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This is a list of video games for the Xbox 360 video game console that have sold or shipped at least one million copies. The best-selling Xbox 360 game is Kinect Adventures!, which was bundled with the Kinect accessory, selling 24 million units.

As of December 2009, over 353.8 million total copies of games had been sold for the Xbox 360.[1]

List[]

No. Game Copies sold Release date[a] Genre(s) Developer(s) Publisher(s)
1 Kinect Adventures! 24 million[2][b] November 4, 2010
  • Adventure
  • sports
 Good Science Studio Microsoft Game Studios
2 Grand Theft Auto V 22.95 million[c] September 17, 2013 Action-adventure Rockstar North Rockstar Games
3 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 14.72 million[4] November 8, 2011 First-person shooter
Activision
4 Call of Duty: Black Ops 14.55 million[4][5] November 9, 2010 First-person shooter Treyarch Activision
5 Call of Duty: Black Ops II 13.7 million[4] November 13, 2012 First-person shooter Treyarch Activision
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 13.7 million[d] November 11, 2011 Action role-playing Bethesda Game Studios Bethesda Softworks
7 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 13.49 million[4][e] November 10, 2009 First-person shooter Infinity Ward Activision
8 Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition[f] 13 million[9] May 9, 2012
4J Studios Microsoft Studios
9 Halo 3 12.13 million[4][10] September 25, 2007 First-person shooter Bungie Microsoft Game Studios
10 Grand Theft Auto IV 11.1 million[4][g] April 29, 2008 Action-adventure Rockstar North Rockstar Games
11 Call of Duty: Ghosts 10.16 million[4][12] November 5, 2013 First-person shooter Infinity Ward Activision
12 Halo: Reach 9.87 million[h] September 14, 2010 First-person shooter Bungie Microsoft Game Studios
13 Halo 4 9.41 million
[citation needed][i] 		November 6, 2012 First-person shooter 343 Industries Microsoft Studios
14 Gears of War 5 million[14][j] November 7, 2006 Third-person shooter Epic Games Microsoft Game Studios
Gears of War 2 5 million[15] November 7, 2008 Third-person shooter Epic Games Microsoft Game Studios
16 Batman: Arkham City 4.6 million
[citation needed] 		October 18, 2011 Action-adventure Rocksteady Studios Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
17 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 4.211 million[k] November 5, 2007 First-person shooter Infinity Ward Activision
18 Fable II 3.5 million[18] October 21, 2008 Action role-playing Lionhead Studios Microsoft Game Studios
19 Call of Duty: World at War 3.35 million[l] November 11, 2008 First-person shooter Treyarch Activision
20 Gears of War 3 3 million[20][21] September 20, 2011 Third-person shooter Epic Games Microsoft Studios
Halo 3: ODST 3 million[22] September 22, 2009 First-person shooter Bungie Microsoft Game Studios
Kinect Sports 3 million[23] October 9, 2010 Sports Rare Microsoft Game Studios
23 Battlefield 3 2.73 million
[citation needed][m] 		October 25, 2011 First-person shooter EA DICE Electronic Arts
24 Forza Motorsport 2 2.674 million[n] May 29, 2007 Racing Turn 10 Studios Microsoft Game Studios
25 Assassin's Creed 2.585 million[o] November 13, 2007
Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
26 Dance Central 2.5 million[23] November 4, 2010
Harmonix MTV Games
27 Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga 2.36 million[27] November 6, 2007 Action-adventure Traveller's Tales LucasArts
28 Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2.08 million[26] October 24, 2006 Action role-playing Raven Software
29 Uno[f] 2.068 million[28] May 9, 2006 Card game Carbonated Games Microsoft Game Studios
30 Forza Motorsport 3 2 million[29] October 23, 2009 Racing Turn 10 Studios Microsoft Game Studios
