: 1999
Genre: Management Strategy

People who added this item 382  Average listal rating (236 ratings) 8.4  
10. Half-Life 2 - PC Games
Sales: 4 million
Release: 2004
Genre: First Person Shooter

People who added this item 243  Average listal rating (207 ratings) 8.1  
11. Diablo II - PC Games
Sales: 4 million
Release: 2000
Genre: Action Role-Playing Game

People who added this item 1  Average listal rating (4 ratings) 7  
12. Populous - PC Games
Sales: 4 million
Release: 1989
Genre: God-mode strategy

People who added this item 4  Average listal rating (4 ratings) 5.5  
13. Cossacks: European Wars - PC games
Sales: 4 million
Release: 2000
Genre: Real-Time Strategy

People who added this item 160  Average listal rating (125 ratings) 7.1  
14. DOOM 3 - PC games
Sales: 3.5 million
Release: 2004
Genre: First Person Shooter

People who added this item 6  Average listal rating (2 ratings) 7.5  
15. Everquest - PC games
Sales: 3.5 million
Release: 1999
Genre: Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing game (MMORPG)

People who added this item 4  Average listal rating (4 ratings) 6  
16. Theme Park - PC games
Sales: 3.5 million
Release: 1994
Genre: Management Strategy

People who added this item 82  Average listal rating (35 ratings) 8.7  
17. World Of Warcraft: Burning Crusade (Expansion) - PC games
Sales: 3.5 million
Release: 2007
Genre: MMORPG (add-on)

People who added this item 138  Average listal rating (92 ratings) 7.8  
18. Sid Meier's Civilization IV - PC games
Sales: 3 million
Release: 2005
Genre: Empire building strategy

People who added this item 207  Average listal rating (174 ratings) 7.7  
19. Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos - PC games
Sales: 3 million
Release: 2002
Genre: Real-Time Strategy

People who added this item 82  Average listal rating (76 ratings) 7  
20. Age of Empires - PC games
Sales: 3 million
Release: 1997
Genre: Real-Time Strategy

People who added this item 113  Average listal rating (81 ratings) 8.3  
21. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - PC games
Sales: 3 million (includes X360 version)
Release: 2006
Genre: Fantasy Role-Playing Game

People who added this item 66  Average listal rating (61 ratings) 7.6  
22. Command & Conquer: Red Alert - PC games
Sales: 3 million
Release: 1996
Genre: Real-Time Strategy

People who added this item 134  Average listal rating (119 ratings) 7.6  
23. Diablo - PC Games
Sales: 2.5 million
Release: 1997
Genre: Action Role-Playing Game

People who added this item 103  Average listal rating (61 ratings) 7.3  
24. Age of Empires III - PC Games
Sales: 2.5 million
Release: 2005
Genre: Real-Time Strategy

People who added this item 5  Average listal rating (4 ratings) 6.8  
25. Anno 1602 (aka 1602 A.D.) - PC games
Sales: 2.5 million (including 1602 A.D.)
Release: 1999
Genre: Real-Time Strategy

People who added this item 2  Average listal rating (1 ratings) 4  
26. Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars - PC games
Sales: 2.5 million
Release: 2005
Genre: Real-Time Strategy

People who added this item 85  Average listal rating (58 ratings) 7.5  
27. Battlefield: 1942 - PC Games
Sales: 2.44 million
Release: 2002
Genre: Online First Person Shooter

People who added this item 32  Average listal rating (17 ratings) 8.8  
28. BioShock - PC games
Sales: 2.2 million (includes X360 version)
Release: 2007
Genre: First Person Shooter

People who added this item 145  Average listal rating (90 ratings) 7.6  
29. Battlefield 2 - PC games
Sales: 2.09 million
Release: 2005
Genre: Online First Person Shooter

People who added this item 54  Average listal rating (44 ratings) 7.8  
30. Baldur's Gate - PC Games
Sales: 2 million
Release: 1998
Genre: Fantasy Role-Playing Game

People who added this item 56  Average listal rating (51 ratings) 8.5  
31. Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn - PC Games
Sales: 2 million
Release: 2000
Genre: Fantasy Role-Playing Game

People who added this item 108  Average listal rating (95 ratings) 8.1  
32. Sid Meier's Civilization III - PC games
Sales: 2 million
Release: 2001
Genre: Empire building strategy

People who added this item 106  Average listal rating (70 ratings) 7.4  
33. Neverwinter Nights - PC Games
Sales: 2 million
Release: 2002
Genre: Fantasy Role-Playing Game

