List of best-selling Game Boy video games


The best-selling video game of all time on the Game Boy and Game Boy Color is Tetris. First released in Japan on June 14, 1989, Tetris was often released as a pack-in game for the original Game Boy, and went on to sell in excess of 35 million units worldwide. The second-best-selling Game Boy games are Pokémon Red, Green and Blue, which sold over 31 million units combined, followed by the best-selling Game Boy Color games Pokémon Gold and Silver, which sold over 23 million units in total. The top five is rounded out by the platform's first Super Mario title, Super Mario Land, which sold over 18 million copies worldwide, and Pokémon Yellow, which sold over 14 million units in total.
A total of 53 Game Boy and Game Boy Color games sold one million units or more. Of those, 19 titles were developed by internal Nintendo divisions. Aside from these, the developers with the most million-selling titles are Game Freak, Rare and Tose, with five games each in the top 53. Nintendo published 44 of these 53 games. Other publishers with multiple million-selling entries include Konami, Bandai and Enix. The most popular franchises on Game Boy are Pokémon, Tetris, Super Mario, Donkey Kong and Kirby.

Video games

TitleDeveloperPublisherPlatformRelease dateSalesRef.
1Tetris †Nintendo R&D1NintendoGB35,000,000
2Pokémon Red, Green and BlueGame FreakNintendoGB31,380,000
3Pokémon Gold and SilverGame FreakNintendoGBC23,100,000
4Super Mario LandNintendo R&D1NintendoGB18,140,000
5Pokémon YellowGame FreakNintendoGB14,640,000
6'Nintendo R&D1NintendoGB11,180,000
7Pokémon CrystalGame FreakNintendoGBC6,390,000
8Dr. MarioNintendo R&D1NintendoGB5,340,000
9Pokémon PinballJupiterNintendoGBC5,310,000
10'Nintendo R&D1NintendoGB5,190,000
11Kirby's Dream LandHAL LaboratoryNintendoGB5,130,000
12Super Mario Bros. DeluxeNintendo EADNintendoGBC5,070,000
13FlagshipNintendoGBC3,960,000
14Donkey Kong LandRareNintendoGB3,910,000
15' †Nintendo EADNintendoGB3,830,000
16Pokémon Trading Card GameCreatures Inc.
Hudson Soft		NintendoGBC3,720,000
17F-1 RaceNintendo R&D1NintendoGB3,410,000
18YoshiGame FreakNintendoGB3,120,000
19Donkey KongNintendo EAD
Pax Softnica		NintendoGB3,070,000
20Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4: Battle of Great DuelistsKonamiKonamiGBC2,500,000
21Kirby's Dream Land 2HAL LaboratoryNintendoGB2,360,000
22Dragon Warrior MonstersToseEnixGBC2,350,000
23Donkey Kong Land 2RareNintendoGB2,350,000
24'Nintendo EADNintendoGBC2,220,000
25Wario Land 3Nintendo R&D1NintendoGBC2,200,000
26Kirby's Pinball LandHAL LaboratoryNintendoGB2,190,000
27Donkey Kong CountryRareNintendoGBC2,190,000
28GolfNintendoNintendoGB2,120,000
29TennisNintendo R&D1NintendoGB1,990,000
30AlleywayNintendo R&D1
Intelligent Systems		NintendoGB1,940,000
31Tetris DXNintendo R&D1NintendoGBC1,880,000
32Nintendo R&D1NintendoGB1,720,000
33BaseballNintendo R&D1NintendoGB1,610,000
34Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel MonstersKonamiKonamiGB1,600,000
35Dragon Warrior Monsters 2ToseEnixGBC1,570,000
36Yoshi's CookieBullet-Proof SoftwareNintendoGB1,530,000
37Wario Land IINintendo R&D1NintendoGB1,480,000
38TamagotchiBandaiBandaiGB1,450,000
39Game de Hakken!! Tamagotchi 2BandaiBandaiGB1,450,000
40Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters II: Dark Duel StoriesKonamiKonamiGBC1,450,000
41DuckTalesCapcomCapcomGB1,430,000
42The Final Fantasy LegendSquareSquareGB1,370,000
43YakumanIntelligent SystemsNintendoGB1,280,000
44Tetris 2Nintendo R&D1
Tose		NintendoGB1,240,000
45Kirby Tilt 'n' TumbleNintendo R&D2NintendoGBC1,230,000
46Game & Watch Gallery 2ToseNintendoGB1,220,000
47Game & Watch Gallery 3ToseNintendoGBC1,220,000
48Solar StrikerMinakuchi EngineeringNintendoGB1,200,000
49Mario TennisCamelot Software PlanningNintendoGBC1,180,000
50QixMinakuchi EngineeringNintendoGB1,150,000
51Super R.C. Pro-AmRareNintendoGB1,140,000
52Donkey Kong Land IIIRareNintendoGB1,030,000
53Game & Watch GalleryToseNintendoGB1,000,000

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