Nintendo Updates List of Best-Selling Switch Games for 2025

Nintendo has revealed the updated list of the 10 best-selling Nintendo Switch games. The Nintendo Switch has been an incredible success for Nintendo, with the home console/handheld hybrid firmly establishing itself as one of the absolute best-selling video game consoles of all time. The Switch’s hardware sales owe a lot to its massive library of critically-acclaimed games.

The Switch features a rather sizable library of games, including some of the highest-rated video games of all time as exclusives. Not only that, but the Switch Online subscription service gives subscribers access to some of the greatest retro Nintendo games as well. The Switch’s huge install base has continued purchasing software for the console, with Nintendo updating its list of the 10 best-selling Switch games every quarter.

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The latest update to Nintendo’s list of 10 best-selling Switch games is identical to the last update in terms of placement, but with each game reaching new sales milestones. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe remains the best-selling Switch game of all time with 67.35 million units sold and no chance for any other title to catch up to it. It’s followed by Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which has sold 47.44 million copies, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, with 35.88 million copies. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has sold 32.62 million copies on Switch, while Super Mario Odyssey has sold 29.04 million. Pokemon Sword and Shield are at 26.60 million, followed closely by Pokemon Scarlet and Violet at 26.38 million. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is at 21.55 million units sold, followed by Super Mario Party at 21.10 million and finally, New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe at 18.06 million.

The 10 Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games

It remains to be seen if Nintendo will continue updating its list of the 10 best-selling Switch games once the Switch 2 hits the market, but assuming it does, it’s likely that the list will get some shake-ups in the years ahead. It seems highly likely that Pokemon Scarlet and Violet sales will be enough to eventually eclipse Sword and Shield, despite the fact that Sword and Shield were the higher-rated games. It also wouldn’t be surprising at all to see New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe bumped off the list eventually, as Super Mario Party Jamboree is the fastest-selling game in its franchise and is likely to hit the charts at some point down the line.

There are still a few Switch heavy hitters waiting in the wings. In fact, Nintendo recently re-confirmed three major Switch games for 2025, with Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Pokemon Legends: Z-A, and Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition all releasing later this year. It’s unlikely that any of them will manage to crack the top 10 this late into the Switch’s lifespan – especially with rumors of Metroid Prime 4 and Legends: Z-A having native Switch 2 releases as well – but it will be interesting to see what happens.

Nintendo Switch

Brand

Nintendo

Battery

1 Lithium Polymer batteries required

Dimensions

13.7 x 7.8 x 3.66 inches

Weight

2.65 pounds