People who added this item 36  Average listal rating (48 ratings) 7.5  
34. Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness - PC games
Sales: 2 million
Release: 1995
Genre: Real-Time Strategy

People who added this item 92  Average listal rating (65 ratings) 6.5  
35. Black & White - PC games
Sales: 2 million
Release: 2001
Genre: God-mode Strategy

People who added this item 25  Average listal rating (23 ratings) 8  
36. Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven - PC games
Sales: 2 million
Release: 2002
Genre: Third-person Shooter

People who added this item 4  Average listal rating (4 ratings) 9.5  
37. Prince of Persia - PC Games
Sales: 2 million
Release: 1990
Genre: 2D Action Platformer

People who added this item 123  Average listal rating (117 ratings) 7.7  
38. Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings - PC games
Sales: 2 million
Release: 1999
Genre: Real-Time Strategy

People who added this item 35  Average listal rating (21 ratings) 6.4  
39. Riven: The Sequel to Myst - PC games
Sales: 2 million
Release: 1997
Genre: Puzzle Adventure

People who added this item 11  Average listal rating (6 ratings) 8  
40. The 7th Guest - PC Games
Sales: 2 million
Release: 1992
Genre: Puzzle Adventure

People who added this item 16  Average listal rating (27 ratings) 8.7  
41. DOOM II: Hell on Earth - PC games
Sales: 2 million
Release: 1994
Genre: First Person Shooter

People who added this item 3  Average listal rating (5 ratings) 8.6  
42. Ragnarök Online - PC games
Sales: 2 million
Release: 2002
Genre: MMORPG

People who added this item 18  Average listal rating (11 ratings) 6.7  
43. Sacred - PC Games
Sales: 1.8 million
Release: 2004
Genre: Action RPG

People who added this item 63  Average listal rating (65 ratings) 7.7  
44. Quake - PC games
Sales: 1.7 million
Released: 1996
Genre: First Person Shooter

People who added this item 24  Average listal rating (12 ratings) 7.1  
45. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl - PC games
Sales: 1.65 million
Released: 2007
Genre: First Person Shooter

People who added this item 35  Average listal rating (18 ratings) 9.2  
46. The Orange Box - PC Games
Sales: at least 1.5 million
Release: 2007
Genre: First Person Shooter

People who added this item 28  Average listal rating (15 ratings) 7.8  
47. Crysis - PC Games
Sales: 1.5 million
Release: 2007
Genre: First Person Shooter

People who added this item 13  Average listal rating (22 ratings) 8.1  
48. Duke Nukem 3D - PC games
Sales: 1.5 million
Release: 1996
Genre: First Person Shooter

People who added this item 53  Average listal rating (50 ratings) 7.1  
49. Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun - PC games
Sales: 1.5 million
Release: 1999
Genre: Real-Time Strategy

People who added this item 25  Average listal rating (11 ratings) 5.5  
50. Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided - PC games
Sales: 1.5 million
Release: 2003
Genre: MMORPG

People who added this item 47  Average listal rating (24 ratings) 6.8  
51. Battlefield Vietnam - PC games
Sales: 1.34 million
Release: 2004
Genre: Online First Person Shooter

Sales: 1.3 million (US only)
Release: 2001
Genre: Third Person Adventure

People who added this item 22  Average listal rating (15 ratings) 6.5  
53. Zoo Tycoon - PC Games
Sales: 1.1 million (US only)
Release: 2001
Genre: Management Strategy

People who added this item 9  Average listal rating (8 ratings) 8  
54. SimCity 3000 Unlimited (aka World Edition) - PC games
Sales: 1.1 million (US only)
Release: 2000
Genre: Management Strategy

People who added this item 6  Average listal rating (2 ratings) 7  
55. Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures - PC Games
Sales: 1 million
Release: 2008
Genre: MMORPG

People who added this item 40  Average listal rating (41 ratings) 7.7  
56. Return to Castle Wolfenstein - PC games
Sales: 1 million
Release: 2001
Genre: First Person Shooter

People who added this item 114  Average listal rating (90 ratings) 7.7  
57. Half-Life: Counter-Strike - PC Games
Sales: 1 million
Release: 2000
Genre: Online FPS

People who added this item 22  Average listal rating (15 ratings) 7.1  
58. Empire Earth - PC games
Sales: 1 million
Release: 2001
Genre: Real-Time Strategy

People who added this item 60  Average listal rating (42 ratings) 7.7  
59. Age of Mythology - PC Games
Sales: 1 million
Release: 2002
Genre: Real-Time Strategy