Guitar Hero II 2 million[30] April 3, 2007
Harmonix Activision
Saints Row 2 million[31] August 29, 2006 Action-adventure Volition THQ
Trials HD[f] 2 million[32] August 12, 2009
RedLynx Microsoft Game Studios
34 Assassin's Creed II 1.917 million[p] November 17, 2009
Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
35 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion 1.872 million[q] March 20, 2006 Action role-playing Bethesda Game Studios
36 Madden NFL 09 1.87 million[11][r] August 12, 2008 Sports EA Tiburon EA Sports
37 Red Dead Redemption 1.865 million[s] May 18, 2010 Action-adventure Rockstar San Diego Rockstar Games
38 Dead Rising 1.8 million[36] August 8, 2006
Capcom Production Studio 1 Capcom
39 Rock Band 1.75 million[t] November 20, 2007
Harmonix MTV Games
40 Madden NFL 07 1.72 million[26][r] August 22, 2006 Sports EA Tiburon EA Sports
41 Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock 1.652 million[u] October 28, 2007
Neversoft Activision
42 Lost Planet: Extreme Condition 1.6 million[36] December 21, 2006 Third-person shooter Capcom Capcom
Mass Effect 1.6 million[39] November 20, 2007 Action role-playing BioWare Microsoft Game Studios
Mass Effect 2 1.6 million[40] January 26, 2010
BioWare Electronic Arts
45 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 1.591 million[v] November 22, 2006
Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
46 Call of Duty 3 1.534 million[w] November 7, 2006 First-person shooter Treyarch Activision
47 Fallout 3 1.51 million[x] October 28, 2008 Action role-playing Bethesda Game Studios Bethesda Softworks
Madden NFL 08 1.51 million[26][r] August 14, 2007 Sports EA Tiburon EA Sports
49 BioShock 1.5 million[41] August 21, 2007 First-person shooter
  • 2K Boston
  • 2K Australia
 2K Games
Crackdown 1.5 million[42] February 20, 2007 Action-adventure Realtime Worlds Microsoft Game Studios
Perfect Dark Zero 1.5 million[43] November 22, 2005
  • First-person shooter
  • stealth
 Rare Microsoft Game Studios
52 Resident Evil 5 1.423 million[y] March 5, 2009 Third-person shooter Capcom Capcom
53 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 1.411 million[z] March 9, 2006 Tactical shooter
  • Ubisoft Paris
  • Red Storm Entertainment
 Ubisoft
54 Call of Duty 2 1.4 million[49] November 22, 2005 First-person shooter Infinity Ward Activision
55 Fight Night Round 3 1.29 million[aa] February 20, 2006 Sports EA Chicago EA Sports
56 UFC 2009 Undisputed 1.23 million[ab] May 19, 2009 Sports Yuke's THQ
57 Guitar Hero World Tour 1.124 million[ac] October 26, 2008
Neversoft Activision
58 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 1.123 million[ad] September 16, 2008
LucasArts LucasArts
59 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 1.07 million[ae] March 18, 2008
Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
60 Battlefield: Bad Company 2 1.05 million[af] March 2, 2010 First-person shooter EA DICE Electronic Arts
61 Rock Band 2 1.02 million[38][r] September 14, 2008
Harmonix MTV Games
62 Dead or Alive 4 1 million[53] December 29, 2005 Fighting Team Ninja Tecmo
Halo Wars 1 million[54] February 26, 2009 Real-time strategy Ensemble Studios Microsoft Game Studios
Left 4 Dead 1 million[55] November 18, 2008
  • First-person shooter
  • survival horror
 Valve South Valve
Ninja Gaiden II 1 million[56] June 3, 2008
Team Ninja Microsoft
The Orange Box 1 million[57] October 10, 2007
  • First-person shooter
  • puzzle
  • compilation
 Valve Valve
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 1 million[58] March 6, 2007 Tactical shooter
  • Ubisoft Paris
  • Red Storm Entertainment
 Ubisoft
Viva Piñata 1 million[59] November 9, 2006 Life simulation Rare Microsoft Game Studios
Trials Evolution[f] 1 million[60] April 18, 2012 Racing RedLynx Microsoft Studios

Notes[]

