GTA V Tops List of 20 Best-Selling PlayStation Games Ever in US, While Call of Duty Holds Half of It
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Key points
- GTA V turned out to be the all-time best-selling game on PlayStation platforms in the US during the period from January 1995 to July 2025.
- Grand Theft Auto V is leading in both revenue and number of units sold.
- Different titles of the Call of Duty series occupied half of the list.
Grand Theft Auto V turned out to be the all-time best-selling game on PlayStation platforms in the US, according to data revealed on Sept. 9, 2025, by Mat Piscatella, executive director and video game industry analyst at Circana, as a celebration of the very first launch of the original PlayStation in the US, which happened on Sept. 9, 1995.
According to Piscatella’s list of the top 20 best-selling titles on PlayStation platforms in the US during the period from January 1995 to July 2025, Grand Theft Auto V is the leader in both revenue and number of units sold.
All-Time U.S. Top 20 Best-Selling PlayStation Games
(Jan 1995 – July 2025)
Dollars
1. GTA V
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)
3. Red Dead Redemption 2
4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022)
5. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
6. Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War
7. Minecraft
8. Call of Duty: Black Ops III
9. GTA: San Andreas
10. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
11. Marvel’s Spider-Man
12. Call of Duty: Black Ops II
13. Call of Duty: Black Ops
14. Call of Duty: WWII
15. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
16. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023)
17. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
18. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
19. Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
20. GTA: Vice City.
Units
1. GTA V
2. Minecraft
3. Red Dead Redemption 2
4. GTA: San Andreas
5. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)
6. Marvel’s Spider-Man
7. Call of Duty: Black Ops III
8. Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War
9. GTA: Vice City
10. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022)
11. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
12. Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
13. The Last of Us
14. God of War (2018)
15. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
16. Call of Duty: Black Ops
17. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
18. Call of Duty: Black Ops II
19. Call of Duty: WWII
20. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.
The only title on the list that holds the same position for both indicators, like GTA V, is another Rockstar game, Red Dead Redemption II, which ranks third in both number of units sold and revenue.
As for Call of Duty, the series occupies 10 out of 20 positions on the list of all-time best-selling games on PlayStation platforms in the US over the last 30 years in terms of revenue and nine out of 20 positions on the same list in terms of units sold. Notably, 2019’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is the leading title among other entries in the franchise, according to Circana’s data.
