Top Selling Video Games of All-Time by Genre

If you've ever wondered which video game sold the most copies of any genre then you're in the right place. Whether your favorite video game genre is the role-playing game, fighting game or the first person shooter, below is the game that has sold the most copies in your favorite genre.

Action Adventure
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Playstation 2
12 Million Copies Sold
The Grand Theft Auto series has been very appealing to fans of the Action Adventure genre due to all the side quests and the ability to roam anywhere that you want to.

Console Role-playing Game
Pokemon Red, Blue, and Green
Game Boy
20.08 Million Copies Sold
Unfortunately the top selling role-playing game does not have the words Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger or Dragon Quest in them. None of those games can match the 20 million copies sold by Pokemon.

Fighting
Street Fighter II
Super Nintendo
6.3 Million Copies Sold
Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat duked it out for a while but as far as copies sold Street Fighter II came out on top.

First-person Shooter
Halo 3
Xbox 360
8.1 Million Copies Sold
The recently released Halo 3 game was quite possibly the most anticipated video game of all-time.

Third-person Shooter
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Playstation 2
12 Million Copies Sold
Parents won't like to hear it but fans of the Grand Theft Auto series love to blow things up.

Platform
Super Mario Brothers
Nintendo
40.23 Million Copies Sold
Every platform game that was ever made can thank the Super Mario Brothers for launching the popularity of the genre.

Puzzle
Tetris
Game Boy
33 Million Copies Sold
There are some cute little puzzle games popping up here and there but no puzzle game will ever compete with Tetris.

Racing
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec
Playstation 2
14.87 Million Copies Sold
Most of the vocal racing game fans love the arcade style racing games. But the simulation style Gran Turismo series is easily the best selling racing series.

Simulation
Nintendogs
Nintendo DS
17.79 Million Copies Sold
Nintendogs is helped by the fact that it was bundled with a popular system and it is cheaper than console games but you can't argue with the popularity of Nintendogs.

Stealth
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Playstation 2
7 Million Copies Sold
The stealth genre is one genre that hasn't really become popular until the second half of my life. There are many stealth games out there but Metal Gear Solid 2 is definitely the top dog.

Survival Horror
Resident Evil 2
Playstation
4.96 Million Copies Sold
I'm not surprised that Resident Evil 2 was successful since the first Resident Evil scared the crap out of me so much I never even played the sequel.

Traditional Sports
Madden NFL 2005
Playstation 2
4.35 Million Copies Sold
No surprise here. Madden is really the one sports series that a lot of people go nuts about.