Dragon Quest III is the 100th Switch game to pass one million sales

With the launch of its successor marching ever nearer, we’re taking a while to rejoice the successes of the Nintendo Swap. And what a profitable console it’s been, as all 100 of the Swap’s best-selling video games have surpassed a million gross sales every.

Because of the newest Famitsu gross sales report, we now know that the Nintendo Swap’s corridor of fame is stuffed with millionaires. The HD-2D remake of the third Dragon Quest sport was the newest addition to surpass a million gross sales, becoming a member of the likes of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and Tremendous Smash Bros. Final within the high 100.

The higher echelons of the best-sellers record are crammed with the same old suspects – Zelda, Mario, Pokémon, and much more experimental first-party video games like Ring Match Journey. In reality, over 70% of the record is Swap-exclusive titles. Regardless of the first-party domination, a few of our favourite indie video games additionally make an look, with Stardew Valley sitting at slightly below eight million gross sales and Amongst Us at 3.2 million.

Although you won’t consider the Swap as the best console for action-packed gameplay, video games like Darkish Souls and Resident Evil 6 additionally made the highest 100 – offering much more cause for Sony to launch Bloodborne from its PlayStation shackles. Contemplating the Nintendo Swap 2’s rumored backward compatibility, it’s possible that tons of those video games will proceed to skyrocket in gross sales after the brand new console launches.

We marvel what number of extra Nintendo Swap video games will hit a million gross sales earlier than the brand new console arrives. There are nonetheless loads of nice titles on the market to discover, so we advocate you take a look at our greatest Nintendo Swap video games information and our Swap video games of the yr from 2024 for extra suggestions.