List of Top 10 selling video games along with game studios

While the TV and Hollywood industry is struggling to stay relevant, video games are continuing to expand at a burgeoning pace. The year 2020 is no different and we are already seeing an uptick in the sales of video games. It’s true that Coronavirus pandemic is currently the cause of interruptions and delays in the gaming industry, but that’s temporary (at least I hope so) and life will soon come back to action as before in the gaming world. For now, let’s see which are the top 10 selling video games of 2020 so far.

Note: The list is based on the information recently revealed by NPD (an American market research company) and is only for the United States games market. Also, the list is for YTD ending February 2020.

Here are Top 10 Best Selling Games of the Year so far

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is an action RPG game published by Bandai Namco.  Inspired from Dragon Ball Z sagas, Kakarot is a high-quality Dragon Ball adaptation that tests your combat skills and surprises you with story moments never seen before in any of the previous Dragon Ball video games. This game was released on January 17, 2020, for  Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Epic boss battles across vast battlefields with destructible environments are catchy in the game, along with the storyline that keeps players engaged. Relive the life of Goku and other Dragon Ball Z characters as you fish, fly, eat, train, and battle to level up your power and rise to the challenge. Of all the video games released in 2020 so far, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is the only one currently on the list, with over 1.5 million copies sold in just its first week of release. 

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is a first person shooter (FPS) game that was released in October 2019 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The game was the 16th overall in the series of Call of duty, but the first to support cross-platform multiplayer and cross-platform progression. The FPS game, which was published by Activision and developed by Infinity Ward, follows a storyline in which a CIA officer and British forces team up to combat against Russians forces to save the fictional country of Urzikstan from invasion. Although the game got some criticism over the handling of the campaign's subject matter, it managed to generate a staggering $600mn within three days of its release and is still among the top 10 grossing video games of 2020.

NBA 2K20

NBA 2K20 is a basketball simulation game based on the National Basketball Association (NBA). This game is the first in NBA 2K series to include all twelve teams from the WNBA. The game was released in on September 6, 2019, for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. It also came out on Google Stadia on November 19. NBA 2k20, which was published by 2K and developed by Visual Concepts, became the best-selling game of 2019 during its first month on the shelves. It was later dethroned by Call of Duty in October 2019.

Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V, an action-adventure game published by  Rockstar Games, was released in 2013 for PS3, Xbox 360, PS4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows. The video game still rocks the gaming charts with over 120 million copies sold so far. Rockstar’s epic gangland adventure offers a vast, beautiful open-world environment to players to commit crimes (in a fictional world obviously) and use their skills to evade authorities. Grand Theft Auto V, which is also supported online with regular updates, is rated very high on its engaging narrative, anarchic humour and several sub-quests, side-missions and secrets. The December 2019 NPD report also established Grand Theft Auto V as the best selling game of the decade.

Madden NFL 20

Madden NFL 20 is another sports game that made headlines for being one of the best selling games in 2019. Madden 20, published by Electronic Arts and developed by  EA Tiburon, is a football video game that simulates National Football League (NFL). Madden 20 was released in August 2019 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows. Unfortunately, no information is available on the revenue and number of copies sold of Madden NFL 20 so far, but NPD’s analysis currently puts it among the top five best selling games of 2020. 

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

This video game sets you in Stars Wars universe, with action-adventure ensured. Players take the role of  Jedi Padawan who fights with his lightsaber to kill slain enemies and improve his abilities to move further in the game. Follow Jedi as he completes his training, masters his lightsaber skills and develops new powerful Force to toss back rocket launchers. Stars Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, which was released on November 15, 2019, and published by  Electronic Arts, had sold eight million copies by the end of January 2020. This new 3rd person action-adventure title from Respawn Entertainment got favourable views from critics and seems deserving to be one of the best selling games of 2020.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

The eighth in the Mario Kart series, this new game lets you participate in kart racing, with 42 characters to choose from. The Inkling Girl and Inkling Boy from Splatoon are the new additions as playing characters to Mario Kart 8, along with a new battle mode, “Renegade Roundup”.  The Nintendo Switch game was released in 2017 and had sold more than 22 million copies worldwide by the end of 2019. The success of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe made it the system’s best selling game ever and it is still played by millions around the globe. 

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is a crossover fighting game, published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. The fifth in the Super Smash Bros. series, this game comes with a big gamut of game modes, including a campaign for single-player and multiplayer versus modes. Adding more playable characters to the previous version, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate takes the roster to over 40. Developed by Bandai Namco, the game was released worldwide on December 7, 2018. As of September 2019, the game had already sold nearly 16 million copies worldwide and became the best selling fighting game ever released.

Ring Fit Adventure

Ring Fit Adventure is an RPG game that allows players to convert their real-world actions into in-game movements to battle against a bodybuilding dragon and his minions. The game comes with two accessories (Ring-Con and Leg Strap) and these are must to play the game as your interactions would be tracked by the motion controls. You jog, sprint, high knee and even make some yoga poses to level up and unlock more exercises to cause even more potent damage. Developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch, the game was released worldwide on October 18, 2019. For the number of copies sold, the game touched the over-two-million mark by the end of 2019. 

Minecraft

Having sold more than 176 million copies worldwide and surpassing 1984’s Tetris, Minecraft is the best-selling video game of all time, with over 112 million monthly active players by 2019. The sandbox game was developed by Mojang and released worldwide in November 2011. Microsoft purchased Mojang and the ownership of the Minecraft intellectual property for US$2.5 billion in 2014 and has ported the game to various platforms since then. By default, the game is a person first shooter, but you can also choose the option to play from the third-person perspective. The gameplay involves mining and placing 3D objects, such as dirt, stone, ores, tree trunks, water, and lava, to build things.

With this, we have come to an end of the top 10 best selling video games of 2020 so far. The global list may vary slightly as the data provided by NPD was mostly for the US gaming market. The video game industry is expected to grow over $180bn by 2021, which means game businesses will only bolster their coffer going forward, be it for mobile phones, consoles and PCs. The new revolutionizing technologies, including AR, VR and AI, will also add to the impetus the gaming industry is witnessing for the past few years. For all the dreamers and visionaries who want to build on their game development ideas, Logic Simplified is a go-to game studio even to build from the ground up. We provide Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning game development services as well to bring the smart factor in your game and keep players highly engaged. Game development is in our DNA, and we have already served various happy clients from different cultures world over. You may visit our website to learn about the range of game development services we offer or get in touch with us for any sort of game-related query by writing to us at enquiry@logicsimplified.com.