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
Dragon Quest 3: The Seeds of Salvation
Developer: Square Enix / Eidos
Year of release: 2011 (original in 1988)
Estimated number of copies sold: 6.45 million
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The figure also includes remakes of the game and ports to other platforms, including mobile. It's worth noting that since its debut on the NES, there have been versions for SNES, Game Boy, Wii U, Android, iOS, and, most recently, the Switch.
Globally, Dragon Quest is a game that can boast a few impressive records, such as selling one million cartridges in a single day.
On the day Dragon Quest III was released in Japan, there were 300 arrests of students by police. The reason was truancy.
This is the third part of the series, but it's also a prequel to the original installment. In the game, we play a teenage hero, who must save the world from the arch-demon Baramos. We traverse an open world with a team of companions, as in many other jRPGs, exploring and fighting in turn-based mode. Despite its age, the game offers quite a few RPG elements that set the standard that's relevant till this day, such as a day-and-night system with events taking place on a particular time, diverse enemies, and a hybrid class system. A compelling storyline encouraging completion is also noteworthy. It all added up to a timeless classic that's still worth playing today.