  1. ^ Only the initial release date on this platform is listed.
  2. ^ As of February 12, 2013, the Kinect sensor has sold 24 million units,[2] each of which is bundled with a copy of Kinect Adventures.
  3. ^ Of the 90 million total units sold by April 2018, 25.5% of that total were for the Xbox 360 version.[3]
  4. ^ 59% of 23,270,000 total units sold were for Xbox 360.[6]
  5. ^ Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 87,374 (original) and 3,944 (Platinum Collection)[7]
    • United Kingdom – 1 million[8]
    • United States – 6.471 million[citation needed]
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Xbox Live Arcade game
  7. ^ Grand Theft Auto IV sales breakdown:
  8. ^ Halo: Reach sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 53,126[7]
    • North America – 5.74 million[13]
  9. ^ Halo 4 sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 0.04 million[citation needed]
    • United Kingdom – 2.22 million[citation needed]
    • United States – 6.44 million[citation needed]
    • Other regions – 0.70 million[citation needed]
  10. ^ Gears of War sales may include PC version.
  11. ^ Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare sales breakdown:
  12. ^ Call of Duty: World at War sales breakdown:
    • United Kingdom – 600,000[19]
    • United States – 2.75 million[11]
  13. ^ Battlefield 3 sales breakdown:
    • Europe – 730,000[citation needed]
    • Japan – 14,000[citation needed]
    • United States – 1.63 million[citation needed]
  14. ^ Forza Motorsport 2 sales breakdown:
  15. ^ Assassin's Creed sales breakdown:
    • Canada – 60,000[16]
    • Japan – 55,261[7]
    • United Kingdom – 600,000[25]
    • United States – 1.87 million[17]
  16. ^ Assassin's Creed II sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 40,837[7]
    • United Kingdom – 300,000[25]
    • United States – 1.577 million[33]
  17. ^ The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 72,274 (original) and 10,025 (Game of the Year Edition)[7]
    • United Kingdom – 300,000[25]
    • United States – 1.49 million[26]
  18. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Sales data only reported for the United States.
  19. ^ Red Dead Redemption sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 37,984[7]
    • United Kingdom – 300,000[25]
    • United States – 1.528 million[34][35]
  20. ^ Rock Band sales breakdown:
    • United Kingdom – 100,000[37]
    • United States – 1.65 million[38]
  21. ^ Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock sales breakdown:
    • Canada – 32,000[16]
    • United Kingdom – 300,000[25]
    • United States – 1.32 million[26]
  22. ^ Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas sales breakdown:
  23. ^ Call of Duty 3 sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 14,194[7]
    • United Kingdom – 300,000[25]
    • United States – 1.22 million[26]
  24. ^ Fallout 3 sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 63,548 (original), 6,681 (Game of the Year Edition) and 4,262 (Platinum Collection)[7]
    • North America – 1.14 million[38]
    • United Kingdom – 300,000[25]
  25. ^ Resident Evil 5 sales breakdown:
    • France – 40,135[44]
    • Japan – 123,817[7]
    • United Kingdom – 200,000[45]
    • United States – 1.06 million[46][47]
  26. ^ Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter sales breakdown:
  27. ^ Fight Night Round 3 sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 1,132[7]
    • United Kingdom – 100,000[37]
    • United States – 1.19 million[38]
  28. ^ UFC 2009 Undisputed sales breakdown:
    • United Kingdom – 200,000[45]
    • United States – 1.03 million[50]
  29. ^ Guitar Hero World Tour sales breakdown:
    • United Kingdom – 200,000[45]
    • United States – 924,000[38]
  30. ^ Star Wars: The Force Unleashed sales breakdown:
    • United Kingdom – 200,000[45]
    • United States – 923,000[38]
  31. ^ Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 sales breakdown:
    • United Kingdom – 300,000[25]
    • United States – 752,300[51]
    • Japan – 18,533[7]
  32. ^ Battlefield: Bad Company 2 sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 24,539[7]
    • United Kingdom – 200,000[45]
    • United States – 825,500[52]

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