This is a list of the best selling video games for the Nintendo Switch that have sold or shipped at least one million copies. As Nintendo shares the sales of their video games every quarter while most other publishers do not share sales figures per console, this list consists mostly of Nintendo-published titles.
Nintendo Switch, a hybrid home console and handheld device, launched worldwide on March 3, 2017. By the end of 2017, it had outsold the lifetime sales of Wii U, its home console predecessor. In September 2019, Nintendo launched the Nintendo Switch Lite, a handheld-only version of the system. By the end of 2020, total Nintendo Switch family units had outsold the lifetime sales of the Nintendo 3DS, its handheld console predecessor, by selling nearly 80 million units. As of June 30, 2026, 156.59 million Nintendo Switch consoles had been shipped, with over 1.5 billion copies of games having been shipped for the platform. The three best-selling games on the platform have been Mario Kart 8 Deluxe at 71.53 million units sold, Animal Crossing: New Horizons at 50.29 million units, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate at 38.14 million units. The three best-selling franchises on the platform have been Mario at 278.84 million units sold, Pokémon at 119.8 million units, and The Legend of Zelda at 75.47 million units. Other major selling franchises include Splatoon, which sold 25.56 million units, and Kirby, which sold 13.36 million units.
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+ List of best-selling Nintendo Switch video games Title Copies sold As of Release date Genre(s) Developer(s) Publisher(s) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe million Kart racing Nintendo EPD Nintendo Animal Crossing: New Horizons million Social simulation Super Smash Bros. Ultimate million Fighting The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild million Action-adventure Nintendo EPD Super Mario Odyssey million Platformer Pokémon Scarlet and Violet million Role-playing Game Freak Pokémon Sword and Shield million The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom million Action-adventure Nintendo EPD Nintendo Super Mario Party million Party NDcube New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe million Platformer Nintendo EPD Nintendo Switch Sports million Sports Super Mario Bros. Wonder million Platformer Ring Fit Adventure million Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! million Role-playing Game Freak Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl million ILCA Pokémon Legends: Arceus million Action role-playing Game Freak Luigi's Mansion 3 million Action-adventure Next Level Games Nintendo Mario Party Superstars million Party NDcube Splatoon 2 million Third-person shooter Nintendo EPD Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury million Platformer Splatoon 3 million Third-person shooter Super Mario Party Jamboree million Party Pokémon Legends: Z-A million Action role-playing Game Freak Super Mario 3D All-Stars million Nintendo EPD Nintendo Super Mario Maker 2 million Monster Hunter Rise million Action role-playing Capcom Capcom Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream million Social Simulation Nintendo EPD Nintendo Stardew Valley million ConcernedApe ConcernedApe Kirby and the Forgotten Land million Platformer HAL Laboratory Nintendo Suika Game million Puzzle Aladdin X Aladdin X Minecraft million Mojang The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening million Action-adventure Grezzo Nintendo Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics million Tabletop game NDcube Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze million Platformer Retro Studios Mario Tennis Aces million Sports Camelot Software Planning Kirby Star Allies million Platformer HAL Laboratory The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD million Action-adventure Tantalus Media Fire Emblem: Three Houses million Tactical role-playing The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom million Action-adventure Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity million Hack and slash Omega Force Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa Mo Teiban! million Board game Konami Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen million Role-playing Game Freak 1-2-Switch million Party Nintendo EPD Nintendo Pikmin 4 million Real-time strategy Paper Mario: The Origami King million Intelligent Systems Yoshi's Crafted World million Platformer Good-Feel Super Mario RPG million ArtePiazza Among Us million Innersloth Innersloth Metroid Dread million Action-adventure Nintendo Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope million Tactical role-playing Super Mario Galaxy 2 million Platformer Nintendo Software Technologies Nintendo New Pokémon Snap million Photography Bandai Namco Studios Arms million Fighting Nintendo EPD Nintendo Xenoblade Chronicles 2 million Action role-playing Monolith Soft Super Mario Galaxy million Platformer Nintendo Software Technologies Mario Strikers: Battle League million Sports Next Level Games Mario Golf: Super Rush million Camelot Software Planning Dragon Ball FighterZ million Fighting Arc System Works Bandai Namco Entertainment Pikmin 3 Deluxe million Real-time strategy Eighting Nintendo Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker million Puzzle-platform Nintendo EPD Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! million Rhythm Bandai Namco Studios Bandai Namco Entertainment Octopath Traveler million Role-playing Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door million Intelligent Systems Nintendo Human: Fall Flat million Puzzle-platform No Brakes Games Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle million Tactical role-playing Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX million Roguelike Spike Chunsoft Nintendo Mario & Luigi: Brothership million Role-playingAcquire Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain million Puzzle Nintendo EPD, indieszeroLuigi's Mansion 2 HD million Tantalus Media Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition million Action role-playing Monolith Soft Xenoblade Chronicles 3 million Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 million Fighting Dimps Bandai Namco Entertainment Miitopia million Role-playing Grezzo Nintendo Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit million Velan Studios Naruto Shippudden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Trilogy million Fighting CyberConnect2 Bandai Namco Entertainment Resident Evil: Revelations Collection million Survival horror CapcomCapcom Fire Emblem Engage million Tactical role-playing Intelligent Systems Nintendo Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order million Action role-playing Team Ninja Pokkén Tournament DX million Fighting Bandai Namco Studios Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru!millionBoard gameKonami Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe million Platformer HAL Laboratory Nintendo Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 01: Variety Kit million Construction kit Nintendo EPD WarioWare: Get It Together! million Party Astral Chain million PlatinumGames Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen million Role-playing Capcom CapcomPrincess Peach: Showtime! million Good-Feel Nintendo Resident Evil 6 million Survival horror Capcom Capcom Donkey Kong Country Returns HD million Platformer Forever Entertainment Nintendo Dr Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch million Puzzle Nintendo EPD, indieszeroBayonetta million PlatinumGamesBayonetta 2 million Resident Evil 4 million Survival horror Capcom CapcomDark Souls Remastered million FromSoftware Bandai Namco Entertainment Game Builder Garage million Programming Nintendo EPD NintendoMario vs. Donkey Kong million Nintendo Software Technology Shin Megami Tensei Vmillion Role-playingAtlusMetroid Prime Remastered million Action-adventure Retro Studios NintendoBayonetta 3 million PlatinumGamesMario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 million SportsSegaSegaDragon Quest III HD-2D RemakemillionRole-playingSquare Enix Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince million Tose Enter the Gungeon million Bullet hell Dodge Roll Devolver Digital Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes million Omega Force Fitness Boxing million Imagineer Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm and Exercisemillion Rhythm Heaven Groove million Rhythm, Music Nintendo EPD NintendoStory of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive TownmillionMarvelousXseed Games Thief Simulator million Stealth Noble Muffins Forever Entertainment
See also List of best-selling Nintendo video games
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