Here are the top 20 best-selling PlayStation 3 games of all time (based on aggregated lifetime sales data across reliable sources). Think of this list like the PS3’s “greatest hits album” — the games that practically lived inside the disc tray.
Top 20 Best-Selling PS3 Games
- Grand Theft Auto V – ~29.5 million
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II – ~14–15 million
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – ~14 million
- Call of Duty: Black Ops – ~13 million
- Gran Turismo 5 – ~11.9 million
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – ~10+ million
- Grand Theft Auto IV – ~11–12 million
- Call of Duty: Ghosts – ~10 million
- FIFA 13 – ~10 million
- Battlefield 3 – ~8–9 million
- FIFA 14 – ~8–9 million
- Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception – ~9.7 million
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – ~13.4 million
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare – ~8 million
- FIFA 12 – ~8 million
- Red Dead Redemption – ~8 million
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – ~7–8 million
- Assassin’s Creed III – ~7–8 million
- Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots – ~6–7 million
- The Last of Us – ~7 million
Quick Takeaways
- Rockstar dominated: GTA V alone is basically a one-game empire.
- Call of Duty = unstoppable force: Multiple entries in the top 10 like a yearly ritual.
- Sports games quietly crushed it: FIFA titles consistently sold like hotcakes at a soccer stadium.
- Sony exclusives held strong: Uncharted, The Last of Us, and Gran Turismo proved the PS3 had serious first-party firepower.