Top 20 best-selling PlayStation 3 games of all time

Top 20 best-selling PlayStation 3 games of all time

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

  1. Grand Theft Auto V – ~29.5 million
  2. Call of Duty: Black Ops II – ~14–15 million
  3. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – ~14 million
  4. Call of Duty: Black Ops – ~13 million
  5. Gran Turismo 5 – ~11.9 million
  6. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – ~10+ million
  7. Grand Theft Auto IV – ~11–12 million
  8. Call of Duty: Ghosts – ~10 million
  9. FIFA 13 – ~10 million
  10. Battlefield 3 – ~8–9 million
  11. FIFA 14 – ~8–9 million
  12. Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception – ~9.7 million
  13. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – ~13.4 million
  14. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare – ~8 million
  15. FIFA 12 – ~8 million
  16. Red Dead Redemption – ~8 million
  17. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – ~7–8 million
  18. Assassin’s Creed III – ~7–8 million
  19. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots – ~6–7 million
  20. 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.