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This is a list of video games for the PlayStation 3 video game console that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

Contents

As of May 12, 2025, a total of over one billion copies of PlayStation 3 software had been sold worldwide. [1]

List

GameCopies soldRelease date [a] Genre(s)Developer(s)Publisher(s)
Grand Theft Auto V 29.52 million [b] September 17, 2013 Action-adventure Rockstar North Rockstar Games
Gran Turismo 5 11.95 million [3] November 24, 2010 Sim racing Polyphony Digital Sony Computer Entertainment
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception ~9 million [4] November 1, 2011 Naughty Dog Sony Computer Entertainment
The Last of Us 8.4 million [5] June 14, 2013 Naughty Dog Sony Computer Entertainment
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves 6.5 million [6] October 13, 2009 Naughty Dog Sony Computer Entertainment
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots 6 million [7] June 12, 2008 Kojima Productions Konami
Batman: Arkham City 5.48 million [8] October 18, 2011 Action-adventure Rocksteady Studios Warner Bros. Games
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue 5.35 million [3] December 13, 2007 Sim racing Polyphony Digital Sony Computer Entertainment
Gran Turismo 6 5.22 million [3] December 6, 2013 Sim racing Polyphony Digital Sony Computer Entertainment
God of War III 5.18 million [c] March 16, 2010 Santa Monica Studio Sony Computer Entertainment
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 5 millionNovember 11, 2011 Action role-playing Bethesda Game Studios Bethesda Softworks
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune 4.8 million [6] November 16, 2007 Naughty Dog Sony Computer Entertainment
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 4.79 million [d] November 10, 2009 First-person shooter Infinity Ward Activision
Call of Duty: Black Ops II 4.61 millionNovember 13, 2012 First-person shooter Treyarch Activision
Resident Evil 4.6 million [15] November 27, 2014 Survival horror Capcom Production Studio 4 Capcom
LittleBigPlanet 4.5 million [16] October 27, 2008 Media Molecule Sony Computer Entertainment
Batman: Arkham Asylum 4.23 million [8] August 25, 2009 Action-adventure Rocksteady Studios
MotorStorm 3.31 million [17] December 14, 2006 Racing Evolution Studios Sony Computer Entertainment
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3.269 million [e] November 9, 2010 First-person shooter Treyarch Activision
Grand Theft Auto IV 3.13 million [f] [g] April 29, 2008 Action-adventure Rockstar North Rockstar Games
Heavy Rain 3.03 million [22] February 23, 2010 Quantic Dream Sony Computer Entertainment
Resistance 2 3 million [23] November 4, 2008 First-person shooter Insomniac Games Sony Computer Entertainment
Final Fantasy XIII 2.96 million [24] [h] December 17, 2009 Role-playing Square Enix 1st Production Department Square Enix
Beyond: Two Souls 2.8 million [29] October 8, 2013 Quantic Dream Sony Computer Entertainment
Resistance: Fall of Man 2.5 million [30] November 14, 2006 First-person shooter Insomniac Games Sony Computer Entertainment
God of War Collection 2.39 million [i] November 17, 2009
Batman: Arkham Origins 2.29 million [8] October 25, 2013 Action-adventure Warner Bros. Games
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga 2.16 million [31] November 6, 2007 Action-adventure Traveller's Tales LucasArts
Killzone 2 2 million [32] February 26, 2009 First-person shooter Guerrilla Games Sony Computer Entertainment
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe 2 million [8] November 16, 2008 Fighting Midway Games Midway Games
inFAMOUS ~2 million [33] May 26, 2009 Action-adventure Sucker Punch Productions Sony Computer Entertainment
Battlefield 3 1.95 millionOctober 25, 2011 First-person shooter EA DICE Electronic Arts
Dark Souls 1.9 million [6] September 22, 2011 Action role-playing FromSoftware
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 1.86 million [j] November 5, 2007 First-person shooter Infinity Ward Activision
Call of Duty: World at War 1.83 million [k] November 11, 2008 First-person shooter Treyarch Activision
Demon's Souls 1.7 million [6] February 5, 2009 Action role-playing FromSoftware
Resident Evil 5 1.61 million [l] March 5, 2009 Third-person shooter Capcom Capcom
Heavenly Sword 1.5 million [39] September 12, 2007 Ninja Theory Sony Computer Entertainment
Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition 1.5 million [40] December 17, 2013 4J Studios Sony Computer Entertainment
Red Dead Redemption 1.34 million [m] May 18, 2010 Action-adventure Rockstar San Diego Rockstar Games
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction 1.25 million [44] October 23, 2007 Insomniac Games Sony Computer Entertainment
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch 1.1 million [45] November 17, 2011 Role-playing Level-5
Dark Souls II 1.1 million [6] March 11, 2014 Action role-playing FromSoftware
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift 1 million [46] October 28, 2008 Racing Evolution Studios Sony Computer Entertainment

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Only the initial release date on this platform is listed.
  2. ↑ Of the 90 million total units sold by April 2018, 32.8% of that total were for the PlayStation 3 version. [2]
  3. ↑ God of War III sales breakdown:
  4. ↑ Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 244,578 (original) and 25,268 (The Best) [10]
    • United Kingdom – at least 1 million [11]
    • United States – 3.531 million [12] [13] [14]
  5. ↑ Call of Duty: Black Ops sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 175,813 [10]
    • United States – 3.094 million [18]
  6. ↑ "GTA IV sold 13 million copies in its first year, approximately one third of them on PS3" [19]
  7. ↑ Grand Theft Auto IV sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 211,240 (original) and 37,306 (The Best) [20]
    • United Kingdom – 1 million [11]
    • United States – 1.89 million [21]
  8. ↑ Final Fantasy XIII sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 1.904 million [25]
    • Other Asian countries – 140,000 [26]
    • United Kingdom – 100,000 [27]
    • United States – 828,200 [28]
  9. ↑ God of War Collection sales breakdown:
    • Asia – 155,600 [9]
    • Latin and North America – 1,748,663 [9]
    • PAL regions – 514,253 [9]
  10. ↑ Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 122,019 (regular) and 149,028 (The Best) [10]
    • United Kingdom – 600,000 [34]
    • United States – 1.106 million [35]
  11. ↑ Call of Duty: World at War sales breakdown:
    • United Kingdom – 600,000 [34]
    • United States – 1.238 million [35]
  12. ↑ Resident Evil 5 sales breakdown:
    • France – 62,040 [36]
    • Japan – 520,564 (original) and 258,961 (Gold Edition) [10]
    • United Kingdom – 200,000 [37]
    • United States – 585,000 [38]
  13. ↑ Red Dead Redemption sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 109,340 [10]
    • United Kingdom – 300,000 [41]
    • United States – 947,400 [42] [43]

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