People who added this item 38  Average listal rating (23 ratings) 8.4  
60. Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars - PC Games
Sales: 1 million
Release: 2007
Genre: Real-Time Strategy

People who added this item 65  Average listal rating (59 ratings) 7.4  
61. Quake II - PC games
Sales: 1 million
Release: 1997
Genre: First Person Shooter

People who added this item 11  Average listal rating (9 ratings) 7.2  
62. Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis - PC games
Sales: 1 million
Release: 2001
Genre: First Person Shooter

People who added this item 61  Average listal rating (40 ratings) 8.3  
63. American McGee's Alice - PC games
Sales: 1 million
Release: 2000
Genre: 3D Action Platform

People who added this item 2  Average listal rating (1 ratings) 6  
64. Glory of the Roman Empire - PC Games
Sales: 1 million
Release: 2006
Genre: Management Strategy

People who added this item 10  Average listal rating (9 ratings) 7.6  
65. Tropico - PC games
Sales: 1 million
Release: 2001
Genre: Management Strategy

People who added this item 26  Average listal rating (16 ratings) 7  
66. Unreal - PC Games
Sales: 1 million
Release: 1998
Genre: First Person Shooter

People who added this item 15  Average listal rating (9 ratings) 8.1  
67. Blade Runner - PC Games
Sales: 1 million
Release: 1997
Genre: Third Person Adventure

People who added this item 82  Average listal rating (74 ratings) 7.5  
68. Unreal Tournament - PC games
Sales: 1 million
Release: 1999
Genre: Online Multiplayer FPS

People who added this item 4  Average listal rating (4 ratings) 8  
69. Railroad Tycoon II - PC games
Sales: 1 million
Release: 1998
Genre: Management Simulation

People who added this item 12  Average listal rating (6 ratings) 7  
70. Runaway: A Road Adventure - PC games
Sales: 1 million
Release: 2003
Genre: Adventure

People who added this item 2  Average listal rating (5 ratings) 7  
71. Vietcong - PC games
Sales: 1 million
Release: 2003
Genre: First Person Shooter

People who added this item 1  Average listal rating (1 ratings) 8  
72. The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown - PC Games
Sales: 1 million (DOS, Amiga, C64, Atari ST versions)
Release: 1985
Genre: Role-Playing Game

People who added this item 1  Average listal rating (0 ratings) 0  
73. Patrician III - PC Games
Sales: 1 million
Release: 2003
Genre: Management Strategy

People who added this item 2  Average listal rating (2 ratings) 3  
74. Police Quest: SWAT - PC Games
Sales: 1 million
Release: 1995
Genre: Interactive Game

People who added this item 10  Average listal rating (3 ratings) 7.7  
75. Return to Zork - PC games
Sales: 1 million
Release: 1993
Genre: Adventure

People who added this item 1  Average listal rating (1 ratings) 4  
76. Dungeon Lords - PC games
Sales: 1 million
Release: 2005
Genre: Fantasy Role-Playing Game

People who added this item 5  Average listal rating (6 ratings) 5.2  
77. Phantasmagoria - PC Games
Sales: 1 million
Release: 1995
Genre: Interactive Movie

People who added this item 5  Average listal rating (2 ratings) 8  
78. Hidden & Dangerous - PC games
Sales: 1 million
Release: 1999
Genre: Tactical Shooter

People who added this item 157  Average listal rating (118 ratings) 7.5  
79. Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne (Expansion) - PC games
Sales: 1 million
Release: 2003
Genre: Real-Time Strategy (add-on)

People who added this item 35  Average listal rating (19 ratings) 8.6  
80. The Sims 2: Seasons (Expansion) - PC games
Sales: 1 million
Release: 2007
Genre: People simulator (add-on)

People who added this item 179  Average listal rating (134 ratings) 8.3  
81. Diablo II: Lord of Destruction (Expansion) - PC games
Sales: 1 million
Release: 2001
Genre: Action RPG (add-on)

People who added this item 50  Average listal rating (36 ratings) 8.1  
82. Rome: Total War - PC games
Sales: 1 million
Release: 1998
Genre: Real-Time Strategy (add-on)

People who added this item 10  Average listal rating (4 ratings) 6.5  
83. Hellgate: London - PC games
Sales: 1 million
Release: 2007
Genre: Action RPG

People who added this item 3  Average listal rating (1 ratings) 10  
84. Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicle - PC games
Sales: they claim 14 million players, but figured is highly suspect, as typically 700,000 unique users are online
Release: 2004
Genre: MMORPG




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Description

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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