14 Best-Selling RPGs - The Most Popular Role-Playing Games in 2022
There are many ways to measure popularity. Here, we've compiled a list of best-selling role-playing games, which have sold the most copies throughout their entire lifespan.
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- 14 Best-Selling RPGs - The Most Popular Role-Playing Games in 2022
- Mass Effect 2
- Dragon Quest 3: The Seeds of Salvation
- Dark Souls 3
- Final Fantasy VII
- Fallout 4
- Elden Ring
- Monster Hunter: World
- Borderlands 2
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls
- Skyrim
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt + Hearts of Stone & Blood and Wine
- Pokemon Red / Blue / Yellow
Monster Hunter: World
Developer: Capcom
Year of release: 2018
Estimated number of copies sold: 18 million
Despite being quite exotic in many aspects, Japanese productions are doing great on the global market, as evidenced by the impressive success of another IP from the country: Monster Hunter: World. This time, we have more of an sword-and-action thing going on, as the game is focused on the title hunting for monsters, than it is on stuff like the plot, or moral choices. Players appreciated the wonderfully created, detailed, and living world, the high level of difficulty, and the combat system, along with mandatory crafting.
Monster Hunter has become the best-selling game in Capcom's history, cracking the first 5 million copies just three days after release. The game also contributed to a significant increase in sales of the PlayStation 4 itself. Further records were broken with the PC release, with the Iceborne DLC finding its way to over 9 million people. A next-gen follow-up is just a matter of time!
